Monday, August 31, 2009

Lord of The Flies

This is the last book i read. It all began when the plane was shot down and crashed on a deserted island during the raging war. The plane was filled with the little English school boys. Ralph and Piggy were on a search of this island and found a shell called a "conch" which would later be used as a horn to civilize the group of boys. Ralph was elected to be the leader but Ralph put Jack in charge of the choir or the hunters to set out and find food on this deserted island. Later on in the story they use their resources like Piggy's glasses to create a fire to signal to the people around them that they are stranded. Later on more into the novel the boys are fighting man to man and killing pigs to get the food and supplies they need. Finally in the last couple of chapters of the book it explains the whole reason of Piggy's and the Twins' deaths.

Some of the themes used in the book are civilization vs. savagery, loss of innocence, and nature of good and evil. This book has a ton of different symbols included in the text of the book. Did You Know... that the Simpon's episode titled "Das Bus" is the parody of lord of the flies?

1 comment:

  1. The Simpsons and literature, love it. Also parodied The Raven.

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