Does anybody know if this is a fairly good book? I have to read it and due a report on it over the summer for school for damned AP English. Cause i need to know if it going to be interesting and not wanna make me put the book down after every page.
Lord of The Flies
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it is ok. it is about these boys from some school in england i belive. they were on a plane going somewhere and it got stranded on an island. through out the book, it shows how primitive humans can become after they are stranded from civilization. it can get boring after a while, but it is good if you stick it out
Like boring as in.... I won't wanna do an 8 page report on it?
8 pages!?. No, i am sorry, but that will be hard as this book can be excruciatingly boring if read for too long and a 8 page report will require that
Wait lemme read the assignment again, i think its 8 pages but lemme check..... -reads assignment- oh mah gawd its only 4 pages 
that doable?
that doable?
I've seen the movie if that counts. XD
It's pretty gruesome in some parts and scarred me for a while after I saw a certain scene, seeing as I was only young at the time.
Though the movie can be quite different from the book so I wouldn't want to say too much.
You should watch it once you've done with the book though.
It wasn't boring from what I saw in the movie anyway. =)
It's pretty gruesome in some parts and scarred me for a while after I saw a certain scene, seeing as I was only young at the time.
Though the movie can be quite different from the book so I wouldn't want to say too much.
You should watch it once you've done with the book though.
It wasn't boring from what I saw in the movie anyway. =)
I was gonna be in a play of it, but due to events going on, I was unable to continue participating. I'm not sure how similar the book and the script is, but I can tell you this much:
It is quite an eye opener and very devastating. The kids in it are young, and so suddenly they all had to fend for themselves without an adult in site. It reveals human nature and it shows it at its worst.
However, due to your age, I think it is highly unlikely you will be kept entertained; the story is targetted at an older audience and I'm honestly surprised your teacher has given you this book. 4 Pages at that, I've never got homework that bad; coursework, yes, but not homework.
It is quite an eye opener and very devastating. The kids in it are young, and so suddenly they all had to fend for themselves without an adult in site. It reveals human nature and it shows it at its worst.
However, due to your age, I think it is highly unlikely you will be kept entertained; the story is targetted at an older audience and I'm honestly surprised your teacher has given you this book. 4 Pages at that, I've never got homework that bad; coursework, yes, but not homework.
Sohryuden666
So She Moves Forward...
The book isn't too bad. These kids end up stuck on this island, and as the book progresses, their sanity begins to slowly slip away due to being away from civilization, like they're reverting to relying more now on old instincts rather than rational thinking. The movie doesn't too bad either. I mean, it does try to stick to the book. There's 2 movies, though. I think the older one is more accurate. The plot starts off kind of slow, but it gets better.
bitteroldman
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It's one of my fav-o-rite books of all time. Yea, it can be boring. But at the end, your eyes will fall out of your head.
Coupla things: 1. kids in WW2 England weren't as stuck-up as kids in America.
2. There are many, many ways to read into this literature.
I had to read it as a sophomore in high school. The characters and the savagery hooked me.
Coupla things: 1. kids in WW2 England weren't as stuck-up as kids in America.
2. There are many, many ways to read into this literature.
I had to read it as a sophomore in high school. The characters and the savagery hooked me.
Balthier-
The Dashing Sky Pirate
I liked this book, I have read it and I have seen the movie. The movie was as said before gruesome, more gruesome than the book in my opinion. I think the book set the stage for shows like "Lost" and "Survivor". But there were some parts of the book that were just unnecessary, where nothing really happened.
I remember reading it and doing a similar assignment for Honors English my freshman year. I have to say, when I finally accepted the fact that I was being forced to read something for school over the summer (I do like to read, but I've always lived by the rule that if a teacher forces you to read something, there's probably a reason that it's FORCED.), it was a pretty good book, and I found myself enjoying it.
I'd just sit down and read it, to see what I thought of it, if I were you.
I'd just sit down and read it, to see what I thought of it, if I were you.