Have you ever imagined what it would be like to get lost in a island with just some strangers? You, probably don’t but there was a book I read in english named “The Lord Of the Flies” by William Golding. It talked about 6 boys how they get into a plane crash on a island and then meet with each other and try to survive and protect one another. Another thing is that for this book there was tons of criticism which included the author and negativity about the book. One of the article for criticism was “Lord Of the Flies” by Virginia Tiger, talked about the criticism of the book and little bit about the author. The other criticism was “The Metaphor of Darkness: Lord of the Flies” by Leighton Hodson, which also talked about the author and book. Surviving
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Trying to survive in a jungle is really hard but surviving in a empty island with bunch of strangers that's even impossible. The author states “I gave you food”, said Jack, “and my hunters will protect you from the beast, who will join my tribe?” (Golding 150). This quote or jack is trying to say that after a successful hunting by jack he makes his mark of moving Ralph’s leadership. Jack used the threat of the beast as a chance to manipulate others into giving him the powers and staying with him would make them safe and secure, and nothing would happen. I think the way Jack is handling things is wrong but at the same times it's hard to find evidence which proves that he's a bad guy. Over to the criticism article named “Lord Of the Flies” by Virginia Tiger, talked about the criticism of the book and little bit about the author. There’s always some people which they don’t like the author or the idea of the story and it always creates a issue. The author states I said to Ann [Golding] in about 1953, 'Wouldn't it be a good idea to write a book about real boys on an island, showing what a mess they'd make?' She said, 'That is a good idea!' So I sat down and wrote it. (Tiger) It basically means that the writer that was working with William Golding believed that it would be a bad thing to write a book about the boys lost in a unknown
Trying to survive in a jungle is really hard but surviving in a empty island with bunch of strangers that's even impossible. The author states “I gave you food”, said Jack, “and my hunters will protect you from the beast, who will join my tribe?” (Golding 150). This quote or jack is trying to say that after a successful hunting by jack he makes his mark of moving Ralph’s leadership. Jack used the threat of the beast as a chance to manipulate others into giving him the powers and staying with him would make them safe and secure, and nothing would happen. I think the way Jack is handling things is wrong but at the same times it's hard to find evidence which proves that he's a bad guy. Over to the criticism article named “Lord Of the Flies” by Virginia Tiger, talked about the criticism of the book and little bit about the author. There’s always some people which they don’t like the author or the idea of the story and it always creates a issue. The author states I said to Ann [Golding] in about 1953, 'Wouldn't it be a good idea to write a book about real boys on an island, showing what a mess they'd make?' She said, 'That is a good idea!' So I sat down and wrote it. (Tiger) It basically means that the writer that was working with William Golding believed that it would be a bad thing to write a book about the boys lost in a unknown