Got talking about this project to a few friends today, and we all remembered the days when we did 'Lord of the Flies' for our GCSE days. Although not so much of a disappearing world, but its subject and morals mentioned are in the region of the theme.Lord of the Flies:
It discusses how culture created by man fails, using as an example a group of British schoolboys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, but with disastrous results. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 68 on the American Library Association’s list of the one hundred most frequently challenged books of 1990–1999.
Thoughts: I think in many ways, the story plays with the idea of 'disappearing'. For example, it portrays a world when everything of the modern world is taken away, there are no rules and no class systems. But, the boys still find a way to differenciate themselves from one another. The main purpose of this, is that the author is commenting our failing society of the world. Where people are judged by their appearances and the polictics which comes in-between that causes chaos amongst us. The themes of this novel also reflects on the Victorian times, where morals and class systems were hugely important into determining a person's fate.
