Introduction to Golding & Lord of the Flies

Teacher

Royal Navy sailor

King of England

Author

imprison the queen

intentionally bomb civilians

march on London

use radar technology to stop Britain's attacks

to evacuate and save them from total war

to give them a better education

to send them to training camps for battle

to send them to their grandparents

He became more optimistic about humanity.

He believed man could perfect himself by doing good.

He became convinced that man is naturally evil.

He thought war had no impact on human nature.

Evil systems create evil, violent people.

Evil and violence exists innately within each person.

Evil and violence is taught by society.

Evil and violence is a result of poverty.

Mankind is inherently good and peaceful.

Without social order, mankind devolves into chaos.

Evil is only present in certain people.

Society can eliminate all violence through education.

He self-published the book and it became a bestseller immediately.

He faced multiple rejections, but one publisher accepted it and it became a worldwide success.

He published it anonymously and it was later attributed to him.

He wrote the book after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.