Lin Zixuan told Pearl Buck about this, and he wanted Pearl Buck to translate the novel.

Although he worked hard to learn English to write "The Strange Man of the High Castle" during this period, he was far from reaching the level of serious subjects like writing in English.

In fact, Golding is not the kind of writer with a high level of literary talent.

His novels do not have fascinating plots, the characters' personalities have basically not developed or changed, and there is also a lack of environmental descriptions that realist writers attach great importance to.

He often tells a story with a serious content in a straightforward and straightforward manner, with a plain and cold tone, and it is difficult to encounter vivid descriptions.

This is exactly what makes him different from other realist novelists.

His novels are fable novels, which do not seek the richness of social life pictures, but seek profound philosophy and meanings to be included in them.

In his feelings, the world is absurd, terrifying, painful and desperate.

The stagnant, indifferent and dull atmosphere in his novel corresponds to such a world, which better displays the philosophical connotation of the novel and more profoundly expresses the irrationality of the world.

This way of writing can be called existential literature.

This type of literary works often describe an absurd world, where all those living in it are worried and confused "ultrasound characters", thus showing the problems and general anxiety facing mankind, and calling on people to make free choices.

Existentialist literature is mainly represented by French writers Sartre and Camus.

Golding is one of the most comprehensive, profound and innovative people among existential writers who have made absurd arguments the most comprehensive, profound and innovative.

Lin Zixuan believes that Pearl Buck is not the best translator.

This novel is quite strange. Although the plot is not complicated and there are no profound and difficult words, it is full of allegorical descriptions and can be interpreted in multiple ways. It is not easy to fully understand the theme of the story.

But he has no better choice.

Fortunately, Pearl Buck is a devout Christian and has been familiar with Christian classics since he was a child. There are a lot of metaphors related to the Bible in "Lord of the Flies", which Pearl Buck can understand very well.

For example, in Christianity, "Lord of Flies" is the source of sin. In the novel, the character Simon is largely alluding to Christ.

Pearl Buck is very interested in Lin Zixuan's new works.

She heard that the best-selling "Gone with the Wind" in the United States was written by Lin Zixuan on a cruise ship.

The closed environment of cruise ships is indeed very suitable for writing novels. There is too much time to spend when doing nothing and there is no busy social engagements on weekdays, so you can calm down.

Lin Zixuan went to the United States this time. Because he brought "The Strange Man of the High Castle", he was worried that something might happen and could not calm down.

In this case, he was not in the mood to write novels.

However, this opportunity made him realize that since he was on this path, being irritable and restless would not help anything. It would be better to calm himself down by writing this novel.

The chapter "Lord of the Flies" is not long, only a few hundred thousand words.

In order to let Pearl Buck understand the meaning of this novel, he specially wrote an introduction to the characters and theme.

Golding once said in the preface: "The barbaric nuclear war brought the children to an isolated island, but these children reproduced the entire historical process that brought them into this situation. In the final analysis, it was not an alien monster, but a man himself turned the paradise into a slaughterhouse."

This is what he wants to express.

Lin Zixuan sets the story backdrop after World War I, a British ship carrying a group of children sank. The children survived, and their identities and backgrounds were different.

Ralph is the protagonist in the book, he is the son of the British navy commander. He is rational and brave, has appeal and leadership skills.

He relied on his own advantages to become the leader of this group of children, formulated rules and regulations, and wanted to maintain civilized order.

Piggy is a fat man with glasses who is from a humble background and suffers from severe asthma and cannot engage in physical labor.

He loves to think about problems, is wise, represents the image of an intellectual, and is Ralph's think tank.

Simon has extraordinary insight and upright personality and dares to explore the truth.

He likes to be alone naturally and meditate and think hard, just like a Christian prophet.

He is another assistant to Ralph, and in this bleak human picture, Simon appears as a glittering hope.

When most of the children on the isolated island had returned to their original and barbaric state, they all showed extreme selfishness and cruelty. However, Simon's altruism was particularly dazzling.

Jack is the leader of the church choir, with a strong desire for power, and is always fighting for leadership on the island.

At the beginning, he also tried to establish civilized order, waiting for the arrival of rescue.

But with the shattering of hope for rescue, he exposed his evil side and quickly got rid of Ralph's control. He decided his own development path.

In an environment without adults, children are like wild weeds growing wildly, and Jack is the craziest one of them.

He adopted a variety of vicious conspiracy to eliminate dissidents, consolidate his power, and attempt to dominate the island.

Piki is Ralph's assistant and a symbol of reason and wisdom.

Roger is Jack's most vicious minions and thugs, representing the image of a barbarian.

These characters form a miniature small world on the deserted island.

They play various roles in the real world, assume their own social functions, and reproduce the tragedy of war in the real world through the development and collapse of this small world.

If you think of the dictator Jack as Hitler and Ralph as the leader of Britain and the United States, then everything that happened on the deserted island was a small World War II.

The desert island is actually a microcosm of British society in the 20th century, or in a broader sense the world.

From a more distant space, the earth is an isolated island. Humans are trapped on the earth and have no foreign aid. So how should humans choose?

Should we establish civilized order or return to the original barbarism?

In "Lord of the Flies", Jack gained control of the deserted island, and the Piggy and Simon, who represent human civilization, were killed. Ralph was chased by Jack, hid everywhere, and was in danger.

At this moment, a warship came to the deserted island and rescued Ralph.

The adults are here, and the civilized order is back.

Ralph and the children burst into tears, crying for the extinct childishness and the darkness of human nature.

The officers who rescued them only thought that these children were playing a war game.

Golding believes that modern systems represented by democracy are extremely fragile and can easily be broken by dictators, causing the world to fall into darkness. Human beings need to fully recognize their evil side. Only after experiencing the darkness of their souls can they become more likely to be good and save.

This is self-salvation.
Chapter completed!