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William Golding - Coggle Diagram
William Golding
William Golding was born September 19, 1911
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Point Of View · The narrator speaks in the third person, primarily focusing on Ralph’s point of view but following Jack and Simon in certain episodes. The narrator is omniscient and gives us access to the characters’ inner thoughts.
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When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel.
On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers.
Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjoyed hurting people.”
In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems. The collection was largely overlooked by critics.
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Time And Place Written · Early 1950s; Salisbury, England
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Symbols · The conch shell; Piggy’s glasses; the signal fire; the beast; the Lord of the Flies; Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, and Roger
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Motifs · Biblical parallels; natural beauty; the bullying of the weak by the strong; the outward trappings of savagery (face paint, spears, totems, chants)
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