William golding

  • years in navy

    William golding spent 5 years in the navy from 1940 to 1945 and got exposed to incredible cruelty and barbarity which humankind is capable
  • who his father was?

    His father was a school teacher and an ardent advocate of rationalism
  • His passion

    Golding dreamed of writing poetry, and put his self in shakesphere´s work
  • Why he wrote the book?

    as such, the novel illustrates the failure of the rationalism espoused by golding´s father
  • His birth and who is mother was?

    William Golding was born in 1911, in England. His mother was a huge supporter of the british suffragette movement
  • When he was in college

    Golding began attending brasenose college at oxford in 1930. Also spent 2 years studying science
  • What william golding did?

    From 1935 to 1939 golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in a unfashionable part of london
  • Teaching

    In 1939, golding began teaching english and philosophy salisbury at bishop wordworth´s school
  • Marriage

    In 1939, William also got married to ann bookerfield and had 2 children.
  • Books out

    lord of the flies was published in 1954