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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 19:41:17 GMT
Thoughts?
I wasn't bowled over by it in truth and found it fairly dry. I was also disappointed by how many chapters tell me about the jungle over and over, filling time before we get to the meat of their descent into savagery which ironically still felt rushed.
The only thing I liked (in these days of Trump) was the idea that telling the young 'uns (as Jack does) that the beast is real in order to better control them while Ralph's message that the beast isn't real falls on deaf ears was quite interesting. I also like the ending where the sailor is disappointed by their war-like nature then turns to look at his war ship.
Overall though, I found the writing a little dry and the story less engaging than the Lord of the Flies shorthand for savagery. Frankly, had I never read it, I'd still grasp the themes of the book (given how well-known they are) regardless.
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Post by mmexis on Jul 13, 2017 22:09:12 GMT
You found it hard to read, I found it hard to teach. Had to teach it with the boys as three aspects of the same person. And kids today think it has homoerotic overtones - another thing I have to combat. Let's face it, it's 1950s British English and part of the "good for you" literature (c)rammed down one's throat.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2017 23:59:42 GMT
I agree with painbow. A very important book but the prose is hideous.
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Post by novastar6 on Jul 17, 2017 5:06:46 GMT
It's probably been 10 years or more since I read it, and honestly I didn't get much of it the first time, I didn't like it, but I refused to give it up. So I read it clear through, but most of it was lost on me. I think now and then of reading it again to see how much more of it I get this time.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Aug 1, 2017 16:01:53 GMT
I actually quite enjoyed it. I found the jungle to be almost a character unto itself.
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