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Born
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was an extremely bad child growing up but then, changed his behavior as he got older. -
Goldings Parents
His mother, Mildred, was a strong supporter of the British suffragette movement. His father, Alec, was a schoolteacher and an ardent advocate of rationalism, the idea that reason rather than experience is a necessary and reliable means through which to gain knowledge and understand the world. His parents were really good people and had an extremely big impact on his life. -
Education
Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford and spent two years studying science, in deference to his father's beliefs. In his third year, however, he switched to the literature program, following his true interests. Although his ultimate medium was fiction, from an early age, Golding dreamed of writing poetry. -
Career
Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker. He considered the theater the stongest literary influence. -
teaching and children
Golding began teaching English and philosophy in a school. That same year, he married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children. -
Navy
He temporily left teaching and joined the royal navy in 1940. Just before that he was teaching English and Philosophy. -
Done with the Navy
The five years Golding spent in the navy he made an enormous impact, exposing him to the incredible cruelty and barbarity of which humankind is capable. He wrote about his experience while being in the navy. -
Novel
In 1954 he published his first novel, The Lord of the Flies. Its a great book and definitely recomend it. -
The movie
A new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers. People loved it. -
Died
On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. But he lived a very good life.
