Lord of the Flies
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Finish reading it, or no?
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Jun 09, 2011 01:25PM
It's so short, why not finish it? At least then you can say you actually read it.
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I read this book my freshmen year in high school. I love it because its different. I was one of the first books that I read that was a biblical reference. It also has the main idea as evil beats good. That everyone is evil. I loved everything about it. The ending especially. A good read and a classic book.
These are some great comments. For those of you who recently read this in high school, what are some of the other things you liked and did not like about the book? I will definitely think about your ideas when I teach the book in the fall.Thanks
I liked discussing it in class and talking about the symbols and the motifs inside the book.At parts the book was really slow and i love the part when Simon talked to the boar head and he realized that the everyone is evil. I love that the book brings up the age old debate of are people evil or good by nature. My teacher focused on the symbols such as the glasses, the pigs head, Ralph, and the biblical reference.
This book is AMAZING! It is definitely worth reading and finishing. I am sorry to hear you are having a hard time of it.
This was one of my favorite books from my high school English class. I'd love to read it again, when I can find the time.It's been more than 15 years since I read it, but from what I remember, it's about how quickly man can descend from civilization to savagery outside of a larger society's social controls and police restraints.
It's a story not so much about people on an island, but about human nature. If you think about it from that angle you'll probably enjoy it more.
Emily321 wrote: "This book is soo..... slow. Its like watching a snail. At first you think it might be entertaining, but then you realize that its not. Its just boring.Annywas, I'm reading this book, and I'm thin..."
I had to read this book for school so I had no choice but to finish it. Took me two months though when I can usually finish a book that size in one day. It's really slow but if you take the time to really think out every scene in your head then it can be a fulfilling read. Not the best book but still worth reading. Keep going!
Emily321 wrote: "This book is soo..... slow. Its like watching a snail. At first you think it might be entertaining, but then you realize that its not. Its just boring.Annywas, I'm reading this book, and I'm thin..."
It also speeds up a bit towards the end.
Did you guys miss the part where she said she finished the book?
well i only read it (and liked it) because i studied it at college, so i was relating what i'm learning to the characters and the events, it was more like an analysis than a story book reading
I read it for school, finished it, enjoyed it, and then read it again later on. If you're really not enjoying it, don't force yourself to. However my mum always recommends reading 'classics' even if they're boring just because if you don't there might be references to it in other books, or in conversation, that you won't understand.
Sadly, people who miss the point of good literature, usually are the ones to trash it. Lord of the Flies is an intensely cynical look at the human race and its so-called level of civilisation. The theme is that we are not so much governed by our civilised mores, but rather by our base and primitive instincts, and no amount of rules and regulations or religions, for that matter, have made us any better. A troop of boys, left to their own devices without rules, go back to the bush in a matter of hours, losing their civilised face entirely. Through this analogy, Golding puts forward the view that we are not the marvelous creatures we believe ourselves to be - but nothing more than multitudes of uncivilised flies. And who governs these flies? Who - really - is the Lord of the Flies?
Didn't exactly finish reading it, did skip to the end to see how it ended. I didn't care for this book. But then I haven't been able to finish any book I started by Golding.
I agree it's slow. Had to read it for a class in high school. ultimately, it is excellent, however, as a freshman, it was torment.
it helps to read things aloud if you're struggling to make it through.
I read it in high school but just a few months ago, the high school class I'm an assistant in read the book so I read it again. When we talked about the book, we all realized how similar and how many parallels this book has with the tv show "Lost". The plane crash, the lead characters name "Jack", even Piggy (Hurley?). Makes you wonder if the creator of Lost was a Lord of the Flies fan?
Finish it. It wasn't my favorite, but I think freshman year was a little too young for me. (Also, there were no girls in this book, which ticked me off.) It's a classic, and all that; it's good to have under your belt.
If you don't want to finish it, put it down, read a short book on literary analysis/symbolism (like How To Read Literature Like a Professor) and then come back. It'll be more rewarding.
If you don't want to finish it, put it down, read a short book on literary analysis/symbolism (like How To Read Literature Like a Professor) and then come back. It'll be more rewarding.
So many low reviews ... Malla I think you are exactly right, even if we don't want to see it in ourselves; in my many years I've seen the symptoms in real-world leadership. Human nature is NOT so reliable and so "pure" that we can say this would never happen.Just look around at what's really happening in the world today.
This book is definitely worth reading and taking to heart, as a caution for how low the human mind can actually go.
PS: I think this book fits so well (and explains so well) Maslow's seemingly "outdated" hierarchy of needs that the two should even be taken side by side. I'm an optimist at heart, a genuine lover of people and always hopeful that the goodness of the human heart will win out, but this book of fiction is about the other side of realism. And why else are shows like "Lost" and the orginal "Survival" so perennially popular? They feed our curiosity about the more basic side of human nature that we know exists. Hence, Lord of the Flies.
I had a really hard time getting through it until around the middle. That's where it starts to get interesting, in my opinion. It's a very haunting book- kind of scary and odd at times, but makes you think. I think the toughest part is the first half of the book. If you can make it that far, it gets a lot more interesting.
while this is a popular book in the usa and most people study it in high school, in eastern europe, reading this book has nothing to do with school itself. it hasn't made its way on the list of compulsory reading material for high school. so, going over it is only up to the reader. personally, i liked it. maybe it was also due to the fact that i read it without having anybody forcing me into doing so. at leas in my case, the general attitude really makes a difference. i think it was somewhat touching at times and even mind-boggling. but, of course, you have to try and see beyond the obvious storyline. it was more or less a story of regression to the stage of savagery.
The book is crazy. You should read it so you can add it to your list. It is considered a classic, and it's a good conversation book. It's not my favorite (but I said it was in high school only because it was the only book that I remembered after I read it because it's crazy).
TikiPaws12 wrote: "Did you guys miss the part where she said she finished the book?"Hahaha, I know!
But its okay.
They like having conversations about the book. I finished it, though. A looooog time ago, yes, but I still finished.
Thanks again for all the advice everyone!
I had to read this book for school and it drove me insane how freakn slow it was. The book isn't even that interesting
