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In today’s world kids see a lot before they ever reach Jr. High and High school. While there are three death scenes two of which are fairly graphic this movie is not the worst a 15 to 18 year old has ever watched. Plus the only truly gory scene is Piggy’s death because it is more or less shown than the death of Simon or the death of _____________. If it were my classroom I would show it just to give an example of how charismatic leaders can gain power and steam roll over smaller contenders or how charismatic leaders with a backing of the people can do truly grotesque atrocities. Either way this movie is fine to be shown in a Jr. High or High school classroom mostly because now days the graphics of this movie would be considered lame in their

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