Lord of the Flies

There's a lot of ways to understand this book, and it can start a lot of conversations, which is something i always enjoy. To me it felt like a critique of western “civilization”, and the only thing keeping their society from falling into complete savagery is the clothes on their back (metaphorically).

However, in some parts of the story it feels like the savages are modeled after the colonizer's view of natives of the American and African continent, and using the colonizer term of “savages” not as exaggeration but as a technical term.

I do believe that if people from colonizing countries were left on an island, they will use their tricks against each other, and i believe a different society, that values community, were left on an island, it would've lead to a very different book.

That is probably what the author wanted to show, or maybe i'm reading into it too much and that's just what i believe, but this island showed what would happen to a group who valued power and greed over society and the betterment of everyone (but they are kids bla bla bla but who better than kids to be the reflection of their own society).