This is a new one to me…
Judy Carver, William Golding’s daughter, said:
“In 1940 my father joined the Royal Navy and eventually was sent to work for just over a year at a weapons research establishment.
“He told me he saw there how people’s desire to do a job well, to do their duty, could remove all human sensitivity.
“He remembered a suggestion that when bombs were dropped from a plane they should be accompanied by fireworks, to get people to gaze up in wonder and amazement.
“He was horrified at that. That perception of what humans are capable of is what stands behind Lord of the Flies.”
Might be in a similar vein to the Stuka’s siren, but does anyone know anything more? I’m guessing it didn’t progress…
By: Rosevidney1 - 17th September 2014 at 21:33
The Hiroshima nuclear bomb Little boy also had vanes in the tail to make a loud noise on its descent. The theory goes that anyone looking in that direction would be blinded by the flash. Mans inhumanity to his fellows knows no bounds.
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September 17, 2014 at 12:30 pm