Introduction The title of the book which I am reviewing is "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding written in 1954. It is a novel about a group of boys stranded on an island after a plane crash and deals with the conflicts they have to face on this deserted island. William Golding was born in 1911 in Cornwall, he went to a private school and later on studied at Brasenose College Oxford. He mainly lived in …showed first 75 words of 2541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2541 total…and again, but finally discovered that Simon's crisis should be everybody's crisis, but understanding and wisdom can not be communicated to and accepted by others. Simon is the most tragic person of the story! The prophet is not recognized, but killed. The use of secondary literature was not necessary, the book speaks for itself, I did, however, look at the material provided by the internet. http://www.rit.edu/~sjg2490/lotf/summary.html Artur Ballardt