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Growing up.
He was born September 19 1911. -
William's Childhood
William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, but it was unsuccessful -
Education
Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930 and spent two years studying science because of his fathers beliefs , he switched to the literature program, following his true interests. -
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Career
He worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker, in 1939 he became a school English teacher he then temporarily left to the Royal Navy. -
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His return
He returned from the Royal Navy which made an enormous impact on him, and decided to write on that which led to him publishing his novel " Lord of the Flies" -
Lord of the Flies
In Lord of the Flies, he combined that perception of humanity with his years of experience with schoolboys. Although not the first novel he wrote, Lord of the Flies was the first to be published after being rejected by 21 publishers, after time this book has done well and he makes several more books later in life. -
The End of William's Life
He passed from a heart attack.