1. LORD OF
THELo
FLIES
Context

2. WILLIAM
GOLDING
The author

4. Taught philosophy
& literature

5. Spent time in Navy in WWII

6. HE WON THE
NOBEL PRIZE
FOR
LITERATURE IN
1983

8. Cold War = Post WWII conflict
between US & Soviet Union

9. STORY BEGINS IN MIDDLE OF
A FICTIONAL NUKE WAR

10. A GROUP OF BOYS ARE STRANDED
ON AN ISLAND

11. WHEN THEIR EVACUATION PLANE
CRASHES

12. SOUND FAMILIAR?

13. THERE ARE NO ADULTS.
THERE IS NO AUTHORITY.

14. A STORY THAT USES
CHARACTERS AND
EVENTS TO REPRESENT
ABSTRACT IDEAS

16. Golding
wrote LOTF
as a
reaction to
the conflict
he saw all
around him.

17. So
get
ready