Lord Of The Flies
This book is called Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. The first copyright date is 1954. The book is fiction and the general subject matter is children surviving in the wild. A plane crashes on an unknown island and the students have to survive until a boat comes looking for them. On the island, Ralph is the leader of the boys and Jack wants to be the leader so he separates and creates his own tribe. In the beginning the kids survive the plane crash on the unknown island. The leader, Ralph starts arguing with Jack, so Jack and some kids make their own tribe. Jack's tribe starts to hunt Ralph because he does not like his rules but before they can kill him a rescue boat lands on the island and the captain protects Ralph. The theme of the book is about working together. You have to work together to survive or chaos will happen and you will never complete your goal.
Lord Of The Flies is told by a narrator and it is in third person. I think the intended audience is for teenagers because some of the vocabulary is difficult to understand and there are a few cuss words in it. The genre of Lord Of The Flies is adventure fiction because Ralph and the kids are trying to survive on the island when some believe they have seen a monster in the mountains. Later Jack and some others created their own tribe and attacked Ralph's tribe many times to take the fire because they did not know how to make it on their own. Eventually they hunt Ralph. The author kept me interested in the book because throughout the book the author created many conflicts. An example is when Jack forgot to keep the fire going and a rescue boat passed by the island because it did not see the smoke. The author's style is partly based on his real life experiences. He was a young adult during World War II and it had a dramatic effect on him.
The book affected me by making me feel sorry and sad for Piggy because Jack's tribe killed him. I thought that part was shocking because a couple days ago they were all friends and it was a twelve year old child that killed Piggy. Piggy was twelve years old when he died. It did not change any of my ideas because the book is fiction, and I know that none of my friends would ever act that way. In times of stress people do things that you do not expect them to do so they can survive. Whether right or wrong, I believe that would happen because I have heard of crazy things people will do in times of stress to survive. An example is a male who was stuck in the jungle and he had to eat bugs and small rodents to survive. This book reminds me of The Hunger Games because children had to kill each other to survive.
I liked how the author described the events that happened and what Jack's tribe looked like with paint all over their faces. I also thought the book had extremely good quality because the author described the characters well and had good action. My recommendation is the author needs to make the ending more exciting and tell us what happens to the students when they arrive home.
Colin Wilson
11/7/13
Rating **** 4/5
Lord Of The Flies is told by a narrator and it is in third person. I think the intended audience is for teenagers because some of the vocabulary is difficult to understand and there are a few cuss words in it. The genre of Lord Of The Flies is adventure fiction because Ralph and the kids are trying to survive on the island when some believe they have seen a monster in the mountains. Later Jack and some others created their own tribe and attacked Ralph's tribe many times to take the fire because they did not know how to make it on their own. Eventually they hunt Ralph. The author kept me interested in the book because throughout the book the author created many conflicts. An example is when Jack forgot to keep the fire going and a rescue boat passed by the island because it did not see the smoke. The author's style is partly based on his real life experiences. He was a young adult during World War II and it had a dramatic effect on him.
The book affected me by making me feel sorry and sad for Piggy because Jack's tribe killed him. I thought that part was shocking because a couple days ago they were all friends and it was a twelve year old child that killed Piggy. Piggy was twelve years old when he died. It did not change any of my ideas because the book is fiction, and I know that none of my friends would ever act that way. In times of stress people do things that you do not expect them to do so they can survive. Whether right or wrong, I believe that would happen because I have heard of crazy things people will do in times of stress to survive. An example is a male who was stuck in the jungle and he had to eat bugs and small rodents to survive. This book reminds me of The Hunger Games because children had to kill each other to survive.
I liked how the author described the events that happened and what Jack's tribe looked like with paint all over their faces. I also thought the book had extremely good quality because the author described the characters well and had good action. My recommendation is the author needs to make the ending more exciting and tell us what happens to the students when they arrive home.
Colin Wilson
11/7/13
Rating **** 4/5
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