Most Recently Read Book
Lord of the Flies
By William Golding
I reread this book before winter break and then never posted my review! I had never read this book before, somehow I skipped it in high school and I wanted to read it for myself. I knew it was basically about boys who are in a plane crash and end up on an island and try and survive.
I have to say the story was kind of boring for me. I think if I had read this in the context of a class I would have read it more closely and the discussions probably would have made me think more about the book and how it relates to society. I'd like to think people/kids could be more civilized with each other if rules were all taken away, but then I think of my 7th graders and think of how crazy things would be if they were left alone in a room for an hour let alone days without any supervision...I'm happy I still have a few years to go before I have to deal with Jordan as a teenager!
I was also interested in reading this book because Chad and I have been watching Lost. I thought it was interesting that I noticed a few similarities between the book and some of the episodes from Lost. The creators/writers or Lost are brilliant if you ask me. In the book two groups end up forming and they set up camp in two different places on the island...this happens in Lost, too. Again, they thought about where would be best to set up camp so they could live "happily" but also so they could be able to signal for help. I have always liked reading books that are classics just to be able to see these similarities or evolutions (?) as they come up on more popular culture. I just think that's so darn cool.