Lord of the Flies by William Golding

dear William Golding

Your book Lord of the Flies had me thinking constantly about what would i do in their situation. The story was gripping and exciting. It question whether people can be civil even in the most dangerous situations. Children were forced to serve on their own and most of them were too young to even fully realize the danger that they were in. Most of them changed after that experience in a dramatic way. They change from Innocent little children to crazed little children.

But as good as it was it had me thinking "would people really go that crazy". The book suggest that they would but their were no adults in that situation so u cant figure out if the same thing would happen. I guess we can never really know but because of this book i now have an idea about it and i am now grateful for all of the things in my life that help he stay civil and sane. It was terrible what happen to those kids and even some adults wouldn't know what to do and they did really well for just a couple of kids. But is it realistic and would they have been able to survive in a real situation. no they probably wouldn't have but it still was a great story. The story had me thinking about humanity and thinking what is the limit until people start to go primal and thinking only of survival. In a life or death situation people are know to do the unthinkable and this novel shows that that rule even applies to children.

its a sad truth but it makes since and you did a really good job showing it . thank you for this book and the message that came along with it.

from Vincent Villegas