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Summary: a truly thrilling read that makes you wonder..
Review: I read this book in eighth grade - alright, it was about two years ago - and I still read it occasionally. I mean, it's no quick read and definitely something that needs analyzation (just ask my English teacher), but it *is* one of those books that you have to read more than once to a) understand it, and b) to truly enjoy it.LOTF (not to be confused with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings) deals with British schoolboys supposedly during World War II, although it can be deciphered for different times. These schoolboys have grown up on London and life that is perfectly serene, so when they find themselves on a deserted island - with no grownups, what a great life! - they think this is something new to them and has to be explored. But as time goes on, things aren't as pretty as the island sets out to be. Things get ugly, and intrusive and bloody. (One scene is not for the squeamish!) Things are not as easy as they seem, but unlike life back home, there are no grownups to turn to and have them put things right. There is only control in the one boy who has it, and there is no turning back. LOTF is a good read, it really is. Just be sure, if you read it in English class, to get ready to analyze it. You'll have to, with this chilling, thrilling book.
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Summary: Well....I loved it
Review: I read it on my own, i wasn't forced to, like most people, i like books like this that kind of 'criticize' society. I loved it! I mean, most people don't like it or thought it was dull. I don't see why, I couldn't put it down. It was very interesting! I am sad, about Simon, though. I liked the book so much, i bought the cliff notes to read the symbolizim and clues.
Overall: this book is in my top 3 book list.
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Summary: An okay read...
Review: I read Lord of the Flies one time for school. When I first started reading it, I didn't like it that much, but I thought it wasn't too bad. Some parts were really interesting, but some were boring. I thought it really started to get my attention towards the end when a lot of interesting things started to happen, but I didn't really like the first half. If you didn't have to read this when you were in school, I would recommend giving it a try. But I suggest to read it all the way through to get the full enjoyment of it though.
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Summary: Truely evil!!! - in the good way
Review: 90% of this book's readers (including me) read it in high school. I'm the only one in my class that loves it. This book is for thinkers that like peering into the savage part of our nature. Besides, it's about seriously messed up, angsty, half naked British boys! The bast parts are the confrontations between Ralph and Jack and watching the tumbling transformation of all the boys. It leaves the reader yearning to know what happens after the ending (which in itself is a brilliant passage of irony) Woe to Simon!
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Summary: Im Bored of the Flies
Review: Now before I start let me just say that this book is not a bad book, just an overrated one This is an O.K although it bored me when i read it in High School, I wondered why we just couldn't have read "Return of the Native" or something better, I don't know why it is on required reading lists nor why it was made into two movies. I guess when you pick apart every syllable and say it means something profound then it does. As for a plot that means anything or charecters that make the slightest bit of sense well lets just forget that. At best you have a harrowing tale about kids being trapped on an island losing their identify here the become a mycocausum for different types of society. At least that's what they tell you on the back cover...
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Summary: You sure you want to read this?
Review: This book is not for a rainy day. Rainy day's are depressing and exploring the dark side of the human soul is no less. If you are into dreams leave this book on the shelf. If you want to feel like puking from the pit of stomach at the depts of human depravity this is the book for you. One sentence to describe this book: A daring expose of the cruelty of children and a slap on the wrist of anybody who thinks kids don't need discipline.
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Summary: Opinion
Review: I am a freshmen in Highschool and i'm doing a speech on banned books this book being one of them.It was rather disturbing to find how many people actually banned this book.I loved it, it was amazing. I finished it in a day. It's a dark book with a dark ending it had a large impact on me.
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Summary: A fascinating, disturbing, and insightful read!!!
Review: this is most definetely the best book i have been required to read in high school. "lord of the flies" symbolizes the evil within everyone of us and survival with no rules. this novel is defenitely worth reading- but not for children. this book hints at a different form of reality- where there are no rules, no compassion...only survival. it will make you doubt yourself and help you to see things differently. it's a very enlightening and insightful book, and i loved it!
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Summary: Not perfect
Review: "Lord of the Flies" is a thought-provoking novel, but it has its faults. This is a book that everyone should read a least once, to understand the impact it has had on society, but is not one of the most well-written books. Some of the characters act in unbelievable ways, and while strange actions under pressure are believable, these kids aren't acting their age--I would expect this stuff more from adults. However, that's really my only complaint; the conflict and rising action make it a quick read, and the climax and subsequent ending provide a satisfactory close to the novel.
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Summary: Haunting, Dark Masterpiece
Review: Regarded as one of the great novels of the twentieth century and a staple of high school and college English Lit courses, William Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES is a gripping masterpiece, which gently glides the reader into the darkest depths of the human soul. It is rare to find a novel which is both beautifully written and a ripping good yarn, but this is both. Golding is a master craftsman of the language. His sentences and paragraphs are intricately designed; his metaphors evoke mood and mental imagery without stopping the flow of the narrative. And what a narrative it is, at that. Like Joseph Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS, it is a compelling glance into the destructiveness at the heart of humanity as it devours and consumes the finer instincts, all cloaked in the guise of a pulpy adventure story. The characters manage to be both symbolic and complex. There are many novels you probably avoided reading in tenth grade English that are overrated, pretentious psychobabble. This is not one of them. It is a page-turner that will haunt you long after you reach the ending.
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