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I'm currently teaching this to thirty fifteen year-olds. They aren't loving it. The only things they love are the related texts that are more modern - like Survivor. Stupid diluted culture!
Edit: AND AND AND. The next time one of them calls it Lord of the Rings, they are getting a detention. Haha.
Did you read the book first or see the movie? I generally like whichever I saw/read first better. And which version did you watch? I haven't seen either...I suppose I'll watch both.One of those very rare instances where I liked the movie more than the book. Book was very hard to read thru, seemed quite dry and uninteresting...much like myself.....
One of those very rare instances where I liked the movie more than the book. Book was very hard to read thru, seemed quite dry and uninteresting...much like myself.....
I also agree, i hated the way that they treated piggy, when all he would ever do was try to help.The story is good but I hate the way they talk.
Ralph was an ass to piggy throughout the book It really bothered me. Actually they were all pretty mean to piggy.
I also hated the word ass-mar.
I feel that if it would have been all girls then they wouldn't have made it as far as they have. Girls wouldn't understand and know what to do if they were put on a island by themselves. Some girls wouldn't know where to start by collecting the food and building a fire to produce smoke so that someone may see them. girls would have had each other killed the first three days they would be on the island. This is a very good and meaningful book.I agree and I think it would have been the same with females too. I'm a cynic as well.
I agree. If it were all girls, I think things would be more organized but things would eventually get bad.What a great book. I think that without civilizing influences, if one is clinging by fingernails to the thin edge of survival, life would be "nasty, brutish, and short" for most people. We're at our nadir of Maslow's hierarchy of needs at that point--we're animals trying to survive. I don't think that it would be different if it was girls. There might be some difference with grown women if there were dependent children involved. In that situation, our genetic programming would likely lend itself to protection of the young. It could be better--more organization, etc--but it could also be more vicious, if women were battling to keep their own children alive instead of pooling resources for the group.
I agree here, because i have seen what just two girls in one household can do to each other within about two weeks. Girls would rip each other apart in a very short amount of time. The main reason for this is because most women like to in control of the situation.I feel that if it would have been all girls then they wouldn't have made it as far as they have. Girls wouldn't understand and know what to do if they were put on a island by themselves. Some girls wouldn't know where to start by collecting the food and building a fire to produce smoke so that someone may see them. girls would have had each other killed the first three days they would be on the island. This is a very good and meaningful book.
When I read it at first i didn't think i was going to like it but after I got more into the story and some of the action and I guess you could say violence started to happen I seemed to enjoy it more, it made the story interesting!
I loved this book when I was a kid. I loved Piggy. If it were all girls, they would not have behaved so badly. We do not have this urge for blood sport.
I've read the book several times over the years. I saw the movie but I had read the book at least once, maybe twice before seeing the movie. I very much liked the movie, it seemed to capture the savagery better than the book did, which again, is rare. I think the first time I read it was in 8th grade or something like that, then again in college, and about ten years ago. It's hard to describe. I can see the value of the book, but it's one of those books where I find myself having to fight to keep my attention on the reading. Just seems flat for some reason....not the book GNT, I know the book itself is flat....lolDid you read the book first or see the movie? I generally like whichever I saw/read first better. And which version did you watch? I haven't seen either...I suppose I'll watch both.
Doesn't anyone think that with girls they'd bring out the caring nature that seems to be inherent in the female of the species?
Maybe not at first, but eventually the evil that is a part of nearly everyone would begin to change that. The whole story is telling how that evil would make people revert back to savagery, whether by choice or not, if left alone long enough. For Jack it was more of a choice but even Ralph and Piggy found savagery at least slightly enticing once they experienced it.
If it were all girls, they would not have behaved so badly. We do not have this urge for blood sport.
Maybe. There are a lot of girls out there, though, that know just as much as boys about survival, and many that know moreI feel that if it would have been all girls then they wouldn't have made it as far as they have. Girls wouldn't understand and know what to do if they were put on a island by themselves. Some girls wouldn't know where to start by collecting the food and building a fire to produce smoke so that someone may see them. girls would have had each other killed the first three days they would be on the island. This is a very good and meaningful book.