William Golding Biography
William’s reputation rests primarily on his first Novel Lord of the Flies. He was born on September 19, 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. He studied at the school his father ran at Marlborough Grammar school. His father Alex was a schoolmaster and his mother, Mildred was a suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. When William was just 12 years old he attempted to write his first novel and it was unsuccessful. He started becoming frustrated and his outlet was to bully other children. William started growing up, he would describe his childhood self as a brat, he use to say “I enjoyed hurting people”. (Biography.com, 2016) William went
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For six years he spent his life on a boat. Before he officially went to the Royal Navy, he spent 7 months in New York and 6 months where he was helping and assisting Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. He fell in love with sailing and the sea. During World War II he fought battleships at the sinking of Bismarck. He fended submarines and planes. William became Lieutenant Golding. He was even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft. From his World War II experiences he said “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head”. In 1945 World War II had ended Golding had went back to teaching and writing being schoolmaster, and a lecturer. In 1951, Golding was back to living in Salisbury with his wife Ann and his 2 kids. His wife and him had married in 1939, his 2 children David born in 1940 and Judith born in 1945. He would read them bedtime stories with Island based themes. One night when he and his wife were in front of his fire place William had an idea and he said “wouldn't it be a good idea if i wrote a book about children on an island, children who would behave in the way children would really behave?” This became his idea for where the book “Lord of the Flies”. In 1954, the book was being written
For six years he spent his life on a boat. Before he officially went to the Royal Navy, he spent 7 months in New York and 6 months where he was helping and assisting Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. He fell in love with sailing and the sea. During World War II he fought battleships at the sinking of Bismarck. He fended submarines and planes. William became Lieutenant Golding. He was even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft. From his World War II experiences he said “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head”. In 1945 World War II had ended Golding had went back to teaching and writing being schoolmaster, and a lecturer. In 1951, Golding was back to living in Salisbury with his wife Ann and his 2 kids. His wife and him had married in 1939, his 2 children David born in 1940 and Judith born in 1945. He would read them bedtime stories with Island based themes. One night when he and his wife were in front of his fire place William had an idea and he said “wouldn't it be a good idea if i wrote a book about children on an island, children who would behave in the way children would really behave?” This became his idea for where the book “Lord of the Flies”. In 1954, the book was being written