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The Very Beginning
William was born in in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. Living next door to a grave yard, he learned the fundementals of life. William's mother was a women's rights activist and his father was a schoolmaster. -
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The life of William Golding
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Field of Expertise
Golding decided to follow in his father's foot steps, and took a job as an english and philosophy teacher at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. He fell in love with his job almost immediately. -
The Arts
For four years William worked in many different majors. Golding worked as an actor, producer, and writer in a small theater. He paid his bills taking a job as a social worker, and he lived on the unfashionable side of town. -
The Love in His Life
William Golding married a lovely lady named Ann Brookfield. They later had two kids; Golding's legacy. -
The Royal Navy
Golding left his beloved profession as a teacher, and headed out to sea to fight in World War 2. For six years, he proceeded to gain medals of honor, and knowledge for fiction. -
Lord Of The Flies
Teaching hectic school boys offered up an insight in the creation of this novel, aswell as did fighting the evils of human nature in the navy. This classic was rejected 21 times, and is now an insight to humanity and read in classrooms around the world. -
CBE
William receives the honorary designation Commander of the British Empire. People began to aknowledge him in a way that he'd always wanted to be seen as. They looked up to him as if he could do no wrong. -
Hard Work Well Noticed
William was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature after a film was made depicting The Lord Of The Flies. He accepted yhis award humbley at the age of 73. -
The Knighting
William was noticed by people as high as places as the Queen of England. In 1988, Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. -
A Tough Heart
Finally, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He was survived by his two childeren, Judith and David, and his wife, Ann Brookfireld.
