Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: Difference between revisions

** The lack of girls probably just means that their school was single-sex, like most English schools when the book was written (particularly the ones that had choirboys and prefects, which theirs evidently did.) At the time, it would have been more of a statement for the characters to come from a "co-educational" than a single-sex school, so Golding probably decided it would distract from his basic message. Also, if there were girls, it would hit the nethermost [[Darker and Edgier]] regions, since it is very predictable Jack's camp will use them for rape.

** The book IS an allegory for the savage nature of man. Simon does represent religion, Jack is tyranny brought on by fear (the beast, terrorists, etc.) Roger is [[Complete Monster|complete depravity]] that's only sanctioned by social norms (see also: Josef Mengele), The Conch is order, Piggy, Ralph, Jack, Piggy's Glasses, the pighunts all have a deeper meaning. Items that break and characters that die do so for a reason. The name of the demon Beelzebub (בעל זבוב or Baʿal Zəbûb in Hebrew) from [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] literally translates to "Lord of the Flies".

** Obviously this means ''[[House of Leaves]]'' is homophobic. ''Obviously''.

* Santiago of ''[[Old Man And The Sea]]'' is Jesus, though Hemingway stated that the book was just about fishing and old age, nothing else.