After finishing reading The Lord of the Flies..
Summary
What would you do if you were in a foreign place? With only other children to rely on? Now, what if on top of all that, the place you were evacuated to an island? All while a war was raging. Piggy and Ralph were exiled over to an island, resulting in a need for teamwork. They had to solve problems to all of those questions above! Now think, what hardships must've occurred due to the fact that they were children put into a more mature conflict. Piggy and Ralph came together, and thought the only way they will be able to survive is to find other boys, so that they can create a union in which they can solve the problems together.
With the war continuing, they had to fear whether they would survive. As you can guess, being on a small space with lot's of people can create conflict. One day, they had a big blowout about who to blame for causing hunting troubles. And by doing so, they lost that union. So, taking the role of leader, Ralph took the conflict, and made a speech. He needed everyone to restore order, before continuing on in the journey. However, just by restoring order in the group of children, didn't take away the fear of the 'littluns' (the little boys). They were worried of this new found idea that, on the island, that their main conflict is 'the monster'. They were worried about what the monster will do to them. Instead of dealing with the external monster, they created conflicts with each other.
But the conflicts with each other raise question about who the monster is..
Is the monster an external object..is The Lord of the Flies evil in the sense of being the monster?
Or is the monster internal.. with the bits of evil in all of them?
" “Lord of the Flies” is a literal translation of the name of the biblical name Beelzebub, a powerful demon in hell sometimes thought to be the devil himself."( Lord of the Flies)
So.. Who is the Lord of the Flies?
Review
I would give this book a 4 out of 5 stars, this is because the idea and the plot was extremely riveting and compelling! It was so unique, that you had to complete the book to know what the turnout would be. I would take away one star, due to the fact that the beginning could've been a little bit more exciting. Going into such an exciting plot, the author (Golding) could've added in more pizzazz to the beginning to keep the ENTIRE story more thrilling and invigorating. However, overall, Golding did an amazing job keeping you attached to the book, for the most part. Also, the story has a way of leading the reader on to think something... when really there's something else happening! The book will make you want to never put it down and I think that if you read it, you would find the plot and conflict one of the most unique ways someone has ever used the archetypal setting of an island.
Movie Trailer-Lord of the Flies-Trailer (1990)
Book Cover-The Lord of the Flies
What am I Going to Read Next?
Kiterunner by: Khaled Hosseini
Summary
What would you do if you were in a foreign place? With only other children to rely on? Now, what if on top of all that, the place you were evacuated to an island? All while a war was raging. Piggy and Ralph were exiled over to an island, resulting in a need for teamwork. They had to solve problems to all of those questions above! Now think, what hardships must've occurred due to the fact that they were children put into a more mature conflict. Piggy and Ralph came together, and thought the only way they will be able to survive is to find other boys, so that they can create a union in which they can solve the problems together.
With the war continuing, they had to fear whether they would survive. As you can guess, being on a small space with lot's of people can create conflict. One day, they had a big blowout about who to blame for causing hunting troubles. And by doing so, they lost that union. So, taking the role of leader, Ralph took the conflict, and made a speech. He needed everyone to restore order, before continuing on in the journey. However, just by restoring order in the group of children, didn't take away the fear of the 'littluns' (the little boys). They were worried of this new found idea that, on the island, that their main conflict is 'the monster'. They were worried about what the monster will do to them. Instead of dealing with the external monster, they created conflicts with each other.
But the conflicts with each other raise question about who the monster is..
Is the monster an external object..is The Lord of the Flies evil in the sense of being the monster?
Or is the monster internal.. with the bits of evil in all of them?
" “Lord of the Flies” is a literal translation of the name of the biblical name Beelzebub, a powerful demon in hell sometimes thought to be the devil himself."( Lord of the Flies)
So.. Who is the Lord of the Flies?
Review
I would give this book a 4 out of 5 stars, this is because the idea and the plot was extremely riveting and compelling! It was so unique, that you had to complete the book to know what the turnout would be. I would take away one star, due to the fact that the beginning could've been a little bit more exciting. Going into such an exciting plot, the author (Golding) could've added in more pizzazz to the beginning to keep the ENTIRE story more thrilling and invigorating. However, overall, Golding did an amazing job keeping you attached to the book, for the most part. Also, the story has a way of leading the reader on to think something... when really there's something else happening! The book will make you want to never put it down and I think that if you read it, you would find the plot and conflict one of the most unique ways someone has ever used the archetypal setting of an island.
Movie Trailer-Lord of the Flies-Trailer (1990)
Book Cover-The Lord of the Flies
What am I Going to Read Next?
Kiterunner by: Khaled Hosseini
I loved the summary! The first sentence was a great hook to keep people interested in what you're writing. I also thought how you described the book made me really want to read it more because you had great detail. I also loved the questions you put into the summary to keep the reader interested throughout the whole summary. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really liked you summary of this book as well. I just started reading this book, and from your summary it seems very interesting and enticing. I agree with Allison, the question in your summary made it very interesting for the reader. Great job on the summary!
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