I'd heard a lot about the general story of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and for some reason thought it resulted in cannibalism. At least that didn't happen. If it were a bunch of women on the island as opposed to a bunch of cocky boys, I wonder how it would go. Inevitably, someone would want to be leader but I would hope there would be much less violence and more order. After all, even "proper English boys" can't really be that well behaved compared to little ladies.
It's heartbreaking and quite shocking that the two best characters were killed, but I suppose that's reality. Smarts, reason and nobleness are currently being defeated by a tyrant in the real United States, after all. Poor little Piggy with his broken glasses :(. Honestly, I thought Ralph was just as much an asshole as Jack in the beginning, taunting Piggy, but I guess he was reasonable enough to admit his friend's value and have some compassion.
I wish they would just leave Jack on that island to die but surely that doesn't happen. Children get away with everything.
Also, as an aside, where the hell was this plane full of just kids going?
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