Under the Dome

Adaptation but a loose one, as the tv series was intended towards a family public and had a lot of the violence removed in favour of developing more the fantasy/mystery side.

• Story: While the book covers a chaotic timeframe of just over a week in a small Maine town, the TV show expands, alters, and reinvents the mythology, character arcs, and the ultimate source/explanation behind the dome.
• Character Changes: Many character names and core dynamics remain, but several characters were combined, invented for television, or given entirely different fates and motivations compared to the novel.
• Creative Freedom: Stephen King gave the showrunners his blessing to take the story in a completely new direction so that readers of the book could still be surprised by the television plot.

Stephen King has cited Golding's novel as a major influence. Like Lord of the Flies, Under the Dome explores how ordinary people and social order can rapidly descend into violence and authoritarianism when isolated from the outside world.