Unlike the Lord of the Flies, a real life story about six shipwrecked boys who ended up on a deserted island in Tonga for 15 months showed cooperation and loyalty rather than murder and mayhem.
The group stole a boat out of boredom and got caught in a storm that brought them to the island. They survived by scavenging.
They also survived by working together. One of the boys fell and broke their leg so they fashioned a makeshift split. They made a guitar out of coconuts and wire that washed ashore. They sung together and prayed every night to keep their spirits up, for 15 months before they were rescued by a fishing boat.
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Culture Is an Attempt to Cover up Our Wildness
Immanual Kant states that between instinct and culture is wildness. It is in mankind’s nature to be raw and wild so we find ways to cover up this wildness through culture—a collective set of customs, art, and achievements.