With so many references in literature, film, TV, and in society in general, I felt like I was missing something by not having read Golding's Lord of the Flies; so on my bookpile it went and I finally got down to reading it. I'm glad I did, but what a disturbing book and commentary on human nature. Mostly disturbing, because of how accurately it describes humankind.
We all know a Ralph, a Piggy and a Jack and sadly we see the behavior depicted in Lord in adults all over the world, to this day. I think I'll take back all those times that I said I wanted to escape humanity by going to a deserted island; I'll stick to the imperfect civilization of which I am a part!
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