I want a personal apology from that political hack William Golding, and from the public school system that forced me to read his tripe and made out like Lord of the Flies was a serious commentary about human nature.
What fucking dystopian anti-humanist bullshit.
Left to their own devices in a state of nature, the kids did not go"savage", kill anybody, or worship a pig’s head.
The boys divided up the labour, teaming up in pairs to work garden, kitchen, and guard duty. One of the boys, Stephen (who would go on to become an engineer), managed to use two sticks to start a fire, which the boys kept burning continuously for more than a year while marooned
Lord of the Flies is written as if humans were evil at heart and selfish, ignoring the millions of years social bonds and community kept us alive. The author never imagined people would work together without some kind of selfish gain.
TBF he was a product of his deeply religious time. He self-described as a “fundamentally religious man”. LotF was about “man’s rejection of God”.
You are born in sin, see, but… with a Heavenly Father watching your every move and threatening eternal torture, you just might be whipped into treating others like Jesus would. :vomit:
Yes, Animal Farm imo is a better allegory about how people inherently want a good, peaceful life for everyone around them until politics gets into the equation, which brings greed and exploitation
I want a personal apology from that political hack William Golding, and from the public school system that forced me to read his tripe and made out like Lord of the Flies was a serious commentary about human nature.
What fucking dystopian anti-humanist bullshit.
Left to their own devices in a state of nature, the kids did not go"savage", kill anybody, or worship a pig’s head.
What they actually did :
Thats because Lord of the Flies is chud child abuse fantasy.
Lord of the Flies is written as if humans were evil at heart and selfish, ignoring the millions of years social bonds and community kept us alive. The author never imagined people would work together without some kind of selfish gain.
TBF he was a product of his deeply religious time. He self-described as a “fundamentally religious man”. LotF was about “man’s rejection of God”.
You are born in sin, see, but… with a Heavenly Father watching your every move and threatening eternal torture, you just might be whipped into treating others like Jesus would. :vomit:
Yes, Animal Farm imo is a better allegory about how people inherently want a good, peaceful life for everyone around them until politics gets into the equation, which brings greed and exploitation