Review of The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

[Gizemkuzu]

Lord of the Flies is a book which explores failure of humanity and dark side of it. This novel that has charmed schoolchildren for decades I think the reason of that the symbology in the book.
The story begins with right after a plane crash. And the schoolboys have survived the crash and find themselves on a desert island without any adult with them. The boy Ralph, leads the other kids, is assigning responsibilities for each one and he knows little more than the others. Stands with him, clever Piggy. Ralph's election is opposed by Jack, the other boy who has the capability of leadership. And Simon, symbolises pure kindness, foreseeing boy. The other one, Roger, pure nefariousness.
Under the leadership of Ralph, the plan is lightning a fire for to escape from the island. After a while Jack can not accept not being a leader and things changes. They accidentally kill one of the boys because they set part of the island on fire and after that they are separated into two groups. They hunt, kill pigs and start dancing absurdly after killing something.

There is a few things that we should understand in this book. One of them is what it really means to be immoral and the true meaning of evil. It makes us to realise how thin is the line between pure goodness and evil.

I enjoyed finally getting to read this classic and slowly discovering the meanings behind certain things. I also appreciated the symbolism of the characters. Overall, Lord of the Flies is an extremely readable book.
Enjoy!

[Fran]

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