| Term Paper Title | The Lord Of The Flies |
| # of Words | 741 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.96 |
The Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies was written by Wilson Golding and was first
published in 1959. It is a novel about a group of kids who were traveling in a
plane that crashed on a desert island. It is an adventure story.
William Gerald Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in
Cornwall, England. His father was a schoolmaster and his mother worked in
the suffragette movement. Golding complied with his parents' wishes and
studied science from his grammar school days through his second year at
college. However, he decided to reject the sciences to study English
literature. He discovered and became fascinated by Anglo-Saxon literature
while at Oxford. The anonymous epic The Battle of Maldon has a major
inflence on his work; he also wrote poetry for a brief period of time. In 1940
he entered the Royal Navy in which he served with distinction on
minesweepers, destroyers, and finally rocket launchers. Golding returned to
teaching and writing after the war. He had little luck getting his novels
published, which is why he turned to writing for sheer pleasure; the result
was Lord of the Flies published in 1954, the novel soared to great success.
Golding's other novels include Pincher Martin, Free Fall, The Inheritors, The
Spire, and The Pyramid. Golding lives with his wife and two children in
Wiltshire, England.
The story takes place on a large deserted island. It had a forest, and
coast. "The Beach between the palm terrace and the water was a thick stick,
endless apparently, for to Ralph's left the prespectives of palm and beach and
water drew to the point of infinity." The island was extremely large and it
was easy to get lost. Also, on the island were coconuts and wild pigs to eat.
The story starts when a plane crashed on a deserted island. The only
survivors are a group of young boys. A boy named Ralph is named the
leader. Ralph tells the boys to make a fire to signal planes. This did not work; the
fire died out.
Later, the boys select a new leader, Jack. He turns out to be a bad
leader. He does not worry about being rescued. He lets the boys pla...Read entire document
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