Essay Archive - Lord of the Flies: About the Author
Lord of the Flies: About the Author
William Golding the author of Lord of the Flies was born in Great
Britain in 1911 and throughout almost his entire lifetime, he has lived and
witnessed the true evil within all men. During his childhood the first
World War beginning in 1914, and was followed many years later by the
savagery of World War II. He has seen powerful dictators rise and fall; he
has witnessed entire nations crumble, the massive slaughter of the
Holocaust come and go, weapons of death destroy entire cities, and he has
lived through a time when the world was divided in half and only a single
spark was need....
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