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William Golding 1911-1993 - Coggle Diagram
William Golding 1911-1993
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WW2 --> served in the Royal Navy
1983 --> won the Nobel Prize for Literature
born in England.
He studied literature at Oxford and worked as a teacher.
works
"The Inheritors" (1955) evolution
"Lord of the Flies" (1954)
civilization
human nature
"Pincher Martin" (1956)
"Rites of Passage" (1980)
sea travel
destiny and colonialism
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characters
Ralph, the elected leader, tries to maintain order
Jack, the leader of the choir, becomes increasingly brutal
piggy, the weakest, gets killed
plot
The boys' society collapses into chaos and violence --> disintegration of civilization.
a group of British boys stranded on a deserted island trying to build up a civilization, but soon divisions and conflicts emerge.
"Lord of the Flies"
title
translation of Greek "beelzebub", satan, the symbol of evil
themes
anarchy
human nature
savagery
power
corruption