Lord of the Flies

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Summary: Tragedy Brings Out the Real Us
Review: The simple, yet thrilling message of William Golding's epic tale,"Lord of the Flies" reminds us of the real savages inside all human beings. With all the chaos that lies within the book about 24 boys that are stranded on a abandoned island in nowhere. Soon after they were shot down out of a plane taking them home in the middle of the ocean. Feelings and the meaning of "Animal Behavior" comes into place.
Main characters Ralph, and Piggy realized their situation and soon find a way to settle the boys(a way they can come together when needed)with a shell Piggy finds. Ralph,then following the exploration of the island and the discovery of water is appointed the leader over the boys. Jack, another important character in this book who has lost the election to be leader agrees to meetings notified with the conch shell which now has a hole in in it to blow and make a signal.
But as time passes the boys by real instinct kick in to answer the question " How and what will you do to survive your stayon the island?". By which then the boys split into two groups. Hunters, who live for the excitement in their lives to bring food and feed themselves to survive. Or the cilvilized boys who will keep trying to keep calm with hope of being rescued. Which will you decide to join?
Lord of the Flies is a suspensful novel with the reckonization of your real behavior. In this situation, the novel test you with mini- situations the boys go through enough to ask yourself, "What would've I done?". With an unexpected ending to all events to book also with it's expected events this book is reccommended for ages 12+. But, if you want a thrill-ride of excitement, but a scenario of critical proportion, Lord of the Flies is a great book you should read.

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Summary: An Overdone Book
Review: "The Lord of the Flies" was not exactly a "feel good" book. If you like profound, dark, and symbolic literature, this is a great book for you. But if you can't sit through many pages of overly detailed description, I don't reccomend this book. I enjoyed the characters, their dialouge and thoughts, but the lengthy descriptions of the island were too much, and took away from the action of the story. I think the minds and personalities of the characters were protrayed realistically, but some of their actions were not. The violence that occured in the story most likely wouldn't have happened in real life. The sequences in which Jack tries to find Ralph towards the end of the book was very overdone. The changes that took place so quickly in some of the characters were exaggerated also.
I did like the beginning of this book and enjoyed the characters, especially Simon, but I thought it was carried too far later on. It started out, it seemed, as a harmless adventure book but turned into a deep, thought-provoking tale. If you can handle the exaggerations and boring descriptions, this book wouldn't be that bad. But if you're looking for a book with a crisp story line and reasonably fast paced action, "The Lord of the Flies" wouldn't be it.

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Summary: An Overdone Book
Review: "The Lord of the Flies" was not exactly a "feel good" book. If you like profound, dark, and symbolic literature, this is a great book for you. But if you can't sit through many pages of overly detailed description, I don't reccomend this book. I enjoyed the characters, their dialouge and thoughts, but the lengthy descriptions of the island were too much, and took away from the action of the story. I think the minds and personalities of the characters were protrayed realistically, but some of their actions were not. The violence that occured in the story most likely wouldn't have happened in real life. The sequences in which Jack tries to find Ralph towards the end of the book was very overdone. The changes that took place so quickly in some of the characters were exaggerated also.
I did like the beginning of this book and enjoyed the characters, especially Simon, but I thought it was carried too far later on. It started out, it seemed, as a harmless adventure book but turned into a deep, thought-provoking tale. If you can handle the exaggerations and boring descriptions, this book wouldn't be that bad. But if you're looking for a book with a crisp story line and reasonably fast paced action, "The Lord of the Flies" wouldn't be it.

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Summary: Shedding new light on youth
Review: After reading this book, I couldn't help but think of the boys whom I know. It made me wonder with which camp they would align themselves: Jack's or Ralph's. The frightening realization is that there are so many bullies out there aged 12 and younger who would probably turn out just like Jack or Roger if left to their own devices. I shudder to think of how right Golding was in his theory that man is easily swayed by fun and immediate gratification, and that remorse and compassion are considered weak and disdainful emotions. This book will be lost on the young reader, who lack the understanding of the use of metaphor and symbolism. Viewing a rendition of the island while reading the story provides a helpful guide through Golding's description of it. A couple Web sites to see maps are homework-online.com and gerenser.com. Don't read the character or story analyses until you've read the book, though, or you'll spoil the impact of the story, but definitely read them after you've finished the book. Lord of the Flies will leave a lasting impression on its readers and, hopefully, will make them realize the importance of belonging to a civilized society.

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Summary: Lord of the Flies--Review
Review: Given the current state of the world, and especially current events as of this writing, it's hard to say that LORD OF THE FLIES is shocking. But it is, in its own way, and hopefully will remain so. In this Golding novel, society is held up for us to look at, through the actions of a few stranded boys on an island. Metaphors abound, and for good reason: Golding is trying to teach us something by putting our own society's evils on display via a group of gone-wild adolescents. And it works. The unfortunate thing is that we, as a society, seemed to not have learned the lesson Golding was trying to teach. This is a classic, stellar book with a superb message--if only we would listen. Would also recommend two other books as we read them in lit class: Cannery Row by Steinbeck, Bark of the Dogwood (I think this one's getting banned), and Of Mice and Men.

Also, you must read the new and shocking CHILDREN'S CORNER by Jackson McCrae. Great short stories-an easy read and makes a great book report.

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Summary: Lord of the Flies Original Novel Score
Review: I am a musical-composer from MA, and I have just completed a full-orchesta score for Lord of the Flies. However, it is not based on either of the movies, the music has been soley adapted and composed based on the original novel. So call it, if you will, a novel score. It sticks to much more of the primal and savage feelings that the book displays. It also dives much deeper into the emotions and behaviors or the characters than any film ever could. If anyone is interested in hearing some of the music or purchasing a copy of the CD please email me at [e-mail]

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Summary: short and sweet
Review: i loved this book in high school, and i love it even more today. what a wonderful commentary on the society's need for organization and routine overtly juxtaposed by the savage desire for a carefree, structureless lifestyle. i highly recommend this for lovers of politics, sociology, and/or fine (and concise) literature.

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Summary: This book is DIPLORABLE
Review: I read this book on my own spare time over the summer for some fun reading..at least that's what I thought. First the plot. It is about a bunch of flies in a world a stupidly dark world. They eat themselves. It was so incredibly a waste of my time, that i deffinitely do not reccomend this book. Don't waste your money and time with this book.

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Summary: Okay, But it Could Have Been Better.
Review: I thought Lord of the Flies was okay, but it wasn't the greatest book ever written. I felt there were quite a few changes the author could have made to the story. First of all I didn't like the way the book used so much symbolism. This, along with many British terms I didn't understand, made it very confusing. I also didn't like how the author killed off the littlun with the birthmark, Simon, and Piggy. I thought there was just something wrong about killing off three young children.
There were some good aspects of the book. First of all I liked the way the author described the environment the boys were in. It was very thorough. I also thought it was good how the author divided the boys into two seperate societies. I felt it demonstrated the two sides of society very well. It demonstrated that on the surface society seems organized and well-governed. But sometimes underneath it all people can be savage, cruel, and sadistic to each other.
Overall I felt that this book was okay. But I wouldn't recomend it to most people and probably wouldn't read it again.

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Summary: Lord of the Flies Review
Review: Lord of the Flies by Sir William Golding is about a group of boys trapped on an island in the middle of nowhere because their plane crashed. Lord of the Flies described how the kids dealt with life on the island with no adults and no sign of rescue in sight.
Lord of the Flies is an interesting book. It has great interaction among the characters, especially between Ralph and Jack. Ralph is an athletic kid. He believes in order and building a civilization on the island. That is why Jack and he fight. Jack is a strong-willed kid. He believes that the best way to run the island is just go hunt, and turn in the rest of the castaways into savages. Ralph was the original leader of the tribe Jack, however, did not like how Ralph was leading, and he started his own tribe. The two tribes did not get along and that made the story interesting.
I enjoyed the way the boys learned to survive on the island by hunting and getting their own food. Jack's tribe hunting the boar down was quite exciting. However, I did not enjoy the ending of the book. The story ended too abruptly and almost ruined the book for me. The book also would have been better if it had told more about the happenings. All in all, Lord of the Flies was good book, but because of the ending was disappointing. That is why I rate it 3 out of 5.