The book, Lord of the Flies, was created by William Golding in 1963. It is a young-adult fiction book with the theme of identity and innocence. The book displays a great example of the 4 main conflicts, man vs. nature, man vs. self, man vs. man, and man vs. society. One of the characters, named Ralph, finds struggles as he has a hard time keeping the boys on the island civilized and oriented. As a young boy, he must learn how to mature in order to take charge of the group. This shows us the theme of innocence, as he must forcefully grow up as an older figure in the book, thus leaving his child-like self. Many of the characters in the book must search for their identity and learn how to care for themselves at a young age, as there are no adults to care for them on the island. I think that this book was interesting and engaged you at some points. I had mixed emotions with the book, as at some parts i felt joyous or sad, but at others i got tired of reading. Because it is a young-adult book, it may not have many features that pull in young readers. Some of the issues with this book is the recurring theme of identity and how the boys must search for themselves, while also trying to take care of the others. This theme gets slightly repetitive. I think the book suggests that we need to take what we have for granted, and focus on the time we have now. All in all, I think I enjoyed this book, but I’m glad that it is finished. I would possibly recommend it to readers that enjoy more mature novels.
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