Lord of the Flies (Abridged Audio Edition)

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Summary: Insightful, not sick
Review: Though some of the other reviewers claimed that this book is sick, I must disagree. The book is social commentary. The boys, stranded on an island, develope a society not unlike the global society. In the end, when they are picked up by a warship, the ship is doing exactly as the boys were on the islannd. This tragic novel, is great in demonstrating the "tyranny of the majority". With its 3- dementional characters, it is a book that I would recomend to anyone, young and old. But please, when reading it look at it on many different levels, don't jest take the entire story literally.

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Summary: Good Symbolism
Review: I thought this was an excellent book. The language was not wordy or hard to understand. It was an easy read and kept me interested throught. 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 the mostwere 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. On the whole, I really enjoyed reading the story. It was easy for me to read and i would greatly recomend it to others.

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Summary: Chilling look at what people are capable of
Review: This is fantastic book. It is easily understood plot wise, a group of young school kids are stranded on an island. But the book is far more complex because it truely explores the dark hidden depths of human nature, and what people would do if there was nothing around to hold them resposible for their actions. I read this book before it was ever assigned to me, and I loved it then, and I still love it today. Everytime I read it I find something new and different that I did not catch before. A truely wonderful book, and one I highly reccommend.

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Summary: Why is this book still praised today?
Review: I'll tell you the anwswer. Becuase of its lessons that are used tiem and time again, even today. The story of the plane crash of British schools and their journey afterwards isn't merely a childs tale of survival, but rather a much broader theme of animal instinct vs. human behaivor. Much of the book discusses the two primary characters, Jack and Ralph, and their journey of rule. Jack has an autocratic system of rule, while Ralph relies on a more democratic system. I guarantee this book to anyone looking to have a good read, or even if they are looking for something deeper than that.

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Summary: More disturbing than interesting
Review: After reading this book, I think William Golding is a sick, sick man. The book portrays small boys as savages trying to kill each other. Some might find it entertaining, but I find it downright disturbing. I only read it because it was required for school, but I wish I'd burned it instead.

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Summary: Surviving without adults
Review: This book really teaches you something. When the boys were living without the rules of adults, they tried to make their own rules but as always, there was someone who did not agree with them. Ralph was the one who wanted to make the group follow the rules in order to keep order and Jack was the one who did not care about the rules and wanted to do his own thing. The constrast between these two boys tell us the differences between the norms within a society and animal behavior.

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Summary: Powerful & Thought Provoking
Review: I thought this book was great albeit a little slow in the beginning. This book has joined my list of all times favorites including 1984 and Animal Farm. This book had weaved political, pyschological and sociological themes intwined with the very plot of the book which add another dimesion to it. Great read I recommend it!!!

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Summary: The Dumbest Book I ever read!!!!!!!!!
Review: I would like to say I didn't want to read this book I was forced to for my english class. Anyway this book is stupid it's about some boys at a bording school during a war. They all leave to safety in planes. One of the planes crashes and lands near an island. Most of the boys make to the island. No one knows where the island is and no adults anywhere. When they are all together they decide to have a leader and vote for Ralph as leader instead of Jack. Jack sorta is mad since no one voted for him. They decide to bulid a fire and after that things go out of hand. Don't read this piece of crap it's a waste of time!!!!! Some parts are even gross. Don't read this book.

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Summary: A review that won't give away the ending...
Review: Although I found this novel tedious at times, I believe it is well written and held my attention the majority of the time. Golding definately knew what he was talking about. The situations in the book are realistic. I can imagine young boys turning into savages after spending enough time on an island... without grown-ups. The theme of this novel is not purely political or social. It deals with the capacity for evil in all humans. Even in "civilized society" there is corruption. By the way, there is no cannibalism in this novel... I don't know why that rumor is so widespread, but it's not true. This is not the novel for you if you're looking for something light-hearted and simply enjoyable to read. It is a serious novel that deals with moral issues that are still relevent today.

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Summary: Critique Lord of the Flies
Review: Critique of Lord of the Flies written by William Golding in 1954. Lord of the Flies is about a group of young English boys whose planes crashes onto a remote island. Throughout the novel the boys gradually changed from civilized English boys to small savages that need to survive. The author used many metaphors and Imagery to describe the situations and places on the island. All the places in the island where described very well for example when Ralph first used the conch to call the other boys. The author says, "Ralph pursed his lips and squirted air into the shell, which emitted a low, farting noise"(Golding 15). That line tells the reader exactly how he blew the conch and he described how he put his lips on it and what sound it made. He uses very descriptive words in that line and the reader feels like they are standing right next too them. The authors metaphors are also another good use of litery technique it in the book. William Golding also uses alliteration in this next example. This quote is when Jack is ready to hunt the beast. "He gave a wild whoop and leapt down to the pale sand"(Golding 52). "Wild whoop" would be alliteration and could also be considered onomapeia. The "pale sand" is a metaphor because it described what the sand looked like. William Golding used many literary techniques in this book, which make the book more interesting and fun to read. Lord of the Flies by William Golding was very interesting and fun too read. I liked how the author described many aspects of the island and the creatures that lived on it. The book was very detailed so I always knew what was going on, because it felt like I was right there. I enjoyed reading Lord of the Flies because it was very interesting. It described so many things that I could imagine being next to one of the characters. Lord of The Flies proved to be a great adventure novel. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read adventure novels and people who enjoy a novel with a good ending.

Works Citied

1.) Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Perigee Book: The Berkley Publishing Group 1954
2.) Gerenser, Scott. Lord of the Flies. 05 Nov. 2003 <http://www.gerenser.com/lotf/>.