#i found it really interesting at the time (9th grade) – @i-say-no-to-status-quoo on Tumblr

all i’m saying is if an all-girls school crashed on the island in lord of the flies then they would’ve been off the island in a week

lord of the flies doesnt show the base human condition, it shows the base privileged straight white male condition, incredibly when i point this out people get kind of annoyed

moniquill

Even more specifically ‘group of British boy children inculcated into the hyper-competative environment of a boarding school DURING THE COLD WAR. I mean, you couldn’t find a more perfect group of ‘underdeveloped moral compass, think that conquest and empire are the bees knees, believe wholeheartedly and Hobbsian philosophy and original sin, and are just waiting to step on eachother’s necks’ humans.

But I was totally presented this in 8th grade as ‘THIS IS HOW YOU ARE, AND IF YOU DENY IT YOU’RE WRONG. YOU WOULD NOT DO ANY BETTER, YOU FILTHY AMORAL ANIMAL.’

#YEAH THOUGH #lord of the flies #literature #sexism #human nature #i found it really interesting at the time (9th grade)#and i was like #hmm #but then i thought wait wtf is this #anyway #queue #my tags #interesting