Because of the plane crash, a group of children from the choir were left on an isolated island. From sincere cooperation to group division, gradually escalating to violent competition for life resources and production tools, until ignoring life and killing companions. And the perpetrators of the behavior are all children, this is the cruelest place.
In fact, seeing this movie, I have to mention the American drama "Lost" in recent years in the United States, plane crashes, survival on deserted islands, appearance of wild boars, confrontation between good and evil, mutual strife, power struggle... how similar? It's just that "Lord of the Flies" is about the children's world, and "Lost" is about the adult level.
Is it possible to get rid of the shackles of ethics and morality by being far away from the original life? Without a monitoring mechanism, can you do whatever you want? Once standing in a position of authority, can you be selfish and cruel to do whatever you want? After the establishment of the new system, is it possible to trample on all the old at will?
In "Lord of the Flies", Ralph, who worked hard to maintain democracy, went from being embraced to being chased by totalitarian representative Jack, and civilization was lost on the desert island (and what is interesting is the role of democratic representatives in "Lost" The name is "Jack"). Whether a child or an adult is living in a completely unfamiliar environment, relying on the original experience and striving to return to the old life, this is like a conditioned reflex after a person wakes up from a dream. And when the darkness of human nature makes the course of the event go out of the way, who will turn the tide? Who will be the sacrificial person? Who wants to rule the darkness? Who will defend the different camps?
Such representatives and bridges can be found in Lord of the Flies. Among them, when Ralph and Piggie asked for the robbed glasses (as a tool for making fire), the leader of democracy and totalitarian Ralph and Jack fought with a wooden spear. The fat boy Pidge held a conch representing democratic speech, and loudly reminded his partners to seriously consider asking for help instead of spending the long-term future on the desert island. But Piggie, who was worried about the fate of his companions, was not only not respected and understood, but was killed by a boulder falling from the top of the mountain. What frightened people was not Piggie who was bloody after falling, but Roger who slowly put down the wooden spear in his hand and pushed the rock down. Roger is a supporter of Jack, the hunting leader. He can carry out the murder sensibly and coldly. This is no longer a child's game, but more like a cruel war.
Children are a symbol of innocence and purity, but in the movie, it is also a group of children who act like the devil, destroying the beautiful children of human nature. Is it the disordered environment that causes evil to breed, or the loss of restraint rules that releases the darkness in people's hearts? Regardless of whether people are evil or good at the beginning, children still do, the adult world will only be more complicated. It is the nature of flies to become foul and to chase odors, such as those who chase fame and gain. The war of a group of children in the movie is just a microcosm of the adult world.
In addition, according to Baidu-"Lord of the Flies" is the representative work of British writer and Nobel Prize winner William Golding. "Lord of the Flies" comes from Hebrew, and the original word is "Baalzebub". In English, "Lord of the Flies" is the king of feces and ugliness (or the king of dirt). In the Bible, "Baal" is regarded as the "head of all evil". In the novel, Lord of the Flies is not only a symbol of the ugly hanging pig's head, but also the deepest dark side of human nature, an unavoidable root of inferiority.
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