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years in navy
William golding spent 5 years in the navy from 1940 to 1945 and got exposed to incredible cruelty and barbarity which humankind is capable -
who his father was?
His father was a school teacher and an ardent advocate of rationalism -
His passion
Golding dreamed of writing poetry, and put his self in shakesphere´s work -
Why he wrote the book?
as such, the novel illustrates the failure of the rationalism espoused by golding´s father -
His birth and who is mother was?
William Golding was born in 1911, in England. His mother was a huge supporter of the british suffragette movement -
When he was in college
Golding began attending brasenose college at oxford in 1930. Also spent 2 years studying science -
What william golding did?
From 1935 to 1939 golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in a unfashionable part of london -
Teaching
In 1939, golding began teaching english and philosophy salisbury at bishop wordworth´s school -
Marriage
In 1939, William also got married to ann bookerfield and had 2 children. -
Books out
lord of the flies was published in 1954