Six Paragraph Book Review for the Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Before The Hunger Games, there was Sir William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies. When a group of English school boys is stranded on an island, Golding muses the idea that violent human tendencies will break through the shell of civilization and innocence surrounding each child. As their time on the island increases the boys’ civility and logic decreases until they commit the unthinkable. Fighting in World War II, Golding saw first-hand how brutal man can be to one another. To be exact, being on the beaches of Normandy during Dooms Day, Golding definitely witnessed the extremity of man’s true vulgarities. In this novel, the theme most prominently displayed is that the loss of innocence can cause the savage impulses in human beings to take over. Golding molds this theme through the story’s plot along with his style of writing and development of each character.
The Lord of the Flies begins with a group of English school boys who have crash landed on a deserted island, presumably brought down by a bomb in the midst of war. To the boys’ delight there are absolutely no adults anywhere on the island. They soon realize, however; that this could be a terrible thing. They need adults to be rescued. In the exposition, the reader is introduced to Ralph and Piggy. Ralph is masculine and authoritative whereas Piggy is chubby and timid. While exploring, the two find a conch shell on the beach and since Piggy has asthma, he teaches Ralph how to use it. The rising actions begin when Ralph and Piggy use the conch to call the other school boys on the island. The group decides that they need to create their own government in order to heighten their chances of survival and rescue. Ralph is voted as the leader of the government and Jack is appointed as the head of the hunters. It is brought to the older boys’ attention that the “littleuns” believe they are being stalked by a beast inhabiting the island but, they ignore it for the time being. The boys start a fire on top of a
The Lord of the Flies begins with a group of English school boys who have crash landed on a deserted island, presumably brought down by a bomb in the midst of war. To the boys’ delight there are absolutely no adults anywhere on the island. They soon realize, however; that this could be a terrible thing. They need adults to be rescued. In the exposition, the reader is introduced to Ralph and Piggy. Ralph is masculine and authoritative whereas Piggy is chubby and timid. While exploring, the two find a conch shell on the beach and since Piggy has asthma, he teaches Ralph how to use it. The rising actions begin when Ralph and Piggy use the conch to call the other school boys on the island. The group decides that they need to create their own government in order to heighten their chances of survival and rescue. Ralph is voted as the leader of the government and Jack is appointed as the head of the hunters. It is brought to the older boys’ attention that the “littleuns” believe they are being stalked by a beast inhabiting the island but, they ignore it for the time being. The boys start a fire on top of a