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I have to say the TV series did not really appeal to me primarily because the writer has messed around with the story and because over 4 hours the whole thing dragged (I binge watched it on BBC IPlayer). On the positive side the boys in the series are around the age I appreciate an I especially liked the boys who played Simon, Jack and Piggy. They are very fine actors. As others have said there was some great uncredited music too by the likes of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan-Williams. To answer Bromios' point I disagree. While boys can be lovely they can also be very malicious and spiteful, particularly in a pack. I suffered emotional bullying at the hands of similar boys to Jack at school (I was probably a lot like Piggy but thin father than fat) and the experience haunts me still. That is why the book resonates with me so much. There was a TV series about 10 years ago in the UK called "Left to Themselves." in which a pack of 11 and 12 year old boys were left to do as they like in a house for five days (with the production team intervening only in matters of safety etc). The whole thing did play out a lot like the "Lord of the Flies." It was quite uncanny. I suppose I like the book as I did not have it forced on me at school. This is a book that kids in UK normally study around 15 or 16. I got "Of Mice and Men" (another hackneyed book beloved of exam boards) instead. I think I would have much preferred "The Grapes of Wrath." |