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Golding just made stuff up. In real life, it looks like this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-bo
by HarryHirsch 4y ago
Golding just made stuff up. In real life, it looks like this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-...
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoGolding was satirising other books where young western males get lost amongst "the natives" and end up rebuilding civilization and showing up the natives because they are so much better equipped by superior genetics.
- HarryHirsch 4y agoThat... makes sense. I had not heard of that interpretation before, but it makes sense, when you think about it.
- marcus_holmes 4y agoThanks :) that was uplifting :)