The lord of flies book 

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by William Golding is one of my favorite novels, not necessarily from a “I’m going to read this every year!” standpoint but more from a “Damn, I wish I could write like that!” perspective. This allegorical book was originally published in 1954; it is one of the most carefully structured novels I’ve read; each chapter has a wonderful internal rise and fall, and the plotting and metaphoric shadings in the characterizations are amazing.

In the beginning of the novel, the reader is presented with a group of British boys who have been stranded on a tropical island. The boys are all young, the oldest ones not more than twelve, and the island is seemingly serene and gorgeous. The stage seems set for the boys to have a wonderful romp in paradise, but as disagreement breaks out amongst them, their life on the island becomes increasingly violent and hellish.

On a symbolic level, the novel deals with the effects of war on the human race and the ways in which it can turn Earth, our own used-to-be-Paradise, into a living hell.