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Summary: Its good
Review: Lord Of the Flies is a good book, but graphic. I would recomend it, but it is a little disturbing and for me, confusing
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Summary: REVIEW
Review: The treasured classic Lord Of The Flies takes its readers through a remarkable journey of a group of English boys stranded on an inhabited tropical island. On a summer camp, the plane's engine fails. As the aircraft sinks into the wilderness of the deep ocean, the boys who'd been fortunate enough to land on the sandy island shore face an ultimate challenge. The eldest of the troop being only 11 or 12 years old, the children are left to fend for themselves, not knowing what to expect - would they ever be rescued? Would they ever see their parents again? The struggle to survive was not the only conflict the boys faced. It was a fairly large team, and political issues such as who is "the leader" comes into figure. Would greed and different faiths break up the boys in battle, or would it glue them closer together? How is it that some boys end up murderion other guys on purpose?This novel presents a realistic event, which makes it fun to read. I would recommend this book for people aged 10 and up who would like to find out how past people were like in their youth, and are interested in issues relating to fairth, hope, trust, and betrayal.
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Summary: Unbelieveably haunting
Review: One of the last books my class was to read in English in our senior year, William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" is considered by many a classic, but it as more of a haunting portrait of the loss of innocence and the degredation of humanity. The story revolves around the Cold War, a nuclear war has begun and the children of England have been evacuated in airplanes. One of the planes crashes on a tropical island. At first, the children are led by Ralph, who calls assemblies by blowing on his conch, his fat but wise friend Piggy, and the seemingly flat out weird but helpful Simon. But when Jack, a hunter of the wild pigs on the island, challenges Ralph's rule, chaos ensues, and this tropical paradise becomes a living hell for Ralph, Piggy, and Simon. Golding's sense of symbolism makes the book work, from the very beginning we know Ralph is the good guy and Jack is the unprecidented evil in the making. Even the title of the book is an example of symbolism; when Simon encounters "The Lord of the Flies", we see this (the title is the definition of Beelzebub, which is Hebrew for Satan), but its up in the air whether Simon had a sixth sense or if he was just crazy when he encountered "The Lord of the Flies" (Simon as well symbolizes Christ, he helped the younger children, gathered food, and built the huts along with the fact he was tempted to join Jack's crew). Undoubtadly one of the best books I have ever had to read for school, William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" is an essential read for everyone.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I had to read it at High School and I definetly loved it. It is a classic and really shows you the reality of modern world.
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Summary: Great read for critics of society
Review: Lord of the Flies is a great read for anyone who questions the need for rules in society. Golding uses a group of boys stranded on a desolate island to portray life without enforced order and civility. The boys represent many different types of people in society. My favorite characters are Piggy, Simon, and Ralph. Piggy is the intelligent, fat boy with asthma and glasses. Simon is the sensitive, shy boy who shares his meat and helps the younger children get fruit. Ralph is the chief of the boys who struggles with reality and responsibility. He must face his antagonist, Jack, who is a power-hungry boy obsessed with hunting. It is captivating to follow the steady conversion of the boys from sensibility to savagery. Golding makes a profound statement about society through his character development and vivid descriptions of the boys' daily activities. Lord of the Flies is full of suspense, surprises, and meaningful messages. It sheds a whole new light on the neccessity of civility and rules.
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Summary: Absolutely devestating, absolutely essential
Review: This wicked parable of society is firmly in the top 10 novels of the 20th century. If you're reading this, I'll assume you're one of the presumably few people that didn't read this at some point for high school or college (by the way - it's definitely not appropriate for ages younger than high school). If so, there's no excuse for not picking it up immediately. It starts, famously, with English schoolboys in an airplane crash on a deserted island in the wake of nuclear war (and - lest we be too hard on the boys - this point is deliberately made to show that adults fared no better than the boys will). The pilot, the only adult on board, is killed - and the boys have to create a civilization from scratch. Eventually factions are formed, and tensions arise between the "rescue" faction led by a boy named Ralph, which focuses on keeping their shelters in repair and a signal fire burning, and the "hunting" faction led by a boy named Jack, which becomes less focused on prioritizing rescue and slowly start to like their hunting a little too much... Eventually the rescue faction dwindles to Ralph; Piggy, a stereotypical nerd who nevertheless becomes Ralph's firmest ally in keeping some kind of order; Sam and Eric, two basically decent twins and Simon, a kind, painfully shy epileptic who has the firmest handle on what's really happening to them. With things spinning out of control, Ralph and Piggy confront Jack to try to restore a semblance of sanity, while Simon faces psychic battle with the Lord of the Flies, who represents - depending on the reader - Simon's prodigious understanding of chaos, the evil within not only all the boys but all of us, the devil himself, or all three, which are not mutually exclusive. A dark, disturbing masterpiece.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies
Review: Lord of the Flies is one of the best books for young adults as there is. The book contians many controversial issues as well as great Fruedian interpretations that can be used by Lit as well as Psych instructors alike. We have all four elements for Frued, Id, Ego, Super Ego, and a Christ Figure. It deasl with laziness fitting in, growth and development of characters, and many other issues. The story of a plane wrecked bunch of kids on an isolateed island, sounds more like a sociology experiment than a book but thats what we get here. Not to give away the book but there is killing and hunting and blood and guts all around. Action packed and Symbolism a plenty...
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Summary: Powerful comment on human evil
Review: Lord of the Flies was a well-written book, chock-full of symbolism and motifs and themes. However, some of the prose I disliked, and the plot skipped weeks at a time. The setting of the story is an idyllic island. The island is marred, however, by the arrival of a plane of boys that crashes on the island, who were being carried away from wartime Britain. The story probably occurs sometime during World War II. The incident that incites the conflict between Ralph and Jack, the characters who represent pragmatic leadership versus violent evil, is the vote for chief of the island. Jack loses bitterly to Ralph, his only support being his own reluctant choir (he is head choirboy). Ralph, ever the eager diplomat, awards Jack the choir as his to command. Jack declares the choir the hunters, which foreshadows how they will begin to hunt Ralph. The tribe, though, is still firmly behind Ralph and his belief in democracy and rules.
The book progresses into the essential conflict between Ralph and Jack, as several deaths fuel the fire. The book is essentially a social allegory, a comment on the untamable brutality of humankind. The savagery of this book makes some shocking points about human brutality, and forces the reader to look inward and see some of that brutality in herself. The reader must have patience to adjust to the writing style, but the allegory about the inescapable violence of humanity is powerful and disturbing. Overall reading this book is rewarding.
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Summary: The Lord of The Flies
Review: Ever wondered what would happen if your plane crashed and you ended up in a rainforest with a lot of other peers you don't know? In Lord of The Flies, these England boys got to experience this first handed. If you like suspense/action stories, this book will be a real page-turner for you. This book shows how young people can also make big mistakes in a time of need. It also shows how having good friends can really make a difference, and how you should never take your friends for granted because there might not ever be another friend as good. After I finished reading this book, I thought about how lucky I was to be here and know that I have friends that care for me. I never took another friend for granted afterwards.
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Summary: An act of survival or an act of insanity.
Review: The novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is the suspenseful and graphic story of a group of English boys stranded on an island. The book starts out with the boys already on the island. The main character, Ralph, finds a conch shell, which plays a major roll in the book, take the conch and blows on to make a loud sound that calls everyone together. Once they are all there they decided that they needed a leader and since Ralph had the shell all the little kids voted for him. The other runner in that competition was Jack, the leader of an older set of boys and the only person on the island with a knife. Ralph gave Jack and his boys the job of hunting. Another person on the island is Piggy, a heavyset boy with asthma and glasses, a very essential part of their survival. Over time some of the little kid go crazy and run away to be savages. Eventually every one leaves Ralph and he is hunted like a dog. Here are some things that were good and bad about this book. The plot seems basic at first, boys stuck on island have to survive, but then it goes deeper with mysterious creatures, hallucinations and murders. Since it had a good plot it keeps you reading. The vocabulary is another superior factor of the book. The vocabulary gives you a thorough picture in your mind of the island and it inhibiters. Also the book was only 200 pages long so it's an easy read. A not so good feature about this book is it graphic images. At some points it got so disgusting I had to stop reading and go do something else. In additional the ending was predicting. I'm not going to tell about the ending. Over all I would give this book an eight out of ten for the reasons above. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes an alternative to the basic survival story. Also the reader should be in 7th to 10th grade.
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