It was a monday morning and I was about to be late for school. My dad drops me off, and as I walk into school I notice something different. I remember from the moment I stepped outside of my house I didn’t see a single animal. No squirrels running up trees or birds chirping. I just decided to ignore it. Soon after I got to school and I was in gym waiting for the announcements to go off. Unusually, they were a few minutes late but the bell rang for them to start. “Attention everyone this is a lock down,” Said doctor Phillips. “This can’t be fake, we just had a practice lockdown!” I thought to myself. Everyone rushed to the locker rooms as soon as possible. We waited for ever until the most terrifying moment of my life happened. I heard glass breaking followed by screams and barking. A few seconds later there were scratching and pounding sounds on the door of the locker room and no one could see what was making the sounds. Out of fear people start to run out the other dore,...
Lord of the Flies was a truly good book. I read this book last year and it enlightened me. This book was about the quest of a group of marooned boys ages 5-13 trying to get off the island. Most people at first glance would think that this book is one of those survival books. The saying "never judge a book it’s cover "especially applies to this novel. After getting stranded, the boys made a chief, a government of sorts, as well as a set of rules. This book not only is about the struggle to survive on a deserted island, but it very accurately describes the human condition. This is not satirical, it only brings light to human nature. During the middle of the book, there was an issue. The smaller kids claimed of a beast on the island, bigger than any animal known to man. The older boys decide to hunt down this “beast” but in the process, daily life on the island begins to break down as the lifestyle turns to an anarchy. The boys end up killing each other and a message becomes clear, “Maybe there is a beast, or maybe it is only us”. This message accurately describes human nature and the mask we wear to hide our true selves. This book gave me a new perspective on mankind as it revealed the true monsters we really are.
Such a classic-so glad to hear it's still being read.
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