Lord of the Flies: Context

Description

Mind Map on Lord of the Flies: Context, created by christinahirst1 on 07/01/2015.
christinahirst1
Mind Map by christinahirst1, updated more than 1 year ago
christinahirst1
Created by christinahirst1 over 9 years ago
253
2

Resource summary

Lord of the Flies: Context
  1. Golding's experience in WW2
    1. Had profound effect on his view of humanity and the evils of which it was capable.
      1. Nazi concentration camps
        1. Japanese treatment of prisoners
          1. Hiroshima and Nagaski
            1. His involvment in the Navy
              1. He served in command of a rocket-launcher
                1. While carrying out his duties he ordered the destruction of German ships and submarines
                2. Participated in the invasion of Normandy.
            2. Golding's life
              1. William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England
                1. Tried to write a novel as early as age twelve.
                  1. Followed his parents wishes and studied the natural sciences at Oxford University
                    1. Changed in his second year to study english literature
                    2. His jobs
                      1. Theater actor and director
                        1. Wrote poetry
                          1. Schoolteacher in an all boys public school
                          2. Died aged 81 on 19th june 1995 of heart failiure
                          3. Lord of the Flies
                            1. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies in 1954, less than a decade after World War II, when the world was in the midst of the Cold War.
                              1. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
                                1. It was rejected by 21 publishers before being accepted by Faber and Faber
                                  1. In Lord of the Flies, Jack and the hunters, who offer the luxury of meat and the comforts of a dictatorship. In exchange for his protection, the other boys sacrifice any moral reservations they may have about his policies and enthusiastically persecute the boys who resist joining their tribe.
                                    1. As a schoolteacher, Golding experienced the reality of schoolboy behavior and tendencies, which provided him with valuable literary material.
                                    Show full summary Hide full summary

                                    Similar

                                    GCSE PE - 5
                                    lydia_ward
                                    Fundamentals in Chemistry
                                    kate.siena
                                    Geography Restless Earth
                                    sophieelizabeth
                                    Physics P1
                                    WrightW
                                    GCSE Biology 4 OCR - The Processes of Life
                                    blairzy123
                                    AQA AS LAW, Unit 1, Section A, Parliamentary Law Making 1/3
                                    Nerdbot98
                                    Compensation
                                    Sandra Reed
                                    How Parliament Makes Laws
                                    harryloftus505
                                    Geography Section 1 (Rivers and Coasts)
                                    Beth Goodchild
                                    Key policies and organisations Cold War
                                    E A
                                    Management 1. PT (3MA101) - 1. část
                                    Vendula Tranová