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Lord of the flies
This book still haunts me after reading it a year ago. I just need to look at the cover to get shivers down my spine. Lord of the Flies is a horrifying piece of fiction about how cruel, hideous, even, no, especially, murderous a group of boys could become, left deserted on a desert island with no one to trust but each other, no resourses but the island, and no adults in sight. This is not a flurry little kid's book with a morel about a happy band of friends and their adventures on a desert island. It is about young boys with real feelings, real emotions, real fears. It is about a bullying scenario that goes majorly overboard. And it is about choices, which is more important, to be safe or to insure the safety of others, to follow the crowd of bullying, brutal persons, or to stand up, even if standing up could cost you your life.In <Lord of the Flies>, as I've already said, a large number of boys end up on a desert island after a plane crash. You never find out where or why they were going, which leaves it free for you to imagine. Ralf, a determined boy, though by no means perfect as he has the tendensy to bully a fat boy whom he christened 'Piggy', takes leadership. At first all goes well, apart from squabbles over leadership with Jack, a tyranising boy with a thirst to kill. Then the boys decide to light a fire to attract the attention of boats on the ocean that could rescue them and one boy of about five years disapeers. Was he burned to death by the uncontrolable fire? He was never found. It only went down-hill from there. All of the boys but Simon, my favourite character, refused to help make shelters. Jack and his choirboys went on mad hunts in the hopes to catch a wild pig. When they finally did they impaled its head on a stick and began to worship it. Simon could hear it talk to him and slowly began to go insane. The younger children were afraid of a 'monster' which one is lead to believe was really a lost, dying parachuter. That's when the total choas and brutality of the boys imerges. They divide into two groups, Jack's and Ralph's. Jack's group steals Piggie's glasses to create imense fires. They sharpen spears for the kill and create death machines out of boulders. And their target is Ralph.Lord of the Flies will haunt you with its beautiful writing, disturbing plot, and terrible reality until the end. When I finished it I was sobbing. But if you are ready to step into a rolercoaster ride of fear, wildness, and action, step aboard.
Lord of the flies
We've just recently read this book at my middle school some of my classmates and I found this book to be unappealing. I thought it was actually a boring book even considering all of the violence. In my opinion, Golding picked a subject for each chapter and dwelt on it. I thought that this was a slow-moving book. Also the way he wrote things was kind of "beating around the bush." So my advice to you is if you do not have to read this book, don't.
Lord of the flies
The simple, yet thrilling message of William Golding's epic tale,"Lord of the Flies" reminds us of the real savages inside all human beings. With all the chaos that lies within the book about 24 boys that are stranded on a abandoned island in nowhere. Soon after they were shot down out of a plane taking them home in the middle of the ocean. Feelings and the meaning of "Animal Behavior" comes into place.Main characters Ralph, and Piggy realized their situation and soon find a way to settle the boys(a way they can come together when needed)with a shell Piggy finds. Ralph,then following the exploration of the island and the discovery of water is appointed the leader over the boys. Jack, another important character in this book who has lost the election to be leader agrees to meetings notified with the conch shell which now has a hole in in it to blow and make a signal.But as time passes the boys by real instinct kick in to answer the question " How and what will you do to survive your stayon the island?". By which then the boys split into two groups. Hunters, who live for the excitement in their lives to bring food and feed themselves to survive. Or the cilvilized boys who will keep trying to keep calm with hope of being rescued. Which will you decide to join?Lord of the Flies is a suspensful novel with the reckonization of your real behavior. In this situation, the novel test you with mini- situations the boys go through enough to ask yourself, "What would've I done?". With an unexpected ending to all events to book also with it's expected events this book is reccommended for ages 12+. But, if you want a thrill-ride of excitement, but a scenario of critical proportion, Lord of the Flies is a great book you should read.
Lord of the flies
Stranded on a island with no food,water, or shelter, there's absolutley no chance of getting rescued, and to top it all off, fighting a neverending battle with the beast within. These are just a few thingd those boys had to deal with. Watching them struggle, seeing what they would do just to survive, just reading these words that William Golding wrote with such intentsity,taught me many things about life as well as myself that no one else could.The way the book Lord of the Flies was written is extremely amazing!!! Golding has so much talent, hardly anyone can compete. Out of all his good writting qualities, I believe that allusion and symbolism are the best. It's just how he finds ways to expressthe charectos anger and frustration, relating them to biblical allusions is truly amazing.you just never know what to expect. On page could be filled with life and happinessand the next could be up to the top with death and misery.I believe Golding wrote this novel to warn us that evolution is not what it seems to be. There is some one living in us all, in the deepest, darkest corner of our minds called anger. Otherwise known as the beast. He is trying to tell us that we never what to expect. We don't even know what lies ahead. He is trying to tell us expect to unexpected. The future is a dark and distant thing.In critiquing the book, first I would add a little more detail.Maybe adding a little more conflict between Jack and Ralph might interest the reader to continue,instead of tossing the book aside. Secondly I would change the ending around. Gosh! How could it end that way. Ssssshhhhh, I can't tell you anymore, okay?You will just have to read it to find out what happens.It is byfare the best book I have read in my life!! I give it five flies( flies are equivelent to stars).I would like to congradulate William Golding in writting this book that has touched us and has chnged my life and hopefully yours too forever.
Lord of the flies
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies", is about a group of young children, stranded on an uninhabited island, who are forced to create their own civilization and survive. The novel, while somewhat predictable and easy to understand, is filled with many important uses of symbolism. In the opening, Piggy finds a conch shell, and uses it to bring order to the group, and the conch shell continues to symbolize order throughout the novel. However, when Piggy is killed later on in the novel, the conch shell is destroyed also, symbolizing the end of order. The 'Lord of the Flies', a severed pig's head, symbolizes the cruelty and brutality that the members of Jack's group possess. Throughout the novel, there are many parallels that are made between the boy's civilization on the island, and civilization as a whole. This novel is easy to read right through and not fully understand its entire purpose, but I believe William Golding's purpose for this novel is to provide an understanding of the evils of civilization and government.
Lord of the flies
Lord of the FliesBy: William GoldingReviewed by D. WangP.5Lord of the Flies is a story about of boys who crash on a unhabited island. There are no adults to control the boys, and they are free to do as they please. Ralph emerges as a natural leader, and Piggy is the intellectual with a disdain for physical work. Jack, leader of a choir, is another boy who disputes Ralph's society and becomes leader of the hunters. Slowly, the other boys all join Jack. A conch is found early on and is used to restore order at assemblies, but soon Jack ignores it and all the rules the Ralph has. Jack tribe is also composed of the "littluns" who see a "beast". Eventually, two will fall forever, and Jack's tribe will degenerate substantially, killing pigs and making offerings to the "beast".William Golding described this book as attempt to trace the defects of society to the defects of individuals. This book relies heavily on symbolism, and whether likes or not depends on this point. I personally liked this book because of how it shows we degenerate. Jack and his tribe degenerate rapidly into savages. It is ironic when Jack says early in the book, "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything. So we've got to do the right things." Later in the book he is sitting on a log like an idol and finds unexplainable pleasure in torturing and killing a pig.The degeneration of the boys can be easily compared to the degeneration of society. As a race, humans have destroyed places, eliminated far more species than any known organism, and spend much time killing each other. Events such as the tortures and procedure of the Inquisition, the Holocaust, the dozens of wars and border skirmishes, and some cultures' entertainment. At times, killing is perfectly acceptable, even encouraged. The degeneration of the boys, at their young age (the oldest is twelve) is unsettling. Their change can be compared to our behavior and defects.My favorite part of the book is chapters three and four, the former being "Huts On the Beach" and the latter "Painted Faces and Long Hair". You can see the boys reject society, playing and trying to hunt pigs instead of build shelters. In chapter four, a ship passes by, but Jack's tribe lets the fire go out because they are too preocupied with killing a pig. Jack's tribe starts the habit of their violent chant of "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood." Jack's savage side can be seen when "He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach." He continues, striking Piggy's head and breaking half of his spectacles. This book is an attempt to find our faults, and a grim reminder of what "civilized" people can do.