Lord of The Flies

So it is monday election day here in canada and I have already cast my vote. Just waiting for the day to be over for the polls to close before I find out who the next prime minister is and how many seats the bloc will gain. But tommorrow is the day I will post those results because I don't have them right now.

So now for todays topic one of my favorite books. Lord of The Flies by William Golding. So I never did read this book until after high school. It just wasent part of the curriculum. Have any of you out there read 1984 or Animal Farm? Well like most books in the 50's and 60's it has a certain theme to it. Reflecting on oneself and society but mainly saying that society is just like the animals. 1984 and Animal Farm are by George Orwell in case you wanted to know. Anyways back to LOTF. LOTF is a uniqly written book. It has a great cast of characters. It has a fantastic story line and the characters actually evolve and change. It is one of the greatest books of its time and now aswell.

The basic plot of the story is: There is a plane crash and a bunch of school kids survive it only to be marooned on a deserted island. There are "youngins" (which are from about 4-6) and the biguns (all the older ones)Ralph one of the biguns meets Piggy another older boy. We never learn piggys real name. They find a shell and Ralph blows it to assemble all the children alive on the island. And essentially the start to build their own society. But there is another boy, Jack who wants to take charge. We see some bad arguments and the split of the "society" take place. So that is the bare bare basics of the story. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good short book. It really isent all that long about 300 pages I believe. Or to anyone who has read other books of around that time with a similar theme. So go check it out. Buy a copy or borrow it from someone or take it out from the library.