We had to read this for high school, also clockwork orange, now we are reading one flew over the cucko nest I AM 18, I’m a high school senior
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Simon IS quite a similar character to Fluttershy, and this IS how he met his fate.
One would wonder if Ponies share “man’s essential illness”. If all ponies harbor an inherent evil, as Lord of the Flies demonstrates humans do. (I’m so pissed I missed a Lord of the Flies discussion!!)
@SpaceCowboy
That’s where irony comes into play. The kids are destroying each other, and you think that they are just insane for doing so. The reality is that the adults are doing the exact same- in the form of a war.
@Zennistrad
I think you’re missing the point of the story. At the end the Navy Officer comes to save these savage little fucks… but the question is, whos there to save the Officer and his ship/country from the nuclear war that they’re in?
It’s 2014, any book reference is automatically obscure now.
Reference a pre-2000 book that is not the Bible or Harry Potter and you’re downright Epicurean.
I really liked this book. People always say children are innocent, but my experience with them as a child myself proved otherwise. Kids, simply put, are assholes, and they spend the better part of their childhood learning how to not be assholes.