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lord of the flies

A book that perfectly epitomizes the teenage world.

In the same way that the boys were marooned on the island, adults have forced adolescents into a world of their own: high school.
Teachers and administrators are only concerned with keeping kids on the premises, and don't care what kids do to each other.
The resulting culture is logically, brutish, petty, and barbaric.

Few have any regard for their future. (The kids on the island have don't take care of their rescue fire)
The only people with any sense of reason, the nerds, are either completely ignored or overtly persecuted (Ralph, Simon, and Piggy).

In this world, there are no consequences for your actions. People are free to harm as they please, because the only authority present does not care what kids do to kids, only what kids to do teachers and school property.

The real message in the Lord of the Flies was that adolescents, left to their own devices, are naturally inclined to cruelty, destruction, and savagery.

Lord of the Flies is mandatory reading for most high school students. I don't believe it was a coincidence.
"When I was growing up, there seemed to be two main types of teenage fiction around. The first was fluffy (Sweet Valley High et al) and portrayed growing up as a hunky-dory experience, where beautiful boys met beautiful girls, the greatest trauma in life was not being selected for the cheerleading squad, and all lived happily ever after. The second type, which I feasted on with glee, explored reality. They captured just what a difficult and jagged experience growing up can be. Lord Of the Flies was published in 1954 but is still utterly relevant today. Golding uses the playing field of adolescence to explore the roots of evil, tracing the defects of society back to the defects of human nature."

-Sam Mill
by Baikalic May 28, 2007
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fooliest

Ex.1:
miranda: u r a fool
brittany: u r a more of a fool
conor: miranda, u b the fooliest

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Hey bob!
im not talking to u fred, u r a fool
FINE bob, but chu will always b the fooliest!!
haga dis!
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Follese

Follese' is the last name of people who are musically talented and very attractive! Although the girls in this family prefer basketball. You are a very lucky person if you know a Follese' they are the sweetest guys ever and are in possibly the best band in the world HOT CHELLE RAE!!! <3<3.
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no foolies

Said after something meaning it's the 100% truth. This cannot be used sarcastically, or any other -ly, except truthfully. You don't fuck with this shit.

It's origins come from South Park season 4 episode 16 'The Wacky Molestation Adventure.'
Person A: Holy shit, I just won $1,000,000 on this scratch ticket.
Person B: Bullshit.
Person A: No foolies.
Person B: Holy shit, buy me a car.
Person A: No.
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nick foles

A second string Quarterback who went on to replace michael vick after the latter had suffered a hamstring injury. In three games he broke or tied almost all of the records set by that faggot peyton manning earlier in the season. Statistically the best quarterback in the NFL as of this entry.
Bronco's fan: Peyton manning is the best quarterback in the NFL, herp derp *starts touching his own dick*

Nick Foles: *matches record for most TD's in one game, sets all time highest QB rating average for a single month, on the way to breaking the QB rating record for a season and is two touchdown passes away from breaking the record for most touchdown passes without an interception*

Bronco's fan: *sets self on fire*
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the eagle flies on Friday

The eagle flies on Friday, and we'll party all night long.
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