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the birth of William Golding
William Golding was born September !9, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall England, His parents name were Alex and Mildred he was raised in a 14th century house. Alex was a schoolmaster and Mildred was an active suffragette -
William's school life
In 1923 William attempted to unsuccessfully write a novel. He was also bullying his peers. He also had quoted that he liked hurting people. His father hoped he would become a scientist but William wrote preoms -
publishing of Lord of the flies
The Lord of the flies was written about a group of boys that were abandoned since their pilot got killed when they crashed on anisland -
death of William
Golding died on June 19, 1993 he died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal Cornwall, Soon after he died his completed manusculpt for The Double Tongue was published -
royal navy
Golding spent six years on a boat, before he had to fight in New York along side Cherwell. Golding even quoted that " I began to see what capable of doing. Anyone who moved those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must be blind or wrong in the head"