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William Golding
1911-1993
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Author BackgroundBorn: Cornwall,
England Fought in Royal
Navy during WWIIWar’s end returned
to writing and teaching
Earned Nobel Prize
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The World Golding Knew
• WWII 1939- 1945• Britain feared an invasion and evacuated
children to other countries
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Questions About Human Nature
• Golding once allowed his class of boys total freedom in a debate, but had to intervene as mayhem soon broke out
• Critical response to Coral Island by R.M. Ballanytyne-Parodic
• Does man have a sinful nature?
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Rejected 21 times before it was published
It was his first novel- published in 1954
Not successful until the early 1960’s
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Golding’s Style
Heavy use of symbolism
Irony
Abundant imagery and sensory detail
Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Golding is a master of all of these stylistic features
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Facts About the Novel
• Rejected 21 times before published
• Not successful until the early 1960’s
• On the American Library Assoc. list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000.
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Whom Do We Think We Are?
“It was simply what seemed sensible for me to write after the war when everyone was thanking God they weren’t Nazis. I’d seen enough to realize that every single one of us could be Nazis.” --William Golding
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Themes in the Novel
• Civilization vs. Savagery
• Loss of Innocence
• Original Sin
• Fear that separates one from God
• Nature of Good and Evil
• Goodness is rare and fleeting
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Allusions
• Use of the names Ralph and Jack as the main characters from The Coral Island.
• Simon from the Bible: Simon Peter (called Peter), was the other boy’s name in The Coral Island
• Mention of Coral Island and Treasure Island
• Numerous biblical allusions throughout
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Symbols in the NovelThe Conch- Civilization and order
The Beast- The fear that separates man from God
Piggy’s Glasses- Reason, science and insight
Lord of the Flies- Evil
Fire Signal- Hope, salvation
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Sponge Bob Squarepants
The episode Club Spongebob is a spoof of LOTF.
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The Simpsons
• The Simpson’s episode titled Das Bus is a parody of Lord of the Flies.
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Survivor
Mark Burnett’s CBS island show is said to have been inspired by LOTF.
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Popular Music
Bands such as Taking Back Sunday, Nine Inch Nails, AFI, Iron Maiden, and Pink Floyd have written songs about or have alluded to LOTF in their music.
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Golding’s Message
“The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.”
--William Golding
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Themes
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12