Lord of the Flies

182 pages

English language

Published July 10, 1999 by Faber and Faber.

ISBN:
978-0-14-028333-4
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. The novel has been generally well received. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003 it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Time also included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, a 2016 UK poll saw Lord …

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Diese pessimistische Haltung nach dem Krieg, die der Autor offensichtlich besaß, kam gut rüber.

Heute mag es vielleicht "out of Context" etwas eigenartig erscheinen, dass aus einer Demokratie eine Diktatur wird... Aber betrachtet man so die Weltgeschichte, ist dies gar nicht mal so unmöglich, Weimar als Stichwort. Dieses Buch zeigt auch den Kontrast zwischen Demokratie und Diktatur ganz gut auf, finde ich. Golding fragt sich natürlich als Kind seiner Zeit, wie Menschen zu so etwas fähig sein können. Seine Erklärung ist dann das Böse im Menschen, wie es in der Bibel schon geschrieben steht, Stichwort Sündenfall.

Andere biblische Ansätze sind auch erkennbar, beispielsweise beim Titel "Beelzebub" = "Herr der Fliegen". Beelzebub ist der Gott der Heiden, in der Bibel ist er der Teufel. Dies unterstreicht den Interpretationsansatz, dass zunächst Garten Eden vorgefunden wird (Beschreibung der Insel als Paradies), der dann durch das Buschfeuer zur Hölle wird.

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