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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Meh.
I read through the story without reflecting on the possible other levels of meaning than the apparent surface story: a group of children shipwrecked on a desert island. Doing so didn't even cross my mind until I read an afterword by the social anthropologist A. L. Epstein in which he elucidated how the book is replete with symbolism, metaphors, and allegory.
And yes, when he put it that way, I realized, "Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?" It's not that I'd presumed that what I had read was merely a story of a children's adventure. What bugs me is that the story didn't stir my curiosity so that I would've tried to figure out myself what more there was to it than the obvious.
It was a really bland read – not boring, dry, or predictable, but not exciting, thought-provoking, or insightful in any way either. Reading it wasn't a waste of time, nor was time well spent.
I read through the story without reflecting on the possible other levels of meaning than the apparent surface story: a group of children shipwrecked on a desert island. Doing so didn't even cross my mind until I read an afterword by the social anthropologist A. L. Epstein in which he elucidated how the book is replete with symbolism, metaphors, and allegory.
And yes, when he put it that way, I realized, "Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?" It's not that I'd presumed that what I had read was merely a story of a children's adventure. What bugs me is that the story didn't stir my curiosity so that I would've tried to figure out myself what more there was to it than the obvious.
It was a really bland read – not boring, dry, or predictable, but not exciting, thought-provoking, or insightful in any way either. Reading it wasn't a waste of time, nor was time well spent.