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A carregar... Lord of the Flies (1954)por William Golding
  
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Date approximate (  )  fmc712 | Feb 18, 2021 |  Literally one of the best books I have ever read. The writing is understandable and amazing. The characters are lovable and so easy to get attached to. A real awesome page-turner. ( ) Tehya13 | Feb 11, 2021 | This is a journey from childhood to savagery. More than that it captures youthful ignorance and pride, mob and tribe mentality. Kids stick with what they know, what they understand, and that's on full display. I was annoyed at times with the kids being so ignorant, but remembered quickly that that's a kid for you. They don't know how to rationalize things out very well. And when someone tries, they're looked at by the others as being stupid (look at how Piggy was treated) or are ignored (look at Ralph's determination to keep a fire going) flat out. Kids (and this was written in 54 so how much have things really changed) are keen to focus on the quickest simplest result. On the island (once they got the hang of it) that became hunting. The overall experience warranted a four star review. But honestly I wanted more character development. A somewhat slower decent into the aspects of mob and tribe mentality. A deeper dive into how the minds of the children were warped. I get why we didn't get that. The author was depicting children and you get everything through filtered through their limited understanding. So I'm asking for a lot, and know that. That's why it's a four rating and not a three. I'm nitpicking. I enjoyed the book. It's a worthwhile read if you haven't given it a shot. (  ) JBTaylor42 | Feb 7, 2021 | NA pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 | This was assigned reading for me when I was a kid, but I don't remember too much other than the grimness of it and the kids turning against each other. I have been thinking of rereading it at some point, though. Especially after learning about Rutger Bregman's finding of a real Lord of the Flies where castaways worked together, not against each other. Fascinating stuff! Bregman: The real Lord of the Flies is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other. rjcrunden | Feb 2, 2021 |
 There is no blinking the fact that this English schoolmaster turned novelist understands growing boys to the heart; one must go back to"High Wind in Jamaica" to find a comparable tour de force. The uneasy conviction persists that he despises the child who is father to the man-and the man as well. Homo sapiens needs all the friends he can find these days, in and out of novels.  "Lord of the Flies" is an allegory on human society today, the novel's primary implication being that what we have come to call civilization is, at best, skin deep. With undertones of "1984" and "High Wind in Jamaica," this brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to return. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. "Lord of the Flies" does. It must also be superbly written. It is. Belongs to Publisher SeriesBiblioteca Folha (19) Blackbirds (1991.2) Delfinserien (112) El balancí (16) — 20 mais El libro de bolsillo (381) Európa Zsebkönyvek (303) Fischer Taschenbücher (1462) Literaire reuzenpocket (309) Nederland leest (2016) Penguin Books (1471) Penguin Modern Classics (1471) Está contido emTem a adaptaçãoTem um comentário sobre o textoTem um guia de estudo para estudantes
Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces that war eternally in the human spirit. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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British children abandoned on a deserted island - Fiction - forty or fifty years ago
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