Ralph Piggy and Jack are the key characters. A group of boys are left stranded on an island after a plane crash.The conch shellis used as a signal to call all survivors and becomes the symbol of control.

Ralph is made leader and the goal of the group is to have fun and keep a signal fire burning for rescue. They use Piggy’s glasses to light it.

Jack begins to hunt for food and forms another group of boys which eventually separate and form another tribe.

This is the group that becomes more savage and eventually kill another boy.

Jack’s tribe steal Piggy’s glasses to take control of fire, kill Piggy in an accident and capture the last two remaining members of Ralph’s tribe. They set the island alight with fire searching for Ralph to capture him and the fire is seen by a passing ship and the boys are rescued.

Lord of the Flies is a microcosm of society and man with the key themes being:
Conch represents law and order, smoke symbolises hope, glasses represent voice of reason.

Golding’s main theme was to trace the problems of society on the sins of man. Anarchy defeats order and this is the underlying belief that Golding had about society. Law and order is a tenuous calm at best.

Lord of the Flies is considered a classic in much the way that Shakespeare is, in that human nature has not changed, and in the Flies it reduces society onto a small island where all the issues that man faces were brought to the forefront.

It has been continually debated for nearly 60 years and is still studied in schools.

I’ve finished and I’m amazed.

Firstly I think Joel Comm has totally missed his calling and should just concentrate on writing.  He has a real gift and this book is an excellent story, intermingling facts with just enough story to create a rich text.

There is so much information jam packed within the stories of how famous internet marketers like John Reese, Rich Schefren, Rosalind Gardiner, Yanik Silver, Jay Abrahams and hundreds more, all got started and what they are most remembered for.

All of the marketer’s personal stories are overlayed upon the history of how the internet even came to be and what it actually began as and what it has evolved into, to date.

To date being the operative phrase and conclusion of the book as Joel Comm tries to look into the future to see where the next big thing will be.

He finishes off by profiling a story of an Iranian girl, Ladan Lashkari, borrowed from Eric Holmlund’s blog. The cliff note is she doesn’t have one advantage that we do but is still managing to earn $US6,300 a month.

The story from all of these marketers is that they laser focused on one thing or one niche or one topic that they knew and took it from there.  What they learned from their first experiences they took to their second and so on.

So even though what I know is not savory, I also know there’s a huge and growing market for it so I’m taking all the tips I learned and going forward with it.

History is important.  To know where something has come from, you can judge where it may lead.  Joel Comm has given an excellent, and relatively concise history of who, what, when and where and wrapped it in entertaining ditties about the personal struggles of the big guys.

Fantastic and highly recommended read for anyone, but EVERYONE who is even THINKING of starting an online business.

Joel, can we please have more books?  You are a fantastic writer. Well done mate.

Kath

I am removing my foot from my mouth today. As reported on probloggr a one man blog was sold for $15million. So it is possible.  Or was possible.  I’m still not convinced that it’s possible from now but maybe I’ll be proven wrong about that. Here’s the link One Man $15 million gotta hate him

WOW.  Ok am still only half way through. This is such a great read. No skimming here.

Joel has written a rich yet !brief! history of the internet marketing world and it’s full of so many tidbits of information you just have to read every word and then re-read it. I can’t believe the amount of information crammed in here so far.

The most important thing for me that is standing out is still how young the internet really is.  We have taken the changes for granted and become so accustomed to spamming and surrendering our email address (not any more getting harder to get) that we have lost sight of the fact that some of the top marketers, only began to make their full stride from 2002 and 2004.  So I have to question at this point, have they even reached their full stride yet?

I would have to say, no way.  As Joel points out briefly so far, although the internet has taken over our lives to some extent and the way we consume and obtain media has changed forever, there are still many changes afoot that we haven’t even dreamt are possible yet.

At the half way point, I’m feeling really optimistic about still being able to carve out a living from the internet in some form, although taken note that some of the strategies used to date may already be outdated as users become jaded.  However, from my own experience I can tell you that our children approach the internet in an entirely different way and it will be this market where the most opportunity will arise.

I’m deep into the covers of this book today to finish and will give my final thoughts and hopefully Joel will shed some light on the approaching generation and how best to market them.

Stay tuned.  Get your copy here:Click Here to Order

I started reading this late last night and immediately felt bad about my previous post about ProBlogger.

Joel gently sets out the history of the internet in the first couple of chapters (which is as far as I’ve gotten) and reminds us that the internet was only really available for the masses from 1996.  That’s only 12 years.

Now from ProBlogger the number one blogs are 33.6 months old.  That means they’ve only managed to do this in a quarter the time that the internet has been around – basically.

Joel also reminds us – gently – that the technology (or lack of it would be more to the point) that was around when the internet marketers were making their debut, was hideously bad compared to what we have today – so we are still only just beginning.

I”m hooked on this book now and looking forward to more insights.

Niches may be harder to find, but after reading Click To Order so far, I can’t believe that they are ALL gone within the very short amount of time and space (the internet is still not available to the entire world yet) that we have been going.

Stay tuned for the rest of the review.  Get your copy here:Click Here to Order