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William golding spent 5 years in the navy from 1940 to 1945 and got exposed to incredible cruelty and barbarity which humankind is capable
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His father was a school teacher and an ardent advocate of rationalism
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Golding dreamed of writing poetry, and put his self in shakesphere´s work
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as such, the novel illustrates the failure of the rationalism espoused by golding´s father
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William Golding was born in 1911, in England. His mother was a huge supporter of the british suffragette movement
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Golding began attending brasenose college at oxford in 1930. Also spent 2 years studying science
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From 1935 to 1939 golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in a unfashionable part of london
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In 1939, golding began teaching english and philosophy salisbury at bishop wordworth´s school
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In 1939, William also got married to ann bookerfield and had 2 children.
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lord of the flies was published in 1954