To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies and Romeo & Juliet comparison. - By Kateryna

All of these books share one theme (though not necessarily main theme) - loss of innocence. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet goes from a young girl, who always obeys her father to a more mature young woman. In a very short period of time she falls in love, gets married in secrecy, and finally kills herself. In Lord of the Flies, the boys are well-raised British kids, who by the end of the book become deadly savages. They lose their innocence partially because they had to survive on the island alone, without any adults, but also because they killed two members of their group, two human beings (Simon and Piggy) and then hunted down the third one (Ralph). In To Kill a Mockingbird, we see how Jean Louise Finch (Scout) matures and learns her life lessons. So does her brother Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem). One quote that shows how mature Jem becomes is the following: "It's like bein' a caterpillar in a cocoon, that's what it is, like somethin' asleep wrapped up in a warm place. I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that's what they seemed like." (Chapter 22). All three of these books focus on children/teenagers and losing innocence is the natural part of growing up.