William Golding - Lord of the Flies: Kit

Pros: A timeless and profound exploration of the darker side of human nature
Cons: Bleak, grim, dismal, violent and morbid

Note: This review reveals major details about the book’s plot, but there’s no ending-spoiler.

the quick and dirty:

A planeload of upper crust British schoolboys evacuated from London during the Blitz crashes on a lush,...

Pros: The writing, the depth and thought-provoking story
Cons: The sadness

In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding wrote a very different yet very comparable story to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. A group of English schoolboys, ages six to twelve, are stranded on a tropical island when their plane crashes ...

Pros: Excellent symbolism, description and thematic ideas, well-written
Cons: Extremely bleak - but that's really the point

Very rarely do I read a piece of fiction that actually grabs my attention and intrigues me. For the most part I just read through book after book, rarely interested in anything that I ever find. So when I read something that does interest me and make...

Pros: Quick read, pacing is great, and pretty much everything else
Cons: might be over the heads and to graphic in parts for younger readers

Pros: This is a truly fantastic look at human nature and the forces that govern it.
Cons: The book is extraordinarily violent considering the characters are all children. The novel has become easily dismissed by those who can't or won't understand the symbolic meanings behind much of what Golding writes.

In a budding effort of review the entire Modern Library list of the 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th century, here comes my little review of William Golding's examination of the fine line between human reason and animalistic urges "Lord of the...

Pros: Very clever, allegorical - raises too many interesting questions to deal with at once.
Cons: Don't read it to be entertained. It's just not entertaining.

Lord of the Flies comes with a label attached – it is a Classic Work of Modern Literature. It is one of those books students have to pick to pieces in English lessons, a sort of sheep’s head of the literature world. There have been films, detailed...

Pros: Great classic of the times...
Cons: Hints at biased views of author...

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is an incisive allegory dealing with the development and decay of a microcosmic society of children on a deserted island during World War II. It is rich in social analogy and satire, showing how conflicting...

Pros: Excellent Story Line, Well-Made Characters, Great In Showing Human Nature
Cons: None!

There is a constant struggle within every human being. These forces are very natural, and some of them are a part of human instinct. However, they are greatly shaped by the outside world, and by the norms of society. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding...

Pros: Piggy is a character most of us can identify with.
Cons: It's possibly one of the worst books ever to be called a classic.

Almost all authors of serious adult literature have some kind of a vision, some set of ideas or values or beliefs, a kind of message or warning that they want to use their book to explain to the readers. Some do this quite explicitly by use of characters...

Pros: Great tale on an old theme
Cons: Heavy-handed

I think I should thank my schoolteachers that this book was never required reading. The temptation for teachers to overanalyze a book that rich in symbolism, heavy in morals, and steeped in eternal themes might have really turned me off what is an...

Pros: Excellent allegory of the darkness within man
Cons: Psychologically intense, will scare the living cr@p out of you

Can you believe it? I didn't have to read Lord of the Flies in high school.

Weird, I know. I don't know why, though. (Maybe there wasn't enough time to read it what with us having to read Brave New World, 1984 and a slew of Tennessee Williams...

Pros: good book
Cons: n/a

Lord Of The Flies was an incrediable book.

Just in case you don't know the plot: In the midst of some menacing war, some English schoolboys of all ages and sizes and sorts are stranded on a tropical island with no adults to supervise or make...

Pros: Brilliantly written book, with amazing symbolism
Cons: may be a little violent at times, not for everyone

When you're in ninth grade, you never can truly appreciate everything your english teacher offers you. That year, I had possibly the hardest teacher in my history as a student, but it was through her that I got introduced to "The Lord of the...

Pros: adventurous, realistic to a certain degree, not too long
Cons: gory and can be confusing

The title alone cannot persuade a reader to pick up this book right away. Lord of the Flies means practically nothing to the person who's never heard of it. But to those who have read and understood the unusual plot and concept of the book, they will...

Pros: Good for discussion, exciting, moves along quickly
Cons: Very negative and gruesome

"Lord of the Flies" is another one of those books that I used to love, back in my high school and college days when I had a very pessimistic outlook on life. I still appreciate it for its quality, but no longer can say I enjoy it.

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