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i honestly thought this book was boring .. its more 21century. It didnt keep me entertained ...

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'Lord of the flies' is one of the worst books i had ever read. If i were not told to read it , i had immediately stopped after the first chapter. But after reading , i understood the symbolics in the book and they were amazing. There are a lot of symbols about human , the second world war and also ...

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Golding's exposition of the brutality that the struggle for power creates in human beings is done in such a way that you can't help but finish the book feeling curious about society and it's people. He draws you in with a variety of lovable and equally unpleasant characters. A real thought provoker, ...

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William Goldings 'Lord of the Flies' is regarded by many as a literary masterpiece. Indepth view into attitudes of humanity, although, younger readers may find it a little slow and dull in parts.

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This book... Sucked, so bad. I have read many books, and many stories where characters died, yet this took it to a whole new level; they were blood thirsty. Two characters killed, another dead. Lovely. Really. The only good thing about it was that it actually ended. If I hadn't been reading this for ...

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William Golding is overall a good writer, but Lord of the Flies was not one of his best writings. William Golding was too descriptive. The book was quite boring actually. I read it to a college class and i could not help but want to fall asleep while reading it. Personally, i hated the book. The end ...

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Would you forget about rescue if you were stranded on an island? What would happen to you if you did? In Golding's work of allegorical fiction, he creates a symbolic microcosm of society to show what could happen when mankind turns its back on the greater good of civilized society to selfishly pur ...

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It has been just over half a century since Golding first published this book, so maybe it's a good time to take another look at it. I promise to dive deep and to explore the effects of William Golding's extraordinary imagination.
In the book, some young boys are stranded on a small empty island, al ...

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Goldings Nightmare

Ryan Harris - reinstates the dark novel

Golding has spiritually retrieved his title for the novel from the Hebrew word Ba'al ze bub meaning Lord of the Flies, later corrupted to Beelzebub. The novel is an examination of the nature of evil.

The novel starts off when a pl ...

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William Golding's Lord Of The Flies, the novel that exhibits civilisation, isolation, and how they can destroy humanity; has been on our shelves for 53 years to this day, and despite the age of this book, it certainly deserves our attention and high respect for its achieving, disturbing plot which s ...