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Reader reviewed by Marilyn MacDonald

The Lord of the Flies is one of the most negative depictions of humans I have ever read. My mother & other parents tried to get it of the school curricullum when it first appeared. Here we are nearly 40yrs later still teaching it to our youth. The book is depressing and violent. It doesn't represent any ideals that our society values, but rather presents a terrorist view of society. It presents killing people as a recreational activity. Is it the terrosists heart or the serial killer heart or just plain hatred for our fellow man that we are trying to instill in our youth? My son got a poor mark on a term paper on this book. His paper began with the sentence,
" Only psychopaths kill their friends." The teacher disagreed. Not only are our youth being forced to read this garbage, but they are told their opinions are wrong when they say the arthur gave a wrong depiction of humanity. Do we want to teach our children that killing each other is a natural desire?