Lord of the Flies

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At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin and evil. And as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political... more

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Elon Musk Founder/SpaceXRecommends this book

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Disco Donnie @JoshRHernandez1 I love the book “Lord of the Flies” so just started watching The Society (Source)

Harriet Sugarcookie @YNNUS_22 Lord of the flies is a great book! And I think it really shows how cruel people will be to fit in (Source)

Audrey Russo So many novels; Lord of the Flies, Great Gatsby, Great Expectations; all the Nancy Drew books; Catcher in the Rye, Books written by Zora Neale Hurston; Pat Conroy – all because of the view about different people who endure despite adversity while kindling the hearts of the human spirit. (Source)

Scott Belsky [Scott Belsky recommended this book on the podcast "The Tim Ferriss Show".] (Source)

Julia Enthoven For non-business, I’ve loved so many different books that it’s hard to pick a favorite. Recently, I’ve enjoyed The Art of Fielding and Americanah, and I love classics like A Farewell to Arms and Lord of the Flies. (Source)

Chigozie Obioma William Golding imbues some of these children with wisdom that would read, in the hands of a lesser author, as implausibly knowing (Source)

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#23 in 11th Grade
#32 in 12-Year-Old
#38 in 12th Grade
#12 in 13-Year-Old
#8 in 14-Year-Old
#1 in 15-Year-Old
#23 in 16-Year-Old
#38 in 17-Year-Old
#38 in 18-Year-Old
#9 in 20th Century
#33 in 7th Grade
#14 in 8th Grade
#9 in 9th Grade
#42 in Academia
#31 in Action Adventure
#34 in Adventure
#24 in Adventure Fiction
#4 in Banned
#9 in Bucket List
#8 in Censorship
#14 in Class
#4 in Classic
#14 in Classical
#35 in Collection
#26 in Coming Of Age
#20 in Controversial
#30 in Dark
#47 in Death
#30 in Drama
#11 in Dramatic
#29 in Dystopian
#2 in English Writer
#44 in Existential
#13 in Fear
#13 in Fiction
#12 in Folio Society
#28 in Gilmore Girls
#19 in Gold
#41 in Good Read
#43 in Growing Up
#1 in HTTP
#26 in Hebrew
#4 in High School
#3 in High School Reading
#2 in Human Nature
#34 in Humanity
#11 in Hunting
#41 in Influential
#41 in Intellectual
#30 in Interesting
#37 in Library
#6 in Literary
#8 in Literature
#24 in Men
#36 in Modern
#5 in Modern Classic
#39 in Modern Fiction
#19 in Morals
#39 in Murder
#23 in Must-Read
#2 in Nobel
#17 in Novel
#17 in Old
#41 in Paperback
#13 in Poster
#22 in Postmodernism
#45 in Psycho
#42 in Quarantine
#24 in Rated
#15 in Raw
#47 in Realistic Fiction
#46 in Red
#23 in Roman
#39 in Sad
#12 in Sadness
#26 in Satire
#43 in Scary
#22 in Short
#46 in Social
#38 in Story
#24 in Summer
#18 in Summer Reading
#6 in Survival
#10 in Suspenseful
#29 in Teacher
#31 in Teaching
#48 in Teen Fiction
#19 in Thought-Provoking
#44 in Time
#33 in To-Read
#9 in Twisted
#15 in UK
#46 in University
#29 in Used
#15 in Utopian
#23 in Why
#44 in Young Adult Fiction
#39 in Youth

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