![]() ![]() After his military experience, Golding was a schoolteacher and, for 15 years, immersed himself in reading the Greek classics because, according to him, "this is where the meat is." He felt that Greek drama had a great influence on his work many scholars agree.Īs a synthesis of Golding's life experiences, Lord of the Flies investigates three key aspects of the human experience that form the basis of the the author wants to convey: (1) The desire for social and political order through parliaments, governments, and legislatures (represented by the platform and the conch). Having joined the British Royal Navy when World War II began, Golding was involved in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Golding spent two years as a science student at Oxford University before he aborted his pursuit of science for a degree in English literature, his first step toward a rejection of the scientific rationalism espoused by his father. Significant personal life experiences shaped the author and therefore his work. The island and the boys and many other objects and events in the work represent Golding's view of the world and humankind in general and some characteristics or values found in British culture specifically. Lord of the Flies is an allegorical microcosm of the world Golding knew and participated in. As all authors use their life and times as reference points in their works, William Golding drew heavily on the social-religious-cultural-military ethos of his times. ![]()
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