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Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
‘Lord of the Flies’ was written by William Golding. William Golding was born in 1911. After leaving Oxford University, he worked as an actor, producer and writer, and then as a teacher in a boy's public school.
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How was the author of Lord of the Flies affected by his experiences?
William Golding was horrified by what war revealed about people's capacity to harm their fellow humans. He was appalled by what happened in the Nazi concentration camps, and by the way the Japanese mistreated their prisoners. He was appalled too by t
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What did the author of Lord of the Flies learn from his experiences in the Second World War?
William Golding gradually learned to see all human nature as savage and unforgiving: he knew that even the 'goodies' can become 'baddies'
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Why did William Golding write Lord of the Flies?
In a book called Coral Island by RM Ballantyne, published in 1857, 100 years before Golding's book, three young British boys are shipwrecked on a desert island and have to survive without any adults. Brave and resourceful, they thoroughly enjoy their
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What is the island in Lord of the Flies like?
The island plays an important part in the novel. We see it first as a paradise - it is a place of 'enchantment', where 'flower and fruit grew together on the same tree.' Yet it is also full of dangers. The boys who are stranded there are initially ex
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What ideas does Lord of the Flies explore?
Some believe that the novel explores important religious issues, such as original sin (the idea that everyone is born sinful) and the nature of good and evil.
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When does Lord of the Flies take place?
The book indicates that it takes place in the midst of an unspecified nuclear war. The novel was written in 1954 when the threat of a nuclear war was very real so readers would be able to identify with what was happening in the story. The timing appe
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What is the author’s view of humans?
William Golding, the author, holds a pessimistic view of humans, believing we are always surprisingly close to descending into our violent primitive state of pure brutality.
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What was the author, William Golding, like as a child?
When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjo
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What is Lord of the Flies about?
During an unnamed time of war, a plane carrying a group of British schoolboys is shot down over the Pacific. The pilot of the plane is killed, but many of the boys survive the crash and find themselves deserted on an uninhabited island, where they ar
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What is Lord of the Flies an example of?
‘Lord of the Flies’ is an example of an ALLEGORY. This word means the novel can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
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What genre is Lord of the Flies?
‘Lord of the Flies’ is considered a dystopian fiction novel. A dystopia is a society that is seen as undesirable or frightening. Although the novel is set on what could be seen as a tropical paradise, the island soon becomes a source of evil.
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What does Lord of the Flies mean?
The name “Lord of the Flies” is a literal translation of the name of the biblical name ‘Beelzebub’, a powerful demon in hell sometimes thought to be the devil himself.
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What does the word ‘context’ mean?
The word ‘context’ means ‘time and place.’ In your exam, you will have to comment on what life was like at the time the novel was written/time it is set.
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What are some of the themes/ideas that Golding explores in Lord of the Flies?
Themes in the novel include civilisation vs savagery, loss of innocence and the destructive forces of man.
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