Lord of the Flies (Abridged Audio Edition)

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Summary: Piggy I feel sorry for... the rest can just die
Review: Compared to the other books recommended, Lord of the Flies was garbage. I have read (and loved) all the others. Five stars, every one of them. But this? It moves so slowly, and the only possible salvation - its puerile humour - disappears within two chapters. Its only success was making me feel pity for Piggy. The rest of them were boring, two dimensional characters of no interest or concern.

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Summary: there was to much symbolisem which made the plot line boring
Review: I recently read this book in my freshmen english class, Along with everybody in my class I was bored with it. I did understand all the symobolisem, but it just came across as a book with a Lack of excitment

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Summary: An unbelivable representation of society at any given time
Review: William Golding is an absolute genious. This book is incredible and will appeal to anyone with a philisophical side. The in-depth symbolism is applicable towards any time period. Lord of the Flies is a a mind blowing experience and the reader will undoubtably gain from reading it.

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Summary: Terrific
Review: Fantastic book, of a group of boys stranded on a pacific island. Here they are forced to survive on their own. The protaginist is Ralph, an eleven year old. The boys set up a government, which has some drastic effects. Read this, it will touch you emtional, and will keep you reading.

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Summary: I didn't enjoy it
Review: To many detail

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Summary: better than others
Review: This book is much better than some of the others we have to read in school. I read it twice because i liked it so much.

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Summary: Great
Review: I read this book for school. The first time I tryed to read during the summer, I hated it. I thought it was boring, and kinda meaningless. Then school started and we had to read it for class. This time I really enjoyed the book. I actually understooded, I knew where the author was coming from. For those people who hate this book, I don't think you really understood its symbolism, and its real meaning. Then again, I could be wrong. BTW, the auther named the book "Lord of the flies" not entirly because of the pig 's head on a stick, it roughly translate as "Devil" in hebrew

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Summary: I thought that this was a good book
Review: I thought that this was a very good book for everybody from average everyday readers to collage professors. The average day reader would read this book and see the action and the drama. They would see the fights emerging between Jack and Ralph and they would have fun reading about the pig hunts. Then when they where done they would put it down and go on with their life. They would not however see the more intricate ideas of this book such as theme and symbolism. That is why this is such a good book, it draws in people from all diffrent walks of life. I am just a Sophmore reader from North Gwinnett High School. When I read this book for the first time I just saw the plain old black and white script but then when I started to research it more I saw so much more then that. I understood what Mr. Golding was trying to say. So whether you want to read this book or research it I gurantee that you will like it. Remember this as you go on with your life no matter how high your standards are don't lower them for anybody.

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Summary: "...it opens peoples eyes to our own shortcomings..."
Review: i feel that this book lets everyone who takes the time to read it and actually listen to what the author is trying to say, take a glimpse of what our whole world is really like...i mean we all have heard the stories like cinderella and like gilligans island and how everything works out hunky-dory...well guess what people! that isnt how real life works...people,by nature, are savages...if the situation calls for it...we do and will turn to our most primordial instincts...which is to do anything to survive and destroy all opposition. this book gives any and everybody a close up view of how easily our whole world can come crashing down upon our heads...mayhaps many of us should take heed from what this book tells us...dont lose your heads...

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Summary: An ingenious representation of modern society
Review: I read this book for school and at first wasnt to crazy about it. It took some analyzing in class for me to discover that this book isnt really about the kids as much as you would think. this book is a look at the big picture. It looks at how society is and how easy it is for society to crumble to a savage and irrational lifestyle. you could read some of the other descriptions to learn about the details; i told you the symbolic message behind the obvious. Hope you like:]