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