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jleyank
on Dec 22, 2022
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What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left wit...
William Golding wrote about this…
HarryHirsch
on Dec 22, 2022
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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-...
ZeroGravitas
on Dec 22, 2022
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Golding 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
on Dec 22, 2022
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That... makes sense. I had not heard of that interpretation before, but it makes sense, when you think about it.
marcus_holmes
on Dec 22, 2022
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Thanks :) that was uplifting :)
smachiz
on Dec 22, 2022
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