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aa-donoOct 26, 2016 6:10 AM
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( Start: 20/8/2016 - End: 24/10/2016 ) Free E-Book(.pdf copy) Available at: Version 1  Lord of the Fliesby William Golding When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality - and brutal savagery - of their situation sets in. The boys' struggle to find a way of existing in a community with no fixed boundaries invites readers to evaluate the concepts involved in social and political constructs and moral frameworks. Ideas of community, leadership, and the rule of law are called into question as the reader has to consider who has a right to power, why, and what the consequences of the acquisition of power may be. Here are some questions you can answer to help you with discussing this book. These questions are not mandatory. You can also post your thoughts as you progressed through your reading. If you have read the book and do not want to re-read it, you are free to share your opinion about it. Happy reading and happy discussing! Put all plot-related parts of your thread under spoiler tag. If you must include a major spoiler, please remember to leave warning about it. |
aa-donoAug 23, 2016 12:30 AM
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| I've already read this book, and I 100% love it! I was just wondering, did anyone agree with the ending? In real life, do you think these events would've happened? |
| I saw the play so do I have to read the book? Its just that I feel like there's probably no difference. :P |
| I've been here way too long... |
TheConquerer said: I saw the play so do I have to read the book? Its just that I feel like there's probably no difference. :P If you want to and have time. But since you have watched it I don't see why you should not share what you think about what you have seen, or maybe answer those discussion-guide questions. Maybe there are dissimilarities after all. |
| Alright then I'll give my replies to some of the questions as I saw the play, I won't be able to comment on much of the finer details I suppose due to them being converted into stage directions and props. I thought it was a good story that shows what happens to a group of people when they are stranded of course without a good sense of independence, as school boys they end up creating positions of power which dictate the course of events in the play. It can be a bit sad to see how so many of them follow blindly without a shred of independent thought, only a few even decide to go against the antagonist (Jack, I think he was called?) I can't really answer the other questions due to a lack of memory on those topics and that it was a play, but I do remember I hated the piggy part where they Pretty dark stuff. Also the way it end was a bit sudden and abrupt. |
| I've been here way too long... |
TheConquerer said: I saw the play so do I have to read the book? Its just that I feel like there's probably no difference. :P TheConquerer said: Alright then I'll give my replies to some of the questions as I saw the play, I won't be able to comment on much of the finer details I suppose due to them being converted into stage directions and props. I thought it was a good story that shows what happens to a group of people when they are stranded of course without a good sense of independence, as school boys they end up creating positions of power which dictate the course of events in the play. It can be a bit sad to see how so many of them follow blindly without a shred of independent thought, only a few even decide to go against the antagonist (Jack, I think he was called?) I can't really answer the other questions due to a lack of memory on those topics and that it was a play, but I do remember I hated the piggy part where they Pretty dark stuff. Also the way it end was a bit sudden and abrupt. You should read the book because from reading under those spoilers i can tell you both the book and movie are different than what happened in that play. Plus the book is an amazing and thrilling read. I feel as though you get more out of the read then watching it. |
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| 1. What is your general thought on the book? How would you rate the book out of a five-star rating? I don't really like rating books so I'll just have to say it's interesting. Maybe that's a three on the star scale? It's a bit pessimistic though, the thought that if material civilization is stripped away, the human animal would devolve into savage beasts. I'm not saying we wouldn't just that I think we're a bit more evolved than that, seeing as we're on top of the food chain because of the ability to reason out the logical best course of action. That said, all children are half-tamed savages, not having learned the social conventions of 'civilization' yet, so it's a bit more plausible to think they'd fall to instinctive behavior in a serious survival situation. 3. Can you relate with any of the characters or understand their views and decisions? People can be kind and good but they can also be vicious, cruel things. There was a period of my adolescence where I was angry most of the time. More frustrated angry than psychopathic angry but fuck did I want to see blood a couple of times. 5. Do you think the narrator(s) is/are reliable? Are there even truly reliable narrators in fiction? If there were, the manuscript would either read like a psychology study or a textbook. 6. If you were in the same situation as the characters in the book, what would you do? I was a stupid kid, so that's up in air. Probably cry a lot. 7. If you could re-write the book or part of it, what changes would you make to it? If I ever write fanfiction of it, I'll drop it all into the Mafia or something. This is the sort of stuff that makes child soldiers and criminal fanatics. Also, someone already rewrote it badly with magical swords and called it SAO. |
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