Research Tools

English 10-3

Mrs. Kate Donahue

Lord of the Flies literary criticism

Go to Historical Newspapers (link to the right) and search for

William Golding and "Lord of the Flies"

Alternative Explanations for the Societal Breakdown in LOTF

http://www.literatureclassics.com/AncientPaths/lord.html

LOTF Criticism from answers.com

http://www.answers.com/topic/lord-of-the-flies#Notes_on_Novels

Research Guide to LOTF

http://www.aresearchguide.com/lord.html

Mysteries of LOTF

http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/green-paint-mysteries-of-william-goldings-lord-of-the-flies/

Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein is a response to LOTF

(it's about a group of teens stranded on a deserted planet, but they form a functional society)

http://www.sfreviews.net/tunnel_in_the_sky.html

William Golding's Official Website

http://www.william-golding.co.uk/

William Golding's Obituary

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0919.html

Lost at Sea Survival Game

http://www.pressanykey.com/cgi-bin/survival.cgi

100 Most Frequently Challenged Books (look at #70)

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.cfm

NPR- All Things Considered story on LOTF

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1800369

Nobel Prize.org (game and more!)

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/golding/

Poetry:

"The Figure a Poem Makes" by Robert Frost

http://www.mrbauld.com/frostfig.html