• April 9, 2008
Wordsmith Wednesdays: Lord of the Flies

Title: Lord of the Flies
Author: William Golding
Year of Release: 1954 I believe
Notes: very mild profanity, non-graphic murder

What to say about this book... to be honest, I didn't really like it, it was just a tad depressing. Ok, so a lot depressing, I thought. It's about a bunch of British schoolboys that gets marooned on an uninhabited island.

SPOILER ALERT... if you don't want to know what happens, stop reading now.

At least they think it's uninhabited. Apparently there is some weird "beastie" on the island as well. I didn't really understand that very much. It was the Lord of the Flies, and I can't tell if it was a figment of their imagination, or an actual creature that haunted and terrorized them. I'll admit, I was reading really fast to get it over with. :)

The kids aren't very nice to each other, they call one asthmatic overweight boy "Piggy", and make fun of him and don't include him. The leader, Ralph, is a bit selfish and narrow-minded. Another boy, Jack, eventually leaves Ralph and starts his own "tribe" to have more fun. Unfortunately, having more fun means not keeping watch on the fire used to try and signal passing ships.

One of the boys gets killed by the other boys sort of by accident from what I can tell, that part is confusing. They do get rescued eventually, at the very end after some fight with another island's inhabitants. I think. The fight part was confusing too... the whole last chapter I was about to fall asleep, my bad!

So, if you do read this book... I just gave away a bunch of the plot. Sorry. I hope you enjoy it. :)

The Princess

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• April 9, 2008
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Posted by sweetpotato

*shudder* I've always thought this book sounded morbid and rather horrible. I don't think I shall be trying it anytime soon. In fact, I shall avoid it like the plague.

I did enjoy reading your thoughts on it though. :-D It satisfied some curiosity on my part.

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