Lord of the Flies
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- Author：William Golding
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Summary
At the dawn of the next world war， a plane crashes on an uncharted island， stranding a group of schoolboys。 At first， with no adult supervision， their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want。 Anything。 They attempt to forge their own society， failing， however， in the face of terror， sin and evil。 And as order collapses， as strange howls echo in the night， as terror begins its reign， the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued。 Labeled a parable， an allegory， a myth， a morality tale， a parody， a political treatise， even a vision of the apocalypse， Lord of the Flies is perhaps our most memorable tale about “the end of innocence， the darkness of man’s heart。”
Reviews
Alex Centa
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It starts off as a rather "slow"， easy reading and takes a sudden twist in the second half， making it impossible for one to put down and leaving them speechless， shaking their head and not being able to stop thinking about the book and its message。 I can already tell the story of this book will resonate with me for a long time。 It starts off as a rather "slow"， easy reading and takes a sudden twist in the second half， making it impossible for one to put down and leaving them speechless， shaking their head and not being able to stop thinking about the book and its message。 I can already tell the story of this book will resonate with me for a long time。 。。。more
Nikolas Valantasis
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Was very exited to read this book after seeing it be referenced in many other stories and books。 The prologue by Stephen King increased my anticipation about it， but。。。。 even though I found that the learnings and meanings of the book are great and relevant regardless time and place， the writing of the first half out me off many times。 Nevertheless it’s worth the read， and more worth to read it when there is unrest in society and fights over who is chief， even at political leadership level。
Karolina
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Przyznam się， że czuję jakoby książka nie została przeze mnie w pełni zrozumiana。 Jestem pewna， że oprócz motywów przerażającej przemiany młodych osób oraz próby zjednoczenia się w skrajnie nieprzewidywalnych warunkach， w powieści są ukryte kolejne znaczenia opisujące naturę ludzką。 Wrócę do Władcy Much， ponownie starając się wychwycić więcej。 Książka jak najbardziej godna polecenia， warta przeczytania i przemyślenia - także w kwestii pewnej przestrogi。
Taran Silva
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I never read this book in high school or middle school and was not familiar with the story before I started reading it。 With that being said， this book led me on an introspective journey as I found myself identifying with the worst traits of some characters and the best traits of others。 This book raises serious questions about ideas that frequently contribute to internal and external conflict， such as altruism， the desire for power， and the need for external validation from others。 Throughout m I never read this book in high school or middle school and was not familiar with the story before I started reading it。 With that being said， this book led me on an introspective journey as I found myself identifying with the worst traits of some characters and the best traits of others。 This book raises serious questions about ideas that frequently contribute to internal and external conflict， such as altruism， the desire for power， and the need for external validation from others。 Throughout my reading of this book， I found myself reflecting on my interactions with others。 To be honest， I think I'm still working through a lot of the emotions this book provoked for me。 Overall， I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it。 。。。more
Alex
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Ja， die Beschreibungen im Buch sind anfangs etwas anstrengend。 Ja， der Anfang an sich ist durchaus etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig。 Aber was danach kommt， ist unglaublich。 Die Entwicklung in der Beziehung zwischen Jack und Ralph， aber auch die Entwicklung von der Gruppendynamik ist so unglaublich gut nuanciert， die Entwicklung so minimal， aber doch so wichtig。Vor allem lässt sich das Buch unter verschiedenen Hintergründen lesen:Wie Hetzer und Gewinnertypen wie Jack unwissende unpolitische Menschen auf Ja， die Beschreibungen im Buch sind anfangs etwas anstrengend。 Ja， der Anfang an sich ist durchaus etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig。 Aber was danach kommt， ist unglaublich。 Die Entwicklung in der Beziehung zwischen Jack und Ralph， aber auch die Entwicklung von der Gruppendynamik ist so unglaublich gut nuanciert， die Entwicklung so minimal， aber doch so wichtig。Vor allem lässt sich das Buch unter verschiedenen Hintergründen lesen:Wie Hetzer und Gewinnertypen wie Jack unwissende unpolitische Menschen aufhetzen können，wie angeboren doch die menschliche Gewalt ist， wie wir am Ende ohne Zivilisation doch das sind， was wir alle vermeiden wollen （ähnlich wie im Ende von Animal Farm tatsächlich， wenn auch hinter anderen Hintergrund）。Das Buch manifestiert aber auch eine antirassistische und antinationalistische Handlung。 Der Marineoffizier， der am Ende feststellen muss， dass wir Menschen doch im Grund alle gleich sind und das auch aus einer Gruppe vermeintlich zivilisierten britischen Jugendlichen eine Gewaltherrschaft entstehen kann， ist für mich klar eine postkolonialistische Lektion。Letztlich möchte ich noch auf einen sozialen Aspekt hinweisen， der mir bei der Lektüre auffiel: Was Jack macht， ist die Möglichkeit kurzer Perspektive und Ernährung zu bieten。 Interessant ist das zu vergleichen mit der europäischen Entwicklung in den dreißiger Jahren， wo viele Diktaturen sich etablierten。 Der liberale Nationalstaat hatte in Europa es versagt， soziale Reformen zu bieten， Diktaturen boten vermeintlich simplerer und soziale Alternativen。 Der Sozialstaat der in der Nachkriegszeit entstand ist zum Teil damit zu erklären。 Ähnliches passiert im Buch - Jack bietet Ernährung an， hetzt aber gegen Ralph， Piggy - viele schließen sich nicht nur aus der Angst von ihm verprügelt zu werden ihm an， sondern auch weil er soziale Alternativen zum Preis des Hasses und der Gewalt bietet - einen Preis， den viele Kinder gerne in Kauf nehmen。 So ist das Buch auch eine Lektion für die Demokratie， nämlich dass Demokratie mündige Bürger braucht und Leistungen erbringen muss， um die Menschen für sie zu gewinnen。 。。。more
Mohade$eh
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It is one of the books that needs to be read slowly。 You should kinda live every moment of it to truly feel the horror and crash of humanity。داستان جالب و تامل برانگیز بود اما این ترجمه و ویرایش بسیار پرمشکل بود و از لذت خوانش می کاست。
vivian :）
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I read this for school but I actually really liked it！ super disturbing and makes you think。
Érika
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Lo bueno es que lo terminé 💪🏽Se me hizo muy lento， en muchos momentos eran más las descripciones que la acción。Y aunque valoro la crítica social y el mensaje que deja， para mí no es un buen libro。Solo confirmó lo que pienso " los niños son crueles" jajajaj Lo bueno es que lo terminé 💪🏽Se me hizo muy lento， en muchos momentos eran más las descripciones que la acción。Y aunque valoro la crítica social y el mensaje que deja， para mí no es un buen libro。Solo confirmó lo que pienso " los niños son crueles" jajajaj 。。。more
sayeeda
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wow。this was wild。
procrastinating reader
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EDIT: OH MY GOD， THEY’RE THE FLIES！Welp。。 I'm not having children。I mean， at least Ralph got his fire。。。？ （These kids are gonna need so much therapy。）Honestly， Simon and Ralph are the only characters I liked （which isn't a critique because this book is not about。。。 "likable" characters）。 Roger is a straight up psychopath， and Jack was just "interesting"。I don't know what else to really say。 I was looking at some interpretations， since this is a classic and you should be looking at notes to avoid EDIT: OH MY GOD， THEY’RE THE FLIES！Welp。。 I'm not having children。I mean， at least Ralph got his fire。。。？ （These kids are gonna need so much therapy。）Honestly， Simon and Ralph are the only characters I liked （which isn't a critique because this book is not about。。。 "likable" characters）。 Roger is a straight up psychopath， and Jack was just "interesting"。I don't know what else to really say。 I was looking at some interpretations， since this is a classic and you should be looking at notes to avoid looking stupid， but it wasn't really interesting to me。 Look， I don't know why "Romeo and Juliet"'s whole family dynamic is more alluring to me than a commentary on what binds us to our humanity （I think that's how I would summarize the book's meaning）。I was more drawn with the whole mob-mentality of the "savages"， and the easy way they got brainwashed by Jack， who I'm guessing represents the savagery that letting go of society's “rules” leads to。 Ralph was also really good because he's just desperately trying to stay civilized and sane for the sake of it all （probably why he's the first to greet the adult）。 Simon， I've read people say， represents the balance between the two - in that he can see the beauty of nature and wildness but he stays civilized because he's a genuinely good person， instead of society restricting him。Is the author trying to say that the majority of people act "civilized" because of the unwritten rules of society？Maybe。Is he trying to point out that most people are evil （and will act as such， either when given the chance or through "coercion"）？Perhaps。Or is he just trying to make fun of "The Coral Island" because he knew that children sucked and couldn't take care of themselves？Probably。I probably agree with the first two but my brain is tired because it's 4 a。m。 so let's hope I got all my thoughts down。 。。。more
Mike
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A classic。I never truly read this before。 I was aware of the story， having followed it during high school English。 This was great。
Terra Paley
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Spite is the only real way to survive well that's the mentality on one side Spite is the only real way to survive well that's the mentality on one side 。。。more
abigail
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 3。75 ⭐️ classic story。 i enjoyed some of the writing and the deaths hurt。 but something was off。。。i felt like we didn’t get enough time to bond with the characters。 for example， poor simon only got 3 paragraphs before he was off-ed。 ending was too quick， too。 would be so cool to see this rewritten （and done better）
Maria
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La historia representa la vida social y la dualidad del ser humano de una manera interesante。 Sin embargo， en medio de las extensas descripciones， la acción pierde poder y en ocasiones， hasta pasa desapercibida。 No fue la mejor experiencia， pero eso de leer clásicos me está gustando y mucho。
Magda Sienkiewicz
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Can be a little confusing at times。 Open to interpretation！ Reminds one to be independent！
Balal Aslam
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Wonderful
Roberto Ferreira
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The true lost of innocence。 The darkness in man’s nature revealed。 A fine job！
Natalia Stornello
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This book bored me to death， like sorry not sorry。 I never connected with any of the characters， and I didn't care about them or their circumstances at all。 Even though Golding's writing is amazing， and his bible references are just genius， and the SYMBOLISM is just fantastic， it's the characterization that really ruined it for me。 This book bored me to death， like sorry not sorry。 I never connected with any of the characters， and I didn't care about them or their circumstances at all。 Even though Golding's writing is amazing， and his bible references are just genius， and the SYMBOLISM is just fantastic， it's the characterization that really ruined it for me。 。。。more
Reem Abdel-Haq
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2。75
Hannah Mackiewicz
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loved the idealism of this book
Alia
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I would've rated this higher if I didn't have to analyze every single fucking line of this book for school but whatever。 But this quote was great: "He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them。" I would've rated this higher if I didn't have to analyze every single fucking line of this book for school but whatever。 But this quote was great: "He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them。" 。。。more
carmen
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i'm not too sure what my rating would be for this book out of two reasons: 1） it's a classic; everybody knows including myself that classics are meant to be analysed deeply for the full experience。 only then by getting the full experience are you eligible to give a proper rating and review， right？ well， i didn't。 the only form of analysis or extra reading i did was by going through wikipedia， reddit and a handful of english literature sites and doing light skims of any relevant posts。2） i'm horr i'm not too sure what my rating would be for this book out of two reasons: 1） it's a classic; everybody knows including myself that classics are meant to be analysed deeply for the full experience。 only then by getting the full experience are you eligible to give a proper rating and review， right？ well， i didn't。 the only form of analysis or extra reading i did was by going through wikipedia， reddit and a handful of english literature sites and doing light skims of any relevant posts。2） i'm horrible at reading classics because it takes me quite a while to fully appreciate the art and beauty of it。 throughout all my years of reading， i've never had a passion for classics and the themes and or language would often be too complex for me to understand and like。 so having to rate and write a review for this incredibly respected classic which has apparently been named as bbc's top 100 influential novels of all time or something along that lines is， uh， stressful。because of this， i shall write my review from an average reader's standpoint of view without any in-depth analysis of the characters， themes and blablabla。 that's more than a day's wage for me。 so here goes。 lord of the flies was a pretty insightful book in terms of it exploring the intrinsic savagery and cruelty that's buried deep within all human beings including harmless， socially-conditioned schoolboys， the use of humanity-relevant themes such as groupthink and individualism and its reveal of the significance of law and order。 the entire novel is all about a group of schoolboys who， after finding themselves alone without any grown-ups （hooray！） on a deserted island， gradually and eventually return to primal savagery。 as the reader， you get to see 3 different prominently characters （jack， ralph and piggy） attempting to lead and shape the group， each with flaws and specialities of their own。 i really love the symbolism that's added within the pages such as the speech made by the lord of the flies to simon， the use of paint by jack merridew and his hunters as a way to 'mask' themselves from their brutality， etc。 if i add more examples， it'll just be spoilers at this point onwards so no lol。 'lord of the flies' is a crazy book， in a good way。 if you find classics difficult to comprehend and appreciate just like me and you're just there like what？， i highly suggest you have a reading guide next to you and that you refer to it only once you're finished with the book。 other classics， sure， if you don't understand it， just give it up and mark it as dnf。 but for this one？ read it till the end。it's an excellent classic for everybody。 maybe not for children just yet。。。 。。。more
Grebbie
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Not my favourite， an interesting yarn but sadly predictable。
Marta Bagińska
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3。7
abby
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im going to be forced to read this eventually so i might as well read it and get to bitch about it on my own time。 i have such great priorities
Marie-Lynn Issa
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It wasn't exactly the best book I've read in a while。 There were a lot of unnecessary conversations that bored me。 There were quite a few moments of suspense that revived my interest in the story however。 The ending I didn't expect， but the events that led to it I did。 I don't know， overall I have mixed feelings about Lord of the Flies。 It's not good， but it's not bad。 It's quite average。 It wasn't exactly the best book I've read in a while。 There were a lot of unnecessary conversations that bored me。 There were quite a few moments of suspense that revived my interest in the story however。 The ending I didn't expect， but the events that led to it I did。 I don't know， overall I have mixed feelings about Lord of the Flies。 It's not good， but it's not bad。 It's quite average。 。。。more
Thomas
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Fun little book。
Bella Atkinson
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It was a good book！ The ending was interesting！
Miss Öykü
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Ne okuyacağımı az çok biliyordum başlarken ama William Golding'in dilinin bu kadar gerçek ve yakıcı olacağını düşünmezdim。 Bir adaya düşen 6-12 yaş arası erkek çocukların hayatta kalma ve dış dünya tarafından bulunma çabasını anlatan bir kitap。 Sıradan bir serüven değil çünkü alegorik。 Her karakter， adadaki her canlı biziz。Bir heves seçilen şef， koyulan kurallar， hızla başlayan inşa süreci ne yazık ki kısa sürede lafta kalıyor。 Çünkü onlar çocuk ve yaşadıklarına bir oyun gibi bakıyorlar。 Jack kı Ne okuyacağımı az çok biliyordum başlarken ama William Golding'in dilinin bu kadar gerçek ve yakıcı olacağını düşünmezdim。 Bir adaya düşen 6-12 yaş arası erkek çocukların hayatta kalma ve dış dünya tarafından bulunma çabasını anlatan bir kitap。 Sıradan bir serüven değil çünkü alegorik。 Her karakter， adadaki her canlı biziz。Bir heves seçilen şef， koyulan kurallar， hızla başlayan inşa süreci ne yazık ki kısa sürede lafta kalıyor。 Çünkü onlar çocuk ve yaşadıklarına bir oyun gibi bakıyorlar。 Jack kızdığında "Artık sizinle oynamayacağım。" diyor。 "Oyunbozanlık yapma。" diyor Ralph， Jack'e。 Kitap boyunca hiçbir şeyin oyun olmadığını düşünen karakter Domuzcuk。 Onun ismini bilmiyoruz， lakabı var sadece。 Tavsiyeleri veren， kurtulmak için çabalayan "akıl" o。 Fakat çocukların çoğu ondan uzak; kilolu olduğu için， astımı olduğu için， oyun oynamak varken barınak inşa edelim dediği için。。。Kısacası "Kurallar bizim her şeyimiz。" diyen çocuklar açısından kuralların hiçbir önemi kalmıyor。Yazar bana şunu düşündürdü: kurallar olmasa hepimiz "vahşi" miyiz ya da hiç kurallara ihtiyacımız olmadığının bilincinde olsak dünyayı cennete çevirir miyiz？ Kurallara ihtiyacımız var mı？Sineklerin Tanrısı， Simon'a ben sizin içinizdeyim dediğinde haklıydı kuşkusuz ama her insan doğuştan vahşi mi？ Yoksa içten içe mi vahşi olmak istiyoruz？ Bu sorunun cevabını kitaptaki çocuklara bakarak verebilmek çok sağlıklı değil zira Mina Urgan'ın yazmış olduğu son sözde belirttiği gibi bu çocuklar Üçüncü Dünya Savaşı'nın içinde yaşıyor。 Gördükleri， bildikleri savaş。 Barış halinde bir toplumda yaşamış olsalar adayı yangın yeri olmaktan kurtarabilirdik belki， kim bilir？ Hem içimizde olsa bu şeytanlık， çocuklar neden yüzlerine bir maske geçiriyorlar "vahşi" olabilmek için？Sonunda yazarın karamsar mı olduğu yoksa çıkış yolunun mümkün olduğunu mu gösterdi emin değilim。 Çünkü günün sonunda cehennem olmuş bir ada söz konusu， iyiler ölmüş ya da ölmek üzere。 Ama sağ kalan son iyi hala gücüne inanıyor， şef olduğunu düşünüyor ve temize çıkabiliyor。 Yalnız， temize çıktığında dış dünyadaki bir bomba ile ölmeyeceği de meçhul。 Beni çokça düşündüren， üzen， çelişkili düşüncelere boğan bu okuma hakkındaki karmaşık düşüncelerime en etkileyici cümlelerden biriyle son veriyorum: "Ve çocukların arasında Ralph， kirli bedeni， karmakarışık saçları， silinmemiş burnuyla， çocukluk döneminin bitmesine， insan yüreğinin karanlığına ve Domuzcuk denilen o gerçek， o akıllı arkadaşın havalarda uçup ölmesine ağladı。" 。。。more
Annette
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Lord of The Flies -Another book into which I fell head first without any prior knowledge 。Its uncomfortably brilliant。 The actual story itself is truly vile and dark。However Golding pulls you in the further into the book you go 。 In the midst of a raging war， a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island。 A simple premise ， but so much more than just survival。I found visualizing the geographic of the Island somewhat challenging as with many of Lord of The Flies -Another book into which I fell head first without any prior knowledge 。Its uncomfortably brilliant。 The actual story itself is truly vile and dark。However Golding pulls you in the further into the book you go 。 In the midst of a raging war， a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island。 A simple premise ， but so much more than just survival。I found visualizing the geographic of the Island somewhat challenging as with many of authors and writings of the classics ， Goldings writing was somewhat disjointed ， but this was only a minor issue。Getting a map up on google was very helpful with this ， it would of been nice if there was an illustration of this in the book itself 。Character building and descriptive， was nothing short of brilliant 。I knew exactly how "piggy" would look ，how he felt ， and Ralphs frustration and desperation 。Simons longing for solitude and his struggle with being heard moreover his natural goodness - alongside the savages when adorned with their mud and tribal aesthetics， I felt I really got to know the characters whilst not even knowing much of any of their back stories 。 Wonderfully disturbing ， uncomfortable ， symbolism - its got it all 。Examples of bullying ， control， civility ， savagery， descent， isolation and madness。 Murder ， sadism ， desire。 Golding has drawn on all of this and presented it in this fantastic book。 A good vs evil I felt disturbed， desperate and excited reading it 。5* for this gem 。One I shall be revisiting again。 。。。more
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Lord of the Flies
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Lord of the Flies&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Lord of the Flies&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0