It remains one of my all time favorite books, for the absolute power it possesses in how it gets its narrative across. I’ve met very few people irl that have read it or liked it like I do, and I wanna talk about some of the core messages and what we all noticed while reading. Like Simon’s death being a representation of the death of innocence or piggy’s death being the death of a voice of reason or the shattering of the conch being a metaphor for how their society has broken apart. Who is able to govern themselves? Are people naturally evil? Why do some governments work and others don’t? When is the point where we begin to revert to primal instincts? Why? I feel like LoTF brings up a big discussion about how society is built and why it’s still running, as well as who is fit to govern themselves and who isn’t. Why did the boys revert back to instincts? Would the story be different if the boys were girls or their ages were changed or if they weren’t in the middle of a war? Were the boys innately evil or just driven by fear and the need to protect themselves? What’s the point where an individual’s needs are above the groups needs? What makes it so unique is that so many people have so many different interpretations of the meaning of this book, what’s yours?
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