In which year did William Golding publish 'Lord of the Flies'?

WaldoLydeker, Good but disturbing book.

Great book!

I left school many years ago, but this book which I was required to read has stayed with me. Brilliamn't book.

Aw, I remember poor Piggy.

So many books out there that I haven't had a chance to read it yet but really want to, and will one day.

WaldoLydeker, didn't they kill him .I never read the book but as a child I remember my brother telling me about it.that was enough for me I never wanted to read it

From what i've read online, they were on that island for approx 2 months, not really that long when comparing to movie "Cast Away". So the way some of those kids were behaving could possibly be from their upbringing, raised with a different way of thinking towards others, could have worked together to survive instead of against, very counterproductive

A great book, it showed how thin our veneer of civilization can be. Should be required reading in all high schools.

I remember my teacher reading us this book in Grade 7 or 8 in the early 1970s.

Just recently saw the movie. Very interesting but a bit bizarre.

RagingCosmonaut54784, Animal Farm is not about mankind needing rules to live by. It's about the formation of the USSR.

Excellent dystopian novel: I remember doing it for (what are now called )GCSEs forty years ago.

Same theme as Animal Farm, or even the real book of Peter Pan, not the Disney version, even Children of the Corn, even the Star Trek episode "Is it a Good Thing Muri?" mankind in general needs rules to live by, with consequences. it doesn't have to be heavy fisted, just guidelines, or civilization could get chaotic. So many movies and show depict that, The Purge, the Walking Dead, I could go on and on...

MetalMom59, Was that Jack saying it to Piggy??

I read it in middle school and still remember "Nuts to your asmar".

Songbird53, same here

Player #3620946, why?

Read it in high school. Excellent but sad story!

Good book, leaves much to the imagination... 😳