Lord of the Flies

by Golding, William; Epstein, E. L.

• ISBN13: 9780399501487
• ISBN10: 0399501487
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1959-07-27
• Publisher: Perigee Trade

Summary

TheLiterature Made Easy Series is more than just plot summaries. Each book describes a classic novel and drama by explaining themes, elaborating on characters, and discussing each author's unique literary style, use of language, and point of view. Extensive illustrations and imaginative, enlightening use of graphics help to make each book in this series livelier, easier, and more fun to use than ordinary literature plot summaries. An unusual feature, "Mind Map" is a diagram that summarizes and interrelates the most important details that students need to understand about a given work. Appropriate for middle and high school students.

Author Biography

Born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University, William Gerald Golding's first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other diversions during and after World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. This was the first of several novels including Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Table of Contents

1. The Sound of the Shell	7	(25)
2. Fire on the Mountain	32	(16)
3. Huts on the Beach	48	(10)
4. Painted Faces and Long Hair	58	(18)
5. Beast from Water	76	(19)
6. Beast from Air	95	(14)
7. Shadows and Tall Trees	109	(15)
8. Gift for the Darkness	124	(21)
9. A View to a Death	145	(10)
10. The Shell and the Glasses	155	(14)
11. Castle Rock	169	(14)
12. Cry of the Hunters	183	(20)
Notes	203