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Well, it's not quite as bad as I had remembered from high school (when I would have given it about negative 3, wondering why anyone would have even published such trash).
Now, as an adult, it is simply a story of what happens to human nature when it has no guidelines, no culture, no adult supervision, and is attacked by fears and imagination. I still didn't see anything "good" to recommend the book, or particularly helpful or thoughtful to make me want to read it or consider it a "classic" for s ...more
Now, as an adult, it is simply a story of what happens to human nature when it has no guidelines, no culture, no adult supervision, and is attacked by fears and imagination. I still didn't see anything "good" to recommend the book, or particularly helpful or thoughtful to make me want to read it or consider it a "classic" for s ...more
I knew about the cruelty of children when I read this book, but I'd never read about it before. Not like this. Not in a way that made me feel it all over again. This book was like...high school. A metaphor for my HS experience, anyway.
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