Lord of The Flies Mass Market Paperback – 16 December 2003

Got the book from Arushi Enterprise Navi Mumbai, the book was in perfect condition and Amazon did a good job in the packing as well.

The book shows a group of school children stranded on an uninhabited island, after their plane crashes. The author does not dwell too much upon the events leading up to the plane crash. In the book, Ralph is shown as the eldest and the biggest amongst the children . Ralph is the protagonist in the story and is portrayed as a natural leader. The other two main characters in the story are Jack & Piggy. Ralph uses a conch to assemble all the children in the island. Further events in the book take place and Ralph is unanimously chosen as the chief. This decision does not go down well with Jack as he had ambitions of being the chief. Jack is also shown possessed with an obsession for hunting and lacks foresight as he portrays an irrational behaviour towards rescue.As the book progresses , the reader witnesses the metamorphosis of innocent children into savages. The book is essentially about human behaviour and it’s unpredictability.The author has beautifully portrayed the characters and their emotions. The book has been written very well and interests the reader throughout.

The first half is ok, but the second half! Istg it’s soooo awesome! It’s so dark and twisted and funny at times and most of all! It’s one ELL of a journey! I’d write so much more but I’m tired! Just believe me and read it already ffs

Golding's psycho-politics manifested in the conflict of the Apollonian and the Dionysian makes us surf in our primordial ooze. Similar to Conrad's HOD, Lord of the Flies is visceral and venomous in its macabre portrayal of a society gone rogue. Is that ab-normal? Well, to the humanists, yes. But the prehistoric acid runs inside our entrails, subdued yet waiting for its moment to take over and erupt and discharge the ancient lava of hostility. A lethal read.The horror! The horror!P.S: Simon broke my heart. Also, interested folks, listen to the 1998 album entitled Symphonic Holocaust, especially one instrumental called Morte Macabre.

With all due respect for highly literary language, excellent craftsmanship fact remains that book is highly negative. Its a fiction after all and there was plenty of scope for positive human values but writer chose to underline "savage" inside human. Its unbelievable that despite being left on unknown island with no hope of near rescue children do not get panic and start forming, organization, rules, strategy....the book misses to touch heart. For more than 50% part in start one does not get clue what it is about...certainly not a good read for for normal book lovers.

Good book 👍🏻 .. The hard cover keeps the pages safe 👌🏻

This story about a group of stranded kids trying to self-govern on an uninhibited island. You journey with the boys as they blunder through decisions, have ego clashes, develop pure hatred, disregard sensibility and finally losing humanity, ending up in a chaotic and cruel world. It is painful as one reaches the end. I believe it touches a cord because of the parallels one can draw between the fictional and the real world.

It's a book about innocence, and the loss of it like no other. Give this book a chance, for every single time you were disappointed by the sheer predictability of a Hardy Boys/ Fantastic Five/ Secret Seven. Let this book show you what inhumanity a mob is capable of, let it remind you of the grotesque truth that the world will never be what it should be, let its savagery consume you, so that when it's over, you are left with the desolation of the abandoned, burnt island a motley group of boys leave behind.