Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1902, also concerns a journey of self-discovery.

The Gulf, a collection of poems by Walcott published in 1969, also discusses an internal chasm.

Waiting for Godot, a 1954 play by Jean Paul Sartre, also features a complicated friendship.

O, Babylon! is a play by Walcott from 1976 which also concerns how cultures meet and are integrated internally.

Don Quixote, a two-volume novel by Miguel de Cervantes published in 1605 and 1615, has, at its heart, a relationship similar to that of Makak and Moustique.