Lord of the Flies (Abridged Audio Edition)

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Summary: SCARY!
Review: I found this book offering a somewhat scary look at society. Golding seems to think that without society men are just in need of violence and sex, and the book totally forgets about women. I did not care for this book, and found it somewhat hard to follow.

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Summary: Terrifying
Review: I bought this book to use for my next book report, thinking,"Why must we always read boring 'classics'?" This one certainly wasn't dull! It was about a group of British schoolboys who were plane-wrecked on an uninhabited island. Ralph,a "bigun",tried to lead and create a semblance of civilization,with the corpulent,wise Piggy as his assistant. It didn't work for long. One boy,Jack,rebelled and gathered up his own band of painted savages. There were horrible casualties(I won't say who). "Lord of the Flies" is scarier than any horror novel I've ever read, because the events in it are feasible. Government and rules merely veil the evil in every person. We must try to further suppress this force with love so the human race doesn't suffer the same fate as these British boys. It may sound corny,but to love takes more strength than painting ourselves as savages. Back to the book itself. It was very deep and made me lose some of my innocence. Reading it was a life-changing experience. I read it avidly,eager to see what would happen next. The end made me breathe a sigh of relief. I reccomend this book to mature,brave readers.

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Summary: amazing
Review: one of the all time greats. this book is so haunting, and horribly ugly at times, you will feel filthy reading it. some of the actions that the characters do, are startling, but you will find yourself thinking that if you were in the same situation, what would you do? it will challenge all of your misconceptions about this book and others like it.

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Summary: Christiaan Martin Ludwig Steinmann ( 111 )
Review: Lord of the Flies is a GREAT BOOK

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Summary: A Book For Everyone
Review: The book written by William Golding, Lord of the Flies is a great book. It not only captures the minds of readers of every age, but it states a point about human nature. I think Golding's point in writting this book is to tell show us that there is a "beast" in all of us. As young Simon so clearly states. I agree with him on this point because at one point and time we all can loose control and become "savage". Golding was brilliant for using children to bring this point across, because so often we think of children as being the complete example of innocence. And I think as the years progress or situations change, we gradually loose our innocence. This book was great and I would recommend it for children and adults of all ages.

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Summary: This book is a waste of your time!
Review: I hated this book. All it is is an outlet for an author's deranged sybolism. The story is stupid and at the same time, pointlessly graphic. If you want to read a good book, read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It is a very good book. Golding, in a vain effort to make people understand his sideways point of view, wrote a parody of 1940's British society. Who really gives a crud? I don't. All in all, please, please, please don't read this horrible, awful, stupid, pointless, terrible book that is a great waste of time. Also, William Robert Gording can suck my big white paperback version of his novel through a straw.

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Summary: Lord of the Flies in review
Review: Lord of the Flies was an excellent book.It was about a group of boys that were stranded on an island after a plane crash.They faced many interesting problems while stranded until one day someone rescued them.

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Summary: This book is evil!
Review: We read this book in my seventh grade advanced English class last year, and I hated it. The story is this: a group of English schoolboys get shipwrecked on an island, and eventually go crazy and kill each other. It was just evil. The one boy, Ralph, who is the "main character" of the book, has very few faithful followers. His rival, Jack, has a much larger group of followers - and they think there is a "beast" on the island. To lure it (to try to capture it), they kill a pig and put its head on a stick. This becomes the "Lord" of the flies, because so many flies crawl in and out of its disgusting, dead eyes (or holes where the eyes WERE), nose, and mouth. I couldn't believe this book when I read it, and no one on earth could persuade me to read it again. Ewww.

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Summary: Lord of the Flies Review
Review: i think the author's message of this book is very clear. He is telling about how mean, cruel, and uncaring people can be, no matter what age. I definately agree with this because of all the horrible things that are seen on the news, it's supports my theory. I think the author used characters best in the book because, in the book, from beginning to end, he analzyes and builds up every character. This is good because it lets you know who you're reading about. This book was pretty much believable, excpet for the fact that the kids were a little too young to be doing what they were doing. Which incidentely, in my opinion, is the only flaw in this book. If i were the author, i would have simply changed the kids ages by making them a couple of years older. If this was done, it would have been much better and more realistic. I would recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: lord of the flies
Review: The author's, Golding,s purpose was to show the need for civilization. I agree with him because some of the boys died due to lack of rules and discipline. They needed civilization on the island. Also, I think that Golding handled the art of symbolizism best. The spactacles, the conch, and all of the other symbols made the novel a little bit entertaining. I think that the novel, Lord of the Flies, was believable because without rules and authority figures young teenagers will act in that manner, uncivilizied. There is nothing to my knowledge that Golding could have changed. I did not like it when Piggy died because he was my favorite character. I do know that without such an important event as Piggy's death the novel would not of had as strong of an efect on me.