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The life and times of William Golding

            William Golding was born in the village of St. His father was a schoolmaster and his mother was a suffragette. He is considered to be one of the most important writers of the 20th century. He is famous for writing a book called "Lord of the Flies". When he was in high school, 18 years old, he wrote a collection of poems called "Poems". He was educated at Marlborough Grammar school and at Brasenose College in Oxford. He was studying to be a scientist but abandoned his studies in science and started studying Literature. In his spare time he wrote small plays in London. William Golding became a social worker and after some time he met an analytical chemist, Ann Brookfield, with whom he later married. Then he became a schoolteacher.
             After a while, England became involved in W.W.II. William Golding joined the Royal British Navy. He was six years afloat except for six months at the Naval Research Establishment and seven months in New York. He was injured during the war. His final rank was Lieutenant in command of a rocket ship. Golding's view of life changed after the war. He was honored with the title of "The British Commander of the seas" and he also wrote a book about it. Affected by Battle-Fatique syndrome he lost faith in humans. He didn't even believe that children were innocent. A difficult situation will change a man and reveal his dark side. .
             He returned home and started writing many books but had no success. Then he decided and started writing a book only for himself. The theme of the book was "Mans inhumanity to Man". The book was rejected by twenty-one publishers but a publishing house called Faber & Faber decided to publish the book. It went into paperback printing. The book became a best-seller and was in the booklists of Colleges because every student had to buy it. Everyone started discussing it.
             Another of his books is called "The Inheritors" and it's about cave people.


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1. Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Lord Of The Flies by William Golding Title: Lord Of The Flies Author: The book was written by William Golding. Golding is a British writer and poet. Golding was born in 1911 and died in 1993. ... I also think that Golding has found a very creative way to describe the line between human and barbaric ways of life. ... Also, I learned that a lot of times, people can be very influenced by the enviroment they're in. ...

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2. Lord Of The Flies - William Go

Most children are good at heart, but at times seem like little mischievous devils. ... For example, in the novel The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, one can see how children react to certain situations. ... Therefore, Golding succeeds in effectively portraying the interests and attitudes of young children in this novel. ... Without adults, the children are turning towards barbarianism but are not fully away from the order and discipline of their previous life to be considered savages. ... A child's life is a long and winding road in which they can be sidetracked quite easily. ...

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3. Lord of the Flies: what kind of a novel is it?

The author, William Golding, intended the scenario to be perfectly realistic. ... Some critics have also discovered in this text allegories of the whole development of social forms from primitive times to the present, or of the growth of totalitarianism in Europe in the 20th century. ... William Golding once remarked that Lord of the Flies had 'a pretty big connection' with R.M. ... Golding's Britain - indeed Golding's world - had little to cheer and had no cause to be triumphalistic or optimistic. ... Golding puts it like this: 'The whole book is symbolic in na...

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4. Lord of the Flies-theme essay

Often times corrupted people in both our world today and decades ago blame their corruption on the society. In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding claims and, through a microcosm, proves his theme that man does not get corrupted by the society, but that man is that cause of corruption of the society. Golding shows his theme through various characters. ... He used Simon to represent the peacefulness of life and the kindness of good heart... William Golding does a wonderful job of displaying that in his novel, through those characters. ...

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5. William Faulkner - Voice of the South

William Faulkner is one of the most distinguished American writers of the twentieth century. ... William was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Faulkner. ... Faulkner's writing during slavery times was considered misconduct and could have gotten him into enormous danger if found (Scott-Kilvert, 192). ... William Faulkner actually hated to leave Oxford. ... No matter what, his works will always stay gold (Ohashi, 273). ...

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6. Lord Of The Flies

In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the reality of how merciless the world really is can be revealed symbolically through Golding's use of object symbolism. ... In the novel the symbolic significance of certain objects develops and leads to the main idea that Golding is trying to express. ... When the boys finally do build a fire Ralph comes up with the idea to use the fire as a signal so the boats can see that there is life on the island. ... The naval guard is another one of Golding's use of symbolism in his novel. ... The frightening outcome of being able to display ruthl...

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7. The Life and Works of William Shakespere

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8. Shakespear: Who Was He?

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