William Golding's Lord of the Flies (Bloom's Modern Critical…

Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys stranded on an island, where they must decide how they will go about surviving. It explores human psychology and nature, and provides an excellent conversation in a young adult setting. It's a very powerful novel in that it plants an interesting "what if..." in the reader's head. I remember that this book was relatively popular among my class in high school, and I think it's one that students can relate to in that the primary characters are all their age. ( )

For some reason, Lord of the Flies has generated a lot of negative attention from students over the years. I don't know why everyone dreads reading it, or remembers it less than fondly, or claims that they "hated" it, because I believe it is a very important book and very much worth reading
Basically, the tv series "Lost" stole the premise and made it adult. Several boys are stranded alone on an island, far from society. Without government and without organization, they degenerate into heathens.
It's a careful social study, and the characters are appropriately endearing or revolting when necessary. The prose is suspenseful and the story haunting and memorable.
Perhaps the novel has been delved into too deeply in classrooms. Allegorical references to Christ aside, the story stands firmly on its own right as a tale about man without civilization and how much we rely on structure.
I would teach this book, because it is well worth reading and offers some invaluable lessons regarding human behavior and the behavior of adolescents.
Note: contains some graphic violence; murder. ( )

A plane crashes on an island with young boys as the only survivors. They have to survive on their own until help arrives. Along the way they turn on each other and become savages. This novel teaches about survival and can ask students what they would do in similar situations. Also, this book talks about group mentality. It is a classic book and a relatively short read. This novel contains some graphic material.

This book was okay i guess. We read this as a class back in 8th Grade. Overall I'd say it was easy to read but the book was quite boring and pure empty by the end. The most action I've seen in this book was when Ralph and the others split into 2 seperate groups. The next one was when Piggy got hit in the head with a big boulder. ( )