Lord of the Flies and heart of darkness similarities

Similarities between the Characters

The novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding and the novel, Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad have many similarities between the characters. Some characters have good intentions of saving people, and they are compelled to do good things. Other characters have bad intentions and are compelled by power and greed. Evil wants to defeat good in both of these stories. Marlow, from Heart of Darkness, and Ralph, from Lord of the Flies, each has something that gives them a drive to continue. The good characters are caring and nice, and the bad characters are evil and malicious in both stories. Also none of the characters have fear of each other, and they take revenge when they have been wronged. Furthermore, the good characters have the right ideas and intentions, and the evil characters are just there to create problems.
In both of these stories the evil people, the manager and Jack, want to defeat the good people, Marlow and Ralph. ...