Lord of the Flies is about a group of young British boys who are stranded on a deserted island. The only adult with them dies and they must govern themselves. The book examines the test of human nature as these boys grow more and more wild without any consequences to their actions. The books leads to violence and death as the boys spend more time unsupervised in the wild.
* For a more detailed description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies
This book has recieved a lot of controversy and continues to today. The book has been challenged many times and banned several. In 1981 in the Owen High School, North Carolina, it was challenged because the novel “implies that man is little more than an animal." In 1992, Waterloo, Iowa schools challenged it for "profanity, lurid passages about sex, and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women, and the disabled."
* For a more detailed description of the bannings and challenges of this book - http://www.booksie.com/editorial_and_opinion/essay/ousma/to-ban-or-not-to-ban/nohead/pdf/ver/8
Do you think that this book should be removed from schools? Would a realistic depiction of what can happen if children were allowed to do as they pleased in society without consequences perhaps help children understand why the word od elders is important?
* 5 points extra credit
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