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A review by ale
Lord of the Flies: (International export edition) by William Golding
3.0
- the descriptions were hard to follow, the author used metaphors that are not usual and made me very confused a lot of the time
- comparisons that took a little time to sink in and make sense
- I had a hard time imagining what he was describing on the island
- liked the characters well enough, got invested in them, rooted for some, hated others
- I don't think I fully agree with the author - about civilization being the only thing keeping people from becoming savages; well before Europeans sought to colonizate the Americas and Africa, there were tribes of natives that had created peaceful communities
- I do like the comparison between the boys on the island and the adult world though. it's clear the adults are not "civilized" as the boys imagine them to be, since they are at the very moment fighting a bloody war
- I know the whole book is a metaphor - I just don't think it's quite the right metaphor
- comparisons that took a little time to sink in and make sense
- I had a hard time imagining what he was describing on the island
- liked the characters well enough, got invested in them, rooted for some, hated others
- I don't think I fully agree with the author - about civilization being the only thing keeping people from becoming savages; well before Europeans sought to colonizate the Americas and Africa, there were tribes of natives that had created peaceful communities
- I do like the comparison between the boys on the island and the adult world though. it's clear the adults are not "civilized" as the boys imagine them to be, since they are at the very moment fighting a bloody war
- I know the whole book is a metaphor - I just don't think it's quite the right metaphor