read any good books lately?

I really couldn't get into "Lord of The Flies".. I finished it, sure but maybe children protagonists (well, and antagonists) just bug me. I couldn't get into "Animal Farm" either because of something similar..

 

haha.. Wizard.

I'm resisting the urge to tell you details about the book...

 

an ex gf got me, as a birthday gift, paperback copies of stardust, neverwhere, american gods, and good omens, which i read in that order.

one of the best presents i've ever received, and with the exception of good omens (which i tend to lend to people) i still have all my first copies, despite rereading a number of times each.

i got anansi boys recently, and that was great. then i just read my sister's copy of the graveyard book (as mentioned) and i'm just getting into sandman as well.

good stuff:cheers2:

 

I started reading Animal Farm but because I read the introduction I already knew how it was gonna end up so I sorta just lost interest.

 

Animal farm bores me, although its imagery is brilliant. Homage to Catalonia, Down and Out in Paris and London and other autobiographical works of his tend to be overshadowed by Animal Farm and 1984 even though they are awesome.

 

go for it. don't hold back

 

CUTE- hubby did that for me a yr or so ago- bought me American god, Anansi boys, stardust,smoke in mirrors, and fragile things.
Have you read American gods? that one is great, too.


-sigh-
I need a library card

 

i haven't read animal farm, but i loved 1984.

i will have to check out some of the others you've mentioned

 

yeah, i did.

but it took me a little while to get into it at first, but of course once i did it was great.

i just had trouble coming to grips with a protagonist named shadow.:cheers2:

 

Orwell was raised to be a snob and sent to a rich boarding school etc...in his younger days he sort of rebelled against his upbringing and intentionally lived among the working class to learn more about life. Down and Out in Paris and London is about his experiences as a hobo, you'd like it.

 

I'm only going to say a few obvious starter things... I just LOVE this book.

The idea is supposed to be civilisation against savagery. The conch representing law and order, Piggy representing Civilisation. (Piggy actually finds the Conch, he sees it first although if I remember correctly he doesn't actually retrieve it. Piggys glasses are supposed to show how he can see things better than the others but at the same time he is limited by it. Also at one point Jack punches him which breaks one lense. - The way he sees the world is limited.)

Jack is supposed to represent Savagery and anarchy but really he represents a different kind of leadership because he is always in charge. He also represents Anomie. This is the absense of society's rules whereas anarchy is the absense of the Government's rules. Our society seems to be headed more towards anomie (says my english teacher). He uses paint on his face to show the beast, where Piggy thinks of the beast as part of man - in your imagination, Jack thinks it is something you can hunt down and kill. In the beginning Jack does say he wants to be called Merridew. His wish, as with Piggy's name request, goes unfulfilled.