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Book: Lord of the flies

Author: William Golding

Publishing company: Penguin Group

Year of publishing: 1997

Number of pages: 272

This story is about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island. There are three main characters is this story, which are Jack, Piggy, and Ralph. Ralph is the one who tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, but there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island's wild pig population. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored or challenged outright. Piggy is the kid who everyone picks on, the misfit, but very logical and applies sense to the tough situation they are in. Jack, is Ralph's fiercest competitor, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages.At first, the boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. They also try to run a form of government, which is considerably hard when no adults are there to enforce the rules and as result chaos breaks out. When the boys were thrust into this sort of situation it caused them to grow and mature very rapid. Unfortunately, some of the boys begin to turn into a tribe of savages, it shows the dark side of reality and forces us to except the truth is that even the most innocent will fall to evil one day.

First, I have to thank Willy for lending me this book. Because of some reasons, I wasn't able to finish the last book. Instead, this story is quiet interesting. It shows the weaknesses and evils of mankind that have caused trouble and conflict in our world. The author wanted to show readers that the only difference between human beings and beasts is that we are governed by laws and civilization, without which we do become savages. After reading it, I think it teaches me an important lesson about human nature.