Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies? In Abundance

Mike Lux | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Lord of the Flies, Hate Crimes, Bully, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Bully, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Mike Lux

Romney went from being the big bully in his high school, to being the cavalier dad who made the family dog ride on top of the car even when it was making him sick, to being the "vulture capitalist" at Bain Capital.

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'Tis the Season to Notice Situations

Sam Sommers | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Gift List, Holidays, Holiday Season, Routine, Thanksgiving, Childhood Home, Situations Matter, Shopping Mall, Greeting Cards, Context, Human Nature, Social Norms, Lord of the Flies, Unwritten Rules, Dunkin Donuts, Scattergories, Family, Video, Books News
Sam Sommers

While we tend to view ourselves and others around us in terms of predictably consistent personality types, time and time again behavioral science demonstrates that how we think and what we do varies dramatically by simple situational considerations like where we are.

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Tonally Inappropriate Book Covers

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: William Golding, J.D. Salinger, Book Covers, Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, Lord of the Flies, David Foster Wallace, Gone With the Wind, David Copperfield, All Quiet on the Western Front, Infinite Jest, Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm, Books News

Everyone knows that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but um, we kind of do it all the time. In fact, half the fun of that anachroni...

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A Survey Of Evil Children In Literature

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Evil Children in Literature, It, Doris Lessing, Stephen King, Mildred Pierce, Lord of the Flies, The Fifth Child, The Omen, The Turn of the Screw, Evil Children in Books, Books News

We all know adults can be evil, but in the modern era we are still under the impression that children are born good. Which is why it scares the bejesu...

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What Your Favorite Kids Book Then Says About You Now

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.11.2011

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Everyone had a favorite book as a kid – you know, that tattered old thing you carried from room to room and made you parents read out loud to you ov...

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Cracks is Girls Gone Wild ala The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (in a Good Way)

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melody Breyer-Grell

Take a dash of The Children's Hour, a whole lot of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, some Lord of the Flies , and first time director Jordon Scott begets a film that stands on its own as an original.

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HuffPost Review: Cracks

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Cracks shows just how far you can get when you want to make movies and your father happens to be Ridley Scott. This is a movie so silly it will be forgotten before the final credits roll.

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'Harry Potter,' 'The Giver,' 'Lolita,' 'Howl'

Dan Wilbur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Wilbur

"Lolita," for instance, is now "Likable Rapists." It makes you think that perhaps these new titles are what censors out there really see.

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

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Missed out on book reviews this weekend? We'll fill you in! "Savages," Don Winslow The New York Times It's clear that "Savages" has no dearth ...

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Lord of the Flies

Gershon Hepner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gershon Hepner

Inspired by an article by John Carey on how the manuscript of The Lord of the Flies was rejected by countless publishers,

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William Golding, "Lord Of The Flies" Author, Tried To Rape Teenager, Private Papers Show

guardian.co.uk | Martin Wainwright | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Nobel laureate Sir William Golding, whose novel Lord of the Flies turned notions of childhood innocence on their head, admitted in private papers ...

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Bad Dreams From My Grandfather

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Shadowy non-state actors contemplate flattening an American city with a device smuggled into the United States at one hundred possible ports of entry.

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