Do u know Lord of the Flies

[Can]

ı am working on the literary terms and character analysis in the Lord of the Flies. Can u help me? :brow:

[hawthorns]

Sorry. Had to read this in high school. Hated it :sick:

[PeterL]

It i not a very good read, but many people have been required to read the thing. There is a great deal of material about it online, so you can search.

There may have been earlier threads about it here, so you could search here and see what you got.

[Veho]

It i not a very good read, but many people have been required to read the thing. There is a great deal of material about it online, so you can search.

There may have been earlier threads about it here, so you could search here and see what you got.

Thank goodness for that! I presumed I was the only person on earth who wasn't all that impressed with it. I thought there was something not quite right with me.

[KCurtis]

I loved this book in middle school! Can't help with the homework though, you have to do it.

[PeterL]

Thank goodness for that! I presumed I was the only person on earth who wasn't all that impressed with it. I thought there was something not quite right with me.

Actually, I don't think that more than a small part of the people who have to read that dog like it. I believe that there is something wrong with those people and with the people who think that it shows something general about humans I don't think much of the human species, but few people dive into savagery as quickly as that bunch did. It is more common, much, much more common, for people to pleasantly find a way to survive so that no one is harmed.

[OrphanPip]

Actually, I don't think that more than a small part of the people who have to read that dog like it. I believe that there is something wrong with those people and with the people who think that it shows something general about humans I don't think much of the human species, but few people dive into savagery as quickly as that bunch did. It is more common, much, much more common, for people to pleasantly find a way to survive so that no one is harmed.

Well contextually the novel is a response to WW2 and the spectre of the atomic bomb, it's not meant to be a realist psychological study (though it is told in a literary realist style), it's meant to be allegorical of society.

[kiki1982]

Never read it, but it did not impress me as it was addressed in my English class (in a Belgian school).

As you put it, Pip, that would interest me... Unfortunately, no allegory was addressed for this novel, in contrast to Animal Farm. Strange, that, why the one and not the other? We even had the same teacher for Dutch and English, I believe, so we were being taught lit...Why did she not mention it? Maybe she thought it was not worth mentioning either (she was a great reader)...

[Helga]

I have to admit that I enjoyed it, I'm not gonna say it was anything more than an enjoyable read. No masterpiece but the 16 year old me liked it. I don't think I'll read it again but I have nothing against it. I don't think it said anything to me about society or humans in general though not in the way my teacher talked at least but I did disagree with her about all the books we read...

[Can]

I loved this book in middle school! Can't help with the homework though, you have to do it.

I know I have to. But I don't like the book so much

[hawthorns]

Ask your teacher if you can read Metamorphosis instead. It has bugs too :p. Plus, it's Kafka. Galactically incomparable, imho...

[tscherff]

i liked the book. it is an interesting perspective of human nature.
those that think the descent into savagery is unrealistic need to take off their rose colored glasses. is man an inherently evil being? is its thin veneer of organized society barely restraining our natural instincts?
if you think not, look at terrorism, occuppy wall street riots, greece, etc. man is an animal whose primary instinct is self survival and when that is challenged he will do anything.
these children are alone with the need to survive. they returned to their natural instincts.
the scary part is that jack and the hunters win.

[Buh4Bee]

I found it to be quite tedious and boring, but it is lauded for its allegorical nature. If you can appreciate it for this quality, it will probably be enjoyable.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I liked it. I've never taught it though it might be interesting to teach it as it is on reading lists but that's not my decision.


is man an inherently evil being? is its thin veneer of organized society barely restraining our natural instincts?

Yes an example interesting question that I'd like to throw out to students. There's a lot of that sort of stuff in there. Personally I mostly agree with your thoughts on it for what it is worth. I think I'm closer to Hobbes than Rousseau on this particular issue.