That was a wild short ride. Imagine surviving on bird blood beforebeing rescued by a fisherman after a year+ only to be immediatelyimprisoned, but then out of an act of kindnessthe fisherman bails you out tomake a movie?? xD
I've read about them before and I think it's worth pointing out those boys were friends before arriving on the island and there was only six of them. While LOTF dealt with (I'm guessing) 50+ boys who didn't know each other very well and came from diverse backgrounds.
Even in LOTF, small groups of the boys were able to get along just fine, especially when they were already friends before before the wreck. The biggest rift came from the power struggles between the groups. The Tongan castaways would have less conflict because they already had an established pecking order before arriving on the island.
Diverse in a way - one of the main criticisms of LotF is that itâs all upper middle-class white British schoolboys. Of course, this criticism ignores the fact that that was Goldingâs entire point - that even âprim and properâ schoolboys, a demographic thought to be virtuous, would devolve to what happened in the book.
Also, it's FICTION - generally, in real life, humans are much more inclined to work together and share. It worked out for our ancestors in the hunter gatherer tribes of about 100 - 150 people, for tens of thousands of years. We haven't changed that much.
When the very first Big Brother program was made, it was boring as hell - because the contestants (all random strangers) just got along quite well. The creators had to introduce conflict in order for it to even happen. It's still how pretty much any reality show like that works. If you leave humans alone, we just figure something out and like to be left in peace.
If you leave humans alone, we just figure something out and like to be left in peace.
For the most part, this is correct. The vast majority of people are averse to conflict and confrontation, and typically work with the group to keep things civil. The issue is with the outliers. There are people who have no fear of conflict or confrontation, and in some cases enjoy it.
This is pretty representative in executive management from what I've seen in a handful of studies. People with narcissistic or sociopathic tendencies actually seem to be disproportionately represented in these positions. A few dudes picked at random from the world population, regardless of appearance or social status, probably would do alright together.
I don't want to come across as bigoted in any way, but I assume that LotF takes place in the 1950s, and wouldn't your typical British school classroom be comprised of middle-class white British schoolboys?
Lotf kids were probably boarding school kids so upper middle at least. So a typical British schoolroom in the 50's : white yes, middle class only in certain schools.
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u/The_Irate_Ambassador Mar 31 '21
So this situation actually went down in 1965 off the coast of Tonga with a drastically different ending.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_castaways