Lord of the Flies

William Golding: was born in the beginning of the 20th century and grew up in the years before World War II. That war changed thinking about man’s essential nature. You can see the influence of this shift in thinking in Golding’s works.

Golding yearned to be like the characters in the fables and stories he read. The island setting for Lord of the Flies and the names of the persons were taken from Coral Island.

At about the age of twelve he decided to be a writer so he studied literature in college.

After the second World War W. Golding came to believe that there was a very dark and evil side to man. ”The war” he said “was very unlike. It taught us not fighting but about the given nature of man.

His first three novels were very much like novels he had read, and he had called them the “rubbish” of imitation. His forth novel was “Lord of the Flies”

1983 he earned the Nobel price for literature and died 10 years later in 1993.

Plot: The action takes place on the mountain, where Ralph assembles the boys by blowing the conch. Ralph the is elected as leader. They realise that they’re on an island.

Then they decide to light a fire on the mountain as a signal and for protecti

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Simon represents that part of man which is sensitive to beauty and truth.

As they try to get Piggy’s glasses back, Piggy gets killed, Samneric gets captured and Ralph is driven away.

A ship passed the island but the signal fire isn’t burning anymore because the responsible boys went hunting. The fir burns out of control and kills a little one (the first victim of the fire). He seldom sees the meaning of things until someone points it out to him. The Lord of the flies is like a good/devil for them. The meeting has a sudden ending because Jack breaks it up by leaving the platform with his boys (first splitting into two groups).

Background

William Golding presented numerous themes and basic ideas that give the reader something to think about.

Jack finally splits with Ralph, taking his hunters with him. Jack and his hunters started to live like the savages. Simon hides in the jungle and talks to the lord the flies. Without society's rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light.

Piggy comes from the working class. He is the only one who helps Ralph building the Shelters.

Ralph calls an assembly and tells the boys that the have to follow the rules.

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Ralph Simon, Lord Flies, William Golding, War Golding, War II, Goldings Golding, Coral Island, lord flies, william golding, piggys glasses, World War, action takes, world war,

Approximate Word count = 901
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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