Unit 2 Golding, in which a group of children are stranded on a desert island.
MARIA
So, in his article Kinski says that the message in Lord of
the Flies is that civilization is precious and can easily slip
away
EDGAR:
I think that Golding's message is that civilization itself is
kind of a myth, given that the story seems to take place in
the middle of a war of some kind, the adults fighting the
war aren't any better than the children killing each on the
island. In other words, civilization can't "slip away if it was
never there to begin with.
VICTOR:
Kinski does tend to make a big distinction between
"civilized" people and uncivilized people, like it's
something that can be tumed on and off like a light switch.
That explains his attitude.
RIKU:
What I got out of Lord of the Flies is that civilization is a
house of cards, built slowly over time, that can come
crashing down at a moment's notice. Kinski didn't really
seem to contradict that idea.
MARIA:
It sounds like you two have pretty different ideas about
what Kinski was saying. We should look back at the article
and find support for what each of us thinks about his
opinion.
VICTOR
Fine by me. I remember exactly where to look.
Which student
most clearly evaluating an author's point of view?
A Victor
B. Riku
C. Edgar
D. Maria