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William Golding's Lord of the Flies (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780791098264
ISBN: 0791098265
Label: Blooms Literary Criticism
Manufacturer: Blooms Literary Criticism
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: February 28, 2008
Publisher: Blooms Literary Criticism
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 786917
Studio: Blooms Literary Criticism

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In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New critical essays on 'Lord of the Flies' are supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors.

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William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published in 1954. At first, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. Overseeing their efforts are Ralph, 'the boy with fair hair,' and Piggy, Ralph's chubby, wisdom-dispensing sidekick whose thick spectacles come in handy for lighting fires. Although Ralph tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island's wild pig population. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored or challenged outright. His fiercest antagonist is Jack, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages. The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to fall away, until Ralph discovers that instead of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: 'He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet.' Golding's gripping novel explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition. --Jennifer Hubert

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- "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 this book - and so went out and picked up another Golding book to ready.

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- One of the best books I've read
I loved this book 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!

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- 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 leader and he believes very much in keeping order and government. Ralph also wishes to be rescued and builds a signal fire. (Which becomes a source of many future disputes) ... Read More

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- 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 his novels, Rites of Passage. William Golding lived eighty-two years and died in 1993. Golding does a great job of demonstrating his point of the tale, using school children ... Read More

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