/lit/ - Literature

>>4977078
ok.

>>4929062
lol shut up, your little sore dink is showing, kid.

The kids were educated in a prep school, it doesn't get any "Western" than that.

Perhaps the book is trying to say that the difference between "Western Civilization" and pure savagery is simply "veneer". Western Civilization gives euphemisms to barbarity (heroism, daring, boldness, power).

Furthermore, I think book doesn't say that the "noble savage" doesn't exist, but rather, that the average "Western specimen" is always on the cusp of savagery, depending on the circumstances.

There are however, in the group of boys, 2 or 3 boys that are inherently noble.

Ralph, Piggy, and that Jesus/messiah/saint complex kid (think his name was Simon).

If we are to take the prep school as a litmus for Western Civilization, about 10% of the total are truly noble, the rest are merely savages groomed to be civilized under threat of punishment. Remove the threat of punishment and consequences and their true savage selves come out.

But we really don't need to make this so "Western Centric", we could actually just apply this to Man in general--Homo Sapien Sapiens.

Your turn to say something interesting faggot, also, try referencing the book in specifics, kid.

>>4667086

bump.

>>4593825
Yes.

>>4568864
>>4568738
It's like watching tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum building a rocket.

Definition of autism/autistic:

A pervasive developmental disorder characterized by severe deficits in social interaction and communication, by an extremely limited range of activities and interests, and often by the presence of repetitive, stereotyped behaviors.

Ever try to function in the dark? It's pretty autistic, you have to become sensitive to sound and your behaviour (bodily movements, hands outstretched) drastically changes to autist-like behaviours. People have literally gone insane from light deprivation.

Also, poetic prose.

God, you're such fucken plebs.