Lord of the Flies

Reader reviewed by Allyssa

Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding.
The story starts off as a set of boys being deserted on an island, due to a place crash. At first the boys try to be "civilized" like society, with a strict set of rules and ruler, Ralph. Within time, however, their mini-society becomes lost, and some of the boys break away from the group, becoming barbaric, led by Jack. What will happen to the group? Will they ever be rescued?


This book really is amazing. Everything that is read in the story is a symbolism. Every major event means something deeper than what is first perceived. Even each boy represents something bigger. It's a rather good read, and gets your brain working. I had to read this book in 9th grade and I liked it a lot.

Reader reviewed by Marilyn MacDonald

The Lord of the Flies is one of the most negative depictions of humans I have ever read. My mother & other parents tried to get it of the school curricullum when it first appeared. Here we are nearly 40yrs later still teaching it to our youth. The book is depressing and violent. It doesn't represent any ideals that our society values, but rather presents a terrorist view of society. It presents killing people as a recreational activity. Is it the terrosists heart or the serial killer heart or just plain hatred for our fellow man that we are trying to instill in our youth? My son got a poor mark on a term paper on this book. His paper began with the sentence,
" Only psychopaths kill their friends." The teacher disagreed. Not only are our youth being forced to read this garbage, but they are told their opinions are wrong when they say the arthur gave a wrong depiction of humanity. Do we want to teach our children that killing each other is a natural desire?

Reader reviewed by jojo

This was one of the worst books I have ever read. I was forced to read it in ninth grade english. People act like it's some great sybolic work of art representing man kind, but truly it's bad writing. I had to suffer through it and I wouldn't want anyone to have to go through it.

Reader reviewed by mzblonde

I didn't like this book at all. We has to read it for grade 11 english and I hated reading it. I found that it was very unrealistic and odd. A bunch of boys are stranded on an island and create these absturd ways of living. I don't recommend it to anyone.

Reader reviewed by siobhan

this was a horrible book!!! It starts out good and interesting, then all the boys turn into little heathans. Symbolism? sure, kill off a couple more, and we'll see if everyone get's the picture!