The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months | Society books | The Guardian

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[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting read. Funny how reality often seems to be more friendly than the scary narratives put out by the media. I guess things that are more extreme draw larger audiences. I'm impressed they survived 15 months like that.

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The jews at the Guardian can't publish a single article without bringing up Nazis and the holohoax.

[–]Alan_Crowe 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The year after William Golding published Lord of the Flies, the science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein published Tunnel in the sky. Heinlein's alternative take on ship-wrecked children had them behave well.

Which fiction author was right about human nature? The article make me think Heinlein was right.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes but look at which book sold better and is more famous. For some reason being further from the truth makes for better-selling fiction? I guess "good" drama is partially about maximizing trauma, including portraying humanity as evil

[–]madcow-5 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I feel like if there were girls with them, it would have turned into lord of the flies out of social competition. Not saying guys don't fight amongst each other for other reasons, but like a sports team, you give them a common goal and no real incentive to compete with one another socially, they usually cooperate.

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The kids really lucked out those chickens were there.

[–]whistlepig 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Truly, but I don't think it would have been a deal breaker. They mentioned they caught birds and drank their blood for water the night they landed. I'd love to know what techniques they used... but if they could do that in the night while weakened by being on the boat for 8 days, then I assume it must not have been as hard as I would imagine.

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe if we're all nicer to each other and stop assuming the worst, life becomes easier to bear.