Assigned at least once to nearly every student in the English-speaking world, Golding’s chilling depiction of the descent into savagery of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island stirs to menacing life as we turn the pages; terror coils behind the words like a patient predator stalking its prey. Written in the wake of World War II and under the shadow of nuclear threat, Lord of the Flies focuses a sunstruck magnifying glass on large themes: the innateness of good and evil, the presumption of youth’s innocence, the fragility of any social contract.
A look at the atrocities of human behavior at its finest. Ironically, we teach this book in high schools expecting students to "get it"; unfortunately, it's not until we're adults and have begun killing one another off that we finally understand Golding's thesis.
Ah, the darkness of humanity at its finest. Interestingly, we often teach this to high school students and expect them to "get it"; unfortunately, it's not until we're adults and begin killing people off (literally and metaphorically) before we begin to comprehend Golding's thesis.
I never had to read this before. It is a great classic book that encompasses good and evil, civilization and savagery. I wouldn't have understood this in high school like I do now, so I'm glad you put in your list of 1000 books to read.
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