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Lord of the Flies pre-reading webquest

By LitvakKirill

  • Birth and Childhood

    Birth and Childhood
    William Golding was born in Newquay, Cornwall, UK.
    As a child, Golding attended Marlborough Grammar School, run by his father. William enjoyed bullying his peers and would later describe his young self as somone who "enjoyed hurting people image:visitcornwall.com

  • Poems

    Poems
    Golding's first book, poems, was published.

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    William Golding graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford, with a degree in English. He takes a job teaching English at Bishop Wordsworth's school.
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    English Teacher

    After graduating, Golding started working as a teacher of English at Bishop Wordsworth's school in Salisbury, England. He continued to teach English until 1963, when he became a full-time writer.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Golding married Ann Brookfield, a chemist. The couple would later have two children.
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    World War II

    During the war, Golding enlisted in the navy and was eventually put in command of a rocket launching craft. Golding later stated “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.”

  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies
    William Golding's most famous work, Lord of the Flies is Published

  • The Inheritors.

    The Inheritors.
    William Golding writes his favorite of his novels, the inheritors.

  • Booker Prize

    Booker Prize
    Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for his novel Rights of Passage, which he turned into a series.
    image: goodreader.com

  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize
    William Golding receives the Nobel prize in literature for "his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today"

  • Knighthood

    Knighthood
    William Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the summer of 1988. After knighting him, the queen asked Golding if he was still writing. Whenhe anwered that he was, she replied with the words "Oh good."
    Image:BBC

  • Death

    Death
    William Golding dies at the age of 81.
    Image:findagrave