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Lord of the Flies - Wikipedia Golding got the idea for the plot from The Coral Island, a children's adventure novel with a focus on Christianity and the supposed civilising influence of British colonialism
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Plot Summary | LitCharts Simon comes upon the head, and sees that it's the Lord of the Flies —the beast within all men While Jack invites everyone to come to a feast, Simon climbs the mountain and sees the parachutist
Lord of the Flies: Lord of the Flies Book Summary Study Guide . . . Lord of the Flies explores the dark side of humanity, the savagery that underlies even the most civilized human beings William Golding intended this novel as a tragic parody of children's adventure tales, illustrating humankind's intrinsic evil nature
Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Book Analysis Written in the wake of Golding’s own experiences as a soldier, the novel uses a group of boys left stranded on an island as a metaphor for the effect that humankind has on the natural world
Lord of the Flies (Grades 9–1) York Notes Golding develops the characterisation of Simon as a Christ-like figure most obviously in this chapter Simon is determined to reach the top of the mountain, where the truth lies – both literally and metaphorically
A Summary and Analysis of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Its author, William Golding, was a struggling grammar-school teacher when he wrote it, having been given the germ of the idea by his wife, Ann The novel’s title is a reference to Beelzebub, a name for the Devil, which means literally ‘lord of the flies’ (at least in most translations)
William Goldings Lord of the Flies: Morality, Masculinity Life The evil that existed during WWII and the crimes committed by the Germans was what sparked Golding to write Lord of the Flies Even though it is a story about boys on an island, the story has a lot of depth and symbolism
William Golding - Wikipedia In William Golding: A Critical Study (2008), George states that, “Golding experienced two things that he counts the greatest influences on his writing—first, the war and his service in the navy and second, his learning ancient Greek ”