--WilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGolding((((1911-19931911-19931911-19931911-1993))))Fullname:Fullname:Fullname:Fullname:SirWilliamGeraldGoldingOccupation:Occupation:Occupation:Occupation:novelist,poet,playwrightGenres:Genres:Genres:Genres:Survivalistfiction,Robinsonade,adventure,seastory,sciencefiction,essay,historicalfiction,stageplay,poetryInterests:Interests:Interests:Interests:sailing,archaeology,playingthepiano,celloandoboe.thepurposeforwriting:thepurposeforwriting:thepurposeforwriting:thepurposeforwriting:writingforhimselftohelppeopletounderstandtheirhumanity.WilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGolding((((1911-19931911-19931911-19931911-1993))))Notableawards:Notableawards:Notableawards:Notableawards:NobelPrizeinLiterature1983BookerPrize1980In2008,TheTimesrankedGoldingthirdontheirlistofThe50greatestBritishwriterssince1945.theNobelFoundationcited:theNobelFoundationcited:theNobelFoundationcited:theNobelFoundationcited:hisnovelswhich,withtheperspicuityofrealisticnarrativeartandthediversityanduniversalityofmyth,illuminatethehumanconditionintheworldoftoday.BeforeWWII,heworkedasawriter,actor,andproducerwithsmalltheatrecompaniesandasateacher.WilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGoldingWilliamGolding((((1911-19931911-19931911-19931911-1993))))PagePagePagePage����5555NotableworksNotableworksNotableworksNotableworksLordoftheFlies(1954)LordoftheFlies(1954)LordoftheFlies(1954)LordoftheFlies(1954)PincherMartin(1956)PincherMartin(1956)PincherMartin(1956)PincherMartin(1956)PagePagePagePage����6666NotableworksNotableworksNotableworksNotableworksTotheEndsoftheEarthTotheEndsoftheEarthTotheEndsoftheEarthTotheEndsoftheEarth(the(the(the(thetrilogyofnovelstrilogyofnovelstrilogyofnovelstrilogyofnovels))))•RitesofPassage(1980)•CloseQuarters•FireDownBelow(1989)HewasalsoawardedtheBookerPrizeforliteraturein1980forhisnovelRitesofPassage,thefirstbookofthetrilogyTotheEndsoftheEarth.PagePagePagePage����7777�NovelsNovelsNovelsNovels•TheInheritors(1955)•FreeFall(1959)•TheSpire(1964)•ThePyramid(1967)•TheScorpionGod(1971)•DarknessVisible(1979)•ThePaperMen(1984)•TheDoubleTongue(posthumous)(1995)�PoemsPoemsPoemsPoems•Poems(1934)�PlaysPlaysPlaysPlays•TheBrassButterfly(1958)�NonfictionNonfictionNonfictionNonfiction•TheHotGates(1965)•AMovingTarget(1982)•AnEgyptianJournal(1985)NotableworksNotableworksNotableworksNotableworksPagePagePagePage����8888LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�LordoftheFliesisGolding'sfirstandlongestnovel.�GoldingwasinfluencedbyeventsduringtheWorldWarIIperiodthatthebookwaswritten.PagePagePagePage����9999LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�Briefintroduction:Briefintroduction:Briefintroduction:Briefintroduction:�Anallegoricalnoveldiscusseshowculturecreatedbymanfails�70ontheAmericanLibraryAssociation'slistofthe100mostfrequentlychallengedBooksof1990–2000.�oneofthe100bestEnglish-languagenovelsfrom1923tothepresentchosenbyTIMEmagazine.LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�Background:Background:Background:Background:•Thebookindicatesthatittakesplaceinthemidstofanunspecifiednuclearwar.•Themaroonedcharacters:someordinaryschoolboysandamusicalchoirunderanestablishedleader.•Mostoftheboysappearnevertohaveencounteredoneanotherbefore.LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�Structure:Structure:Structure:Structure:Beginning-Agroupofboyslandedonaisland.Theybuilttheirshelter,foundwater,andlitfire.Development-Theysearchfordifferentfood.Jackleadsomeboystohuntapig,whichmadethemmissthechanceofrescueandthusannoyedRalph.SoJackleftthegroupwithsomeboysandformhisowntribe.Climax-Chaosrose,Jack'stribeSimonkilledandPiggy,theyevenhuntedRalphEnd-Theywerefoundbynavyofficersandrescuedtothesociety.PagePagePagePage����12121212LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�Theme:Theme:Theme:Theme:�Thebookportraysboys'descentintosavagery,thewell-educatedchildrenregresstoaprimitivestate,whentheyafreefromrules.�Societyholdseveryonetogether,andwithouttheseconditions,ourideals,values,andthebasicsofrightandwrongarelost.Withoutrigidrulesofsociety,anarchyandsavagerycancometolight.PagePagePagePage����13131313LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�Conflicts:Conflicts:Conflicts:Conflicts:�civilizationVS.savagery(goodVS.evil)�livebyrulesVS.livefollowdesire(societyVS.humannature)�orderVS.chaos�democracyVS.anarchy�groupthinkVS.individuality�rationalVS.emotionalreactionsLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�WritingstyleWritingstyleWritingstyleWritingstyleItavoidhighlypoeticlanguage,lengthydescription,andphilosophicalinterludes.Muchofthenovelisallegorical.Thecharactersandobjectsareendowedwithsymbolicsignificancethatconveythethemesofthenovel.Goldingportrayedinvariouswaysinwhichboysadapttothesurroundings,reacttotheirnewfreedom,andrespondtostress,change,andtension.LordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFliesLordoftheFlies�NarrativetechniqueNarrativetechniqueNarrativetechni