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William Golding

William Golding. Author of Lord of the Flies. Golding’s Background. Full Name: William Gerald Golding Born : September 19 , 1911 Born in Cornwall, England. Golding’s Background. Father: Alec W orked as a science teacher He had strong political and scientific notions (socialist)

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William Golding

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  1. William Golding Author of Lord of the Flies

  2. Golding’s Background • Full Name: William Gerald Golding • Born: September 19, 1911 • Born in Cornwall, England

  3. Golding’s Background • Father: Alec • Worked as a science teacher • He had strong political and scientific notions (socialist) • Mother: Mildred • Worked on the suffragist movement • Siblings • Joseph

  4. Golding’s Background • Married Ann Brookfield on September 30, 1939 • She was an analytic chemist. • They had two children. • David (born in 1940) • Judith (born in 1945)

  5. Golding’s Education • Went to the grammar school where his father taught • Began studying at Oxford (Brasenose College) in 1930 • Original field of study was in the natural sciences • In 1932, he changed his field of study to English Literature. • Later in 1937, Golding returns to Oxford for a Diploma in Education

  6. Golding’s Career • He wrote poetry, non-fiction, a play, and mostly novels. • Some of his works: • The Brass Butterfly (play, 1958), The Inheritors (1955), Darkness Visible (1979), Lord of the Flies (1954)

  7. Influences on Work • Teaching • Golding taught at a number of grammar schools. • Met his wife Ann through teaching. • Experienced how young boys interacted with one another.

  8. Influences on Work B. World War II • Joined the Royal Navy (1940) • Helped to sink Germany’s Bismarck • Participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day • Changed his view of man • He came to believe that everyone has an evil side.

  9. Influences on Work C. Literary Influences • Classical literature • Mythology • Christian symbolism

  10. Lord of the Flies Background • Started from an idea he had while reading The Coral Island to his kids • Began working on it in 1952 • Originally called “Strangers from Within”

  11. Lord of the Flies Background • In 1953, he began sending it to publishers, where it was turned down by more than 20 of them. • sensitive subject matter • no one wanted something so pessimistic to be published • Finally accepted after changes to the text, and it was published in 1954 as The Lord of the Flies

  12. Later Life • 1983 – Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature • 1988 – Golding was knighted

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