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19273362 No.19273362 [Reply] [Original]

"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy."

>> No.19273374

This book fucked me up but Golding did not need to be so hamfisted with this line

>> No.19273381

what does lord of the flies say about the human condition
what lesson can civilized men draw from it

>> No.19273392

>>19273381
Hobbes was right basically

>> No.19273395

>>19273374
Hello zoomer

>>19273362
Normie coping with his guilt and cowardice in the face of the bloodshed

>> No.19273398

>>19273381
That they are not “civilized”

>> No.19273404

>>19273374
If it's any comfort, when something similar to the story happened irl, the kids were actually pretty good:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months

>> No.19273407

>>19273398
in other words I am one contrived situation and 15 fewer years of growth away from behaving like an animal?

>> No.19273422

>>19273407
There are nice polite people, some really wise parents raising good kids.
But they’re never allowed into positions of power.
Many people are raised like beasts of burden and their polite exterior could snap at any moment.
The worst horrors of the world are man made and excused for the trapping of civilization. That cushy work camp that allows weekends and entertainments. For some people it’s fifteen seconds.

>> No.19273436

>>19273404
That story is pretty interesting, especially the character of Peter Warner. Sadly he passed in April this year

>> No.19274717

>>19273374
>Piggy
>hamfisted
nice

>> No.19274734

>>19273404
Those kids knew each other though. They were bros. LOTF is a sort of contrived kindertransport type situation where everyone's a stranger.

>> No.19274849

>>19273381
the lesson is do your own fuckin homework nigger

>> No.19274993

>>19273362
the thumbnail looks like Meatwad

>> No.19275002

is lord of the flies based? premise sounds interesting but it's shilled by normies so I'm unsure

>> No.19275308

>>19274993
Number one in the hood, G.