William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
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In this adventure tale about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New critical essays on “Lord of the Flies” are supplemented by a chronology of the leader’s life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors.Amazon.com Review
William Golding’s classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island is just as chilling and significant today as when it was first published in 1954. At first, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. Overseeing their efforts are Ralph, “the boy with honest hair,” and Piggy, Ralph’s rotund, wisdom-dispensing sidekick whose thick spectacles come in handy for lighting fires. Although Ralph tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island’s wild pig population. Soon Ralph’s rules are being ignored or challenged outright. His fiercest antagonist is Jack, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages. The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to fall away, until Ralph discovers that as a replacement for of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: “He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became dread; hopeless dread on flying feet.” Golding’s gripping novel explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing meadow of adolescent competition. –Jennifer Hubert
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I read this book on my own spare time over the summer for some fun reading..at least that’s what I thought. First the plot. It is about a bunch of flies in a world a stupidly dark world. They eat themselves. It was so incredibly a waste of my time, that i deffinitely do not reccomend this book. Don’t waste your money and time with this book.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I thought Lord of the Flies was okay, but it wasn’t the greatest book ever written. I felt there were reasonably a few changes the leader could have made to the tale. First of all I didn’t like the way the book used so much symbolism. This, along with many British terms I didn’t know, made it very confusing. I also didn’t like how the leader killed off the littlun with the birthmark, Simon, and Piggy. I thought there was just something incorrect about killing off three young children.
There were some excellent aspects of the book. First of all I liked the way the leader described the environment the boys were in. It was very thorough. I also thought it was excellent how the leader divided the boys into two seperate societies. I felt it demonstrated the two sides of society very well. It demonstrated that on the surface society seems organized and well-governed. But sometimes bottom it all people can be savage, cruel, and sadistic to each additional.
Overall I felt that this book was okay. But I wouldn’t recomend it to most people and probably wouldn’t read it again.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I mean it!! It’s just so excellent. With the flies, and the Christian symbols. (“Lord”. Get it?) And that Bill Golding, he’s so arch. It’s no marvel they gave him the Noble Prize. My girlfriend read this one and that additional with the island and the lobster, and the additional one, with the apes, like that one movie, and she thought they were just the best. And she knows her literature.
So buy this book and read it straight away! And I’ll bet you can buy both the movie versions here, so buy them too, right now, because you won’t regret it. Just curl up in front of the TV with a ham sandwich and delight in.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
if ur a kid going to highscool and you have to read this book for school be warned that its BOOORRRIIINNGG. its weird and nothing cool happens the first 110 pages. some parts are ok but its mostly a crazy tale. i wish i didnt have to read this crap over the summer, not to mention the friggin homework that comes with it.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Until Lord of the Flies I had NEVER left a book unfinished. Flies was excruciatingly dull, and uses way too much advanced vocabulary building it impossible to know. The plot was horrible, and the characters under developed. I had distress keeping the characters straight. They just seemed to blend together and had no distinct personality. I pity anyone sucked into reading this. It was one of the worth things I have ever read and I absolutely despise it. I would just like to know what the heck Golding was thinking when he wrote this! If it was possible I would have agreed this book a negative ten. A one is much too high for such a poor excuse for literature.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5