Savage

Lord of the Flies was published in London by a schoolteacher in 1954. A group of boys are marooned alone on an ocean island. Without protection or supervision, they organize themselves to survive but eventually descend into fear and savagery.

Darkness in the human heart is said to be the author's theme, horrifying evil that's normally held back only by the imposition of civilization. He's not wrong (and the Bible agrees).

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While we can't deny that people of all ages are capable of evil, we don't live with horror every day. Why is that? 

This scenario of kids, lost and alone and marooned, actually happened in reality. How did that turn out? . . in tomorrow's post.

(cont'd tomorrow)