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Summary: One of the greatest...
Review: ...novels of all time. Still a shocking read decades after it's publication, Lord of the Flies is one of the most fascinating stories ever written. It's disturbing in it's detail of the more savage and primal side of humans, bubbling to the surface even in young boys in the right situation. Stranded on an island, even "good" kids will resort to the law of the jungle in order to survive, taking on roles of the dominant, and the dominated. Two films have been made based on the book, decades apart from one another, but niether capture the same magic and horror that is this classic tale. This one is definately on my Top Ten of All-Time list. Totally classic.
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Summary: A weird beginning with a weird ending
Review: I was forced to read this book in my 10th grade English class. I read the first chapter and knew I wasn't going to like the rest of the book. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, has a very very deep side to it beyond just the story. I found it to be a very easy read once I got past the first few chapters. If you are struggling, please continue to read. It gets better as you go.
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Summary: A BOOK THAT COULD HAVE ACHIEVED SO MUCH MORE...
Review: Perhaps it is because of my age, I'm nearing 23, that I find this work so, to quote someone from the board, atrocious.This book is absolutely boring and hadn't it been for my friend's reference, I would not have bought iT!!! The setting is an island; the cast is a bunch of stranded 6 to 13 year olds. The major characters are Jack Merridew (the bully), Piggy (the dweeb) and Ralph (The chief and someone in between). Lord of the Flies is a journey of civilised minds turning savage. Everything starts off hunky dory as the children realise they have the whole island to themselves and that no adult is there to govern their behaviour. Everything begins in a civil manner: a leader is chosen (Ralph), the hunters are elected (Jack is the leader of the hunters) and priorities are set (that of making smoke so that nearby ships may spot them, and obtaining meat). Of course, these are nascent minds deprived of a social structure, technology and a family system and so they eventually succumb to savagery. This could have been a fantastic psychological story; one that I feel could have attracted a reader from any generation. Unfortunately, more ink is spent on giving visual descriptions of the island and rocks and reeds than it is on the actual story. Coming to the descriptions, they are fantastic and perhaps the only feature of the novel worthy of merit, though I did think sometimes that Sir Golding should have let my imagination fill in some of the bits too. No matter how much sophistry one may use, no matter how much we may wish to incorporate Freud and Jung and whomever else, I feel the story rushed too quickly. Sir Golding did our work of visualising the island but burdened us with the responsibility of making all the important decisions regarding character developments. Take, for example, the killing of a beast/a pig. The reader was deprived of the feelings the youngsters (Jack, Roger etc) must have gone through when they were contemplating killing a beast, skinning it, stabbing it and running the sharp tools across its throat. They are children for God sake, they wouldn't just go out there and start killing. What would have driven children to kill another animal? Not much stress was placed upon hunger, the driving force behind all of this. This is just one example but the readers will find other examples too, as they go through the chapters. I feel this story could have tapped into something spectacular but with 120 thousand words...maybe not. Perhaps Sir Golding had youngsters as his target audience and so I would not come into this at all...
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Summary: All around a good book
Review: While this book isn't the best of all time, it is an eerie book about the evils of human nature we would like to pretend we didn't have. The writing is simplistic, but for the most part pretty good. I can see why this is commonly considered a classic, but it can't hold a candle to 1984 or Farenheit 451. That said, the moral of the story is worthwhile for everybody to read and I recommend this for anybody interested.
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Summary: "THE REVIEW"
Review: I really liked this book. "Lord of The Flies" is one of the best books I have ever read. I really liked how it was written. It kept me interested in it all the way. I loved the action in the book. I'm glad that Ralph made it at the end.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies
Review: i thought this book was very good. It was really interesting. When i first started reading it i was aware of how young the boys were, but as i started getting farther and farther into the book i forgot. Their attitudes had changed majorly and so did their actions. They were basically heartless. At the end when they were rescued and the reality of them being so young hit me again. ALl in all it is a really great book.
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Summary: Lord of The Flies Review
Review: I thought this book was very interesting in many ways. It really opened my eyes to the evil nature of human beings, and how, if we let it, that evil nature will come out. When they first land on the island, the boys are all dressed in a uniform, and they are proper, as their upbringing would cause them to be. There is, however, a huge difference in their appearance and attitudes at the end of the novel. All of the boys are dressed up like savages, with paint on their bodies. None of them care at all about rules or regulations or what is right or wrong. That shows just how easily humans can turn from good to evil. I enjoyed reading Lord of The Flies because there was usually never a dull moment. In every chapter, there was always something new developing. This was a very good book.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies Review
Review: I had many different opinions about this book. I enjoyed reading it, but there were so many things left untold that I wanted to know. Where was the plane? What were their lives like after this experience happened? I think if things like this were added to the book it would have made it better. After finishing the book I was left thinking about what happened later. So the ending of the book is what made me change my whole opinion of it. I would say read this book, but don't bother reading the end. Its obvious, but you don't find out near as much as you want to know!
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Summary: This book was Extra-ordinary
Review: I spent many a day after reading this exquisite novel pondering how far we've really come from stranded schoolboys. The imagery is marvelous, and though some might complain of myriad tangents, I find them fantastic in adding to the mystic of the island. Being only 13, you might think me simply waxing effusively having finished my first book longer than 100 pages. I am not. I am waxing effusively having finished my first truly chilling 'novel'. I put 'novel' in quotes because I believe this book to be the hardcore basis of reality. You are thinking DUH! but I don't think it's that obvious. In short, I would reccommend this book to anyone wanting a challenge in read and introspection.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies Book Reveiw
Review: I thought that this book was qite good it was very discriptive and had lots of similies and metophores in it. However it was a bit complicated and if i hadn't have seen the film first then i wouldn't know what half of it was going on about.
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