Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

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Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

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Pros

The novel is a classic story that bleeds over into our world today and details how fear can be used as a weapon when needed to achieve a desired outcome. It's a classic book that speaks heavily about the condition of humanity. The tone alternates betw... Read More

The novel follows a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island after their plane crashes. The story follows their descent into savagery and loss of civilization. The boys at first work together then quickly descend introsavagery.

The struggle between savagery and civilization is something our own society has dealt with since the beginning of time. Society’s flaws come from the flaws of human nature.

William golding’s novel is one of the greats. Golding's writing is masterful.

Jack is a power-hungry antagonist who symbolizes anarchy. Piggy is smarter than anyone else; he symbolizes intelligence. Jack's tribe was camped on and killed and the twins were captured.

Cons

This bizarre novel seems structureless and flips back forth between different perspectives. The outcome is very predictable and much like other adventure-based book without a *.

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Quality

The book was good quality and everything.

Lotf is one of those books that grips you, keeps you turning page after page.

Young boys can be unruly at best but, in the complete absence of adult supervision, everything decays into anarchy.

It seems that almost everytime that i buy a mass market edition, something is wrong with the binding, and they fall apart in my hand.

Price

A classic book, perfect for student reading at an affordable price.

The price was right and the quality was good.

Overall, i think that for the money, it is worth the time it takes to read.

Great price, compact size book easy tocarry for commute or travel, but print is really small.

Shipping

It’s at this very point that a royal navy vessel arrives.

Got this book for my english class and it was actually good thought it was going to be boring, it came like in two days i think... Read More

Packaging/appearance

I first want to point out that the packaging for this book was perfect and my book was very well taken care of.

Ordered this book for my son since they are reading it in class and they don’t have enough copies for every kid to take home it... Read More

Competitiveness

There were huge differences and it's no real comparison at all.

Simon was quite a bit younger than ralph and piggy and very quiet in comparison, but he was one of the most hardworking of the ... Read More

Overview

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good, great, classic and piggy.

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Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 47,791 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 23 2024.