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William Golding wrote about this…


Golding just made stuff up. In real life, it looks like this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-...


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.


That... makes sense. I had not heard of that interpretation before, but it makes sense, when you think about it.


Thanks :) that was uplifting :)


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