So I just finished reading Lord of the Flies...

[Badha1rday]

Originally Posted by n88tr

Yeah, the stories are quite sexually perverse.

I wanna read Lord of the Flies now.

[Mastershroom]

No, Lord of the Flies is not sexually perverse in any way, he's talking about the fairy tales.

[DarthParrot]

Originally Posted by badhairday

I wanna read Lord of the Flies now.

Lord if the flies has nothing to do with sexuality. It's basically a story about a group of boys stranded on an island who all go crazy and try to kill eachother.

I was talking to my teacher today and apparently the story is supposed to be unrealistic. I think what he mean't is that the book's supposed to be a metaphor for that if you take away all rules and laws, people will eventually turn "savage" (according to the book's terminology).

I'm not sure if this is quite true, william golding (the author) sure went to a great effort to proove this theory in the book.

[HairySheep]

i didnt find it all to unrealistic actually, being stuck on and island that long, with the same people, not knowing if help will ever come and if there is a point in trying to survive
if nature doesnt kill you, insanity will

is the original Alice in Wonderland sexually perverse? i always heard it was wierd but never knew why

[rebornintheglory]

No, I don't believe that it is, or I might have read a childerised version of it. It was certainly weird though, and not at all like the read childrens' version.

[DarthParrot]

I see your point hairysheep, but in the beggining they could have been saved when the ship passed by. But they all let the fire signal go out because Jack was to focused on hunting pigs.

Then I think that that caused for all hope to be lost. And thus as you said hairysheep, insanity eventually overcame them.

But still, I think that if you put a group of real twelve year olds in the same situation, I think they'd be able to keep the fire going, and probably be saved when the first ship goes by.

I could be wrong though.