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Why should you read “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding? - Jill Dash

TED-Ed · 3,739,406 vistas · Añadido hace 3 semanas

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William Golding was losing his faith in humanity.

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Serving aboard a British destroyer in World War II,

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the philosophy teacher turned Royal Navy lieutenant was constantly confronted

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by the atrocities of his fellow man.

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And when he returned to England to find Cold War superpowers

00:25

threatening one another with nuclear annihilation,

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he was forced to interrogate the very roots of human nature.

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These musings on the inevitability of violence

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would inspire his first and most famous novel: "Lord of the Flies."

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After being rejected by 21 publishers,

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the novel was finally published in 1954.

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It takes its title from Beelzebub, a demon associated with pride and war—

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two themes very much at the heart of Golding’s book.

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The novel was a bleak satire of a classic island adventure story,

00:59

a popular genre where young boys get shipwrecked in exotic locations.

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