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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Presently I'm not sure how I feel about this book. Presently I must state that it's a weird feeling that the one who spoiled the plot twists and the ending of the book was Stephen King and he did that in the introduction to the book. I mean some time passed 1954 and it's not his fault I wasn't still familiar with the material, but who does that?! In the introduction... Why, oh Stephen, why?
So for those like me, be warned, spoilers ahead!
So apparently in the outside world there is allegedly a nuclear war going on, between the USA and Soviet Union. It would give another nice layer to the story, but I'm my edition the naval officer 'chasing the enemy' and Piggy's references to "The Reds" were gone. So not so nice.
I don't know what else is missing from my edition, but what was definitely left was racism, for some reason. I mean why not, but also why editing out other parts then?
"Which is better — to be a pack of painted niggers like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?" I mean, you tell me which.
I'm glad that children, boys in the story are portrayed in the naturalistic and not idealistic way. Although they're rescued at the end. But the gruesome depiction of violence, Piggy's death, Jesus! Why is it so explicit. Keeping in mind that it doesn't have any effect on any of the participants of the scene.
Also, how is one not to loose weight while eating only fruits and having constant diarrhea?
On the positive side, the timing of reading it was great. It was just after 'Toń' and 'Anatomy of Genocide', which both deal with people diving into groups and killing their neighbors while trying to survive and living in fear of being killed. I've also watched 'The Act of Killing', which is an actual documentary on the topic, which elevates this topic to unimaginable level. It's from the perspective of let's call them Jacks, the perpetrators of genocide in Indonesia, who are very proud of being the killers, because if they weren't proud they should admit that what they did was insanely wrong, but after you kill one, you have to continue, right, Jack?
The only thing I definitely learned from the book for sure is the word 'presently', because it was used way too often.
So for those like me, be warned, spoilers ahead!
So apparently in the outside world there is allegedly a nuclear war going on, between the USA and Soviet Union. It would give another nice layer to the story, but I'm my edition the naval officer 'chasing the enemy' and Piggy's references to "The Reds" were gone. So not so nice.
I don't know what else is missing from my edition, but what was definitely left was racism, for some reason. I mean why not, but also why editing out other parts then?
"Which is better — to be a pack of painted niggers like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?" I mean, you tell me which.
I'm glad that children, boys in the story are portrayed in the naturalistic and not idealistic way. Although they're rescued at the end. But the gruesome depiction of violence, Piggy's death, Jesus! Why is it so explicit. Keeping in mind that it doesn't have any effect on any of the participants of the scene.
Also, how is one not to loose weight while eating only fruits and having constant diarrhea?
On the positive side, the timing of reading it was great. It was just after 'Toń' and 'Anatomy of Genocide', which both deal with people diving into groups and killing their neighbors while trying to survive and living in fear of being killed. I've also watched 'The Act of Killing', which is an actual documentary on the topic, which elevates this topic to unimaginable level. It's from the perspective of let's call them Jacks, the perpetrators of genocide in Indonesia, who are very proud of being the killers, because if they weren't proud they should admit that what they did was insanely wrong, but after you kill one, you have to continue, right, Jack?
The only thing I definitely learned from the book for sure is the word 'presently', because it was used way too often.