5. Golding at the Nobel Ceremony, 10 December 1983 http://www.william-golding.co.uk/.../05_thumb.jpg
6. Doris Lessing 1919 - Kingsley Amis 1922-1995 Iris Murdoch 1919-1999 “ The basic point my generation discovered about man was that there was more evil in him than could be accounted for simply by social pressures.” William Golding http://www.camyna.com http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com http://www.profile.myspace.com
7. “ There were things done during that period from which I still have to avert my mind less I should be physically sick. They were not done by the headhunters of New Guinea or by some primitive tribe in the Amazon. They were done skillfully, coldly by educated men, doctors, lawyers, by men with a tradition of civilization behind them, to beings of their own kind.” http://www.moonbattery.com http://1.bp.blogspot.com
12. “ The boy with fair hair lowered himself the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon.” The Blue Lagoon H. de Vere Stacpoole http://www.amazon.de http://www.mobipocket.com http://www.surfresearch.com.ua http://www.mobipocket.com
13. Disciplined Disorganised United. Divided Make shelters, utensils, a boat Fail to make anything Discover useful plants etc. Don’t discover anything Faith in God Paganism Evil externalised Evil internalised Some important differences between Coral Island and Lord of the Flies
1940 Golding joined the Royal Navy, participating in the invasion of Normandy. Golding’s experience in World War II had a profound effect on his view of humanity and the evils of which it was capable.
Golding said of the horrors of WWII: “We have discovered a limit to literature.”
who deal with the transfiguration of the British class structure in the twentieth century, are essentially concerned with human values and in their novels the essential focus is always upon the consciousness of their characters who find themselves lonely in a hostile world.
Published when Golding was 43. By then, he had been teaching literature to British schoolboys for 14 years.
In it, William Golding questioned whether the British were different or special or in any way more civilised than other nations of the Earth.
