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Title: Lord of the Flies by William Golding, E. M. Forster, E. L. Epstein, Ben Gibson ISBN: 0-399-52920-9 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Okay, But it Could Have Been Better.
Comment: 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.
Rating: 3
Summary: An Overdone Book
Comment: "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.
Rating: 5
Summary: READ THIS Book
Comment: William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, is a story of details, adventure, and conflict. William Golding uses his excellent skills of being able to switch looks that he creates on characters by using a hefty amount of details. The details provide readers with the feelings of other characters. When I read books, I enjoy books that have plenty of details that make your reading more vivid in your imagination and allow you to feel as if you are in the story too. I like how Golding creates different adventures inside one big adventure to make the novel have more excitement and more creativity. William Golding is known for his outstanding conflicts in his stories. His books always have more conflicts than others because his are more enjoyable. For instance William has a conflict between the setting and a conflict between the characters. Most authors just have conflict in the characters. I enjoyed this book more than most books and that is why I recommend you to read this. If you enjoy action and like plenty of details then this is the book for you.
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Title: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769487 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ISBN: 0446310786 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 11 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, A.M. Heath ISBN: 0151010269 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: 1984 by George Orwell, Erich Fromm ISBN: 0451524934 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0440180295 Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 03 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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