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Forgive me, for I’m just a bit confused where it came from. Please let me know if there’s anything wrong with what I’m thinking as well. Thank you!

Hello I'm going to approach this with care!

When people draw or interpret roger as a person of color, it usually isn't coming from malicious intent, but from the way he is physically described in the book: "The dark boy" (pg 21); "he was not noticeably darker than when he had dropped in" and "shock of black hair" (page 71); "swarthiness" (pg 74). These descriptions make him racially ambiguous to many readers, especially compared to boys likw ralph and jack, who are described in more conventionally anglo saxon way.

I can't fully speak on Golding's behalf, especially because overt racial prejudice is not a major focus of the novel itself...and if you sat there and said it's problematic for one of the only racially ambiguous characters to embody extreme cruelty, it is also worth acknowledging that Simon (another character many readers interpret as nonwhite coded) represents the novel’s strongest moral good. Simon functions as a Christ figure in the story, while Roger functions as one of its clearest symbols of unrestrained violence, true evil. Because of this, I dont think Golding was assigning morality based on race..rather I think their physical descriptions contribute symbolically to the roles they play within the book.

And simon works super interestingly in this context.. as a Christ figure, he mirrors many aspects of Jesus. his isolation, his spiritualness, his retreat into the forest (like the garden of gethesemane) before death, and ultimately his martyrdom. Historically , Jesus himself was a Middle Eastern Jewish man, not the fair skinned, blue eyed image that's often normalized in western art and religious imagery. By describing Simon in racially ambiguous ways, Golding may intentionally be challenging the traditional westernized depiction of holiness and purity. And this also connects to some of the novel’s broader themes like the influence of british colonial culture, imperialism, and social conditioning/indoctrinationon the boys’ worldview.

my favourite quote in lotf, in all of literature, really, is “now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing”. but it is SOOO misunderstood by everyone who talks about it.

no, maurice was not a child of abuse. his parents did not hate him. the tragedy of maurice’s character is that he knows right from wrong. he remembers discipline, and now that he is without it, he craves it. unlike the other boys who view themselves as men who battle for dominance, maurice views himself as a child. he wants to be told what to do. he wants someone to follow. he wants his parents.

THAT is the tragedy of his character. that is why, despite his better judgement, despite his guilt, and despite his cheery disposition, he is going to follow jack. he is too scared to act independently because he is just a boy who wants authority to make his decisions for him. the memory of punishment is not enough to steer him towards doing the right thing because the authoritative figure in his life has changed and he is not prepared to abandon that.

side note, him being mentioned to be grinning all the time sort of implies that he is a sensitive character anyway… of course this guilt is going to sit with him.

Ralph: just enjoying it, putting his hands up in their air and all that stuff, screaming with joy, typical coaster enjoyer, absolutely loves the ride

Piggy: would lose his specs mid-ride, absolutely screaming with fear, clutching onto the safety bars, comes out shaking and terrified and upset that Ralph dragged him on there

Jack: pretends to not be scared, ends up being scared, clings to the boy next to him (most of the time it's ralph or roger), screaming with voice cracks, comes out trembling but also trying to hide the fact that he was lowk shidding his drawers

Simon: goes on it a little bit scared but still a little excited, 5 seconds after the drop he faints mid-ride, and at the very end he finally wakes up and says it wasnt that bad 😭🙏

Roger: deadpan expression throughout the whole thing, likes to feel the wind in his hair when the ride goes really fast, likes to watch Jack scream next to him loud as fuckkk 😭😭 at the end of the ride he'd be like "yeah it was alright"

I don't think the book was written with this in mind but I still think it's interesting commentary on how society treats disabled people and how dysfunctional/corrupt societies often scapegoat/blame minorities like disabled people to uphold power/divert from their own downfalls(jack claiming Simon was the beast in disguise, the group's treatment and the murder of piggy in general)

also the way piggy and Simon are both isolated from the group and treated as weird or lazy for their disability is reminiscent of how society treats disabled people and adds another layer to their murders and the allegory of civilization(the group constantly on piggy for not being able to do certain tasks and calling Simon 'batty' and 'queer')

I definitely think they represent the disabled in society as well, again, given how they are scapegoated, isolated and treated worse than the other boys.

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= the confession part =

I choose to make this because my hyperfixation on LOTF which is a good motivation to read a book and do something done, a very nice journey even this made in 2 - 3 weeks but I put a lot of effort in it

the game testing is so fun, my tester recreate the canon event (2 "accident") jack tester review that watching ralph player's reaction when they lose their member is very fun!!! (most of my game tester like to play jack for some reason LOL)

about the name: YES this after the line in THAT rap battle (it so catchy)

also it means the lord (leader) after the (plane) crashed and lord (leader) crashing their goal and ideal to win so you are the lord (the superior one) ... which is the main theme of this game and the most important thing is to resemble lord of the flies ofc--

PS. please! please feel free to review and react, tell me what you think, who you like to play, is it fun? I really want you guys feedback!!