The Lord of the Flies-William Golding

The Lord of the Flies

202 pages

Summary:
         In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys get stranded on an island all by themselves. They think the life without adults will be party party but soon realize that they are in deep trouble by their situation. One of the boys, Ralph, is nominated as the leader and together the boys come up with rules to live and work together. As the story goes on, the boys run into numerous conflict and also fear "a beast" that lives on the island. One of the boys, Jack, forms his own group of "hunters" and tries to overthrow Ralph and the other boys. Simon, another boy, has hallucinations about "the beast" and says that it lives not on the island but in the boys' imagination. Jack soon goes crazy and sets the island on fire. A nearby ship sees the flames and the boys that survived are rescued from the island.


My Review:
        Lord of the Flies was a boring book. I could only maybe read one chapter per night. I would get very tired and want to put the book down ten minutes into reading. I would get distracted easily and would not think much about it. I would also not look forward to reading on. The book was also hard to understand. Some parts did make sense, but most parts did not. The plot would jump around a lot.
       Despite being a boring book, it did have some life lessons that any person could do well with. For example, living without parents can make life extremely difficult. It may seems to be all fun and games at first, but then you realize that without your parents, it's hard to get by. It also shows vaguely how to work together. If little boys can do it, why can't other people do it? They make fair rules, and elect a leader. Sort of like a government. Overall, The Lord of the Flies had some good parts and some bad parts but it was a rather boring read.


Quote:
  "He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and an unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of a man's heart, and the fall through he air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."