Lin Zixuan's idea is not much of a brainstorm, and this kind of show is not uncommon in later generations.

For example, the American reality show "Survivor" is to pull a group of people to a desert island, and these people engage in various intrigues in order to win a million-dollar prize.

There is also the American drama "Lost", which was once all the rage in China, and the story also takes place on an isolated island.

As for wild survival programs such as "Survival in the Wilderness", there are not a few.

In fact, this shows the adventurous and competitive spirit of Westerners, and it is also a manifestation of values.

Lin Zixuan was dissatisfied with the foreigners on the cruise ship who despised Chinese-style heroes, so he raised the topic.

That is, what happens to a group of Westerners of different social classes and identities who are displaced on a desert island?

How will they survive on a desert island, what institutions will be established, how will rights and food be distributed, will they coexist peacefully, or will they kill each other in the absence of outside help?

He didn't have a good heart to bring up the topic.

Robinson, the protagonist of Robinson Crusoe written by Defoe in 1719, is actually a colonizer, which is related to the political environment of English society at the time.

Defoe himself was a successful businessman in his youth.

In addition to his business engagement, he was also politically active, publishing a large number of political pamphlets on behalf of the rising bourgeoisie of the time, and he served as a secret intelligence agent for the government.

During this period, Britain implemented colonialism and imperialism, expanded overseas for colonial development, and built a colonial empire.

Robinson settled on a desert island and colonized the island. Not only did he control the entire desert island, but he also conquered his companions.

Therefore, this novel affirms the expansion, invasion and colonization of the British Empire in a form unique to literature.

In this day and age. China belongs to a semi-colonial country, as a Chinese. Hearing this group of foreigners praise Robinson with colonial overtones, Lin Zixuan must have felt uncomfortable in his heart.

But there are huge differences between Chinese and Western cultures, and it is impossible for him to argue with these foreigners.

So, he brought up the topic.

It is individual heroism for a Westerner to survive on a desert island, so what happens to a group of Westerners who survive on a desert island?

He first took the Orientals as an example, and pointed out that if a group of Orientals lived on a desert island, a country ruled by an emperor might be established, and there would be a clear hierarchy.

Westerners are generally interested in politics, and this topic involves sociology and political science, which has aroused heated discussions among them.

Westerners who believe in democracy believe that an orderly democratic state will be established.

Members of the Christian church want to form a church state. Let God guide the way forward.

Pessimistic people feel that they may be in a state of anarchy, where everyone fights and fights for food.

Optimistic people want to build a wonderful new world where everyone is equal and everyone can live happily ever after.

The men also discussed the desert island environment and the skills of survival in the wild, and the role that each person can play in it.

Should politicians lead the way on a desert island, or should the clergy lead the way, or should a small council be formed with doctors and police officers, among others.

All things being equal, the able-bodied will have a much better chance of survival, while the thin-bodied will be bullied.

Women and children are protected objects. But once the chaos begins, it will also be the first victim.

The aliens on board the ship were complex, including members of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs, businessmen, journalists, academics and missionaries. They enthusiastically discussed all possible scenarios and elaborated their views.

To sum up, they believe that a kind of coalition government is likely to be formed. But it will be challenged by the people at the bottom.

Once the challenge is successful, it becomes a world of violence and killing.

They cite the violent revolution in the Soviet Union as an example. It is believed that democracy is more suitable for the development of modern society.

Those who can stay in first class are people of status and status, and naturally represent the interests of the bourgeois upper class.

Their political stance does not allow desert islands to remain in anarchy. Or a violent revolution, otherwise they will lose everything.

Lin Zixuan originally wanted to see these people attack each other, and different political ideas collide fiercely, discuss the good and evil of human nature, and dig out the evil in the hearts of Westerners.

It's much more interesting than talking about Robinson.

But I didn't expect that these people were in the same social class, and they instinctively defended the interests of their own class.

Although there is some controversy, it is not heated or profound.

Lin Zixuan didn't see the good show, he was quite disappointed, and after returning to his cabin, he remembered a novel.

This novel tells the story of a group of children stranded on a desert island, and explores the good and evil of human nature through the behavior of children.

It was the British writer Golding who published Lord of the Flies in 1954.

The story takes place in a nuclear war in the future World War III, where a group of children between the ages of six and twelve are stranded on a desert island due to a plane crash during their retreat.

The island has plenty of fresh water, good food, clear blue waters, and long sandy beaches......

It presents a picture similar to that of the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve inhabited at the beginning of man.

At first, they were able to live in harmony, living spontaneously according to the rules of civilized society, assigning work and working together.

But later, in order to compete for dominance over the small society and establish an authority that can give orders, they kill each other.

Without the rationality and order of the civilized world, without the rules of discipline and mutual assistance, these children have completely degenerated into a group of bloodthirsty beasts.

Because of his participation in World War II, the cruelty of war made Golding shaken and confused about human nature.

He believes that there is a savage and violent side of human nature, that is, human nature is inherently evil, and if it is not stopped and restrained, it will explode and cause evil consequences.

In ancient China, there was a discussion on this aspect, Mencius held the theory of sexual goodness, Xunzi held the theory of sexual evil, and there was endless debate for thousands of years.

Thus, Golding came up with the idea of writing a novel that exposed human nature and showed the idea that human beings are essentially sinful.

This is the origin of the creation of the novel "Lord of the Flies".

Interestingly, he drew on the structure of a children's novel, Coral Island, published in 1857.

Coral Island was written by the 19th-century adventure novelist Ballantyne.

It tells the legendary story of three boys who fight pirates and cannibals on a coral island in the South Pacific Ocean because their ship runs aground in a storm.

Unlike "Lord of the Flies", which shows the evil of human nature, "Coral Island" shows the child's courage and the spirit of exploration.

Lord of the Flies, a profound allegorical novel, also won Golding the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Lin Zixuan himself has no opinion on the good and evil of human nature, he still hopes that human nature is kinder.

It was because of this discussion on the cruise ship that he decided to write "Lord of the Flies" as a response to this discussion, and it will also become one of the works that established his status in the Western literary world. (To be continued.) )