Both Uses of "Lord of the Flies" in "The Sea of Monsters"

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Both Uses

Lord of the Flies
in
The Sea of Monsters
(Edited)

The whole middle school had read this book called Lord of the Flies, where all these kids get marooned on an island and go psycho.
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Lord of the Flies = William Golding's acclaimed novel of boys stranded on an island who, without civilizing influences, sink into savagery (1955)
He pronounced that we'd understood Lord of the Flies perfectly.
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(1) (Lord of the Flies)
William Golding's acclaimed novel (with well-known film adaptations); an allegory of boys stranded on an island who, without civilizing influences, sink into savagery (1955)

The title references the name the boys give to a sow's head they impale on a stake and erect as an offering to the “beast.” It is thought that Golding chose the name in reference to the Hebrew name Beelzebub (which translates literally as "Lord of Flies"), a name sometimes used as a synonym for Satan.

Accelerated Reader Level/Points: 8 / 11
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)