![]() ![]() She concludes the essay with an examination of how she reads the characters now as an adult, and shows her hatred of one particular character… ![]() Lowry recalls her shock when the island society starts to break down and writes that she has ‘not been as jolted, before or since, by a shift in a book’s tone’. Lowry considers her responses to the other named boys, and then illustrates the importance of the island itself: ‘the waterfalls and butterflies, the endless edible fruit, the soft sand, the clear blue ponds, and the pink cliffs’. She identified with him because they were both fair (blond), but critically, she realised after that Ralph as ‘the fair boy’ had a double meaning – he ‘played fair’ and ‘followed the rules’. ![]() In her Foreword, Lois Lowry, award-winning author of children’s and YA fiction, discusses her first experience with reading Lord of the Flies, at the age of seventeen, where she recalls identifying with Ralph. The cover design, by Adams Carvalho, is bold and dramatic with a stunning use of colour. Penguin Classics have recently published two new editions of Lord of the Fliesin the US, including a striking Graphic Deluxe Edition. ![]()
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