"To express mankind's essential illness..."
One of those I wish I'd read earlier in life - but there it was on vacation with me and I couldn't put it down. What an amazing clarity Golding had here. The entire story - from the plane going down through the attempts to establish "civilization" & order on the island - to the devolvement of everything human - the language is compelling and transitions effective. The love and the hate between the two lead boys - Ralph & Jack - is stunning and believable. And everything related to Simon pulled hard on my heart. I loved Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) - and so went out and picked up another Golding book to ready.
One of the best books I've read
I loved Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) because it tells the story of true human nature. It was completely different from what I had expected it to be, and there are some funny moments too. Read this!
Lost Innocence
I enjoyed reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It was a very well written novel. Although I believe the beginning started really slow and did not grab my attention right a way, but as I kept going the book became more and more interesting. Golding sure knows how to make a huge plot flow and was able to create a huge conflict for the story. The conflict in the end teaches some very valuable life lessons for the reader and the characters.
Golding expressed each character extremely well. Each character was unique. The only characters that were very similar were the twins, but they were like one character rather than two characters. The four main characters Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack all add to the story. Ralph is the elected ... Read More
Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan Mueller
Lord of the Flies By William Golding: Book Review
By: Conlan Mueller
The author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding, has many ways of showing the meaning of the book. The terrible human quality that man has, turning savage, doing anything for his own survival, in times of great crisis. Golding shows this point in many ways. He uses a variety of metaphors throughout the story. Golding also bluntly shows this in the book. Golding was born in Cornwall, England in 1911. Lord of the Flies was William Golding's first novel out of many, published in 1954. Peter Brooke made a movie, The Lord of the Flies in 1963. After The Lord of the Flies Golding wrote a variety of novels, essays, and plays. He also won the "Booker Prize" for one of ... Read More
School review
Lord of the Flies is a very different book. Though the words are clear and easy to read it isn't exactly the easiest book to understand. The story line has so many different symbols, that u have to read each and every line to understand. There were times while i read Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) that i had to go back and re-read what i had previously read.
Even though Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) is hard to understand i still say it was a good book. I loved the vivid images that Golding described. I was able to create pictures in my mind as i read. Again i did have difficulty with some of the symbols but when I thought about it for a while it got easier. It really shows just how destructive mankind can be in situations that require calmness. I'm glad to have read Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) though ... Read More
