... in World War II had a profound effect on his view of humanity and the evils of which it was capable. After the war, Golding resumed teaching and started to write novels. His first and greatest success came with "Lord of the Flies" (1954), which ultimately became a bestseller in both Britain and the United States after more than twenty publishers rejected it ... . The novel's sales enabled Golding to retire from teaching and devote himself fully to writing. Golding wrote several more novels, notably "Pincher Martin" (1956), and a play, "The Brass Butterfly" (1958). Although he never ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Mary Fisher, a shallow woman whose own mother describes her as a little she-cat on heat'. Mary Fisher writes best-selling but trashy romance novels about the nature of love', and Ruth hates her for it ( I don't forgive her novels') because she tells lies. When Bobbo tells Ruth that she is a she-devil, and not a woman at all, she begins to wonder about ... ...

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... and took her in his life and loved her and treated her like his very own. Even though she went through hard times this girl has learned some life long lessons about love. Now the hard one again, at this point I was almost scared to bring it up from all the bad reactions I have gotten from the rest of the girls ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School