Penguin Drop Caps: Lord of the Flies

from endersreads

Somewhere deep within the chaotic realm of middle school, I remember having first read "Lord of the Flies". It is an apt microcosmic account of the polarization that would take place should society suddenly find itself without law and given over to anarchy. There would be 3 main categories of peo...

from Clara53

Not being born in the West, I didn't know much about this book. Later, when already living here, as I came to know that it had won the Nobel Prize, it intrigued me and was on my list for a while. But once I read it, I could see why it is part of the high school reading curriculum here (provided t...

from benkaboo

Summary: A story about 'boys being boys' and finding out what happens when mum isn't around to say 'stop that silliness now and come in for your tea'. Things I liked: Characters: Simon, Ralph, Jack, Piggy all felt quite real in the dialogue and actions. This kept me close to them and made me c...

from the.ken.petersen

When I were a lad, my school believed that literature ceased to be produced after 1899: as this book tends to be a school reader, I have missed out on Golding until now. This is an excellent book which appears to be a simple story but actually looks at the human condition and Britishness in parti...

from sjmccreary

Like every other literate English-speaking person, I've heard of this book but had never read it before now. It is the story of a group of British school boys stranded on a tropical Pacific island following a plane crash. There are no adults, and the island is uninhabited. The story describes how...