Lord of the Flies - William Golding Reviews

This is a very famous book and, remarkably, a first novel by its author. Having served in the War and only at its end found the extent of the Nazi brutality, he eventually put his thoughts on the nature and origin of evil into this book. It was a theme he returned to many times in later works. This is a 'Coral Island' kind of story, but with a ...  Read the complete review

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is without doubt one of the best novels I have ever read. It is a fictional and allegorical novel that was published originally in 1954. The novel was published by TIME magazine as one of the top 100 best English language novels from 1923 to today! Perhaps even more impressive, this novel was as I said written ...  Read the complete review

Arguably the darkest, most penetrating novel ever written William Golding's Lord of the Flies never fails in compelling you to search for and then challenge your deepest held beliefs on human nature. A bold statement I know, however Golding's novel was written to achieve just this. Golding wrote his novel in the aftermath of World War ...  Read the complete review

After studying this novel for the whole of this year for my GCSE's I feel I have a good understanding of the book. I thought as some practice for the exam ahead (only a few weeks to go) maybe I should write a review on the book to test my knowledge. Please can you comment on my understanding if you feel necessary? Just a brief bit of history ...  Read the complete review

PLOT On the surface this book tells the story of a group of young boys who have seemed to have survived a plane crash or purposefully dropped out the sky in a compartment of some sort in an attempt by adults to evacuate them from a the third world war bombings. They are now alone on this new enviroment and only have themselves for comfort. No ...  Read the complete review

I studied this book whilst I was taking my English GCSE and personally, I loved it. Without boring you by going into the deeper meanings I'll just explain the general plot; during a fictional war some boys (presumably being evactuated) crash on a deserted island and are forced to create there own civilisation. It is quite an intellectual book ...  Read the complete review

A brillant book which I could barely put down, I enjoyed the book from cover to cover. The characters develop so much during the book meaning it becomes very life like. I thought rather than doing a boring review of the plot I would instead explain how the characters Ralph and Jack change throughou the book. In the novel 'Lord Of ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golding. A group of British children are shot down in their plane and land on a mysterious island. Desipte being no older than twelve years old, they soon establish rules and regulations, but these are promptly ignored when a 'beast' is discovered, and the group spiral downwards into ...  Read the complete review

William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies' is a compelling novel that focuses on how civilisation breaks down when there is lack of a democracy to hold the community together. In short, the story is about a young group of British school-boys learning to survive on a desert island, after their plane crashed, where they learn more about the faults of ...  Read the complete review

This book is set during World War 2 - whn children were being evacuated from London. The beginning of the novel starts when a plane full of children crash into the sea, and have to swim onto a deserted island. The book has many adult themes, as when the children reach the island, the quickly realise the importance of creating a democartic system ...  Read the complete review

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I first read it about 14 years ago in my school English lesson and I couldn't put it down then. I have since re-read it and still find it a great read which is not only a good story but an excellent social commentary on individual welfare versus the common good. I can see how they made this in to a GCSE text book ...  Read the complete review

---Free Water--- Recently it would seem my health has went tits up. Quite literally. Not only am I just getting out of a rather nasty cold, my body decided to give way on me the other day. Let me set the scene for you: I am in the changing rooms at the local leisure centre having just spent an hour in the training pool, ...  Read the complete review

The novel starts off with the description and background information of the main characters and the atmosphere around them. The reader is forced to read the rest of the novel and find the answers to the questions they have after reading the introduction. It is set on a deserted island which is very effective because the characters can not escape ...  Read the complete review

This fantastic story was one that I thoroughly enjoyed reading, for it was very appealing, exciting and had an interesting plot. First written by William Golding and published in 1954, he wrote the story with his knowledge of human behaviour in the back of his mind after serving in the war. As well as fighting in the Royal Navy, Golding also ...  Read the complete review

Unlike many others who have reviewed this book, I was not forced to study it at school. My sister had trouble studying it for her GCSE examination set text so I agreed to read it and help her with it; and as I remembered enjoying it I thought it?d be worth buying for another read! ...  Read the complete review

Lord Of The Flies is the intriguing interpretation of human behaviour by author William Golding. Golding examines the differences between sanity and the effects that civilisation has on the human mind with raw animalistic instincts. The novel is one that invites a lot of thought and understanding, filled with allusions and symbolism, Lord Of The ...  Read the complete review

“Lord of the Flies” was written by the author William Golding. I read this in secondary school - some of the best books I’ve ever read were at school, although, I didn’t appreciate how good they were at the time, I just remember I enjoyed them and they stuck in my mind. A disturbingly believable story, set in World ...  Read the complete review

"Lord Of The Flies" was written by William Golding in 1954. It was his first and most famous book. William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911, he studied English Literature at Marlborough and Oxford University. From the beginning of his life he encountered war, he joined the British Navy in 1940 to partake in World War II. ...  Read the complete review

Lord Of The Flies is about a group of boys who get dropped from a plane, in a pod, on to a deserted isand. Two of the boys meet together, Ralph and Piggy, and call an assembly using a shell they find, called a conch. Jack and his choir, Simon, the twins, Sam and Eric and many others join in this assembly. The boys are the only one's on the ...  Read the complete review

I am going to write my opinion on the novel Lord Of The Flies (W. Golding). I thoroughly enjoyed reading this literay text, and have done several times. The first time I read it I assumed that it was about some school boys stranded on an island, and about how they coped with their new life. I was soon to learn after my second read of this ...  Read the complete review