For about 5 or so days now, I've been reading William Golding's Lord of the Flies. However, or at least, so far in my findings, this book has nothing to do with flies. Perhaps everyone dies and rots and the island the boys landed on becomes infested with maggots, or maybe, because of the cover on the version I have (which has a rather "fat" boy on it) Piggy becomes ruler and everyone dies... or something amazing. (I can infer that because Piggy's glasses break and the spectacles on the cover are cracked as well.)
When I read books, I like to visualize things. If you know me, you probably know I am a very visual person and like to doodle quite a bit too much. However, it annoys me when in movies of the books, I see them and the setting and characters are completely different than what my brilliant imagination created. Anyway, how I imagine the tropical island in Lord Of The Flies is like an island in the Caribbean - Beautiful clear, blue waters and skies, tall green palm trees with coconuts and pineapple, and lovely bright flowers dancing upon the sand.
Thinking of these kinds of places make me have a craving to paint, even though I'm not that good (this is why I must learn InDesign and Photoshop). I think the one downfall to having a great imagination is not being able to share your thoughts.
Hi reed! I really liked the way that you put your theories forward. Piggy ruling the island would be so awesome, I started the book, but never finished it. Did you ever find that once you watch a movie, you can't picture the book, the way you originally pictured it. (now when I think harry potter, a picture of Radcliffe fills my mind! ARGGG!) Also, I think flies do come in in some odd subtle way....
ReplyDeleteI'm currently reading Lord of the Flies right now, and I'm waiting for someone to die (so I've heard). I'm also disappointed because I was anticipating flies.
ReplyDeleteI think your post is incomplete. There aren't any inside-of-the-book insights or thoughts. I suggest making your blog post more lengthly like your other blog posts.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
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