Book Review Lord Of The Flies
With no adults surviving the crash the boys are left to themselves to try to stay alive.
Book review lord of the flies. Immediately a sort of informal society springs up with the election of a leader and the setting down of formal objectives and rules. It is an allegorical novel about the conflicts between savagery and civilization. On the outside lord of the flies may appear to be simply a story about boys trying to live on a deserted island but reading between the lines will allow the reader to understand and appreciate the.
Most people have either read this book during middle high school in america or great britain or have heard of it because of its supposed cannibalism story line. Lord of the flies by william golding. This allegorical book was originally published in 1954.
When they were flying their plane crashed and they were stranded on a deserted island with no adults. I feel like this is one of those books that most people are told they should read whether in school or just in general but one that a lot of people don t like. Lord of the flies by william golding.
It is not only a tale of boys surviving after their plane crashed on a deserted island. Each chapter has a wonderful internal rise and fall and the plotting and metaphoric shadings in the characterizations are amazing. Lord of the flies is a historical fictional novel which was written in 1954 by nobel prize award winning british author william golding.
Book review 3 out of 5 stars to lord of the flies a coming of age novel written in 1954 by william golding who was a nobel prize winner. Lord of the flies by william golding is one of my favorite novels not necessarily from a i m going to read this every year standpoint but more from a damn i wish i could write like that perspective. Talk to your kids about.
In fact i don t know anyone in my personal life who has read it and liked it. Lord of the flies has been a perennial favorite since its first publication in 1954 and this excellent novel is a deserved staple of school reading lists. Lord of the flies author.