Lord of the Flies

The basis is decent, although casts many doubts. I can get over most of the content – but my biggest issue was I found a majority of the prose to be garbled. I kept having to reread things, it was frustrating and it took the enjoyment out of most of it. I did like the passage about Ralph's longing for grooming though, very good imagery.

Additional complaints:
It was very hard for me to have a idea of the passage of time. I understand that some of that may have been purposeful, but I'd like to think that a group of British boys could keep from becoming full-fledged savages within the space of a few weeks and especially (excuse the classism) if some of them were from families that were well enough off to have them be choir boys (or really anything that requires uniforms).
I don't have a sense of historical setting, so I am left to assume – the 1940's? It was said fighting was going on...so, sometime then?
Why were they on a plane anyway? I know that Britain sent its children out to the country during times of war when the major cities were being bombed, but off the island? That's far-fetched (unless there's backstory). So there must be a reason for a plane with mostly children on it (it surely was mostly children, because only minors survived).
Maybe it was my copy, but I found it incongruous for it to use Britishisms, but not British spellings (e.g. mold, instead of “mould”).

The idea of these children stranded on an isolated island and trying to find ways to survive is a fascinating plotline. The fact that these children create their own little groups is also quite captivating. If this were to happen in real life, the grouping of the boys would have most likely happened because as history can back up, people always separate themselves based on difference, whether it be due to opinions or race, people always segregate themselves. The symbolism in this book is heavily implied. Ralph for instance is the leader, and it is implied that he is the voice of reason. Piggy is the timid follower who is very logical, but no one ever listens to him. Then, you have Jack. Jack is meant to represent the story's own antgonist. He leads the children away from Ralph and teaches them to kill and disobey Ralph. People who didn't enjoy the book missed all of this. All of these symbolisms made the story so much more interesting because it turned a survival story into a story about human nature and the struggles of good vs. evil.

I will agree with the critics that the book did start out a little bit slow, but it picked up shortly after. I have enjoyed this book for the most part. It may not be one of the best books out there, but it must be a classic for some reason.

I never thought I had to read this book. Most of the kids I know have read it in middle school. I don't ever remember reading this book. I didn't like it as much as I thought it would be. it's not something I wou.

It's a famous book, so I had an inkling of what was going to come, but even when it did, I was shocked. Just devastating.

Definitely a book that you need to read when you're older and can understand the themes. I liked it a lot more after we read it in my English class.

An amazing story that had me wrapped up into it. I decided to read this book because I've been rereading or discovering the books I never got to read in high school, and besides 1984 and slaughethouse five, this has to be one of the next big favorites in classics. The only thing I didn't like was the way the author wrote. Sometimes I'd get so confused on the wording of a sentence or even some of the kids dialogue. But besides that it was a great read. I fully believe that if a situation like that were to happen today, I feel it'd be the same. Its just as relevant now as it was then and a book everyone should read and learn from.

It was okay. I like the story behind it. But it was boring how it was written.

Cosa succede se un gruppo di ragazzi e bambini finiscono improvvisamente su un'isola deserta in mezzo all'oceano? Si potrà pensare che essendo giovani adolescenti o addirittura piccoli bambini non siano contagiati dalla malvagità più facilmente accostabile alle persone adulte e dunque si possa instaurare un “regno” idilliaco, fatto e vissuto da persone innocenti. Niente di più sbagliato; ma francamente non è che me lo doveva dire Golding, basta entrare in un asilo o in una scuola materna per capire che l'innocenza scompare all'intorno dei tre anni. Diciamo che si può tranquillamente recensire il libro dividendolo in due parti: quella puramente narrativa e quella “psicologica/antropologica”: Narrativa. La storia è a tratti lacunosa (un bambino che scompare e di cui non si sa più nulla in tutto il libro senza nessuna spiegazione), forzato in alcuni passaggi (poco credibile e forzata l'identità della bestia), poco scorrevole, ripetitivo e legnoso che rivela come la narrazione sia poco dinamica, dunque direi che è decisamente insufficiente. Psicologica: sicuramente l'autore è bravo nel cogliere le dinamiche del branco e il suo regresso allo stato selvaggio e all'irrazionalità fino ad arrivare all'omicidio, esplora bene quello che potrebbe essere il comportamento tipico di chi si ritrova all'improvviso alla mercé della natura selvaggia, ma traspaiono un po' troppo le idee antiquate dell'epoca (il libro è del 1954, ndr), insomma l'idea c'è e anche l'ambientazione, ma a mio avviso rimane il tutto un po' troppo sopravvalutato. Una conferma del fatto che essere premio Nobel non implichi scrivere un buon libro. Sicuramente fonte di commenti e di discussioni, ma esistono libri decisamente migliori.

Buku ini cukup sulit untuk direview.
Awalnya aku membeli buku ini hanya karena buku ini ada di rak tengah periplus sebagai best seller, maka ketika aku melihat ada buku bekasnya langsung kubeli tanpa cek resensi.
ketika dibaca, kesan pertamaku adalah “cerita petualangan ala LOST”.
Tapi ternyata ceritanya lebih berat daripada itu, dan terus terang aku sempat merasa agak terganggu dengan penggambaran di buku itu, terutama jika ada adegan perburuan, mengingat tokoh-tokohnya masih berusia remaja dan anak-anak.
Saran: sempatkan untuk membaca author's notes di halaman belakang buku, di situ akan dijelaskan makna-makna simbolis yang terdapat di sepanjang cerita.

this book at first was kind of boring because I could not focus on it,and I was quite lost for a long time. Until I got up to page 100something, did I realize that there were many deep themes and a huge meaning behind this book beyond the fact that little boys were stuck on the island after a plane crash. Watching clips from the movie, I had a visual of the boys so it also helped get through the book [ even though I thought the movie was just as boring as the book...I think I should see it again]. Ralph,Simon,Piggy,Jack,Samneric all had an impact in the book- big or small, it was them who put the pieces together for the audience to understand why William Golding wrote this book.

Aside: I've been reading Lord of
the Flies at the same time I've
been reading The Shopaholic Ties
the Knot. I couldn't help imagining
the quick destruction of our Shopaholic
had she somehow been airlifted to the
island home of Lord of the Flies!
Poor reading combo choice.

Like Ender's Game, Lord of the Flies
reveals the terrible core inside all men,
a heart that lives to dominate and to
destroy. And like Ender's Game, LF
uses innocent children to drive home
that point; even in the seemingly pure
souls of the young lies wickedness.

A book that was hard for me to accept
until I had children of my own.
Recommended.

As far as books about the breakdown of society and the collapse of utilitarian morality, this is one of the most prized, but certainly not amongst the best, in my opinion.

I remember reading this in high school - I thought it was a bit hyperbolic (even if it was about children) and the analogies to modern society (the elite, the clergy, the uneducated masses, the power-hungry leaders...) are so blatant its not even fun to analyze.

But oh well, I guess some people need to be beaten over the head with books like this... even though I felt it was crude.

Funny how time changes our point of view.
I thought this book was great when I read it in high school. It seemed to pull back the curtain on how brutal and cruel people can be both on a macro and micro level.

From Ralph telling the group first off to call Peterkin, Piggy, even after he revealed how much he didn't want that to happen, to the violent, mob mentality that takes over the group.

The majority of the boys in the story tease and speak so unkindly to each other. Each one looking to exert power over someone else. There are all kinds of slurs thrown around which no matter how many times people say you have to remember the time in which it was written does not excuse how horrific it is to here, especially coming from children.

It's not that I don't think it's an accurate depiction of people, it's that the impact isn't the same for me as when I was younger.

Not to mention part of the reason the pig slaying/rape description was so accurate because the author freely admitted to attempting to rape someone as a teenager. He also said that if he had been born in Germany during Hitler's reign he would have been a Nazi.

So nope, I'm gonna pass on any praise I would have bestowed on William Golding's work.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/lord-of-the-flies-author-tried-to-rape-a-girl-1773099.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/aug/16/william-golding-attempted-rape