Customer Reviews

Lord of the Flies (Bloom's Guides)

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My English class has just finished reading Lord of the Flies, and the way Golding uses symbolism is amazing! EVERYTHING in this book is a symbol! Golding can see right into mans' evil and destructive nature. He shows us how destructive we can be by setting forests on fire, pushing boulders off cliffs, and childrens' games of throwing sand and rocks at each other. I enjoyed this book thoroughly and definitly recommend it for anyone. Read it! Golding's perspective of us humans is very thought-provoking. By the way...this book does not take place during WW2. Have you ever heard of an ejectable passenger tube on an airplane? No. He wrote it to be some time in the future--anytime actually. But time is not important. If it were a specific time it may not apply to us now in the present, but it does. It can apply to anyone, and that's how he wanted it to be.

If William Golding was alive today and I had the opportunity of meeting him, I would congratulate him on his amazing novel. The use of symbolism was so extremely explicit and perfectly written, it really made me think about society and where we would be without it. It was a novel which I have read over and over again and I will certainly never forget it as it showed me the origins of mankind and taught me to never, ever take anything for granted. Read and enjoy!

I thought this book was some of the best work of this century, and as the new century rolls in, I believe that it will stay this way. As a fundimental, as well as critical reader, I thought it was great, and would gladly recomened it to anyone, regardless of age. One normally hears that it is horrid, but that would be the last word to decsribe it. I found myself not able to put the book down, and found it utterly magical.

Besides, taking awhile to get into the book. The book is also very wordy and gory. That was enough for me to give it two stars. The thing that I liked best about the story is that you never know what is going to happen next. The author keeps you guessing constantly.

"Lord of the Flies" is a wonderful book. We had to read it in english class. It has so many parallels to the real world, that I can't even name them all. It is definitely a creepy book that makes you question whether man is truly innocent or evil at birth. I whole-heartedly reccomend this book, although there are some points where the author tends to linger on one unimportant subject for a long period of time.

This book was extremely pernicious. I was afraid to sleep at night. I had to cry myself to sleep on many occasions. The study guide bled through my dentrites. The image of the pig remains in my memory bank to this day. I recommend this book to everyone.

I did not enjoy this book, I thought it was over-rated and quite boring. It has no real plot and the story line is a never-ending piece of text which in all honesty, bored me to tears!.

I find that William Golding should not have had as much success as he did because the Symbolism is never ending and I can not handle how he symbolises even a scar or a pair of glasses worn by a fat kid.

This book can easily be reduced from 225pages to at least 3pages. They are stranded, two boys die and they're rescued! Hooray! (As you can tell I'm being sarcaistic!).

Not enough killing. Why couldn't they all die