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kcleonardA real life look at what life could have been like if the Lord of the Flies story were real. Six boys set out for a fishing trip when they were caught in a storm. They were shipwrecked on the island of Tonga with nothing but themselves. Tonga is a possible island that the boys from Lord of the Flies could have landed on.
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One day, in 1977, six boys set out from Tonga on a fishing trip ... Caught in a huge storm, the boys were shipwrecked on a deserted island. What do they do, this little tribe? They made a pact never to quarrel.
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The story concerned six boys who had been found three weeks earlier on a rocky islet south of Tonga, an island group in the Pacific Ocean
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The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty.
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urbandesireThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
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One boy, Ralph, is elected to be the group’s leader. Athletic, charismatic and handsome, his game plan is simple: 1) Have fun. 2) Survive. 3) Make smoke signals for passing ships.
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At this, Ralph bursts into tears. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence,” we read, and for “the darkness of man’s heart”.
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in all probability, kids would act very differently.
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he told us, a half century later. Then he saw a boy. Naked. Hair down to his shoulders. This wild creature leaped from the cliffside and plunged into the water. Suddenly more boys followed, screaming at the top of their lungs.
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“There are six of us and we reckon we’ve been here 15 months.”
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The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty.
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The other boys picked their way down after him and then helped him back up to the top. They set his leg using sticks and leaves.
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They were finally rescued on Sunday 11 September 1966.
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William Golding, made up this story in 1951
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tens of millions of copies
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second world war.
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“I have always understood the Nazis,” Golding confessed, “because I am of that sort by nature.”
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They made a pact never to quarrel.”
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In the 6 October 1966
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the captain’s name was Peter Warner
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“the boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination.”
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real-life version tended their flame so it never went out, for more than a year.
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The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty. Sometimes they quarrelled, but whenever that happened they solved it by imposing a time-out.
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Their days began and ended with song and prayer.
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Stephen slipped one day, fell off a cliff and broke his leg. The other boys picked their way down after him and then helped him back up to the top.
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We’ll do your work
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The real Lord of the Flies is a tale of friendship and loyalty
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how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other
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When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently from William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman
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Victoria Keech@TheClaw81 @CStewar67405960 Check out this latest piece in the Guardian about the Lord of the Flies story: https://t.co/4mYKFFhxs6
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Peggy GeorgeThis is a super important story to read and understand. How many of us have referred to “Lord of the Flies” as if it was a factual account? #MediaLit #CriticalThinking #history #FactCheck https://t.co/KSgjJfFar2
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Scott Le Duc"When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently from William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman"
Sociology Psychology Survivor Shipwreck Lord of the flies Boys
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Andrea GloriosoWhen a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently from William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman
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Verena RobertsThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months https://t.co/p6q8LXnq7x
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Verena RobertsThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months https://t.co/p6q8LXnq7x
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12 May 20
Brianna CrowleyLove this story. Personally, I think you should prioritize Polynesian (Tongan if possible!) filmmakers as to avoid cultural appropriation, misrepresentation, and to keep the Pasifika voice authentic. I'm probably not available lol
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dlaguna1En 1965, seis chicos del Reino de Tonga, entre 13 y 16 años, robaron una barca para ir a Fiji, naufragaron y sobrevivieron solos en una isla inhabitable durante 15 meses. Y no solo no se mataron entre ellos sino que se hicieron amigos para siempre. El cap
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fabrizio bartoliThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months | Books | The Guardian Love this article !!! Great inspiration ! https://t.co/yFexx95nRp
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Christine FürstWow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after 50 years! - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures!) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /
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Darren HudginsWho teaches "Lord of the Flies?"
How are you going to integrate this into your teaching?
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Sungwoo Kim무인도 표류 소년들의 권력 투쟁 그린 윌리엄 골딩의 파리 대왕. 어두운 인간 본성 그린 고전으로 읽혀왔다. 1951년 출간 당시 대전과 대학살 겪은 시대정신과 작가 체험 반영한 것. 최근 연구 결과는 그렇지 않다. 1965년 소년 6명 15개월 무인도 실화도 선의와 협력 웅변한다https://t.co/Iva9V7xgoG
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I first read Lord of the Flies as a teenager. I remember feeling disillusioned afterwards, but not for a second did I think to doubt Golding’s view of human nature.
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That didn’t happen until years later when I began delving into the author’s life. I learned what an unhappy individual he had been: an alcoholic, prone to depression; a man who beat his kids. “I have always understood the Nazis,” Golding confessed, “because I am of that sort by nature.” And it was “partly out of that sad self-knowledge” that he wrote Lord of the Flies.
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had anyone ever studied what real children would do if they found themselves alone on a deserted island
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I compared Lord of the Flies to modern scientific insights and concluded that, in all probability, kids would act very differently.
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trawling the web for a while, I came across an obscure blog that told an arresting story: “One day, in 1977, six boys set out from Tonga on a fishing trip ... Caught in a huge storm, the boys were shipwrecked on a deserted island. What do they do, this little tribe? They made a pact never to quarrel.”
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six boys who had been found three weeks earlier on a rocky islet south of Tonga, an island group in the Pacific Ocean. The boys had been rescued by an Australian sea captain after being marooned on the island of ‘Ata for more than a year. According to the article, the captain had even got a television station to film a re-enactment of the boys’ adventure.
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there he was, sitting out in front of a low-slung house off the dirt road: the man who rescued six lost boys 50 years ago, Captain Peter Warner.
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The boys, once aboard, claimed they were students at a boarding school in Nuku‘alofa, the Tongan capital. Sick of school meals, they had decided to take a fishing boat out one day, only to get caught in a storm.
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The real Lord of the Flies, Mano told us, began in June 1965. The protagonists were six boys – Sione, Stephen, Kolo, David, Luke and Mano – all pupils at a strict Catholic boarding school in Nuku‘alofa. The oldest was 16, the youngest 13, and they had one main thing in common: they were bored witless
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on the eighth day, they spied a miracle on the horizon. A small island, to be precise. Not a tropical paradise with waving palm trees and sandy beaches, but a hulking mass of rock, jutting up more than a thousand feet out of the ocean
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These days, ‘Ata is considered uninhabitable. But “by the time we arrived,” Captain Warner wrote in his memoirs, “the boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination.”
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The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty. Sometimes they quarrelled, but whenever that happened they solved it by imposing a time-out
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Their days began and ended with song and prayer. Kolo fashioned a makeshift guitar from a piece of driftwood, half a coconut shell and six steel wires salvaged from their wrecked boat – an instrument Peter has kept all these years – and played it to help lift their spirit
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While the boys of ‘Ata have been consigned to obscurity, Golding’s book is still widely read. Media historians even credit him as being the unwitting originator of one of the most popular entertainment genres on television today: reality TV.
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It’s time we told a different kind of story. The real Lord of the Flies is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other.
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“Life has taught me a great deal,” it began, “including the lesson that you should always look for what is good and positive in people.”
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Paul LeenardsFor centuries western culture has been permeated by the idea that humans are selfish creatures. That cynical image of humanity has been proclaimed in films and novels, history books and scientific research. But in the last 20 … https://ift.tt/35O7AFE
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Debra KolahSo, white British dude imagines that boys marooned on an island will become murderous "savages." Actual children -- Tonga people, "savages" as imperialism endlessly frames them -- built a commune and took care of each other. https://t.co/aa3bCw3P5e
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Mela EckenfelsWow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after 50 years! - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures!) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /
Here's how I met him: https://t.co/FoFKRFrkdP. He was the sailor who found and befriended the six Tongan teenagers who had shipwrecked on the island of 'Ata in 1966 (including Peter's future best friend Mano Totau). -
Tori KlassenLove this story. Personally, I think you should prioritize Polynesian (Tongan if possible!) filmmakers as to avoid cultural appropriation, misrepresentation, and to keep the Pasifika voice authentic. I'm probably not available lol
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Eu MonroyWow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after 50 years! - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures!) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /
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kimdarlingThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months | Society books | The Guardian https://t.co/92PcXArXF7
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Buster BensonWhen 6 boys shipwrecked on an island for 15 months, they didn't turn selfish.
They tended the fire and sang together. They gardened, cooked, and mended a broken leg.
Human nature isn't inherently nasty. We all have the capacity to care and cooperate.
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Grace Rodriguez“The real Lord of the Flies is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other.” https://t.co/uofQL97UeE
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Robbo RobertsThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months https://t.co/Auysxs3FKb As someone who's been extremely bored in Tonga, I get these kids' motivations
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Áine MacDermotThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
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Suzana SThis could be the most uplifting thing you read today. Or this weekend. Or this month.
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Trevor ConnollyThe real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months | Society books | The Guardian https://t.co/29N3FsUJbn
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Sheri EdwardsSuch a beautiful story of how we survive better when we work together and help one another. The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months | Books | The Guardian https://t.co/P6En2kh39f
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Cynthia KeechThis could be the most uplifting thing you read today. Or this weekend. Or this month.
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Heather PerkinsonThe boys' tale is excerpted in The @Guardian today, and it's a lovely antidote to the lazy story of humanity's bestial nature, lurking eternally just below the surface.
https://t.co/2pvFZOQUBu
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Just spoke to captain Peter Warner over the phone. He and Mano Totau - one of the real Lord of the Flies 'boys' - are very happy with all the interest in their story. After 50 years, they're still the best of friends.
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western culture has been permeated by the idea that humans are selfish creatures. That cynical image of humanity has been proclaimed in films and novels, history books and scientific research. But in the last 20 years, something extraordinary has happened. Scientists from all over the world have switched to a more hopeful view of mankind. This development is still so young that researchers in different fields often don’t even know about each other.
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An English schoolmaster, William Golding, made up this story in 1951 – his novel Lord of the Flies would sell tens of millions of copies, be translated into more than 30 languages and hailed as one of the classics of the 20th century. In hindsight, the secret to the book’s success is clear. Golding had a masterful ability to portray the darkest depths of mankind. Of course, he had the zeitgeist of the 1960s on his side, when a new generation was questioning its parents about the atrocities of the second world war. Had Auschwitz been an anomaly, they wanted to know, or is there a Nazi hiding in each of us?
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not for a second did I think to doubt Golding’s view of human nature. That didn’t happen until years later when I began delving into the author’s life. I learned what an unhappy individual he had been: an alcoholic, prone to depression; a man who beat his kids. “I have always understood the Nazis,” Golding confessed, “because I am of that sort by nature.” And it was “partly out of that sad self-knowledge” that he wrote Lord of the Flies.
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a minuscule island in the azure sea, ‘Ata. The island had been inhabited once, until one dark day in 1863, when a slave ship appeared on the horizon and sailed off with the natives. Since then, ‘Ata had been deserted – cursed and forgotten.
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A small island, to be precise. Not a tropical paradise with waving palm trees and sandy beaches, but a hulking mass of rock, jutting up more than a thousand feet out of the ocean. These days, ‘Ata is considered uninhabitable. But “by the time we arrived,” Captain Warner wrote in his memoirs, “the boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination.” While the boys in Lord of the Flies come to blows over the fire, those in this real-life version tended their flame so it never went out, for more than a year.
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The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty. Sometimes they quarrelled, but whenever that happened they solved it by imposing a time-out. Their days began and ended with song and prayer. Kolo fashioned a makeshift guitar from a piece of driftwood, half a coconut shell and six steel wires salvaged from their wrecked boat – an instrument Peter has kept all these years – and played it to help lift their spirits. And their spirits needed lifting. All summer long it hardly rained, driving the boys frantic with thirst. They tried constructing a raft in order to leave the island, but it fell apart in the crashing surf.
Worst of all, Stephen slipped one day, fell off a cliff and broke his leg. The other boys picked their way down after him and then helped him back up to the top. They set his leg using sticks and leaves. “Don’t worry,” Sione joked. “We’ll do your work, while you lie there like King Taufa‘ahau Tupou himself!”
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They were finally rescued on Sunday 11 September 1966. The local physician later expressed astonishment at their muscled physiques and Stephen’s perfectly healed leg
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While the boys of ‘Ata have been consigned to obscurity, Golding’s book is still widely read. Media historians even credit him as being the unwitting originator of one of the most popular entertainment genres on television today: reality TV. “I read and reread Lord of the Flies ,” divulged the creator of hit series Survivor in an interview.
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It’s time we told a different kind of story. The real Lord of the Flies is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other. After my wife took Peter’s picture, he turned to a cabinet and rummaged around for a bit, then drew out a heavy stack of papers that he laid in my hands. His memoirs, he explained, written for his children and grandchildren. I looked down at the first page. “Life has taught me a great deal,” it began, “including the lesson that you should always look for what is good and positive in people.”
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Dannon LovelandCool story - even has a happy ending... reminds me a bit of 'White Squall' too.
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