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Summary: Good story on human nature but lacking in emotional drama
Review: I would recommend this book. Early on, I was hoping there was something more to the story than just lost boys on an island by themselves. Once I realized that the basic story was just boys fending for themselves, I enjoyed it more. It's not an easy book to get through because we can't get too close to the main characters Ralph and Jack. We know by the end, Jack and his "hunters" have gone too far, but somehow I never felt the panic or emotion that Ralph and Piggy probably did. But the story is fascinating just on the merits of human nature. Everyone should take that away after finishing this story - people can be broken down into basic personality elements.
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Summary: Brilliantly memorable
Review: Lord of the Flies showcases the idea that we are empty canasters being filled by environments and echoes the haunting statement that children are capable of immoral acts. Perhaps it uses the Robinson Crusoe idea of isolation.I do think, as inspirational as Lord of the Flies has been, that it's an overblown, overrated affair and that Golding wrote other more powerful works, such as Darkness Visible. The problem for me lies in the difficulties of using children as main characters while writing from an adult point of view. Difficult to relate to, harder to realistically decribe a child's feelings and emotions because, psychologically, the author is on another level (even though the novel's fiction). On the other hand, Golding's style is attractively fluent in that you want to find out what happens next and that's always a good sign for a classic read.
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Summary: Not everything gets better with age...
Review: And definitely not Lord of the Flies. While it might have some important messages and symbolism, it is all buried too deep between the lines. It projects the problems of society onto a group of boys plane wrecked on an abandoned island; in the beginning they all attempt to survive and use the resources that are available, but as they continue to be marooned on the island, their little society becomes corrupted as they become violent and manipulative. The multiple plots, many characters, and headache-inducing descriptions all made this book tedious and unpleasant to read, especially since I had to do so unwillingly for school. I found the fact that the author had to use symbolism for every point he wanted to make, such as the boys turning into monsters, and the pig's skull, got really tiring and boring to read. While this book is considered a classic and I suppose it has its relevancy after all these years, I would not reccomend wasting your time on it.
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Summary: An Unexpected Thrill
Review: This is a very famous book and so I felt I had to read it to know why. Now I do. It was, to say the least, awesome. It was beautifully structured and outstandingly written from the nobel prize winner for literature, William Gerald Golding. The story was inspirational and categorized by myself to be the greatest book i have ever read along side 'The Island Of Doctor Moreau' written by H.G Wells. The two books concentrate on the humans mind and traits within the stories and therefore they make a great contrast to be noticed by everyone. Read them and see what i mean!
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Summary: An amazing novel
Review: Golding's "Lord of the Flies" is among the finest literary works of the twentieth century. Comparable to Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," it gives the reader a glimpse into the dark side of human nature. Golding's novel is perhaps even more frightening than Conrad's, in that he uses children characters to accomplish this. No other literary work rouses the same seemingly contradictory feelings as this one - at the same time an animosity towards the snobbish civilization that bred the marooned boys and a yearning for the return of its constrictive, protective norms. An admiration of the instinctive ability of the children to pursue their needs for food, leadership, and rescue and a revulsion at what these needs become. These and the countless other emotions raised by Golding's novel make it one the most revealing, and consequently chilling, of our time.
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Summary: Symbolizim at its best
Review: The symbolization and all of the hidden messages in Golding's work is what makes it such a classic. Golding's work can be viewed from so many different perspectives. Some people see his work as just a fictional story written for pure enjoyment. Others view his work as ridicule to British society and government. Still others see his work as a message of what he believes human nature really is, evil. I believe the latter of the three ideas. Golding was trying to reveal to his readers that he believed a society without rules and regulations would lead to a world of true human nature, in his ideas that would be evil. In the story the deserted boys at first do not know what to do. The two eldest boys Ralph and Jack decide that their needs to be a leader and that leader should be chose by a vote. They also decide their needs to be rules and punishment for when the rules are not followed. The ideas that the boys have prove that Golding's idea that they are still restricted from being their true selves because of society's conditioning. As we proceed we see that the some of the children are less apt to being "good" because the restraints that society has put on them has been lifted. Some children without society are now running wild and acting like savages; the island is in complete chaos. Some of the boys are still trying to keep order and in turn we get the battle of "good versus evil." In the end the boys are rescued because of this battle; the island is set on fire and because of the flames they are noticed and rescued. The book is wonderfully written and has so many more meanings then I have even mentioned. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for either a leisure book or a book that they can analyze. The novel is such a classic because it allows the reader to make his or her own choice about what the book really is about.
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Summary: Lord of the Flies review
Review: It was during the war when a group of British boys were transferred to a safer place. On their way there, there plane crashed into a small, remote island. No adults; just children. They had no idea what to do. Them someone stepped up and took order into his own hands. But then things got out of control. Everyone starts to fight over things that really aren't important. But to them, it's survival. Chaos breaks loose over the island. And the one main question is, will someone rescue them before it's to late?
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Summary: Lord of the Flies one of the best books ever
Review: Lord of the flies is an amazing book. It is a survivol book because the plane evacuating some students got shot down in the middle of a war. the students get sranded on a small Island and it is up to them to survie.
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Summary: Keeps getting better
Review: Simple cast of characters, simple natural dialoge, beautifully clear imagery. No wonder this has been made into a movie twice ! You could read this book in an afternoon, but it the prose is so clear and visual that it really deserves to be read slowly and carefully. It's great coming back to this yeas later and see the characters wondering why they can't get anything done by having meetings. Perhaps some teachers stretch the synbolism too much - many of the issues are kids struggling with are "grownup" problems that grownup can't solve either. For this reason it is actually more frightening and disturbing for an adult than kids.
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Summary: The Meanings-T.A.A
Review: Chraracters:
Ralph:
He is "the leader" but he later looses controll over the goup of boys on the desert island. He is strong and a good person but he doesn't always think things through.
Piggy:
He is the person that doesn't always get the say in everything. He can sometimes be forceful, when it is important. .....
Simon:
He symbolizes Jesus in a way--he is very religious. ....
Jack:
He is the bad version of Ralph.....BR>Lord of the flies:
The pig head. The plot:
The story was based on a plain crashing on an island--the plain was full of britsh boys. The boys were "tested" (in my opinion) on remebering that they would not tur on each other, but they failed and in the result 2 people end up dieing. I think that people my age should not read this book for 2 reasons:
1: it has secret meanings(some which I had to ask my sister for help) that some people might not understand. Religious reason also.
2:It has profanity.
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