Lord of the Flies. Golding, William. #lotf
Are you an optimist? Do you always look on the bright side of life?
By contrast, are you a pessimist? Are you prone to expect the worst from humanity?
No matter what your half of the glass: If 'small talk' makes your feet itch, if your unfocused gaze irks classroom teachers; that is, if you find yourself distractedly ruminating the nature of such things as power, corruption, charity, kindness, trust, self-interest, selflessness, civilization, and savagery; then this story might capture your imagination.
Not gonna lie. This is no prozac prosaic. It's William Golding's Post-War commentary, a 1950s equivalent to Hunger Games. It's dark.
Don't get me wrong. I don't love this book because I delight in stomping upon the innocence of youth. Rather, I love this book because goodness has no meaning without a sense of its opposite, and -- as Bruce Cockburn puts it -- because you "got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." But enough about me. I'm just an English Teacher.
Cheers,
Mr. Ball
Waterloo-Oxford English Department
Twitter @corbettball
By contrast, are you a pessimist? Are you prone to expect the worst from humanity?
No matter what your half of the glass: If 'small talk' makes your feet itch, if your unfocused gaze irks classroom teachers; that is, if you find yourself distractedly ruminating the nature of such things as power, corruption, charity, kindness, trust, self-interest, selflessness, civilization, and savagery; then this story might capture your imagination.
Not gonna lie. This is no prozac prosaic. It's William Golding's Post-War commentary, a 1950s equivalent to Hunger Games. It's dark.
Don't get me wrong. I don't love this book because I delight in stomping upon the innocence of youth. Rather, I love this book because goodness has no meaning without a sense of its opposite, and -- as Bruce Cockburn puts it -- because you "got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." But enough about me. I'm just an English Teacher.
Cheers,
Mr. Ball
Waterloo-Oxford English Department
Twitter @corbettball