Review of Lord of the Flies (1990) by Jay Scott for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 02 Apr 2003
The film, simplistically assuming the book's central metaphor to be imperialism - hence the military slant - retains the bare bones of Gollding's narrative, but that's all. There's little attempt to hint at the deeper issues.
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This review of Lord of the Flies (1990) was written by Jay Scott and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 02 Apr 2003.
Lord of the Flies has generally received mixed reviews.
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