Lin Zixuan's idea is not very big, and such programs are common in later generations.

For example, the American reality show "Survivor" is a group of people to a deserted island. These people have various intrigues to win a prize of one million dollars.

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

As for wild survival programs like "Survival in the Wild", there are many.

This actually shows the Western people's adventurous and competitive spirit, and is also a reflection of values.

Lin Zixuan was dissatisfied with the foreigners on the cruise ship's contempt for Chinese-style heroes, so he raised this topic.

That is, what happens after a group of Westerners with different social classes and identities are wandering on a deserted island?

How will they survive on desert islands without external rescue, what systems will they establish, how to distribute rights and food, whether to live in peace, or kill each other?

He did not have a good intention to raise this topic.

The protagonist Robinson in "Robinson Crusoe" written by Defoe in 1719 was actually the image of a colonist, which was related to the political environment of British society at that time.

Defoe himself was a successful businessman when he was young.

While engaged in business, he also engaged in political activities, and published a large number of political pamphlets on behalf of the rising bourgeoisie at that time. He once served as a secret intelligence officer 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 deserted island and colonized this deserted island. He not only controlled the entire deserted island, but also conquered his companions.

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

In this era, China is a semi-colonial country. As a Chinese, Lin Zixuan must feel uncomfortable when he heard this group of foreigners praise Robinson with a colonial color.

But there are huge differences in Chinese and Western cultures, and he cannot argue with these foreigners.

So he raised this topic.

It is personal heroism to survive on a deserted island. So what will happen to a group of Westerners survive on a deserted island?

He first took the example of Orientals and pointed out that if a group of Orientals survived on a deserted island, they might establish a country ruled by emperors and have clear classes.

Westerners are generally interested in politics. This topic involves sociology and political science, which aroused their heated discussions.

Westerners who believe in democratic systems believe that an orderly democratic country will be established.

Christian church members expect to establish a church country where God guides the future.

Pessimistic people feel that they may be in an anarchy, and everyone fights and fights for food.

Optimistic people hope to build a beautiful new world where everyone is equal and everyone can live a happy life.

These people also discussed the environment of desert islands and the skills of survival in the wild, in which each person can play a role.

Should politicians be led by a leader on a desert island, or should clergy be led by a leader, or should a small parliament be established in conjunction with doctors and police officers.

Under the same conditions, the chances of strong people living will be much higher, while the thin people will be bullied.

Women and children are protected objects, but once chaos begins, they will be the first victims.

The foreigners on the cruise ship have complex identities, including members of the US Foreign Department, businessmen, journalists, scholars and missionaries. They are enthusiastic about discussing various possible situations and explaining their respective views.

To sum up, they believe that a coalition government may form, but will be challenged by the lower classes.

Once the challenge is successful, it will become a world full of violence and killing.

They took the violent revolution of the Soviet Union as an example and believed that the democratic system was more suitable for the development of modern society.

Those who can move into first class are all people with status and status, which naturally represents the interests of the bourgeois upper class society.

Their political stance does not allow desert islands to be anarchic, or violent revolutions occur, otherwise they will lose everything.

Lin Zixuan originally wanted to see these people attack each other and the fierce collision of different political propositions. He discussed the good and evil of human nature and explored the evil in the hearts of Westerners.

This is much more interesting than talking about Robinson.

But unexpectedly, these people are in the same social class and they instinctively safeguard the interests of their own classes.

Although there are some debates, they are not fierce and not profound.

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

This novel tells the story of a group of children wandering on a deserted island, and uses their behavior to explore the good and evil of human nature.

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

The story takes place in a nuclear war in the future World War III, where a group of children aged six to twelve were trapped on a deserted island due to a plane crash during a retreat.

The island has plenty of fresh water, rich food, blue sea and long sandy beaches...

It presents a picture like the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve lived at the beginning of man.

At first they could live in harmony and spontaneously follow the rules of civilized society, assign work, and work together.

But later, in order to compete for the ruling and dominance of small society and establish authority that can issue orders, they killed each other.

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

Because of participating in World War II, the cruelty of the war caused Golding to shake and doubt the nature of human beings.

He believes that there is a barbaric and violent side in human nature, that is, human nature is inherently evil. If it cannot be stopped and restrained, it will explode and cause evil consequences.

There were discussions on this aspect in ancient China. Mencius adhered to the theory of good nature and Xunzi adhered to the theory of evil nature. There have been debates for thousands of years.

So Golding developed a novel that exposed human nature, showing the idea that human nature is sin.

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

Interestingly, his creation of "Lord of Flies" borrowed the structure of a children's novel "Coral Island", published in 1857.

"Coral Island" was created by the 19th-century adventure novelist Balantan.

It tells the story of three boys fighting pirates and cannibals on a coral island in the South Pacific as a ship hits a reef in a storm.

Unlike "Lord of the Flies" that expresses the evil of human nature, "Coral Island" shows children's courage and courage to explore.

The profound fable novel "Lord of the Flies" also won Golding the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lin Zixuan himself has no opinion on the good and evil of human nature, and he still hopes that human nature will be more kind.

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