Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies by William Goldings, the Nobel Prize-winner 1954 dystopian novel, allegorizes the story of schoolboys marooned on an island to investigate mankind’s inherent savagery. [1]

Plot

William Golding’s 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies" tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island. They develop rules and a system of organization, but without any adults to serve as a civilizing impulse, the children eventually become violent and brutal. In the context of the novel, the tale of the boys' descent into chaos suggests that human nature is fundamentally savage.[2]

Controversy

More recent versions of "Lord of the Flies" have modified some of the languages in the book, but the novel originally used racist terms, particularly when referring to Black people. A committee of the Toronto, Canada Board of Education ruled on June 23, 1988, that the novel is "racist and recommended that it be removed from all schools" after parents objected to the book's use of racial profanity, saying that the novel denigrated Black people, according to the ALA. [3] The Toronto Board of Education tried to have it removed from schools because of a reference to the word “niggers” and other insults towards African Americans [4]

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