Lord of the Flies....Will You Give This Piece of Classic Literature a Try?
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Spoiler Alert: These articles contain important information on the main action in the book Lord of the Flies!
The book, Lord of the Flies, is about how people react in life. It starts out during
World War II and a group of boys are leaving England for safety. But as they are flying,
their plane is shot down and crashes on an island with no adults. On the island, the
book starts out with a character named Ralph. Ralph becomes the chief of the island.
Jack, although he is second in command, want to have his own tribe . In the beginning,
Jack shows a little of his anger. Jack was a character who wanted power. A person who
wants power, never ends well. When the book gets closer to the end, problems arise. A
fire to signal ships was out when a ship passed. Jack becomes obsessed with killing
pigs. The boys went so crazy that they even thought there was a creature on the island.
Ralph forms a meeting to make some more rules. But Jack gets mad at Ralph and runs
away to form his own tribe. Jack's tribe gets out of hand, they kill two people and chase
Ralph through the jungle trying to kill him. Towards the end, Ralph is running for his life.
Jack's group went insane and lit the whole island on fire. But since they did that, a ship
saw the smoke and came to the island. At the end, Ralph saw the naval officer and they
all cried. When they saw him, their eyes were open, and the boys realized that they
would suffer for the rest of their lives. Lord of the Flies is a good book but can be a little
long and boring. It has great detail and good story line, but out of five, I would have to
give it a two. - Calliou Bernard
Hey, Miss Queenie here. The first thing you have to know about me is I LOVE to read. Just
recently I was able to read the book Lord of the Flies. It was one of the most challenging
books I have ever read. Usually, I can read for hours, but with Lord of the Flies I could
barely get past the second page. In my opinion, Lord of the Flies was not a good book at all.
Most of the concepts in the book were very confusing and strange and are situated around
a boy named Ralph. Ralph and a group of boys are stranded on an island. . They had no
specific adult leader, so Ralph ended was chosen by the boys to lead them. While on the
island, a boy, named Piggy, is the laughing stock of the island because of his physical
shape. The hunters, always wanting to do their own thing, decided to cause havoc in the
camp. When Jack’s hunters killed a massive pig, they had a party. During that party, a boy
named Simon showed up and, thinking that he was a beast, they killed him. Not long after
that, Piggy was murdered, and Jack’s tribe started hunting Ralph. In the end, a naval officer
saw the smoke and rescued the boys. This book was not my favorite thing to read. Bye for
now. - Miss Queenie
We have two negative articles on the classic Lord of the Flies. Does that mean its not any good? It's up to you to decide! Let us know your opinion of Lord of the Flies and these book critiques in the comment section.
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