Expressing our views
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
In the end..
Now that you have finished Lord of the Flies, give your honest opinion of the novel. Explain why you feel the way you do. Also, whether you found the novel amazing, ordinary, or boring, give a quote/passage that you found thought-provoking and tell why. (The deadline to post a response is midnight, May 1, 2013.)
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I have always found Lord of the Flies to be one of the most accurate novels about society ever written and since I enjoy exploring the workings and thoughts of people, I think this novel is one of the best ever written. I wish I could have been with you as you journeyed through the novel so that we could share some of the things Golding is saying about mankind. Whenever I get to the passage where Ralph says, "Don't you see...we ought to die before we let the fire go out!" I feel my faith in mankind renewed. Since the fire represents rescue and hope, Ralph is saying that we should die before we let hope die out. There is always something good in life to live for and Golding shows this through the fervor and desire of Ralph to keep going against all odds. I am inspired by that passion daily
Lord of the Flies is one of the most interesting and enlightening books I have ever read. The way Golding relates the characters in the book to our society as a whole made it more personal, rather than just telling a story. His use of imagery and vivid descriptions throughout the novel helped it come alive.“What I mean is... maybe it’s only us” was spoken by Simon and I believe that it revealed how there is no beast; it was only them. I thought it to be thought-provoking by showing how our world would be if it didn't have rules and guidelines. It shows that without boundaries the dark side of our human nature could take over.
I couldn't delete my first one, but I forgot to capitalize Flies.
When assigned this novel, I'd already read it once before. I remembered not liking it very much and I assumed that it would very much be the same thing during this reading of the novel as well. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I actually enjoyed the book this time. Now that I am older and more mature, I understand a great deal about the book, as well as, the characters and what they represent. While Simon is interacting with the Lord of the Flies this comment is made, "Fancy thinking that the beast was something that you could hunt and kill!... You knew, didn't you? That I'm part of you?"... People in today's world are always running around like mad trying to fix this problem or that or "kill the beast" yet, most do not sit down and remember that we are the reason we have these issues that so badly need to be resolved. So we, humans, are the beast, and the only way to kill the beast would be for mankind to no longer exist.
-Kaylan Shawver
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