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Summary: Great
Review: this book raises interesting questions about human nature. how true it is that when left to ourselves, we become more animalistic and less humane. i think, were the story to continue, the newly formed tribe would have crumbled under its own foundations. it would have been nice to see how far the kids would have gone on that island alone without adults.
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Summary: Lord of the flies
Review: The Lord of the flies takes you on a realistic journy. The story starts when a plane full of british school boys chrases on a deserted island. The boys compete for control of the tribe. With out any parents they stuggle inbetween whats right and whats wrong. This is a personal favorite. It challenges you to think about how the boys feel. It makes you wonder what could happend next. I highly recomend this book. Due to the violance I recomend this book to the older kids.
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Summary: Disgusted
Review: I was disgusted by the grotesque display of savagery in this novel. I found it lacking purpose and realism. All I found in this novel is one man's sick views of humanity. I do not reccomend this novel to anyone, especially children.
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Summary: Review
Review: William Golding's Lord of the Flies is written about kids marooned in an island and how they survive.
This book is very thrilling and interesting the readers what is going to happen next. The story's beginning is that English kids are cast away in the coral island because of the plane crash. They choose Ralph as a chief and start building own community to survive and to be rescued. They explore the island and hunt a pig for food and make a fire as a SOS signal. The community is working at first. But little by little the community is being broken up. Finally some kids pick Jack as a leader and form the other community. When I read this book, I felt how difficult to keep people together. It's not easy to satisfy all people in a community, even people can communicate each other. There is always a conflict we cannot solve by talking between people. And the other thing I found is that happy thing doesn't always happen in a life. Some scenes, like Piggy's death, might be disgusting. But the life is usually full of disasters. We have to accept those things. I learned we should not live in a dream world. A bad thing can happen anytime. And it is important whether we can overcome it. I recommend this book.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies
Review: The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, published by The Berkley Publishing Group (1954) is an action filled book about some schoolboys' struggle for survival after their plane went down on a deserted island.
After the boys are stranded on the island it becomes evident that surviving will be like no other task they have ever undertaken. They learn to fend for themselves by trapping and killing animals, building shelters with branches and by learning how to use their surroundings in the quest for survival. From the very beginning there is tension over who is the leader. It comes down to which candidate has more appealing priorities, playing and hunting all-day or trying to get rescued by keeping a fire alive. While in the hunt for food the boys become total savages, to the extent where they even wage war against each other.
In my eyes the message is that there is a savage in all of us and it comes out the minute we are faced with extreme hardships. The author does not only use the actions of the boys to show the changes that have occurred, but he also uses visual imagery to show their physical changes. For example, in the beginning of the book the boys are well-dressed clean-cut shorthaired boys; however, by the end of the book they are dirty, longhaired animals. Also, to add to their already dirty look, the boys paint their faces to camouflage themselves when they go hunting. The way the boys changed in appearance reflects how they're losing their civilized upbringing.
In my opinion the novel Lord of the Flies was a great book especially for children around my age because it is easy for us to identify with what the kids in the book are going through. Even though I found this novel very exciting and engaging, I would never hope to be put in such a position as the boys in the story were.
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Summary: A book I wasen't really to thrilled of finishing.
Review: This was A book of choice I had chose for a book report in my histoy class. As I read the first couple chapters, I'm sorry to say that it was missing something....I didn't really get into it. The plot and descripton of things were kind of boring to me. But I did however, like the description of the platform, with the green water and reflection on the plam leaves. But They way he described the kids,i don't know their faces, and that whole skinny dipping scene and that they're all boys on the island- the way he kept descripbeing them, every detail of there looks- sounded kind of quer to me.--I'm sorry, no offense. Well anyway, this book was okay, but I think I should have stuck to my original book choice, won't say the name because it dosen't really matter. Wel'p that concludes my review. so long.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies was great!
Review: In a nutshell: I loved LORD OF THE FLIES. It is probably the greatest book I've ever read, and here's why. I was absolutely fascinated with the characters. They were all so interesting and they always had me expecting something. They all had their own theme. The book is full of themes and mostly each character represents one of the "presidents" of the theme. For example:
Ralph is a leader in the book. He represents democracy in an anarchy based society. This is just one of many examples of theme used in the book. Another thing that was important to the book was the setting. The setting always played a special part in the book whether it give rest to the reader in between tense moments, or provide a source of imagination in the action packed parts. The plot was very believable even though it was a fiction book. I would reccomend this book to anyone over the age of 15. It has a very deep meaning and may not be understood with the mind that hasn't been exposed to some of the things in this book. Enjoy!
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Summary: Disturbed
Review: While this book was well written and created vivid pictures, I was disturbed by the the theme of this story. It was extremely odd and disgusting. After hearing that this book has recieved high ratings, I was very dissapointed with the warped ideas Golding used to express "human nature". I do not reccomend this book.
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Summary: I still don't know whether I liked it or not...
Review: I picked up this book when someone had mentioned they were required to read it in school as children. This book is about the end of innocence and the heart of darkness. Ok, before you get scared away by the two phrases I just mentioned, let me explain. So without even reading the book, you probably know it's about a bunch of English schoolboys who get stranded on an island and are forced to survive without the supervision of adults. This book is supposed to be full of symbolisms; each character and animal represent some idea or entity in society. The end of innocence I mentioned begins with the slaughter of a pig for food. The heart of darkness comes when the leader of the hunting tribe loses his mental stability and decides to hunt for more than just pig. It's actually a very short story (208 pages), and the dialogue is very simplistic. I found the author's descriptions of the jungle, beach, lagoon, and mountain to be quite boring. (You'll also notice that I said schoolboys in the last paragraph; there are no girls in this story. There is no underlying love story. There is no humor. There is no excitement whatsoever.) To be honest, I don't like this book. Even less so as required reading for school kids. To not interpret the symbolisms would be to leave the book as a plotless story. Yet to interpret it would mean exposing children to the horrors of savagery, abuse and survival. LEAP rating (each out of 5):
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L (Language) - 3 (You can put as much interpretation as you want in the "symbolisms" of this book, but I'm too lazy to let my mind wander in search of a deeper meaning.)
E (Erotica) - 0 (n/a)
A (Action) - 0.5 (You really can't get excited over a bunch of schoolboys and a few pigs.)
P (Plot) - 2 (Boys get stranded, boys form a society, boys survive and wait for rescue.)
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Summary: Lord of the Flies review
Review: Lord of the Flies is a captivating story about human nature. A group of young boys left alone on an island must work together to stay alive and possibly be rescued. At first they are successful, but in the end they fail miserably. The group splits into savage vs. civil, and things get crazy. Although I wouldn't consider this book one of my favorites, I liked the way the boys' struggle represents real struggles that go on in the world. There are many themes in this book, and in general the book mirrors human nature and the realities of our civilization today. In the end, everyone in the book did what made them happy, even if it didn't work for the group. Our world today is much like this, people are mostly concerned about themselves. There are many conflicts in this book, between leaders and followers, order and chaos, work and play. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action and conflict. It was easy to read and easy to follow.
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