i think this is repersention of a us falling back to our basic urges. freud would get a field day out of the book. personaly it could repersent the workings of a school. becuase often in schools i will think that in a power society like this, it must be the way neolithic people lived. me i like the book, and i am sure taw will have some good insights to share with us

Edited by - [UTFDSQrn on 10/16/2004 8:10:03 AM

Edit: also i think the creator of the book probably had some childhood stories we dont want to hear. and if anyone is wonderign the way kids end up making 'goverments' and 'rulerships' email me....

Edited by - [UTFDSQrn on 10/16/2004 8:11:26 AM

Ehm afaik he wrote the book to show people how we are inheritantly bad, that we all have evil in us, I think I got the notes on that here somewhere. But mail your thingy in anyway plz
But I think what he has done most of all is make people think, this is one of the best books I have ever read.

Something interesting I just read, Simon and Piggy both dies after they shatter the others illusiiions and show them the reality.
Could this possibly show that people in genaral do not WANT to hear the thruth that they LIKE living in a illusion? Prolly where the saying Ignorance is bliss comes from

sure give me 1/2 a hour to mail it.

why are we doing your course work for you? will you do my buying and out-of-stock reports and price comparisons for me?

ok I will
its not coursework its hints and help for my final exam which is Wednesday
I find it absolutely idiotic that we have to study a whole book for 30 marks

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Would a group of adults have fared better in a situation like this?

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The presumption is "yes" but the implied answer is "no." The book, as a whole is supposed to be allegorical in nature and a reflection of the human condition, adults included.

Furthermore the general consensus it that children have a certain amount of innocence (the "Blank Slate" theory). If even innocent children are unable to work together, what does that say about adults who, in various ways, have been socialized to be selfish? As I see it the entire thesis of the book is that society is required to keep people under control as without it you simply have chaos.

If you really want to impress your teacher try talking about a "Hobbesian State of Nature".

My teacher won't be marking it, because it is final exam it gets sent away to I-dont-know-where and some unknown person mark it, we're not even allowed to write our names or the schools name on it, we're being reduced to numbers...

Something interesting I've read, is that Golding took children because they are not yet conditioned in society and because of that they can move away from set society more easily. Or sth like that in anyways
Something else that was interesting that I read was that despite it seeming so it wasn't a happy ending