Lord of the Flies
Book • 1954
ReportThis book contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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JesusIsMyZoloft
Piggy isn't a woman, but he is brutalized for his spectacles.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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abd57900
yes, hunted like an animal
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Is there domestic violence?
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raincoat9
Children severely bully each other with no adult controlling the situation, resulting in deaths
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Addiction
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Animal
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raincoat9
Wild pigs are hunted and killed with spears
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Are animals abused?
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raincoat9
The boys hunt and kill pigs for food but also enjoy tormenting the pigs
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Is there a dead animal?
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abd57900
described in pretty intense detail
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Are there snakes?
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BigBouncyBalls
Mentions of a “snake-thing” in chapter 2
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Moomin
A main character has asthma and this is an important point
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Is there cannibalism?
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The_Funky_Flapjack
C9
yeah but it's pretty vague so idk whether to count it
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Is someone crushed to death?
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The_Funky_Flapjack
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dude gets bouldered
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Is someone burned alive?
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The_Funky_Flapjack
rip mulberry boy 😔
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Does a head get squashed?
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RamenDestroyer
After being crushed to death, it is described that a character's head is split open.
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Does someone break a bone?
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venusuwu
not exactly a bone but someone’s head get’s crushed
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Does someone have a seizure?
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raincoat9
Implied that one of the boys has epilepsy and his "episodes" are seizures
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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BigBouncyBalls
In chapter 10, a character is mentioned to have been “kicked in the pills”
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Is someone tortured?
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BigBouncyBalls
In chapter 7, Robert is repeatedly hurt after a game of mock-hunting escalates, and in chapter 10, Wilfred is beaten for no apparent reason (though this is not explicitly shown)
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Does someone fall to their death?
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EllaDrawswell
The initial blow from the boulder kills Piggy but he also falls into the ocean (there are rocks at the bottom) and is swept away.
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Is there excessive gore?
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raincoat9
Not excessive but there is some gore
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Children
Does a kid die?
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abd57900
2 kids die, both in pretty violent ways
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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BigBouncyBalls
It’s stated that Piggy’s parents are dead, and kinda sorta hinted at that Ralph’s mom is dead
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Fear
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Gross
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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venusuwu
one of the boys is called ‘piggy’ throughout the book because of his weight.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Moomin
The entire book is centred around being trapped on a desert island, so if being unable to escape is a trigger for you, this may not be the book for you.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Moomin
But a main character is majorly bullied about his weight throughout which I found very triggering.
There is also some survival-related scarcity of food which could be a trigger.
There is also some survival-related scarcity of food which could be a trigger.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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abd57900
lots of them
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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raincoat9
Piggy is also mocked for having asthma
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Are there n-words?
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BigBouncyBalls
In the original version, Piggy says the n word during his speech to the hunters in chapter 11. This was changed to “Indians” and sometimes “savages” in later versions
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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The_Funky_Flapjack
poor percival
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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raincoat9
In the context of surviving in the wild, on an uninhabited island
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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The_Funky_Flapjack
no but there is a plane crash that takes place before the story and is referenced throughout the book
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Does a plane crash?
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abd57900
that's the premise of the book, there's also a crash later that also results in someone's death
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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raincoat9
No, but it is implied that a nuclear war is going on and the boys have been evacuated from their home country (Britain)
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Does someone drown?
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raincoat9
No, but a dead body is washed out to sea
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Is there gun violence?
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Moomin
But there are spears and knives
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