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Note by Em Attwood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Em Attwood
almost 11 years ago
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ContextWilliam Golding (Author) Born 1911 Cornwall, EnglandWanted to write at the age of twelve but pushed into science by parentsSecond year at Oxford Uni - Switched to English Lit.Wrote poetry and became school teacherJoined the navy in 1940Experiences in the war changed him - He had a much more SAVAGE mindHe was now able to write books in such depths such as Lord Of The Flies
Plot OverviewA group of school boys are stranded on an islandDiscover a conch shell and set up a civil arrangement to run the islandSilly mistakes are made and people get angry with each other and the island splits into two main groups
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