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13594738 No.13594738 [Reply] [Original]

Why is this piece of shit still forced down students throats to this day?
What literary value does it have?
>Hurr durr humans are bad

>> No.13594748

literary value =/= thematic value

>> No.13594749

>>13594738
Pig ass rape

>> No.13594750

>>13594748
Explain

>> No.13594759

>>13594738
>Hurr durr humans are bad
You literally cannot refute it though.
I thought it was brilliant at 13, it’s the book that got me into classics.

>> No.13595903

it's a good book to introduce students to something more complex than ya. it has very overt themes of "people bad" and the herd mentality, as well as symbolism like piggys glasses and people's diets.

>> No.13595989

>>13595903
>symbolism like piggys glasses
there is no fucking meaning to the glasses mrs. pryor

>> No.13595995

>>13594738
Because it's the perfect book for 12-14 year old to start reading more deeply by observing the themes and underlying message to the story. Obviously as an adult it seems a little hamfisted.

>> No.13596000

>>13594759
Same. I loved it, but most people seem to hate it for some reason.

>> No.13596249

>>13594738
This was the only book I enjoyed in school. I also enjoyed the short story titled "Greasy Lake," if that counts. Everything else read in school was atrociously boring.

>> No.13596436

>>13595989
they represent civilization, the glasses allow people to create fire, which is one of the only things they produce instead of just take. the glasses break when the wild group finally wins.