By embracing these reforms, Bangladesh can overcome the challenges depicted in Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, and Waiting for Godot. A united and ethical approach can transform the nation into a beacon of prosperity and equity, fulfilling its potential by 2040.
The message of Lord of the Flies, emphasising the destructive potential of unchecked power and the need for ethical governance, offers valuable insights for addressing challenges in present-day Bangladesh. The novel illustrates how the erosion of shared moral values can lead to chaos, a theme mirrored in Bangladesh’s socio-political issues. Golding’s call for vigilance in power dynamics resonates with the country’s need for greater institutional integrity and accountability.
The allegories in Golding’s Lord of the Flies and Orwell’s Animal Farm, enriched by Marxist philosophy and Beckett’s character study, provide invaluable lessons for understanding and addressing Bangladesh’s socio-political challenges. They remind us that unchecked power and greed lead to societal decay, but the remedy lies in ethical leadership, long-term plans, collective responsibility, and systemic reform. By heeding these lessons, Bangladesh can not only honor the sacrifices of its independence struggle of 1971 & 2024 but also build a future characterized by true freedom, justice, and prosperity.
* Rahman M Mahbub is Head, Department of English, City University, and academician, author, researcher and poet. He can be reached at [email protected]