Lord of The Flies

Very interesting book!!!

The book shows a group of school children stranded on an uninhabited island, after their plane crashes. The author does not dwell too much upon the events leading up to the plane crash. In the book, Ralph is shown as the eldest and the biggest amongst the children . Ralph is the protagonist in the story and is portrayed as a natural leader. The other two main characters in the story are Jack & Piggy. Ralph uses a conch to assemble all the children in the island. Further events in the book take place and Ralph is unanimously chosen as the chief. This decision does not go down well with Jack as he had ambitions of being the chief. Jack is also shown possessed with an obsession for hunting and lacks foresight as he portrays an irrational behaviour towards rescue. As the book progresses , the reader witnesses the metamorphosis of innocent children into savages. The book is essentially about human behaviour and it’s unpredictability. The author has beautifully portrayed the characters and their emotions. The book has been written very well and interests the reader throughout.

Best genre in this book 😀

Got the book from Arushi Enterprise Navi Mumbai, the book was in perfect condition and Amazon did a good job in the packing as well.

With all due respect for highly literary language, excellent craftsmanship fact remains that book is highly negative. Its a fiction after all and there was plenty of scope for positive human values but writer chose to underline "savage" inside human. Its unbelievable that despite being left on unknown island with no hope of near rescue children do not get panic and start forming, organization, rules, strategy....the book misses to touch heart. For more than 50% part in start one does not get clue what it is about...certainly not a good read for for normal book lovers.

Another book that I’ve been meaning to read for a long time but only finally got around to doing now. This is a story about kids but not for kids ....probably because as Stephen Hawkins says in the foreword, it is a book where kids speak and behave like they would actually do in real life. The way the plot evolves from a harmless adventure that the kids enjoy to the baser instincts taking over as challenges mount could be as true (or maybe more) if the characters were adult. That is probably what the author intended to do as well ....effectively saying that human nature isn’t all that different - whether you are an adult or a kid or what your background is ...all it takes is a push for the darker side to take over. Good, good read.

Golding's psycho-politics manifested in the conflict of the Apollonian and the Dionysian makes us surf in our primordial ooze. Similar to Conrad's HOD, Lord of the Flies is visceral and venomous in its macabre portrayal of a society gone rogue. Is that ab-normal? Well, to the humanists, yes. But the prehistoric acid runs inside our entrails, subdued yet waiting for its moment to take over and erupt and discharge the ancient lava of hostility. A lethal read. The horror! The horror! P.S: Simon broke my heart. Also, interested folks, listen to the 1998 album entitled Symphonic Holocaust, especially one instrumental called Morte Macabre.

It's a book about innocence, and the loss of it like no other. Give this book a chance, for every single time you were disappointed by the sheer predictability of a Hardy Boys/ Fantastic Five/ Secret Seven. Let this book show you what inhumanity a mob is capable of, let it remind you of the grotesque truth that the world will never be what it should be, let its savagery consume you, so that when it's over, you are left with the desolation of the abandoned, burnt island a motley group of boys leave behind.

Libro perfetto e senza alcun errore grammaticale. Il formato è particolarmente piacevole alla vista, come la copertina del libro stesso.

Lo compré de segunda mano. Vino en perfecto estado excepto algunas anotaciones a lápiz que fueron fácilmente eliminables con una goma. El libro en sí es una gran lectura. Historia tensa llena de analogías con la vida real y simbolismos que llevan a posarse preguntas desde el ambito político hasta el antropológico. No es un libro infantil o juvenil. Recomiendo su lectura a alguien que quiera leer un libro más serio.

Nice book and excellent edition. I really enjoyed it. Thanks

As expected and advertised

Lord of the Flies is one of those books everyone should read no matter what kind of books you like. The story will stick with you for a long time and there is a timeless message hidden within the pages. Even though I never read this in high school, this is defiantly a high school level book. The reading is quick and easy once you get into it, just the plot might slow you down. Everyone should read though if you want to understand great usage of motifs, foreshadowing, allusions to mythology, and get certain references from several books, movies, and television shows. The main reason I started this book now was one I never read it before and two I have read all the Hunger Games. Yes, Hunger Games is like Battle Royale, but they are both extremely close to Lord of the Flies as well. Another reason I read this was that I heard Fables refers to it in the Animal Farm story arch, not just the pigs head on a stick, but the fact only one person can hear the “Lord of the Flies” talk to them. So, I went all Fables Fangirl at that part of the book. I must say I also was constantly thinking about the Simpsons’ episode were the kids are stranded on a disserted island. Overall, I really liked the book. It was somewhat predictable at times, but I think that was mainly due to the fact the book has been referenced so many times. Not to give anything away but there is a lot of talk about Piggy’s glasses and how if he ever lost them. At times, the dialogue was a little difficult to follow, but I just had to figure out who was talking when. This is more of a personal issue, but authors need to stop stereotyping twins so much. We are not the same person and makes it hard for me to follow books when they make them Samneric all the time. I think my favorite character in the book was Piggy. Right away, you just get a sense of feeling for him and you just want him to stand up for himself. Ralph you get the feeling he is a complete jerk and you know he is going to be the main villain of the story. I mean he calls Piggy by his nickname, when Piggy tell him not to call him that. Although, Piggy was stupid for even trusting Ralph in the first place, as most innocent kids when they meet bad friends. Clearly, Piggy just wanted a friend. This is the type of book I could go on and on with in my review, but I’m not going to or I know I give away spoilers to those who are living under a rock and never even heard about this book. As I previously said before, this is a book everyone should rad no matter what types of books you like to read. I very much recommend it to those who read Battle Royale and Hunger Games though. This is a great book too for a horror aspect of bullying and the flaws a government with too much authority. You don’t just read this book, this book makes you experience!