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    1. Lindsay Ellis‏Verified account @thelindsayellis 9 May 2020

      Lindsay Ellis Retweeted N. K. Jemisin

      This idea, popularized by narratives like Lord of the Flies, furthers the notion that society is just a thin veneer and people are just going to become animals the second civilization isn’t around to tell them what to do. Ideas like this were/are used to justify colonialism.https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1259248932326170631 …

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      N. K. JemisinVerified account @nkjemisin
      So, white British dude imagines that boys marooned on an island will become murderous "savages." Actual children -- Tonga people, "savages" as imperialism endlessly frames them -- built a commune and took care of each other. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months …
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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 9 May 2020
      Replying to @thelindsayellis

      My own personal reading of LotF is that everything goes to hell precisely because these are sheltered British upper class white boys with a twisted sense of entitlement

      12 replies 22 retweets 598 likes
    3. Lindsay Ellis‏Verified account @thelindsayellis 9 May 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      That is a very charitable reading ;)

      3 replies 0 retweets 164 likes
    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 9 May 2020
      Replying to @thelindsayellis

      I mean, it's informed by knowing the origin story (from reading the little essay that comes at the end of the classroom edition), where he wrote the book out of his disgust at The Coral Island based on his own experiences teaching at a British prep school

      1 reply 1 retweet 90 likes
    5. Lindsay Ellis‏Verified account @thelindsayellis 9 May 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      I’m familiar with the origin story too - i never got that Golding took much issue with the colonialst elements in Coral Island, and the idea that it’s taking down the privileged rather than exposing the idea that all humans are potentially barbarous without a daddy is charitable

      3 replies 2 retweets 67 likes
    6. Eukie‏ @LatwPIAT 9 May 2020
      Replying to @thelindsayellis @arthur_affect

      My teacher had an take wherein LotF is a critique of (fascist) demagoguery. It doesn't collapse because humans are inherently vicious - they are driven to self-destruction by Jack, who projects a false image of discipline and uses the imaginary threat of the Beast to take power.

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 9 May 2020
      Replying to @LatwPIAT @thelindsayellis

      I keep pointing out it's a crucial plot point that Jack is already an alpha dude running the choir as an army of his minions *before* he gets to the island, and Ralph is seduced into letting Jack run things because his pre-existing authority makes his job easier

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 9 May 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @LatwPIAT @thelindsayellis

          If you wanna get super deep and allegorical about it it's about the military and authoritarian military culture being this constant threat to the democratic rule of law that we nonetheless tolerate

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        3. RAMZEE‏ @RamzeeRawkz 9 May 2020
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