Simpson Satire

The episode that was viewd in class today of the Simpsons, was a satire for Lord of the flies. The similarities were so noticeble between the two. The characters in this episode were so closely related to Lord of the Flies that you couldn't not make the connection.
As soon as the kids arrived on the island in the Simpsons, Bart immediatly blew a conche shell and the children immediatly were quiet. Quickly roles are assigned, Bart and Lisa quickly assume the leadership roles as Ralph and simon. Bart holds the conche shell which asumes him to the good power. Neson immediatly taked the role of jack as the "evil" leader. The group is immediatly split due to the short nature of the show. There is a "monster" the the children later found out was a pig, and there are even milhouses glasses. Milhouse assumes the role as piggy, who wears the glasses and holds the power of fire and rescue. The Island on the simpsons even has the two twins like samneric in the book. The Characters and the plot of the two are so close, and in both of the plots thee is a struggle to keep a "society like" order. The power stuggles in both are also still very relevent. The struggle is between Nelson and the painted kids, and bart and Lisa. This is representitive as good and evil.
Satire in this episode, like most of the epsodes of the Simpson's, is very noticable when viewing the episode, especially after just finishing Lord of the Flies.