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Summary: A book that seems to indulgent in it's own story.
Review: I seldomly read a book that makes me want to drink my own urine. This book seems to capture every element that I hate.For starters, the book drops you onto this island. They never truly describe what "the scar" is exactly. Then we watch as Ralph and Jack become bitter enemies. I really hated Ralph and Jack from the beggining mostly because they seem way to immature. Now, if I was 10 or 13 and such... I would not resort to killing people after like the second week. Then there is the fact of Ralph. Ralph is really arrogant of Piggy's feelings and eventually starts becoming annoying. Piggy is the only real character I liked next to Simon. Jack is really arrogant also. He is so immature that it is almost laughable. Didn't these kids come from a private school? My gosh, to think that one week on an island could make some of the worst sins be committed by 10 year old boys.... The whole detail of the story becomes a little to fine for its own good. The pictures the author describe have no meaning to me. Apparently there is a square, pink piece of land jutting out of the beach. What? The whole end of chapter 3 was the worst when Simon walks through the forest. I just stopped caring about how that blade of grass was bent at a 76 degree angle. For those who want a great book try Tolkien or R.A. Salvatore. If you hate fantasy then why are you contemplating buying this book? That is all it is. I know I wouldn't kill someone after one week on an island. P.S. The book isn't "terrifying".
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Summary: Boys gone wild
Review: This book relates dangerous things about human nature in a very entertaining and shrewd manner. What happens in this book, is something so real, it will crack your head.;) This book might make a great gift to someone who does not like to read.
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Summary: opinion on Lord of the Flies
Review: For a highschool book project the only thing that matters is the lenght of the book, "the shorter the better." This novel is what they say, "short and sweet." I picked up this novel with no good intentions only to find out this is one of my favorite novels I ever read! William Gerald Golding created a master peice when he wrote "Lord of the Flies." This book has made me think beyond any normal person would think, I asked myself what would I have done on that island? Or what tribe would I have joined? Several questoins that will always be left unanswered. The boy's are flying home from military school and their plane crashes into the ocean. Only to find out that no adults have survived. They now have to live and depend on eachother to survive as hopes of ever seeing home descends dramatically. Now all eyes look upon the oldest to survive. The main character Ralph is a great leader, he's smart whitted has very good commmon sense and is a nice guy to the others. Ralph tries day in and day out to get him and the others off the island. Tension builds as more and more rebel from Ralph's orders and create a new tribe. I thought Golding did a great job with adding "spice" into this novel. Heat rises between the two tribes as the satanic Jack (the leader of the other tribe) gets so agressive death rises upon the kids. From the steller descriptions of the atmosphere to getting up close and personal with the kids, I think that this book deserves a 4 out of 5 only because the ending left me with a lot of unanswered questions. I highly recomend this book to any who likes thrills, adventure, humor or to someone who just wants a quick read. I guarantee you will not be able to put it down!
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Summary: Lord of the Flies Review
Review: This book is about a group of boys whose plane is shot down on a deserted island. They are also the only survivors on the whole plane. This novel takes place in the late 1990's. The boys our forced to live on their own, and do whatever is possible to keep them alive. Obviously, everything isn't working out just the way they would have liked it to, and they have to face many troubles along the way. Later on in the book, the boys end up turning on each other. I enjoyed reading how they interacted in such a tough situation. I could never image what I would do in that type of situation, and hearing how other people reacted was neat. Nobody would ever think something like this could happen, and very few people would be able to survive living alone on a deserted island. It shows the reality of a true human society because people really are selfish and cruel and will do anything to look out for themselves. It really makes you think about human instincts. Soon after, when you are under the pressure of survival you will end up emotionally breaking down, and doing what is best for you, and only you. I think this book would be most suitable for a teenage, adventurous boy. Lord of the Flies is one of those books that keeps you wondering what will happen to the boys next, and you keep on reading. Because of its intriguing plot of survival of a young crowd, the book was hard to put down.
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Summary: Lord of the flies
Review: Lord of the Flies by William Golding was a great book that took some time to develop. I at first thought that this book would not keep my attention. As I read on I became more and more interested in this book. The idea of having a group of children varying in age stranded on an island was very fascinating. I didn't know how they would react to this situation they were placed in and that's part of the reason this book kept my interest.
At first the kids thought it was fun not having any adult supervision. The boys agree to work together with Ralph trying to maintain order by assigning various chores such as keeping a signal fire going that they started with piggy's glasses and gathering food. However, the chores stop being done and their society breaks down. This reaches its peak when Ralph sees a ship in the distance and the signal fire is out. The hunting boys were supposed to keep it going and before Ralph can scold them they come back with a kill. This turns the kid's loyalty toward Jack. I thought this was the most interesting part of this book. I enjoyed how it showed the struggle in society between order and lack of it. As jack gains power among the boys, Ralph finds himself suddenly being hunted by his former friends. These kids turned savages show no remorse when they kill one of their own with there bare hands and teeth. I found it very compelling how these civilized kids can suddenly deliberately want to kill one of there former friends. However, the reason I gave this book a three out of five was the ending. There was great action throughout the book and then it suddenly ends just by Ralph running out of the jungle to see a British Naval Officer.
This books characters exemplify three distinct aspects of human nature. Jack shows mans roots in his primitive behavior. He opts to hunt and be free, shirking the duties that could ultimately rescue him. Ralph's character shows the desire of man to be civilized yet be free and wild as well. He wants to be rescued but at other times is intrigued by the hunt and wild side of human nature. He shows his desire to be rescued by trying to keep order and have chores. Oppositely, he is overwhelmed by the hunt and ultimately kills his friend in the fatal attack on the beach. Finally, Piggy is on the opposite spectrum from Jack. He is constantly reminding the others of the proper way to act and mentions adult's behavior as an example. These characters represent the constant struggles that live inside mankind in everyday life.
In conclusion, this was a great book to read. The plot was exciting with the exception of the mundane ending. It is a book that can be read on many levels and with characters that represent struggles that continuously plague the human mind. I gave this book a three out of five and would recommend others to check it out.
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Summary: good stuff
Review: Lord of The Flies by William Golding was a very well written story. I especially liked the way Golding built up and created the characters in the book. Ralph and Jack were the main characters in his story and also in my review. I felt that I was able to connect to both of them in different ways.
Ralph was a very charismatic leader in the way he spoke and the way he carried himself. He was strong and seemed to be the only kid on the island thinking straight. Ralph's thought process was adult like and very advanced for most twelve-year-old kids. Although there isn't much in Ralph's character to pick on, I will say one thing. I felt when he and Piggy were being threatened they should have tried a little harder to stand up for themselves. He was a strongly spoken person but didn't like to be violent in any way and wasn't sure how to take care of threatening situations when all alone. I'm not saying he should have also resorted to killing, as the others did. I feel he should have tried to at least build some sort of shelter in a secluded part of the island to protect he and Piggy from "the hunters". Even with his faults in my mind he was a much better leader than Jack.
Jack was the exact opposite of Ralph in my mind. His character was great and it was interesting to read about both Jack and Ralph in the same novel. When Ralph asked for order Jack would fire back with profanity and defiance of all attempts to be civil on the island. Jack's character is also hard to criticize because I was able to see were he was coming from in his thinking. Yes he did go a little far, but we never knew how we would act when faced with the same situation. If I were to pick at the character of Jack I would have to pick at all the hunters. I can't see how the young kids could have become so violent toward everything and care so little about life. That was a little unbelievable but I still enjoyed the story line.
I like the way this book was put together from the beginning to the end. The mounting suspense kept me wanting to read more. The only complaint I have about the structure of the story is the end. It just ended, it wasn't a bad ending, but I felt like I was left with a lot on my plate. In my opinion the end is definitely the most difficult to get down well on paper but I felt that Golding could have done a little better with it.
I really enjoyed this story including content and characters. All of my critiques are purely my attempt to find something in this novel to pick on. I felt that the novel was very well written and I liked all the characters to some extent.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, was an interesting book. I enjoyed the book because I like adventurous books, and I like the plot of the book. If you don't like stories with only children characters and an outdoor setting I don't recommend this book. The book is set on a deserted island. A plane crashed and stranded a whole bunch of kids on a small deserted island with no adults. The kids make an adventure out of the situation and form a tribe and pick a chief. The kids build huts on the beach and hunt for pigs, which are the best source of food on the island. I especially like the fact that Golding had added symbolism into the story and it was very interesting to me. Some of the symbolism that stood out to me was the conch as a symbol of authority and bought the whole group together. Piggy as a symbol of intelligence, Simon as a symbol of imagination. Throughout the book, there is one boy who is ridiculed at every chance, and only one boy tries to defend him. There is a constant battle for power between the boys named Ralph, who is sensible and only concerned with getting rescued, and the boy called Jack, who is a savage and only thinks of hunting pigs and having fun. After heated arguments that split the boys in two tribes. A hunting tribe and a tribe to try to get rescued. Ralph was clearly always the more rational of the two as he constantly focused on trying to have people build shelters, and a fire, which he hoped would eventually be what saved them. Jack had a strange desire for hunting and no care with what happens to them on the island. Piggy seems like a bright child with good ideas, but because of his silly appearance he receives no respect from the other kids. Again I enjoyed this book it kept my attention thought the whole time I was reading it. It was a great story to read and be apart of I would defiantly recommend this book to a friend.
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Summary: 'Lord of the Flies'
Review: As I began to read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding I immediatly thought that this book would not be able to keep my attention. As I read-on I became more and more interested in this book. There were times that I was not able to put it down because it was so intriguing to me. The thought of this group of young boys on an island all by themseleves without any parents just fascinated me. I didnt know what would happen and I beleive that's part of the reason this book kept my interest. I thought that the most interesting part of this book was when Jack turned against Ralph and decided to take charge of his own tribe. I really never saw it coming and when it did; I couldn't put the book down. This book revealed what I thought was "inner human" evil. I thought that it was very interesting reading about Jack and his crew members wanting to kill these other boys that they were friends with not so long ago. I would defiantly recomment this book to anyone. It was a great read for anyone that likes adventure. This book kept me on my toes the entire time; I was always wondering what was going to happen next. I did think that the beginning of the book started off sort-of slow, but I beleive it was just so that the needed information to understand the story was brought forward. After the first chapter though, it was a wonderful story.
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Summary: A good read if you are in the mood to throw up
Review: I read this book for English, and I was looking forward to it. I am obsessed with Survivor, so I thought it would be fun. WRONG!!! It is incredibly boring and disgusting. I was very much disturbed when I found young children killing each other. I think that anyone with a conscience would agree with me. Please, only read if you must. Also, a note to English teachers: Please don't force your students to read such foul writings!!!
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Summary: Cool
Review: Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, was an interesting book. I enjoyed the book because I like adventurous books, and I like the plot of the book. The book is more high school level then Jr. High because the vocabulary is kind of difficult. If you don't like stories with only children characters and an outdoor setting I don't recommend this book.
The book is set on a deserted island in the late 1990's. A plane crashed and stranded a whole bunch of kids on a small deserted island with no adults. The kids make an adventure out of the situation and form a tribe and pick a chief. The kids build huts on the beach and hunt for pigs, which are the best source of food on the island and only the only other large mammal. The book is interesting in how it shows how kids group each other in different positions and the order of power among them.
Ralph is one main character and was appointed chief. He also got a conk shell and blew it so that all the other kids gathered around. That act gave him the popularity to be appointed chief. Another main character is a boy named Jack whop also wanted to be chief. Eventually Jack forms his own tribe and the two tribes become enemies and starts all sorts of trouble. The violence and differences in the tribes lead to the death of two young boys, one from each tribe.
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