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boccobrock 01-17-2004 11:53 PM

Lord of the flies.
 
Has anyone read this book. I was just wondering what you thought of it and how you interpreted it. Thx!

Cenright 01-17-2004 11:55 PM

I have never even heard of it.

Master_of_PARANOiA 01-17-2004 11:58 PM

well i gather flies and they listen to me. i guess im the 'lord of the flies'

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boccobrock 01-17-2004 11:58 PM

I figure nobody has read it here, but I can hope. Its a short book thats very confusing, and I'm trying to find someone to help me. Oh, and the wierdest thing is it has nothing to do with lords, flies or anything like that.
After reading paranoia's answer, I just realized that I should go to some book club place. Everyone here will just post silly meaningless answers. well not everyone.
this topic needs to be locked, or something.

Master_of_PARANOiA 01-18-2004 12:24 AM

nah, that was a joke. i dont like to read, sry. i used to love reading just go back in time 5 years, find me, and then ask me to read it

ill not only finish it in about 10/15 mins (yes i can read that fast when i want to, i read a 360 page book in about 45-50 mins once) if it is short, and ill definately be able to describe it to ya

alainbryden 01-18-2004 01:26 AM

I've read it. It's a fantastic book. Consider it as symbolic of modern communism.

Moogy 01-18-2004 02:17 AM

We're reading it in English class... I don't feel like writing about it now though, it's 1:17 AM.

alainbryden 01-18-2004 03:19 AM

hah, 3:17 for me

knuckles 01-18-2004 04:32 AM

Yeah, I read it a few years ago in 5th grade. It's a pretty cool book -- kinda graphic though...

alainbryden 01-18-2004 10:34 AM

Oh yeah. Especially when the kid gets murdered when they push the boulder on him (crushing the minority) and they describe how his brains leaked out and stuff *shudder*. Good book. That and Animal Farm, same author if I'm not mistaken.

MWGwyn 01-18-2004 11:59 AM

I read it a few years ago, I thought it was pretty good.

Moogy 01-18-2004 03:26 PM

No, it was not written by George Orwell. I forget who wrote it, but it wasn't him.

MWGwyn 01-18-2004 03:32 PM

William Golding wote it.

alainbryden 01-18-2004 04:56 PM

That's right, my bad, they were just produced by the same publishers, so the styles of the books were exactly the same.

Master_of_PARANOiA 01-18-2004 05:01 PM

ya, it is ur bad... so stfu n00b


btw im joking, since nowadays if u dont say jk or [sarcasm][/sarcasm] then people dont get the joke

VxDx 01-18-2004 06:59 PM

It's a really terrible book. It's like he tried to hammer the idea of a microcosm into the reader with a mallot. OK. WE GET IT. THE KIDS ACT LIKE SOCIETY. GREAT JOB WITH SUBTLETY THERE.

HAHAHA123 02-6-2004 06:35 PM

there is also of movie the Lord of the Flies i think its kinda the same that the kids crash on an island go crazy and kill each other

jewpinthethird 02-7-2004 03:54 AM

Yes, that is what the story is about.

Some key Ideas:
The "Lord of the Flies" (the Decapitated Pig's Head) says to Simon something along the lines of "I am the beast in everyone" or something like that. In other words "the beast" is that of the primative nature that lies in every human being. It is the natural instinct of Kill or be killed in a sense. It is a savage instinct.

The beasty is a dead parachuter that got was shot down during a dog fight. The world of LOTF was at war during the same time as the children on the island were.

The fat kid (piggy) is the voice of reason. Jared (or whoever the main kid is, I forgot the name) is the voice of democracy, the other kid with the red hair (the evil one) the voice of a totalarian society. The little children are the genereal population.

I'll look for the essay I wrote on this a year ago.

makaveli121212 02-7-2004 09:27 AM

ralph and jack jewpin

VxDx 02-7-2004 09:53 AM

That's exactly my point. It's so blatently obvious what the symbolism is that he even goes so far as to say that the "lord of the flies" is the beast in everyone. There's no subtlety at all in that story, which, I guess, is why it's tought in early high school.


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