LOTF Context

LOTF Context

William Golding
1. Born in 1911
2. Worked as an actor, writer and a producer after leaving Oxford University
  1. He also became a teacher in a boys' public school
3. He was a lieutenant during WWII in the Royal Navy
Golding and war
1. He was horrified with what the war revealed about how people would harm their fellow humans
  1. He was appalled by Nazi's concentration camp, and by the way Japanese mistreated their prisoners.
2. He was appalled by the consequences of British and American mass bombing against civilians
3. He was appalled with that he did as a naval officer
Gradually, he learned to see all human nature as savage and unforgiving.
1. 'Goodies' become 'baddies'
WWII ended in 1954. But on the same year, LOTF was published.
1. At this time, threat to the nuclear war was very real, indicates that an atom bomb could destroy civilisation.
Desert Islands
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