16 June, 2016 (Week 17)
1. Lord of the Flies (text)
→ The original UK Lord of the Flies book cover
① Author: William Golding
→ Golding in 1983
② Lord of the Flies on sparknote
*savage (adj.) very violent or cruel 兇猛的、殘暴的
*brutality (n.) cruel and violent behaviour 野蠻行為
⑵ context
⑸ analysis of major characters
2. The Color Purple (1985) 紫色姐妹花
The Color Purple is a drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker.
The film tells the story of a young African American girl named Celie Harris and shows the problems African American women faced during the early 20th century, including domestic violence, incest, pedophilia, poverty, racism, and sexism. Celie is transformed as she finds her self-worth through the help of two strong female companions.
She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
→ Walker in 2007
② official trailer