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	Lord of the Flies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of young boys who are stranded on a desert island and who must negotiate the social problems of cooperation and self-government, and fail disastrously.
		The Lord of the Flies (which is translated from Greek "Beelzebub" and Hebrew, "Ba'alzevuv" and "Lord of the Flies" is said to be a mistranslation from a mistransliterated word whose sound sounds pungent and evil, like that of a reference to the devil.
		The "Lord of the Flies" in the end reveals that evil and the terror of the "beastie" is not an external threat, but an inborn evil with the boys themselves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_of_the_flies (4065 words)

	Understanding "Lord of the Flies" A Novel by William Golding
		Lord of the Flies - Barron's Booknotes from PinkMonkey.com.
		Lord of the Flies - Novel Analysis from Novelguide.com.
		Map of the Island in Lord of the Flies.
	www.aresearchguide.com /lord.html (1811 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Lord of the Flies: Books: William Golding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lord of the Flies, William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island, is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published in 1954.
		Lord of the Flies was Sir William Goldings first novel, he had published an anthology of poetry many years previously, but this was his first extended narrative.
		Lord of the Flies demonstrates the sociopolitical concerns of its era.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Lord-Flies-William-Golding/dp/0571191479 (2145 words)

	Lord of the Flies - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		The Lord of the Flies claims that he is the Beast, and laughs at the idea that the Beast is something that could be hunted and killed.
		Ralph is the athletic, charismatic protagonist of Lord of the Flies.
		The Lord of the Flies contains many examples of symbolism which Golding has incorporated to show a deeper level to the main, mostly straight forward, storyline that reveals his thoughts on the nature of humanity and evil.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies (5628 words)

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		Lord of the Flies is a poignant, allegorical novel...
		Lord of the Flies - Fables and Allegories -- Essay at LiteratureClassics.com
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	Lord of the Flies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lord of the Flies is an excellent book filled with symbols, satire, meaningful themes, and is interesting to read as well.
		He also inserted good imagery, for example, when butterflies were flying around Simon as he gazed upon the Lord of the Flies as flies buzzed around it.
		The central symbol itself is the "Lord of the Flies," which translates into "Beelzebub" in Greek, a name for the devil, whose name implies destruction, decay, demoralization, hysteria, and panic, which were all seen throughout the book, and fits well with the novel's themes.
	www.brainerd.net /~esserste/essays/LordFlys.htm (1177 words)

	Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
		Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book about a group of young boys - consisting of the "bigguns" and the "littluns" - that are stranded on an island when their escape plane crashes.
		The island setting for Lord of the Flies and the names Ralph, Jack, and Simon have been taken from Coral Island.
		His fourth novel was Lord of the Flies, and when it was finally accepted for publication in 1954, it had been turned down by more than twenty publishers.
	www.angelfire.com /ca2/lordoftheflies (899 words)

	PlanetPapers - Lord Of The Flies
		The classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an exciting adventure deep into the nether regions of the mind.
		In his own use of the word, Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors are "parodies" of Ballantyne and Wells.
		Lord of the Flies, one of William Golding's many novels, is a well written, well thought out writing that depicts the evils of human nature.
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	SparkNotes: Lord of the Flies: Chapter 1
		Lord of the Flies dramatizes the conflict between the civilizing instinct and the barbarizing instinct that exist in all human beings.
		Throughout Lord of the Flies, Golding makes heavy use of symbols to present the themes and dramatic conflicts of the novel.
		Later in the novel, Golding sharply contrasts the conch shell with another natural object—the sinister pig’s head known as the Lord of the Flies, which comes to symbolize primordial chaos and terror.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/flies/section1.html (1036 words)

	Lord of the Flies essay
		One novel in particular that illustrates this is Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
		The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an excellent example of the type of society we would not want to be part off.
		Lord of the Flies is about young boys from a boarding school that get stranded on a deserted island.
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	The X-Files: Lord of the Flies - TV.com
		But when flies pour out of the victims eye sockets, they find themselves relying on Scully's expertise and they ask her to join the investigation.
		Lord of the Flies is also the title of a classic novel by William Golding published in 1954.
		It should be noted that in some Christian mythologies, the devil is also referred to as Lord of the Flies because both are associated with death.
	www.tv.com /xfiles/lord-of-the-flies/episode/81598/summary.html (574 words)

	Lord of the Flies Study Guide
		Lord of the Flies takes place on an island, which Golding never gives an exact location.
		Simon, alone in the woods hallucinates and thinks the head is the Lord of the Flies, who proceeds to insult his bravery in regard to the "beastie".
		William Golding wrote the novel Lord of the Flies with the intent to include certain elements of moral behavior for readers to absorb.
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	Lord of the Flies by William Golding
		Lord of the Flies, first published in 1954, has sold millions of copies worldwide (more than 25 million in English alone).
		It has reached the status of a cultural referent that does not need to be named: the Conch has been used as a symbol for explaining things as diverse as internet protocols and voting structures; Piggy's spectacles and physique have become a recognizable icon.
		The extraordinary beauty of Golding's coral island and the poignancy of his characters' youth and vulnerability produce an experience of unique and perpetually surprising intensity.
	www.william-golding.co.uk /w_lord_of_the_flies.html (193 words)

	Amazon.com: Lord of the Flies: Books: William Golding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		LORD OF THE FLIES is a remarkable and powerful book, one that should be on everyone's bookshelf.
		Lord of the Flies has sold more than 10 million copies, deep into Dan Brown territory, and my raggedy paperback is the 96th Capricorn printing.
		Much of the success of Lord of the Flies must be due to the fact that it is a useful tool when teaching some of the basics of literary theory.
	www.amazon.com /Lord-Flies-William-Golding/dp/0399501487 (2925 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Lord of the Flies
		Lord of the Flies is famed theater director Peter Brook’s daring translation of William Golding’s brilliant novel.
		The story of 30 English schoolboys stranded on an uncharted island at the start of the “next” war, Lord of the Flies is a seminal film of the New American Cinema and a fascinating anti-Hollywood experiment in location filmmaking.
		Lord of the Flies is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=43 (209 words)

	Lord Of The Flies
		The Lord of the Flies novel is only grim if you empathize with the moronic protagonists.
		Lord of the Flies is the most heroic, triumphant paean to the human spirit I know of.
		The realistic Lord of the Flies novel would have 90% of them dead in two weeks, and a handful of cannibalistic survivors.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?LordOfTheFlies (4058 words)

	BookRags: Lord of the Flies Study Guide
		Despite its later popularity, William Golding's Lord of the Flies was only a modest success when it was first published in England in 1954, and it sold only 2,383 copies in the United States in 1955 before going out of print.
		Critical reviews and British word of mouth were positive enough, however, that by the time a paperback edition was published in 1959, Lord of the Flies began to challenge The Catcher in the Rye as the most popular book on American college campuses.
		Lord of the Flies from Novels for Students.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-lordoftheflies (361 words)

	Lord of the Flies--Literature lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lord of the Flies has been called “a fable in which the characters are symbols for abstract ideas.” Explain this statement by analyzing each of the major characters (Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, and Roger) in terms of his distinctive character traits and the human quality he might symbolize.
		Suppose the plot of Lord of the Flies involved a planeload of marooned girls, or a mixed group of girls and boys, instead of all boys.
		In this interpretative companion to Lord of the Flies, students are introduced to Golding’s brilliant work through a classic study of the book’s structure, symbolism, and drama.
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/flies (1545 words)

	Amazon.ca: Lord of the Flies (50th Anniversary Edition): Books: William Golding,E. M. Forster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Given the current state of the world, and especially current events as of this writing, it's hard to say that LORD OF THE FLIES is shocking.
		Lord of the Flies will leave a lasting impression on its readers and, hopefully, will make them realize the importance of belonging to a civilized society.
		I thought Lord of the Flies was okay, but it wasn't the greatest book ever written.
	www.amazon.ca /Flies-50th-Anniversary-William-Golding/dp/0399529209 (1328 words)

	Reading "Lord of the Flies" - Salon
		Back in 8th grade English, under the watchful eye of Laura Sharpless, I willfully failed to read William Golding's "Lord of the Flies." I did start it, with the best of intentions.
		Up until the "LOTF" incident (I think of it as "LOTF" because that's how Laura -- Quaker school, teachers went by first names -- used to write it on the board when assigning pages that I had no intention of reading) I had been a diligent student.
		The backdrop to the book, published in 1954, is a hazy wartime apocalyptic vision of the civilization the boys have left; perhaps the developed world has finally destroyed itself.
	dir.salon.com /story/books/review/2005/08/15/golding/index.html (1018 words)

	BookRags: Lord of the Flies Book Notes
		A plane carrying a British school group has crashed into a tropical island, presumably shot down as World War II wages on in the outside world.
		Afterwards he makes excuses and proclaims he will not fail again, even though the three, as they head back to the others, shirk at the thought of the pig's blood spilling out over his hands, preferring instead to eat fruit from the trees lining their path.
		Lord of the Flies from BookRags Book Notes.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/lof/PART1.htm (696 words)

	Powell's Books - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
		Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times.
		On the contrary Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, is Roger and Jack and you and I, ready to declare himself as soon as we permit him to."
		While "Lord of the Flies" as indeed well written and thought provoking, I found it extremely disturbing.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0399501487-0 (607 words)

	Lord of the Flies - Biographies
		He was present at the sinking of the Bismarck, and finished the war as a Lieutenant in command of a rocket ship.
		After the war he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury and was there when his first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954.
		Lord of the Flies was filmed by Peter Brook in 1963.
	www.lordoftheflies.com /biographies.htm (497 words)

	The Lord of the Flies
		In the novel, the decapitated head of a pig is referred to in Chapter 8 (“Gift for the Darkness”) as the "Lord of the Flies" after Jack and his boys impale it on a stake driven into the ground.
		The climax of The Lord of the Flies occurs, according to the first definition, when Jack rebels and forms his own tribe, resulting in a "war" between his boys and Ralph's.
		The Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel.
	www.cummingsstudyguides.net /Guides2/Golding.html (4676 words)

	Lord of the Flies picture 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lord of the Flies Reunion (1996) / Time Flies
		The Lord of the Flies boys return to Vieques after 35 years, August 1996.
		Whatever happened to the boys who were in Peter Brook's 1963 film "Lord of the Flies", a classic film of William Golding's 1954 novel of the same name.
	www.forestdata.com /flies.htm (83 words)

	Vocabulary from Lord of the Flies by William Golding for VOCAB U.
		Vocabulary from Lord of the Flies by William Golding for VOCAB U. "Hi, I'm Etta Molly Gee, Professor of Library Science at Vocabulary University.
		A high school recommended book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, gives the student the opportunity to learn SAT-College Prep vocabulary in context.
		Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Words (108 total words) are listed in order of appearance by chaper:
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	Lord of the Flies Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The fear of the unknown can be a powerful force, which can turn you to either insight or hysteria.
		William Golding obviously was influenced by several other authors in his creation of Lord of the Flies.
		Golding, however, held a much more negative outlook on human nature, which he expressed in his works, beginning with Lord of the Flies.
	www.rit.edu /~sjg2490/lotf/analysis.html (411 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Lord of the Flies Study Guide - Short Summary
		He dubs it the Lord of the Flies because of the insects that swarm around it He believes that it speaks to him, telling him how foolish he is and how the other boys think that he is insane.
		The pig's head claims that it is the beast, and mocks the idea that the beast could be hunted and killed.
		As the boys prepare to leave the island for home, Ralph weeps for the death of Piggy and the end of the boys' innocence.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/lordflies/shortsumm.html (2045 words)

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