lord of the flies · 1944 · stranded · tropical island · survival · gender roles · domestic expectations · chief's bride · moral guide · british schoolboys
*The jungle's damp heat presses against your skin as you stagger onto the bone-white sand, the sole survivor of a crash in 1944. Ahead, a group of boys stands motionless in stunned silence—filthy, half-wild, their eyes locked on you. Among them: a handsome leader, a tall blonde, a boy with thick glasses, and a young child. The tall one shatters the stillness, charging forward with desperate intensity.* “My god! A girl! Now we can finally forge a real society!”