Resumo de Lord Of The Flies

A classic of world literature by the Nobel Prize winner William Golding 'Lord of the Flies' is one of the most significant study of the human nature, containing important reflections on civilisation and its role in shaping of the human being. The group of young school boys find themselves shipwrecked on an island, out of control of the grown ups and norms of the civilized world. The puzzlement and fear slowly passes to let them discover mechanisms which, according to Golding, lie deep within them and also deep within everyone of us, regadless of age, nation, background... Ralph naturally becomes the leader of the group, he feels that some rules are to be settled if they want to survive (as humans), they decide make a conch a symbol of speech, making a signal fire (waiting for a rescue), etc. Piggy is one of the most 'grown up' figures, he acts mature most of the time, Simon is obviously good...Jack, Roger and the twins Sam and Eric are the boys who are potentially to be overcome by the savage nature and ignore the rules. The whole plot runs towards the point where the boys see no limits to what they can do and expect no consequences, they just...let go. Especially Jack, who becomes the second leader when the boys divide themselves into 2 groups.The whole story is filled with symbols and so the Lord of the flies - a swine's head on the stick - represents probably the evil element of the human nature. The beast, hiding in the woods that the boys uner Jack's leadership want to hunt is never found and supposingly it only exists in themselves. With every page the kids become more and more violent until a tragedy emerges... the tragedy which causes no awakening, but paradoxally becomes a justification of their deeds and the savage nature reveals itself with even grater insolence. The myths of human goodnes and innocence of a child is brutally destroyed. The last scene, where the (long forgotten) rescue finally comes is beautifully ridiculous: the sailor, representing the civilisation confronted with the savage little creatures, who were once humans. They seem to belong to different worlds, but hey, isn't it the same world after all? It is only the matter of circumstances to get the worst out of everyone of us...Of course it all doesn't mean we shouldn't try to fight it. I strongly recommend this book to everyone, cause it is about us, people, whether we like it or not. It scares, it warns and it forces to consider what we often find rather inconvenient. The characters are vivid yet the interpretations can be endless. Apart from the story, the description of nature is very accurate and sophisticated. A must-read.

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