Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a fantastic book about very civilized children who plane wreck on an island and what become s of them as the process trying to live on their own. The characterization has so many archetypes and symbols that the good and evil characters are easily picked out. The boys go from being very civilized to uncivilized as they try to create a form of government and rule the island. The children who are stronger extroverts are the ones who begin to rule the island and have the control and power on the island. They become savages and deaths start to occur. The children have a pig on a stick which flies fly around. They call it the Lord of the Flies. An event occurs where a plane flies overhead and a drops a dead parachutist out. The kids begin to worry about a monster at the top of the island and there imaginations go rampant. A fantastic book great for any middle school age. Fantastic for teaching students about symbols, themes, and archetypes.
Lord of the Flies is a classic! I'm pretty sure my dad even read it in school. This book has so many uses in education. I think as a middle school teacher we have to teach this book at one point or another. This book is a great way to teach symbolism. For example the boy named Piggy, well we all know what happens to him. Good Pick!
ReplyDeleteI loved this book! This is another one of those books that can keep student’s attention because it is full of adventure and mystery. I think students could really get into this book because it just keeps their imaginations going. And from a teacher’s stand point because there is so much going on in the book, a teacher can use this book to each multiple thing like: symbolism and themes.
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