Lord of the Flies - Book Review

The classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an exciting adventure deep into the nether regions of the mind. The part of the brain that is suppressed by the mundane tasks of modern society. It is a struggle between Ralph and Jack, the boys and the Beast, good and evil. The story takes a look at what would happen if a group of British school boys were to become stranded on an …showed first 75 words of 1087 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1087 total…logical or respectable (Baker 5)." The frame work of a Golding novel is simple and most often copied from an outside source, then reshape to fit his purpose. Finally I think Wilfrid Sheed said it best when he said "Golding's writing is not ideally suited to a social novel - it is angular and ugly and the dialogue occasionally sounds immature." As a matter of opinion though I would recommend Lord of the Flies to anyone.