William+Golding

William Golding

LIFE: William Golding was a novelist, born at his maternal grandmother's house in 1911 in Cornwall England. Not less than a year after William Golding was born the Titanic sank! His father named Alec was a schoolmaster at Marlborough, Wiltshire. Alec Golding was a socialist with a strong commitment to scientific rationalism. Alec Golding had also written textbooks on botany, chemistry, zoology, physics, and geography, and was an accomplished musician, playing the violin, cello, viola, flute, and piano. Golding's mother named Mildred was active in the Women's Suffrage Movement. He was a writer and a veteran in the military. William Golding went to Oxford University. There he studied Philosophy and English literature. He graduated from Oxford University in 1935 and entered the Royal Navy in 1940. He was a lieutenant for five years. He married Ann Brook-field, an analytical chemist in September 30, 1939 and they had two children, Judy and David. Golding started writing at the age of seven. Golding's faith that every detail of human life has a religious significance is one reason why he is unique among new writers in the 50s. He became a major novelist at age 43 after writing "//Lord of the Fies//" in 1954 which was originally named "The Strangers Within". The novel was rejected by twenty-one publishers before Faber & Faber accepted it. Golding stopped teaching in 1961 and devoted himself entirely to writing. William Golding's service in World War II was the most affective in writing Lord of the Fies.

TIME PERIOD: War World II also known as the second war. World War II began in 1935 and lasted through 1945, a six year war. The war was carried out on land, sea, and air and involved the mobilisation of over 100 million military personnel. The three root causes of the war was the Prussian Militarism, Adolf Hitler, and the Appeasement. The Prussian Militarism made Germany so powerful and made it possible for a man like Adolf Hitler to gain total control of it. Adolf Hitler was an Austrian politician, madman, and a political genius. The appeasement was the desire to avoid violence helping Hitler rebuild the German military. The total death of the whole war was roughly about 72 million. Around 47 million civilians were killed, 20 million dead from war-related disease and famine. William Golding's service in World War II was the most affective in writing Lord of the Fies. Golding fought in the Royal Navy and was briefly involved in the pursuit and sinking of Germany's battleship, the //Bismarck//. He also participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day.

WORKS: Lord of the Flies