perhaps too simplistic, but still very good

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	• Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) William Golding Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 1270 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Main themes

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most intense and disturbing novels I've read. Golding truly shows the brutality of human kind in his main themes such as, there is no hope for mankind and, man is the beast. Simon, the Christ figure in this story, is shown the truth about mankind when it reads, "However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." Who or what brings our inner evil out? In the book Jack is the force that brings out the beast within the boys. This theme is restated to Simon when the Lord of the flies says "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?" If Simon is the only one who really knows the truth then, why is he killed? Perhaps the killing of Simon states that, mankind does not want to accept that we are indeed evil. Is there really any hope for us?
No hope for mankind is another theme that William Golding states. The naval captain judged the boys as innocent and harmless. The captain said to Ralph "Fun and Games," but Ralph informs the captain that two kids were killed. If the captain saved the boys from their supposedly harmless war, will God save mankind as well? Does he also think, that mankind is just having "fun and games"? Also the conch in this story represents civilization and power, but the conch is destroyed by Roger. The hope of civilization and mankind is crushed by a beast figure. Because we are the beast, there is no hope for mankind.

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A chilling look at human nature

This book peers into the dark side of human nature in a way that is honest and direct. The concept of the book is simple, yet the lessons contatined within are profound. With an unforgettable setting, plot and characters, this book is high on my list of favorites. Golding has truly crafted a masterpiece here. If you like books that leave you thinking, you will enjoy reading this book.

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Chilling

What a book.
This book deserves the 5 stars because it contained everything that a reader could ask for in a true classic book.
With only 184 pages of simple words, Golding has created for us a book so powerful that seems like the ultimate resolution for every quandary, however trivial. And those chilling themes. Just thinking about them literally made me shiver.
I may not be an 'as-experienced' adult reviewer like some out there, but William Golding and his words, and the truth in them, hit me hard.

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perhaps too simplistic, but still very good

I wonder if this book is in the vein of other dystopian views of the world that were published in the mid-20th century, such as Brave New World and 1984. Sure, Lord of the Flies isn't necessarily directly predicting a bleak future for humanity, but it does present a bleak view of human nature, in my opinion. In the following statement I am probably making an oversimplification that doesn't do justice to the complexity of Golding's classic or Golding's thinking in general: trying to portray human nature via the behavior of a handful of main characters and a few of their followers can't possibly capture the diversity of human personality and behavior. Maybe Golding assumes that these few kids are representative of the sample of ALL kids, as a statistician might say. In either case, an interesting read that will remain a classic. Author of Adjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.

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