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LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 days agoI liked that book. It was eye-opening. And kinda made me appreciate the relative orderliness we have in a society run by adults. As much as kids would love to run wild & free with no supervision, but I was fortunate to be a child of the 1970’s & 80s so I enjoyed the perfect balance of wild freedom with parental care at the end of every day.
Reading it in the early 00s it made me wish I lived somewhere far more interesting with far more wild classmates.
All the rules and restrictions were so internalised, I think if we were abandoned on an island half of them would just sit still and starve.
I can’t imagine any of them being interesting enough to try to start their own religious cult or anything.
When lunchtime approached at her usual morning time, Becca waited and waited, still and silent, till the sun set on the calm and foamy sea. She sat waiting in the golden hour sun, stomach churning, wondering why.
Bababasti@feddit.org 3 days ago
If it’s really that eye-opening is debatable I would see. As another user has posted it already, this is a more realistic scenario: theguardian.com/…/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what…
MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well imagine if one of the kids was young Donald Trump. Pretty sure it would be different.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not really, he would disappear early on.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
The idea of you debating their subjetive experience sounds funny
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Lord of the flies is not based on a true story
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Wat. I’m talking about them saying it was eye opening lol