The Trip
Lord & the Flies Lyrics

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Last night was a movie
Opening scene
Passed out
Drunk
On the bed while the party's going on in the hotel room
I wake up
I always do this stupid shit man
What the fuck

I take my lows better when I'm high yeah
I do better when I'm high man
I should do better but
But I swear I feel alive like
But I think I'm dead inside
Man I'm feeling so
I take my lows better when I'm high man
I do better when I'm high man
I should do better but
But I swear I feel alive
I just wanna feel alive
I just took a tab & now I dream in color and
I just took a dab look like I'm smoking butter and
I just took a bean & I'm walking through my slumber and
I just filled a cone i just wanna feel something
Cuz I feel nothing (I don't feel )
Expect for all this pain
That I drown in champagne
Numbed myself with nice things yea yea
My attitude is fuck it
Fighting these demons out in public
Man I'm feeling so
Did I mention there's party in this room right now
But I ain't in the mood right now
There's a party in this room right now
But I ain't in the mood right now
I'm just feeling so
Minds in space
& these bottles in my face
Ain't no telling what I'll do right now
I do better when I'm high yeah
I do better when I'm high man
I should do better but
I take my lows better when I'm high yeah
I do better when I'm high man
I should do
I should do better man
I take my lows better when I'm high yeah
I should do
Let it go
Yea I'm on the medical
Yeah that's the regular
No reggie though
Ect etc
No bragging though
Ever felt depression on a pedestal
This shit a get the best of you
There's a party in this room right now
Right now
But I ain't in the mood right now
There's a party in this room right now
But I ain't in the mood right now
Yeah I'm feeling so
My mind is in space
But these bottles in my face
Ain't no telling what I'll do right now
What I'll do right now
What I'm doing right now
Man I'm feeling so empty
What I'm doing right now
What I'm doing right now
Man I'm feeling so wasted
What I'm doing right now
Doing right now
What I'm doing right now
I ain't proud of myself no
I ain't proud of myself
I ain't proud of myself no
I ain't proud of myself
I ain't proud of my
I do better when I'm high
I do better when I'm
I do better when I'm high
I do better when I'm
So wasted
Man I'm feeling so anxious
Yeah I'm feeling so faded
Yeah I'm feeling so
Yeah I'm feeling so
I do better when I'm high

Man I'm feeling so
I take my lows better when I'm

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Lord & the Flies's song "The Trip" explore the themes of self-medication, escapism, and inner emptiness. The singer begins by describing a scene where they wake up after a wild party, feeling hungover and regretful. They express that they tend to handle their lows better when they are high, suggesting that substance use helps them cope with the difficult emotions they experience. Despite knowing they should do better, they admit that they feel more alive when they are under the influence.

The singer then reveals that they have taken drugs like LSD, marijuana, and ecstasy, which intensify their sensory experiences and provide a temporary escape from their emotional numbness. They imply that they have resorted to using these substances to numb themselves from the pain they feel, often drowning it in champagne and material pleasures. However, underneath this facade of indifference, they acknowledge that deep down they still feel empty.

The party happening around them becomes symbolic of their disconnection and disinterest in engaging with the world. They emphasize that they are not in the mood to participate, as their mind wanders and their face is constantly confronted with bottles of alcohol. They suggest that their unpredictable behavior is a result of their emotional state and their dependence on being high to function.

As the song continues, the singer expresses feelings of depression and acknowledges that they are not proud of themselves. They admit that they perform better and can escape their inner struggles when they are under the influence. They feel wasted, anxious, and faded, highlighting their dependency on drugs to navigate their emotions. Through these lyrics, the song sheds light on the singer's attempt to find solace and escape from their inner emptiness through substance use, ultimately revealing their underlying feelings of dissatisfaction and the negative cycle they find themselves trapped in.

Line by Line Meaning

Last night was a movie
The previous night was an eventful and memorable experience.

Opening scene
The beginning of a series of events.

Passed out
Lost consciousness or fell asleep.

Drunk
Intoxicated from consuming alcohol.

On the bed while the party's going on in the hotel room
Lying on the bed while a lively party is happening in the hotel room.

I wake up
Regaining consciousness after sleeping or passing out.

I always do this stupid shit man
I frequently engage in foolish or regrettable behavior.

What the fuck
Expressing confusion, frustration, or disbelief.

I take my lows better when I'm high yeah
I handle my periods of sadness or difficulties more effectively when I am under the influence of drugs.

I do better when I'm high man
I perform or function better when I am under the influence of drugs.

I should do better but
I acknowledge that I need to improve, but I struggle to do so.

But I swear I feel alive like
Despite my struggles, I genuinely feel a sense of liveliness or intensity.

But I think I'm dead inside
However, deep down, I believe that I am emotionally numb or empty.

Man I'm feeling so
I am currently experiencing strong emotions or sensations.

I just wanna feel alive
I simply desire to experience vitality or excitement in life.

I just took a tab & now I dream in color and
I recently consumed a hallucinogenic drug, and now my dreams are vivid and vibrant.

I just took a dab look like I'm smoking butter and
I just used a concentrated form of marijuana, and it appears as if I am inhaling a substance that resembles butter.

I just took a bean & I'm walking through my slumber and
I recently ingested a pill containing a stimulant, and now I am progressing through a dreamlike state while awake.

I just filled a cone i just wanna feel something
I recently prepared a marijuana joint, and all I desire is to experience some form of sensation or emotion.

Cuz I feel nothing (I don't feel )
Because I am currently devoid of emotions or feelings.

Expect for all this pain
Except for the presence of intense emotional suffering.

That I drown in champagne
That I attempt to numb or suppress by consuming champagne excessively.

Numbed myself with nice things yea yea
I have attempted to alleviate my pain by indulging in material possessions or luxurious items.

My attitude is fuck it
I adopt a careless or indifferent demeanor.

Fighting these demons out in public
Engaged in a public struggle against my inner demons or personal struggles.

Man I'm feeling so
I am currently experiencing strong emotions or sensations.

Did I mention there's party in this room right now
Did I already communicate that there is a lively gathering taking place in this room at the moment?

But I ain't in the mood right now
However, I am currently not in the emotional state or mindset to participate or enjoy the party.

Minds in space
My thoughts or consciousness is in a distant or detached state.

& these bottles in my face
There are numerous alcohol bottles directly in front of me.

Ain't no telling what I'll do right now
It is uncertain or unpredictable what actions or decisions I might take at this moment.

Yea I'm on the medical
Yes, I am using medicinal marijuana.

Yeah that's the regular
Yes, that is the usual or customary practice.

No reggie though
However, I do not consume low-quality marijuana.

Ect etc
And so on, and so forth.

No bragging though
I am not boasting or excessively proud.

Ever felt depression on a pedestal
Have you ever experienced depression elevated to a position of importance or prominence?

This shit a get the best of you
This difficult situation will overpower or overcome you.

What I'll do right now
Actions or decisions that I will take in the present moment.

Man I'm feeling so empty
I am currently experiencing a profound sense of emptiness or void.

Man I'm feeling so wasted
I am currently feeling extremely intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.

Doing right now
Activities or actions that I am currently engaged in.

I ain't proud of myself no
I do not feel a sense of pride or satisfaction in regards to my actions or who I am.

I do better when I'm high
I perform or function more effectively when I am under the influence of drugs.

So wasted
Extremely intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.

Man I'm feeling so anxious
I am currently experiencing a strong sense of unease or apprehension.

Yeah I'm feeling so faded
Yes, I am currently feeling mentally or emotionally distant.

I take my lows better when I'm
I manage or cope with my periods of sadness or difficulties more effectively when I am under the influence of drugs.

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e8iMm7KE999

4y↑2

@when you pull out your dick and she pulls out hers Milgram experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment Stanford prison experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment Asch conformity experiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments
Jeremiah 17:9 New International Version
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

New Living Translation
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

English Standard Version
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Berean Study Bible
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure—who can understand it?

New American Standard Bible
"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

New King James Version
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

King James Bible
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Christian Standard Bible
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable--who can understand it?

Contemporary English Version
You people of Judah are so deceitful that you even fool yourselves, and you can't change.

Good News Translation
"Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable--who can understand it?

International Standard Version
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable— who can know it?

NET Bible
The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

New Heart English Bible
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

All comments from YouTube:

appletree

5y↑8.3K

Piggy = science
Ralph = democracy
Simon= spirituality
Jack= an embodiment of the factors that make societies fall apart

Tree

Agree 💯

Chris Sheehan

I would say that Jack is the personification of sadistic obsession

reK Syhre

Ralph: Constitutional Republic

Ruslan Kazimov

Jack is a brave and strong guy with anger issues and is emotionally immature for his age. People like him either learn from experience and become good leaders or fail and dip to the bottom. He took high risk high reward actions. He would either save the tribe or lead them to their demise, which was an possibility till very end. Maybe setting the island on fire was their only chance.

Their tribe was mostly made up of much less intelligent, younger kids. Piggy and Ralph lacked authority and we saw how their efforts failed. Those boys are not as smart as mature stone age men, but slightly educated. They would be better off with someone like Jack. In reality, if you are unskilled and experienced and only rely on articles or books you read on nature, simple biology and basic physics , you would probably waste precious time, energy and resource without achieving any results. Jack is go getter. He knows what he and other boys want, but was really aggressive to people on his way.

A Possum

@Jaeven Mitchell I think Jack was savagery and Ralph was civilization.

Because, think about it, theres A LOT of symbolism in Lord of the Flies, you dont have to squint to see it. At the end, when all the boys except Ralph were in the tribe(or, since Jack represents it, savage) Ralph, who i think represents civilization, is the obly one not labeled as savage since he isnt in the tribe. And the tribe was trying to kill him, Ralph, the last bit of civilization.

So, had ralph been killed, that wouldve represented the loss of all civilization on that island and savagery wouldve taken over.

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huldr rrr

4y↑7.5K

On a slightly less depressive note; a real life lord of a the flies situation actually happened once, a group of boys (age 13-16 admittedly older than the ones in the book who is like 6-12) got stuck on a deserted island. And it actually went pretty well. They used to sing together in the evening to keep their spirits up, they made a vegetable garden and caught the wild hens there, and when one of the broke their leg, they tied it up and looked after him. When they were saved the leg was perfectly healed

natascha ♡︎༄

Thank you for this bc I haven’t read the whole book yet and after watching this video I’m screaming crying throwing up

The Ploot

@jeanettesdaughter 🤓

Beyblades In My Heels

Its quite a bit different from the situation presented in lord of the flies as everyone there was close friends and in far fewer numbers meaning much easier for conflicts to be sorted out

Mr Bubz crack

@Aayla Secura the older kids were 12 so they were going through puberty it really doesn’t change what happened

Johnny Perry

2y↑1

Human beings can cooperate, the problem is that people like Jack exist. People who hunger for power either consciously or unconsciously. These people feed others like Roger, consolidating that power for them and causing shit like the book. It only takes one Jack to ruin a large group.

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Yes

4y↑8.9K

Imagine how awkward the boat ride back was, like just jack talking to Ralph “Hey uh, sorry for killing Simon and piggy. And trying to kill you too.”

CJ Yeeters

I think roger would be the most awkward considering he killed piggy and tortured Sam and Eric

Tree

Right!

mamalama

@NANI NANI When I was like 6 my dad told me not to read it cuz it's too "scary" and recently I found it on some old bookshelf at home. It quickly became my favourite book

mamalama

Oh my god. Yes.

Anwesha Banerjee

@KubYášek jnn

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Eliana Floyd

4y↑1.3K

He misses the end! The most important part! Essentially, a Naval officer found the island and the boys. He was astonished by their savagery and the death of Piggy and Simon. Ralph has a realization/grieving moment over Piggy and Simon, and Ralph realizes that he and the others will never be the same again. The naval officer is embarrassed with their screams and crying. He is still in shock of the fact they murdered two kids. I think that when he looks back at his ship he realizes that not only have the boys unleashed war and savagery, but the grown ups have also unleashed some form of savagery that is justified to resolve issues. I think that this book can have many lessons on anyone, even if they do believe the ending was "anti-climactic".

Frederick Abel

@Blissfulwish Murder cannot be accidental. Thats called manslaughter.

Venomous Gλmes

3y↑1

@c. l. aww you're making me blush with your nice compliments

c. l.

Someone was paying attention in highschool English class.

Venomous Gλmes

@𝐊𝐘𝐃 🔱 thanks for the compliment, DBZ fan

𝐊𝐘𝐃 🔱

3y↑1

@Venomous Gλmes Nerd!

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Eye of the Forest

10y↑11.1K

R.I.P. Simon, the only one on the island who was truly moral.

pencil

@Archit Chopra science without morals is like mafia who grad from harvard politics

Ruben Vesikuru

@Eye of the Forest you're very knowledgeable. Yeah. Morals is important.

Louise Stevenson

@Ben noneofyourbeeswax
No he was killed for leadership place that little blonde boy was taking over alpha male style

Jose Nuñez

Thanks for the spoiler man

sharigan

@CC moral can be wrong in some ways personally i think this is what humans are no matter how much they try hide it

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SD78 Smith

5y↑3.9K

Roger threw a rock at Piggy which DIDN'T miss.

"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went […]. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. "

Piggy's intelligence was smeared all over a rock and the rule of law destroyed. Roger is a dick.

Dragon Master

@Fatima Munawar He's old enough to be capable of conscious thought. Being a "kid" doesn't negate the consequences of actions. If he can't be responsible for his actions then he shouldn't be with peers and eventually, society.

Miles Jolly

Some kids are just evil little shits and Roger and Jack definitely were. Sorry.

Miles Jolly

@Fatima Munawar still a murderer though.

The Ploot

Good, nerds must die. 🤓

M JM

2y↑1

@Fatima Munawar holy shit ofc we can

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Logi Björnsson

3y↑3.5K

The really scary part is that Jack knew there wasn’t any beast, he wanted to use fear to control the other boys. Lunatic

19jjohn

2y↑1

thanks bro imma use this in my essay

Dan Dan

@jon goldey get a grip of reality man, the only fears democrats are voicing against are batshit crazy Trump loving 🍆suckers and morally bankrupt pieces of 💩 who can’t handle being told to shut up and fk off! Most of us wish they all would go and live their rotten, crazy little world away from the rest of us! 👍🏼

Dan Dan

2y↑1

The best power and control tactic there is among humanity … FEAR!

Any and all who employ it for crooked means are vile, utterly vile.

Scarlet Red Magic

2y↑1

@jon goldey Exactly!!!! What I was going to write it's like a playbook for them

Austin Savage

@jon goldey no see thats the problem your picking a side which is where ralph failed and how jack ultimately succeeded to really win you have to stop picking a side and stay in the middle

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TheOptionaut .tailer

4y↑2.6K

My favorite line of the book, said by Jack: "We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything."

Amandeep Gill

me and American: WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER

eclectrickery

1y↑1

These are English Public (Private) School boys in the 1950s, the tail end of the belief that you had your place in society and kept to it - a class prejudice, rather than wealth. Public school children were taught to think that way, and that the true "leaders" in society should come from a certain background, breeding and culture. The rest, of course, were "working class" and servants. Including the other countries of the "United" Kingdom. Note the wise, but pragmatic Piggy is from a lower middle-class home and probably was at the school on a scholarship. (So, smart). He would have been used to navigating a world where he was considered "lesser" than the other boys, and vulnerable to bullying, regardless of his weight. "Come away, there's going to be trouble." He represents the Everyman, being as decent as he can to others he has to live with while trying to stay out of the destruction of the pointless wars of a few powerful people fighting over whose ideology is "best", but ends up as the dead "hero" anyway.

Aren

That's the funniest shit he said

Michael Greenwood

2y↑1

@sweetblackblood1 But those were not English. The British Empire or United Kingdom is not English. But England is a part of the united kingdom. English trade as part of the East India Comny was very successful and benefitted those involved. Up to the out break of war when The British Empire took over making it a subject of the crown. But it's only a book. Not statement of fact. Therefore vanities or predjudices may be played on. In the book the saying 'English are best at everything' would not have been meant literally. But more as narrowminded nieve adolesence.

lee

nah best line is ralph saying "sucks to your ass-mar" to piggy in the beginning

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Anna

5y↑5.2K

I honestly hate calling him piggy because he said several times he didn't like it. I wish we learned his real name

ponkocrossing

@Erik Sloan im just curious lol

Erik Sloan

@ponkocrossing what if it was

ponkocrossing

@Erik Sloan is that a pickup line???

Erik Sloan

you can learn my name

ponkocrossing

@fluffycloud28 simon is actually based off of peterson, not piggy

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Raina Oh

4y↑1.9K

jesus christ I HATED Jack and I honestly didn't expect any deaths in this book so I was so shocked when I read that Simon was dead and then Piggy's head was split open

Bonafide Hustler - Entrepreneur

I liked Jack. He was probably the strongest person on the island. He has great survival instincts and is very opportunistic. Natural leader. If only one person was going to come off that island alive it would probably be him

yoobster

jack was good at the beginning and slowly drifted off to savagery.

AtAll

Anonymous User fair enough

AtAll

Anonymous User i understand where you’re coming from but i don’t feel like this guy is shoving it down our throats

Raina Oh

@Necromancerzzz Yeah he did cuz he needed fire. I recently reread the book and realized I misunderstood that Piggy lost his glasses, not had it stolen by Jack mb

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Cata Isla

4y↑604

Imagine being on that island in that situation and someone breaks your glasses so you CAN'T SEE. That would be so discouraging and depressing

noonoo 🏳️‍🌈

@Redclan wool fool, I'm so blind it took me 11 months to read this!

Redclan wool

2y↑3

@Cata Isla oh yeah? Well I’m blinder than all of you, the blindest 🥇

Elpee Mimi

3y↑1

Thought the same😂

Cata Isla

3y↑5

@ you're trash and so is your fandom I guess it all depends on your prescription. Mine prescription is worse so I wouldn't be able to do anything in his shoes

you're trash and so is your fandom.

3y↑11

As someone who has needed glasses since early childhood (5 years old), I can say that not having glasses would only impair my vision and not completely take it away. I'd still be able to see and make out faces, the slight fuzziness would just get annoying at some point but will be bearable.

Talon Shirley

4y↑7.6K

“Piggy accuses the boys of acting like kids”

Hmmm yes the floor here is made out of floor

Łukiimán

Joke could've been better if you said "Piggy accuses the kids for acting like kids."

Talon Shirley

@Mrs.Packboi what

Mrs.Packboi

Talon??? I've never killed any as a Kid, how fucked in the head are you?

Sawai Nico

kids can consider others as 'acting like kids' in the sense that they're being immature

Huss

@cadia I just assumed from their name alone they weren't a native English speaker. In retrospect, I shouldn't have acted so condescending and matter-of-factly when I could've just ignored it lol

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Frank Tamplin

4y↑277

I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I never realized Ralph took part in killing Simon.

Nobody

@Frank Tamplin you can't believe how glad I am to hear that you, supposing you are a native speaker, had a hard time reading it. I had to read it for my English class too and I was struggling with all the metaphors and questioning my proficiency in the language. I thought my English just wasn't good enough but hearing that this is generally a hard book to read, native or not, calms me down a bit. I had to read many parts twice to truly get the meaning and i still can't get behind the Lord of the flies scene with Simon. We have yet to discuss it in class so I hope I'll get the meaning then.

yoobster

2y↑5

@Sweetzs100 in high school right now and the wording makes no sense to me lmao, I legit have been using SparkNotes to understand it for my assignment.

Sweetzs100

2y↑3

@LouD In high school this book was so so so so hard for me to read. I seriously hated it but that’s strange because I’ve always been a reader. The point and message behind it seems so interesting that at 24 years old I’m tempted to give it another try but comment made me realize I was probably right the first time and shouldn’t put myself through that again 😂😂

Ethan H

2y↑8

Piggy as well, and Sam n Eric. Although Ralph and Piggy both mention they were on the outside of the circle and never actually hurt Simon, but they were still in the circle and cheered for his death.

Wadevah

2y↑1

@LouD very interesting pov

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Sam Cole

6y↑11.7K

He left out the best part of the ending (on purpose possibly to go visit the website), but to everyone who said the ending was anti-climatic, basically here's what happened. The naval officer comes and sees the kids and their savagery. He is ashamed of what they've done and sees them as beasts themselves, but then awkwardly looks back at his own war ship. It's a great ending/allegory.

Pedro Pablo Ceron

@Connor McLernon and you have a solid argument on humans being naturally savages? Most of people dont accept wars and crimes. Or why there were civilizations stablished thousands of years agosto? There is always one MF that wants to have more than everybody else and fucks good things up

Canais Young

I thought they were eventually rescued by...oh, let's say, Moe. Oh, wait. That was the Simpsons version.

SpongeBob SquarePants

@Kyo Ninedy ok

SpongeBob SquarePants

@ggg ss language

Star

Thank you. I didn't think of the allegory when I read the book. Your explanation really helped.

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Stranger kitties

3y↑448

I’m genuinely curious on how this would turn out when they meet their parents again. How mulberry boy’s parents and Simon’s parents and Piggy’s aunty would have to be told that they were all killed on the island. And what if they found out Jack was the reason for Simon’s and Piggy’s deaths, along with the wildfire. That would probably be traumatizing for Jack’s parents to hear.

galaxy paintbrush

I like your profile pic

xAlphaBxtch

Roger was the one who killed Piggy not Jack

Ugly Fense

2y↑3

To be fair, I don't think Jack was aware the "beast" was Simon. And he didn't order Piggy's death, Roger did that on his own. I'd say his main crime was probably ordering Ralph's manhunt, as that was basically attempted murder, but he didn't intentionally try to kill anyone else.

Ethan H

2y↑2

Pretty much all responsibility falls on Jack and Rogers shoulders. All the boys participated in Ralph’s hunt and Simon’s death, but Jack is the one who manipulated them into this and Roger helped him

Ravens that Fly with the Nightmare Eyes

2y↑1

Considering that they were English boys ----- you know about the James Bulger murder? When they found out his killers were children, they just let them off the hook with new identities.

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Brayden Murphy

5y↑1.1K

Ralph: We all can help
Jack: feels humiliated

Ben Sarsah

4y↑498

I just realized that the hunters always kill a pig and then piggy gets killed by the hunters

Jeremy Sheehan

3y↑35

Thank god i wasn't the only one who noticed this foreshadowing

Alice M

3y↑19

piggy gets hunted by the hunters that hunted the pig

Nicole .A

3y↑193

I think we can all agree that Simon and piggy were the most likable characters in the whole book 😔✋

xAlphaBxtch

I liked Roger and Jack in a love to hate way, especially Roger. Simon and Piggy were actually likable though, they perfectly represented reason and intelligence and when they’re both murdered shit hits the fan

Ethan H

2y↑1

@Kerry Hannah everyone knows it’s fiction, that doesn’t mean the message isn’t still relevant. Also how the hell do you get anti-capitalist vibes from this? The message is literally “humans have a hidden darkness in them and all it needs is someone to pull it out.” Capitalism and communism have absolutely no bearing in this story

burner phone

2y↑1

@Kerry Hannah have it your way 🤡 lmfao

Kerry Hannah

@burner phone still communist bull shit book slice it any way you want

burner phone

2y↑2

@Kerry Hannah i mean hell yeah fuck capitalism lmao. also it’s pretty hard for any works of art to be truly unbiased. people will always have an opinion on everything and people will interpret things in different ways. depending on their upbringing and experiences their opinions can change or be solidified. also it’s all fiction. of course things would occur differently in real life, but the book is obviously written with a purpose with allegories and symbolism. it has a message so yeah it would be biased. doesn’t change how good it is tho :)

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Anthony Wrenn

3y↑84

You left out the ending. The officer expresses his disappointment at seeing British boys exhibiting such feral, warlike behaviour before turning to stare awkwardly at his own warship.

We are all lords of the flies.

Lee

5y↑651

This reminds me a little bit of the Stanford prison experiment.when you put a group in a certain environment, their psychological mind states automatically start altering and changing.

ClausDaBoss

3y↑7

None of this is true. There were two groups of college kids. Some were designated prisoners, some guards. They were supposed to act out the roles of what they were chosen to be, but actually accepted the roles into reality. The experiment had to be cut short and lasted 6 days bc the participants were getting violent.

Astronomic Psilocybin

3y↑2

Yeah I kinda thought that too

panpan 98

@Psychopath mm

Sleepy

3y↑13

@howard baxter The prison guards knew that they were in an experiment, and so they felt conditioned to treat the prisoners awfully. It doesn't show shit about human nature if they were effected by outside forces

howard baxter

3y↑11

@Psychopath while it wasn't a proper experiment, it was eye opening at how savage humans can become when given power.

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Sarah Elize

4y↑72

The part that impressed me most was the part where flies swarmed around Simons head that basically foresaw his death, as the 'lord of the flies' was also covered with flies after it died. It made me understand the whole meaning of the book suddenly.

ٴ

2y↑1

That's smart I'm bookmarking this

TheDoodleBugg

4y↑197

"Fear can't hurt you any more than a dream"
Simon, lord of the flies.

TheDoodleBugg

3y↑2

@mei redmond Whoops, nice catch!

mei redmond

3y↑3

That's actually Jack

Queenie lol

4y↑118

im honestly obsessed with lord of the flies now. all the interesting twist that you only realize after youve read the book twice. im totally gonna get an A on my essay

Joe

3y↑3

try watching the wilds on amazon prime its the female version of this and you get a whole new perspective to it

bean wilkins

3y↑1

Same. I read it twice and I realized more symbolism

ashdzj

3y↑1

what twist do you mean

albania

3y↑4

Did you get an A

Bartosz Syrocki

4y↑4

did you get an A on your essay?

Ryhah Rizvi

2y↑19

Love these comments but I’m not seeing enough Roger hate. I literally had to play Roger in a mock trial and it was impossible- there’s no way to defend him, a literal sociopath who killed for the fun of it

xAlphaBxtch

2y↑2

I loved Roger, he was great in a love to hate way, he was even more vile than Jack

Joe D

4y↑54

I love your summarization I just wish you talked more on Jack in the beginning. He respected Ralph and his ideas but at the same time he wanted to hunt and do what he thought was right. He even regretted and was apologetic over the fire going out

Joe D

4y↑1

@Chocolate Bubbles well said

Chocolate Bubbles

4y↑8

Exactly. Insanity eventually overtook his rationality, and insanity will ALWAYS defeat rationality.

Neto Lócio

3y↑22

About Simon's Death:

I believe the ritualistic dance combined with their newfound power over life and death induced a hysteric bloodthirsty in the boys, in the end, all was unleashed into poor Simon who just arrived bringing unwelcome reason. The contrast was so much at that moment his life meant little more than being fuel for their rising Psychosis.

Andy Pejman

8y↑2.6K

The conversation with Simon and the Lord of the Flies was an extremely deep talk

DevSquares

2y↑1

@Joe Davies how do they do that

xAlphaBxtch

@A Sage A Day ARE YOU SERIOUS it’s like the most impactful scene in the whole book wow I’m not watching those then lmao

A Sage A Day

2y↑1

yet it was omitted entirely from both the film adaptations 😕

Lucrezia Pellanda

4y↑3

I am still so confused by that. I guess that is the key of the book but I didn't get it

Joe Davies

5y↑48

I like the way they foreshadow Piggy so hard

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طيف عاصم حجلان

3y↑24

Simon : Mystic
Piggy : Intellectual
Ralph : Political hope for the boys
Jack : Wielder of phsical power
Mountain : Dignity of the man
Counch shell : Authority
Rock : Brute force

2021/6/30
18:35 Pm

Eshans Dead chanel

Hello

xAlphaBxtch

Roger: Needs a psych evaluation

Charles Browne

4y↑71

Lord of the Flies is one of only two books I’ve read where I had the experience of losing my ego and felt as if I had been transported to the scene. This was the scene when Jack was hunting Ralph. This was 50 years ago.

Ultimate me

4y↑2

definetly, my heart was racing during that scene

Ana Perunicic

4y↑3

What was the other book?

KatanaMo 17

4y↑343

My friends: Lord of the flies is a beautiful book!
Me: Reads book
Me: Jesus christ.

NerdGeek Cosplay

I liked it !

Isa V

3y↑9

Some of the most beautiful stories are the tragic ones

Ceri-Ann

3y↑22

It’s is beautiful, it’s a beautiful story with beautiful metaphors
It’s just very dark and gory

savanna marie

3y↑3

literally

R

3y↑4

There's no way Roger doesn't turn out to be a serial killer after returning to civilization

Olivia Hawkes

5y↑4.7K

Roger Throws Rocks
English teachers: S O C I O P A T H

Marina Sconzert

Sociopaths do not care or feel anything over hurting others... So throwing rocks at smaller children who cannot protect themselves as well would be a sociopathic trait...

Ethan H

I mean Rogers characterization before this is literally “he wants to hurt people but fears the consequences” and later in the book he gets happy when Jack starts becoming violent because it opens up “endless possibilities under irresponsible authority.”

This guy was a fucking nutcase, he was always evil, he just couldn’t act how he wanted until Jack came to power.

Kevin Zhou

@Marth Link Get outta here with that weak ass excuse for the sociopath, the kid tortured two younger kids, brutally killed another, and still was blood thirsty to put Ralphs head on a SPIKE. The man needed to be locked away, and key swallowed lmao, he was clearly unstable.

DJBiggieGloccsOfficial

@Cj yeah, I’ve never gotten so mad at fictional characters.

ツAcidicAli777

3y↑1

yea...thats what sociopaths do

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dsrtflwr

4y↑61

Every time my older son, when he was a kid, would go outside to play, it was like lord of the flies within 15 minutes. I’d have to bring him inside every time. He had to be supervised every minute until he was 14. I love him with all my heart; but he was exhausting. He’s doing great now. He’s got a good job, new car and nice apt. Got it all by himself. He’s saved a lot of money too. I wasn’t sure he’d be able to do all that when he was a kid.

String Theory Guitars

4y↑13

Thank you for not giving upon him. He could have turned out very differently if it wasn't for your patience, guidance, love, and discipline. I grew up next to a kid who was a terrible bully and all-around-jerk. By High School he had outgrown most of that. 40 years later he still feels terrible about it LOL. I've realized some kids are just maniacs and require tons of support and supervision. Without that they probably become criminals.

Jon Chaney

4y↑1

I can relate to this

Brian Anderson

3y↑8

I literally had no idea the story was so deep psychologically. I read it as a young teen, and only got a small level of the deepness of this literature. Thank you for sharing this

Andrea Klempay

5y↑919

am I the only one who actually read the novel and am here for a content review before a comprehension quiz?

礼愉

Hello there

aida k

3y↑1

@ChinesMan saul same except the essay is in 2 hours

Sleepy

I'm mainly here to see other's reactions to the book.

Ralph Belmondo

I have a reading test tomorrow.

NLE Syrup

4y↑1

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Moo

3y↑22

This is one of the greatest books I've read. I wish it was 200 pages longer though. RIP Piggy and Simon.

Trancemaniac3000

3y↑13

I loved reading this in highschool. Allegories are awesome. It was a part of an English class unit called The Dark Side of Humanity. Macbeth was included in the reading too.

Skylar Berliner

4y↑3.3K

I’m screenshotting these intellectual comments to have something to say when my teacher calls on me in class

Dazzling Dexter

Brilliant

FucItYNot

Lol. Smart

Jude 21

Same here🤣

Robert Oswald

Just play the video with you phone in your pocket and lip-sync the words.

And, you’re welcome.

kittycat girl

Smart

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char_bie

4y↑56

All throughout the book when ever they bring up the conch I would always think about spongebob and the magic conch shell, than I put the 2 together. By following the conch spongebob and Patrick got the things that they needed. Squidward refused to listen to the conch and goes crazy oof

Cole Abrahams

4y↑2

I'm so glad they were rescued, but it is sad to see how, over the span of their time on the island, savagery and evil can erupt among the boys leading to two murders and almost killing Ralph. Great narrative!

SAJ KAZ

5y↑10

I love the drawings and the narrations i wish i had read this novel when i was a kid with these drawings

Massimo Lindsay

2y↑5

Piggy = Reason
Ralph = Order & Civilisation
Simon = Goodness
Jack = Power
Roger = Evil
Samneric = Followers

DrGeneralkumar82

3y↑4

Most people don't know just how brilliant this book is.... it has a complex metaphorical story inside a child-like simple story

Armin Hillman

8y↑4.3K

I find it ironic that Jack was the leader of a Church Choir. You'd think he'd be the one clinging to morality and civilization.

Sam

@Terrasause LMFAOOOO DUHEUF

Daniel Levinson

2y↑1

@Ilie Valentin Spot on!

Ilie Valentin

2y↑1

Probably was a conscious choice of the author , to emphasize the fact that religion is often a facade that doesn t say anything about the individual and to show us that you can be "religious" and a criminal and horrible human being at the same time. He is a cult lider and he simbolises tirany and our primitive side.Also , giving the history of "killing in the name of god" , he s the simbol of false spirituality , while simon represents the opposite.

Daniel Levinson

@deg1studios The "godless" type vary quite a bit; some are too cynical and rancorous to match the description you give.

deg1studios

@Daniel Levinson but the fact that they existed points to there being some degree of secular thought in those civilizations. Since we can't exactly poll them on their religious beliefs, we have to use contextual clues to gather info and since there were atheist/agnostic philosophers at the time, that tells me that some people listened to these philosophers or came to the same conclusion as them, we just don't have any record of them.

I know I made some bad points in my comments, and they should rightfully be criticized, but my main point is that religion has throughout history been more about maintaining power than inspiring morality. And "godless" people have always been around, and historically they seem to act with a lot more altruism than some people in this comment section seem to think.

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Crazy Canuck

5y↑2

I absolutely LOVE Lord of the Flies. I’ll never forget watching the movie with my sister and cousins when I was about 5 years old. Piggy was getting bullied, and had his glasses broken. Then the massive boulder falls and crushes Piggy....I BAWLED my eyes out. It was kind of traumatizing lol. I watched the movie again about 4 years ago and the moment Piggy is crushed is SO outdated for effects. I couldn’t believe it bothered me back in the day.

JoeJoeTazuna

3y↑4

All the characters have meanings behind them i know some

Piggy = intelligence
Ralph = civilisation
Simon = goodness
Mulberry birthmark boy = ???
Sam and eric = ???
Roger = ???
Jack = savageness

Star

2y↑2

5:17 An important point is missed out: Simon points out the beast is "only us," which kind of foreshadows the savagery and cruelty within the boys that will be shown later (as Simon will be killed later in the book).
6:38 Ralph and Roger sat down at one point, letting Jack go on up on his own. Then Jack came saying that he saw something bulge on the mountain top. Ralph insisted on going and looking and saw Jack hesitate for the first time. (pg 120-123 in my book)

Dienekes

3y↑8

There was a TV reality show on the Discovery Channel called "The Colony" where a random group of people was put into a post-apocalyptic environment. The thing I found most interesting was that the first season had a much more educated set of people, but the second season seemed to thrive better. It turned out that leadership and organization skills were just as important as education and knowledge and the two definitely don't necessarily go hand-in-hand.

The issue that the boys in LotF had appears to have been that Jack demanded to be leader (which is why he failed to begin with), but Ralph didn't have the leadership skills to convince people to continue to follow him through emotional turmoil. Poor leaders seem to always thrive when people become emotional. Those who know how to either manipulate people's emotions or help them control their emotions will tend to keep control.

This is apparent with Republicans in the U.S. The GOP leadership are the most horrible, money-grubbing, disgusting people on the planet, but they still get 25% of the country following them and they literally have 1/2 the control in the country because they are able to emotionally manipulate that many people.

GhostSlayer

2y↑1

I'm actually currently watching the colony in school as part of my health class. It is pretty good. And yeah that is true

Make it ASMR

10y↑1.9K

I don't understand why everyone love Piggy more than Simon. I mean Piggy was close to being good but Simon was above and beyond being a good, I mean he literally represented a christ-like figure and the only one who knew the truth about the Beast.

DarkCoreX

I mean they literally tore Simon’s limb’s off

Ethan H

Simon is BY FAR the most liked character, I can understand why someone would like Piggy more but I’ve never heard anyone say they like him more.

TheRealSpamton1997

2y↑1

@horsecrazy2266 bit late, but the title of the book is just another name for Satan

𝐊𝐘𝐃 🔱

Exactly,he tried telling everyone the truth but they didn't listen

Jack K.

Also piggy participated in the murder of Simon

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39- Varish patil

2y↑6

This was a 300 page book.............THANK YOU

It was very confusing to read but you explained it so good :)

Madisson Eloise

4y↑21

Instead of watching the movie because of an assessment I decided to watch this and its kinda interesting and deep, I think its more detailed in the book

Hirsi Feld

3y↑1

There was that one book I once read, where a whole town is deserted except for the kids and they then slowly pick up the adults tasks and run the town. I can't remember much more, not even the name, but I know one scene, where it plays in a telephone company thing where they connect calls and a bunch of girls sit in there and work.

It was a good book.

Captain MCS

5y↑18

Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. It was just such a creative, and interesting story.

𝐊𝐘𝐃 🔱

Same

Arutzuki

kih racist

Adnan

4y↑7

Will Harison UC Irvine don't make it a race thing

Pathfinder

8y↑544

I'm glad I'm not the only one hurt by Piggy's death. Everyone treated him so poorly I was beginning to feel I was the only one who even wanted to learn his real name. :c

xAlphaBxtch

@ٴ you’re right, Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric couldn’t face what they had done, that’s why they convince themselves they were innocent and left before Simon’s murder, it would’ve broken their souls even more than they already were. Piggy didn’t deserve to be senselessly murdered by Roger in cold blood because of it

ٴ

2y↑5

@Steph Joseph That was just Piggy trying to cope though. He didn't actually believe it was an accident 😕 I'm really sad he died anyway

Logan Fox

5y↑4

Maybe. Or maybe Simon could represent Peterkin from coral island

Logan Fox

5y↑7

But Saint Peter’s birth name was Simon.. and considering Simon is seen as the ultimately good Jesus-like character..

Andrea Perez

5y↑24

William Golding based this book as a retelling of The Coral Island. In this book there are three characters on an island, named Ralph, Jack and Peter. Therefore, we can only assume that Piggy’s real name is Peter!

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Luna 333

2y↑1

I loved this book. It was compulsory reading/study of, in grade 8.
It's interesting to see it broken down into the 'bones'. My 30 yo son asked for it last Christmas. (Thankfully he inherited the love of reading from me)

Luciano Osorio

3y↑4

This book perfectly relates what is going on in the world. This explains the corruption, jealousy and etc. Everything must be balanced like yin and Yang.

Farhiya Mohamed

5y↑1

I feel really bad for Simon he was the only one with real logic everyone was guilty of something he was pretty mature did his part of the work and never looked for a fight. I’m not a emotional person but I cried when I found out he died he and piggy were my favorites.

3rd and go fuc urself

4y↑1

I always thought the naval officer represented god, the boys all weeping because they realize there sins and want to be allowed home with the father in a spiritual sense. Remember reading this summer reading ninth grade and loving it. This and 1984! loved and still love both books!

dante miles

Hmmm interesting interpretation but one thing I like is how the naval officer looks at his ship at the end almost to draw a comparison that the world itself is just one big island each nation developing weapons and war paint to steal and fight for resources when they could be doing so much more together

Jayla Hollie

9y↑3.4K

We never did learn Piggy's actual name...

E J

@Coco CocoP i realised that in the 5 years since i posted the original comment lol. i still call piggy peter or peterkin because i like him having an actual name, but yes it was actually simon who was based on peterkin from the coral island, as the biblical connection between the names would suggest (as well as a line about Simon, Jack and Ralph being lifted almost word for word from a line from TCI describing peterkin, jack and ralph and a ton of stuff in the original manuscript version which blatantly equates simon to peterkin). The longer I spend in this hell fandom the deeper I fall...

Coco CocoP

@E J Simon is Peter because look in bible

Aotila Mollier

Piggy’s real name is PETERKIN

Wolfpack Productions

It was mentioned at the beginning of the book. Pretty sure it’s Peter or something

E J

@kevin dickson a key plot point in the coral island is a bunch of white europeans bringing civilisation to the inhabitants of the island (described at one point as 'inhuman monsters') by converting them to christianity. idk, that's pretty racist to me.

i don't think your second point was related to my comment, but the british empire was inherently racist (they colonised several other countries with the belief that the british were superior over other races/cultures and could rule their countries better than them) and the consequences of their rule led to literally millions of deaths.

while i agree that we made some incredible technological advancements as a nation and our military power was at one point one of the strongest in the world, saying the british were 'the best at everything' back then is an opinion, not a fact, and one that i personally disagree with.

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Stupid 88% of the time

2y↑6

“Roger, a 10-11 year old boy just threw rocks at a little kid, we must assume he is a sociopath”

Gacha Tingz

I just wanted to say that in the book many critics say that how during Simon’s death the author quickly says Simons name in the narration before switching it to calling it the beast because the boys know that they are killing him but are trying to push the guilt away by calling him the beast instead. Also the book is told through the point of view of the boys which shows what I was talking about.

Cély H

Thank for the resume ! As a french speaker I have to assume that it is a really difficult book to read (it's litteral english, ) so this video help me to understand more precisely what is happening in the different chapters 😉 (I' m only at the 3thd chapter). The only book that I read most easily in english was Animal Farm of George Orwell.

Xxx Galaxis xxX

I just finished the novel and at the end I almost felt the agony of Ralph while finally realizing what happened.

Through the whole book I thought of Jack as a psychopath. From the beginning, where he showed up in a cape, till the end. This dark side of him was still evident behind the social innocence of a kid., in the way he talked, gave orders, presented himself and the fact that he immediately proposed to go hunting. However, as time passed, he was the one who was consumed by his savage instincts. And so... I wonder how he will cope with everything he has done and how he will react to killing Simone and Piggy (even though he was only a bystander) and the hunt of Ralph.

BrandonQ1995

3y↑4

Even as a kid, I always fantasized on different ways I'd save Simon...

Adam Druett

3y↑1

This, like all great novels is so relevent in today's society. In a world that has become increasingly polarised, Lord of the Flies reminds us to be open to views that we don't agree with 100%, it reminds us not to be easily manipulated and question everything, use our own logic instead of following the norm blindly.

That Time Stamp Guy

2:25 Light a bonfire 🔥 OUT OF CONTROL
2:58 Pig Hunting 🐖 3:57
3:33 Roger and Henry
4:39 CONFLICT
5:54 AIR BATTLE 6:34 “The Beast” 7:37 Its too late, poor Simon

Trinity Sandlin

2y↑1

i just realized the throwing of rocks in chapter 5 by roger where he purposefully threw rocks at the littleuns but missed was foreshadowing for piggies death

browsingfloor62

7y↑3.9K

They come to their senses at the end, and break down and cry remembering all of the horrible things they did to each other. They were all tainted in some way. But the reader knows that being rescued wasn't really salvation for them. They were going back to a world that was just a bigger version of the island, where people were giving in to a savage nature and killing each other.

tadeja

3y↑2

@Sean _ You should look up a story about the real lord of the flies - six boys on a deserted island Ata that were doing just fine. Or even those guys from the plane crash on Andes.. Contrary to the popular belief I think the real evil comes from crowds not deserted places.. There's nothing more terrifying than an angry crowd with a common enemy 😐

One Time

4y↑1

Theyre just crying cuz they got caught

Crusader

4y↑1

Lila Casati ww3 right after the second one

e8iMm7KE999

4y↑2

Ryan Mortenson

4y↑1

period

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Joy Williams

2y↑1

These SparkNotes videos are great. They give us some very helpful recaps of classic literature. I found SparkNotes and their videos to be useful when doing book reports or assignments for English class.

Matthew Cole

Frankly, this does a good job at depicting the terrors of a world without laws.
Everyone starts off kind of clean, then as time goes by, everyone wants power, control.
Logic falls to blind violence, and those who refuse to fight die horribly.

Light Yagami

3y↑1

I read this in school, and yet it didn't erase my love for it (actually I still love most of what I studied in school, including Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Flowers for Algernon and the assorted Shakespeare, but I digress).

The deepest irony in the story is that the man who's come to rescue them, the man who's appalled at what they've devolved into - is a man of war, and has been participating in exactly the sort of thing that happens when civilised society gives way to barbarism, albeit on an international, or even global, scale.

We cannot escape our nature. The Beast resides within. That is the take home message of this book. And it is a thoroughly depressing one.

Golding thoroughly deserved his Nobel.

Joshguye

4y↑5

I miss these videos from Sparknotes. I basically grew up with them and it was how I "read" books.

vigo pepper popper

Last time I listened on audiobook with comments from the author. He wondered to his wife how children would react to a situation in which they were left alone. She told him he should write it and see if it would make sense. The way I understood it was that all of the symbolism and life lessons weren't exactly planned out. Then again it has been at least twenty years.

Pearls Anne Heels

Wow, GREAT SYNOPSIS!!! I just watched it and that’s basically it. Great storytelling 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

victoria6002

3y↑2

Has anyone even read the autobiography of William Golding’s? This story has everything to do with who he was and what he lived.

ahmed toure

3y↑9

Imagine how much of an impact the presence of just one girl would have made

Epic SlurtleGaming

I know this is comment is a year old, but there is a version that has girls. (Idk which one though)

The Freedom Zone

10y↑551

One problem with this. At the end of the book, it only said that Ralph started weeping followed by the little kids. The rest of the older kids didn't weep at all and I think it's because unlike Ralph and the younger boys, they've lost all innocence and they do not care about the tragedies that they have endured.

Epiphany.

1y↑2

@MaDNiaC You're right. At the end of the book Jack was actually referred to as "the little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair...", so the "other little boys" was referring to all of the boys.

𝐊𝐘𝐃 🔱

@MaDNiaC true

CinnamonTwisty

5y↑4

I think its a message about destruction order and chaos and at the end where they all cried because their just kids doing what they think is right their just kids its not black and white

GreatBigFatPerson

7y↑13

Bacon Maken Kind of late to the party but at the end of chapter 12 when they come across the naval officer it is seen from his point of view, jack is reffered to as a little boy when the officer asks whos boss, Ralph says he is, and Jack thinks about stepping forward and saying he is but changes his mind.

The Freedom Zone

9y↑3

Kristin Greenfield Nice.

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NerdGeek Cosplay

3y↑2

I remember reading this book in my sophomore year of school (2016). I loved it 10/10

Joe Pecina

growing up this was a story that scared me more than any intentional horror stories.

I was violent as a child it took me time to take learn compassion and control of instincts.
This story was pretty much told me it was easy to regress to ones savage self.

Since little, I knew the metaphors of giants, witches in fairy tails to be The adults and The Jacks as the giant slayers to be the children.
now imagine a half a plane full of giant slayer getting scared and turning on each other.

Dodomod

3y↑1

I felt a very small shimmer of hope as long as Piggy was alive. The book just ended for me when he was murdered, everything after felt irrelevant.

Gabriel Fox

I saw the movie when I was a kid and it disturbed me, but I still liked it. I think it's kind of a reaction against Rousseau and his perfection of nature idea, and the idea that civilization corrups us. Lord of the Flies really counters that. It also points out a possible dualism in human nature, the Apollonian and the Dionysian. The rational and the bestial.

ArcticFlower

The concept of the book is appealing to me and I can believe this would happen with real people but ultimately I just got the feeling that I was taking Golding's word for it.

Sage phillip

5y↑1

I just found this Channel and I love what you're doing... please make more

Shenaya De Mel

Thank You sooooo much for making this video!!!!!! It's really easy to study for us😋

Ryan Mortenson

4y↑3

this was one of the books that really helped me understand how to annotate and analyze

sixteen numbeRthree

5y↑3.4K

I always found it hard to believe they cook the pig right.

Zoknilu

@z777z It says in the book that they are in the Pacific

DragonFlareFrog14 🅥

@Lataevia * Uhhh by crawling out of the plane. They’re kids they can climb out places that an adult plot can’t.

Ethan H

I find it hard to believe a single pig is somehow capable of filling the bellies of 50 kids

Prototype

Wild pig is healthier than farmed pig anyway

Wolfman HCC

Possible that they burned the meat.

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AtsHomeGaming

Thank you so much for this video; I have a Test on this book tomorrow and this is a great refresher to what the book is about!

BigPapa PantyDropa

Where the red fern grows, omg my cousin just said that and I clearly remembered that awesome book. But
THIS BOOK and story is Amazingly brilliant.

Anyways Im JoJo

4y↑40

I MISS SIMON AND Y'ALL CAN'T STOP ME IF I MAKE A BETTER ENDING FOR HIM BY SAYING "and they realize it's Simon and go "oh bro hi" and get saved"

Estrella🥀बावरा मन🕊

3y↑2

:')

Cuddy Bud

3y↑1

Lol I love it ❤️ Long Live Simon

Juicy Productions

4y↑7

Only watching this because I haven’t paid attention in class for the past few months. Actually an interesting book!

Moon Child

2:37 here he clearly says they use Piggy's spectacles to make fire but in the later parts we can see that Piggy still has his spectacles with him and only loses them later. Can someone confirm?
Edit: see at 4:40 Jack smacks Piggy and his glasses break.. wouldn't have happened if his glasses were used to start that fire

UMBRA

Greatest channel on youtube; dislexia doesn't make reading easy, especially that of Huxley, to the point summaries that keep in the small details.

Benji

The 3 deaths in the book get more and more severe as the book goes on, the first death is by complete accident, the second death was not really on accident, but on purpose either, and piggys death was on complete purpose, goes to show how they got more savage the more time they spent on the island

Bárbara Silva

3y↑1

i had to watch this movie for my philosophy class and it is so far of the book. there are some similarities, of course, but the way they portray jack in the movie comes up as a way more rebelious boy than in the book (al least it seems like it, by watching this video).

Pxnk Lxmonade

6y↑2.9K

I read this book in school, and I was so sad when Simon died. He was my favorite, and the most sane.

mamalama

I was literally crying.. from happiness. I love when my favourite character dies

K bee

@Lol Loll Yeah; I think it was partly because he had JUST had an epileptic seizure and couldn't walk straight, so when he quite literally stumbled out of the forest and it was dark, they thought he looked scary and must've been the Beast.

Wilson

Same

Naruto Uzumaki

3y↑1

@Eliise Summel there was a littleun who disappeared when the signal fire got out of control, and he was assumed dead

Eliise Summel

hi, i have a test to do and i have a question. it says there was 3 boys dead, i only know simon and piggy. who was the third and how he died

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Roland

Such a great book❤️

Vitope Achumi

4y↑116

4:41 breaks the glass

4:44 it gets fixed

LØST

1y↑2

Thank you, I hope this helps me with the book essay tomorrow

ayu nuri

4y↑8

I want to remake this movie. We need this on the society.

Vegeta

4y↑2

Theyre remaking it with all female cast

That's what she said. Literally.

5y↑2

🤔 (@2:20) Interesting that you saw Ralph's handling of the beast situation as being reasonable and using logic... I saw it as denial. Why wouldn't there be a large, elusive animal out there in the wilderness that's been living off of the pigs? Ralph's denial that it simply doesn't exist shows his "go along to get along" personality- while something may not be completely true, say it anyway to keep the people happy and unafraid. The fact that he sees building stick forts as more important than eating is also an example of this theory. He'd rather see everyone unafraid than fed. (Not always the best type of leadership.)

D M

What fudge are u on about?Unafraid over being fed?There is plenty of food on island and there are hunters.The houses aren't just there to shelter the kids,they are there to give hope and moral to the little kids.If everyone is happy then they won't be scared and they will trust more easily leading to everyone getting along better.I don't know who but someone in this comment section said somethin about a real life event like this happening and the children on the island sang songs at evening.Why do u think so?I will tell u why:moral!Sorry If had bad grammar or misinterpreted something.And the LATE reply :).

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