William Golding | Biography | Lord of the Flies Novel by Jesús Pardales

William Golding was born in Min. St. Columbus in Cornwall, England in 1911. His father Alec was the principal of the school, and his mother Mildred was active in the Women's suffrage movement. From the age of seven, Goulding wrote stories and at 12 years old, he tried to write a novel.

Golding was still an avid writer, and after enrolling in Brasnose College at Oxford University, he abandoned his plans for scientific research, preferring to read English literature. At age 22, a year before graduating from English, Goulding saw his first published literary work - a collection of poetry called Poetry.

After graduating from Oxford University in 1935, Golding continued the family tradition by becoming a director in Salisbury, Wiltshire. His school career was interrupted in 1940, with the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945). Lieutenant Golding served in the Royal Navy for five years and was an active soldier in the North Atlantic Ocean while operating a missile vehicle. (Source: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/william-golding)

"Lord of the Flies" The 1954 novel by William Golding, Lord of the Flies, tells of a group of boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island. They develop the rules and system of organization for survival, but without adult "civilizational" impulses, the children end up becoming cruel and unsympathetic to one another. In the context of the novel, the story of the descendent boys points to the chaos in which human nature is fundamentally cruel.

Over the years most scholars in diverse disciplines have always emphasized the thoughtfulness and educating characteristics of the writing of William Golding. See the video below Jill Dash sheds some incite on why every curious mind should read “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding?