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31 (86.1%)

No.

2 (5.6%)

I don't read books.

3 (8.3%)

Total Members Voted: 36

[Samio]

I was reading this for my English class.
 
Why, Simon and Piggy, why!!???

Anywho... any thoughts on the book? If this thread gets popular enough I'll start a book discussion thread.

Edit: THE BOOK THREAD IS COMING UP

[Zangi]

By jah... its been so long.  You from the Americas or the Euros?

Cause I'd figure by now some douche would have tried to censor that from American education by now.

[Samio]

By jah... its been so long.  You from the Americas or the Euros?

Cause I'd figure by now some douche would have tried to censor that from American education by now.

America. Jack Thompson, thankfully, is not into books. It's a very insightful book.

[Nadaka]

Lord of the Flies and 1984 are banned from curriculum and public libraries in a lot of places, but by no means all.

Education is run at the local level in the US. Fortunately this means that it is virtually impossible for the entire country to screw it up FUBAR. Unfortunately this means that it is completely impossible to prevent most of the country from screwing it up FUBAR.

[Samio]

The book's unrealistic in that the inevitable results should have happened a lot faster.

Yes. Very true! However, I think he made it wait to add more of a shock when it happens. And when they DO start slipping, it's just VROOM!

[Ochita]

Oh god I know this book my english teacher was talking about this.. Yeah, she talked about how we have a thin layer of civilization on us... Just eww though.

[Aqizzar]

The plot of Lord of the Flies made sense, even if overcrowded with symbolism. Take a bunch of kids from the sadistic authoritarian environment that was the British school system, and then put them on their own. The book's unrealistic in that the inevitable results should have happened a lot faster.

I think the most unrealistic part of the book is that the whole conflict is resolved in one page, when suddenly an adult comes back to the classroom and everyone goes home.  What the fuck was that supposed to be?  That ain't no ending.

As if to prove the book's point, I personally would have broken Jack's nose some time around day five.  Insurrectionist asshole.

[Earthquake Damage]

I've heard a quote along the lines of "the difference between civilization and anarchy is three days without food."  It's probably a casualty of several dozen retellings, but you get the idea.

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[Flaede]

ironically, in my province, 1984 has actually been on the suggestions list for grade 11 english (I think that's the year it's in for). Lord of the Flies sometimes makes it into classroom libraries (9th grade, I think) as well. There was an overhaul a while back, not sure if they have those booklists in the same way now.

I liked the whiplash ending. It could have been quite something to detail out the aftermath on the island, but that would have been well received at the time. This book walked that line, and I think ended up more powerful for it.

[inteuniso]

1984 was awesome.

[Akura]

Lord of the Flies we read in our English class, so it was certainly not banned(or it might have been and the teacher or anyone else didn't care). Got bored with everyone reading slowly, so I finished it in 3-4 class periods.

[Aqizzar]

As far as I know, no concurrent class at my high-school read Lord of the Flies, but the library had copies.  The funny thing was, they had like forty identical copies for class use, but no copies on the shelf, so you had to specially ask for it and couldn't recheck it.

[Diablous]

Had to read Lord of the Flies for my English class, so it's probably not banned here.

[Leafsnail]

It is apparently the 68th "most challenged" book according to the ASA.  I don't know how often those challenges are successful, though.