Thursday, April 8, 2010
Chapter 1
After the first chapter, this book is beginning to remind me of a 30 episode television series called "Flight 29 Down" that was shown from 2005 to 2007. It is about a group of teenagers that are stuck on a Pacific island after a plane crash. I am almost certain that much of the idea for the show was taken from the book. If you want to learn more about the show, here's the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_29_Down. Back to the book, after being in a plane crash with no surviving adults, two of the boys on the island, one nicknamed "Piggy" and the other named Ralph, they talk for a while . Then, Ralph finds a conch shell and blows into it to summon the other boys wandering the island for a meeting. The boys decide to pick Ralph as a leader. When the meeting is over, Ralph and two boys named Simon and Jack come with them on an expedition to examine their surroundings and comfirm that there is nobody on the island. During this expedition, they find a piglet, which they later regret for not killing it for meat.
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I think the show's still running actually, or maybe just reruns.
ReplyDeleteI love your text to text comparison to that tv show! Be careful not to stick too much to summary. I'm way more interested in your thoughts about what you're reading.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it would be fun to be stuck on an island I think i might read this book matt
ReplyDeleteDon't give too much of the story away becuase i still have to read it
ReplyDeleteYes, Andy, it might be fun, but what if you hated the people stranded with you? A group of hungry adolescent boys with big sticks and fire is just asking for trouble.
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