*are there are any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? what are they, and how do they relate? does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?LOTF does not seem to be directed on one specific situation in the world. It seems to be directed to the current situation of the whole world. The book simply tells us that the world is like a bunch of boys trying to survive on an island. We are in peace with each other at first, but we become dissatisfied with our (limited) leader, we revolt, and then comes WAR. We become like savages (Jack leads the boys into hunting like savages...). We kill each other for no good reasons (Piggy and Simon die in LOTF). We destroy our environment (The boys burn up the island). Finally, we need to be saved from ourselves.
LOTF does not say we can save ourselves. It tells us that we need to be saved by someone who is not human (or a child). God (represented as an adult in LOTF) saves us. We can only rely on God not ourselves...
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Yes, I agree with you. I think there are no cases that relates to this case. And also I agree that we have to rely on god. I think being godlike is the best thing to save ourselves, because human cannot always control him/herself.
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