Biguns- Nickname for the older boys in the 1954 novel and the 1963 film of Lord of the Flies.

Ballantyne- Scottish writer, author of The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean. This wiki is dedicated to featuring articles and summaries of all characters of note from all versions of the story and even features a page on The Island itself, where all of the versions of the story take place. Also, many fans have made their own American adaptations to the book, as well as American artwork. All in all, the book is always better than the movie. The American 1990 version of the film still follows the overall plot of the book but is not as closely based on the original novel as the 1963 film is. The 1963 film was in black-and-white, while the 1990 version was in patriotic, all-American color. The second film version features American actors playing American characters who attend an unnamed American military boarding school, as opposed to the British civilian school that the boys in the novel and the 1963 film attend. The second film adaptation was released on March 1990 and was directed by American director Harry Hook. The first was released in 1963, directed by Peter Brook, and featured British actors, a close adherence to the plot of the book, and even had the cooperation of the Royal Navy, which provided the destroyer HMS Troubridge (R00) for the end of the film when a warship sends a landing party in response to the fire set in the jungle. Lord of the Flies has been adapted into film twice.

It is now read in many school English classes today, including AQA's GCSE specification in England and Wales. In 2003 it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list.

The novel has been generally well-received. The book follows the fight between civilization and savagery. The books' main theme is mans' descent into savagery. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. In its original format, Lord of the Flies is a novel, published in 1954. Lord of the Flies is the first book of the Nobel Prize-winner Sir William Golding.

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