Thinking it may be time to reread Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
At first read, it's about a bunch of schoolboys, survivors of a shot down airplane during wartime, marooned on a desert island and their attempts to organize and survive.
A look a little deeper reveals today! Major themes of the book include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. More specifically: Civilization vs. Savagery, Loss of Innocence, the Struggle to Build a Civilization, the Dangers of Mob Mentality, and the Inherent Evil of Man. You know, like these past few years in America, the Ralphs vs. the Jacks.
Why education? It lets you see what the point of the book is.
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