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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Lord of the Flies (Penguin Study Notes)by: William Golding  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780140772869 Edition: Study Gd ISBN: 0140772863 Label: Penguin UK Manufacturer: Penguin UK Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 1999-06 Publisher: Penguin UK Studio: Penguin UK Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published in 1954. At first, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. Overseeing their efforts are Ralph, "the boy with fair hair," and Piggy, Ralph's chubby, wisdom-dispensing sidekick whose thick spectacles come in handy for lighting fires. Although Ralph tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island's wild pig population. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored or challenged outright. His fiercest antagonist is Jack, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages. The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to fall away, until Ralph discovers that instead of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: "He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet." Golding's gripping novel explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition. --Jennifer Hubert Product Description: These deluxe editions are packaged with French flaps, acid-free paper, and rough front. "This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return. . . to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. . . Superbly written." --The New York Times Other Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Swann's Way by Marcel Proust My Antonia by Willa Cather On the Road by Jack Kerouac White Noise by Don DeLillo Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "To express mankind's essential illness..."One of those I wish I'd read earlier in life - but there it was on vacation with me and I couldn't put it down. What an amazing clarity Golding had here. The entire story - from the plane going down through the attempts to establish "civilization" & order on the island - to the devolvement of everything human - the language is compelling and transitions effective. The love and the hate between the two lead boys - Ralph & Jack - is stunning and believable. And everything related to Simon pulled ... Read More Rating: - One of the best books I've readI loved this book because it tells the story of true human nature. It was completely different from what I had expected it to be, and there are some funny moments too. Read this! Rating: - Lost Innocence I enjoyed reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It was a very well written novel. Although I believe the beginning started really slow and did not grab my attention right a way, but as I kept going the book became more and more interesting. Golding sure knows how to make a huge plot flow and was able to create a huge conflict for the story. The conflict in the end teaches some very valuable life lessons for the reader and the characters. Golding expressed each character extremely ... Read More Rating: - Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan MuellerLord of the Flies By William Golding: Book Review By: Conlan Mueller The author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding, has many ways of showing the meaning of the book. The terrible human quality that man has, turning savage, doing anything for his own survival, in times of great crisis. Golding shows this point in many ways. He uses a variety of metaphors throughout the story. Golding also bluntly shows this in the book. Golding was born in Cornwall, England in 1911. Lord of the ... Read More Rating:  - School reviewLord of the Flies is a very different book. Though the words are clear and easy to read it isn't exactly the easiest book to understand. The story line has so many different symbols, that u have to read each and every line to understand. There were times while i read this book that i had to go back and re-read what i had previously read. Even though this book is hard to understand i still say it was a good book. I loved the vivid images that Golding described. I was able to create pictures ... Read More 
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