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    Boarding schools and segregated schools were common in society at the time, and education aimed to form soldiers. Society was shifting from conservative to more liberal and permissive as recreational drugs and media like television grew in popularity while religion declined. Britain was still recovering from World War 2, with many cities in ruins and high poverty levels. William Golding attended an all-boys grammar school and later joined the navy during the war, experiences that inspired his novel about stranded children which was published in 1954 to reflect the postwar setting discussed by the characters.

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    Boarding schools and segregated schools were common in society at the time, and education aimed to form soldiers. Society was shifting from conservative to more liberal and permissive as recreational drugs and media like television grew in popularity while religion declined. Britain was still recovering from World War 2, with many cities in ruins and high poverty levels. William Golding attended an all-boys grammar school and later joined the navy during the war, experiences that inspired his novel about stranded children which was published in 1954 to reflect the postwar setting discussed by the characters.

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    1950 Britain

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    Boarding schools and segregated schools were common in society at the time, and education aimed to form soldiers. Society was shifting from conservative to more liberal and permissive as recreational drugs and media like television grew in popularity while religion declined. Britain was still recovering from World War 2, with many cities in ruins and high poverty levels. William Golding attended an all-boys grammar school and later joined the navy during the war, experiences that inspired his novel about stranded children which was published in 1954 to reflect the postwar setting discussed by the characters.

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    Society at the Time of Writing

    Ricky Dai
    Youth
    -Boarding schools were common
    -Segregated schools were common (boys’ and girls’
    schools)
    -Education system was directed at forming soldiers
    Culture
    -Recreational drugs were pertinent
    -Society was changing from a conservative type to a liberal
    ‘permissive society’
    -Mass-media, the idea of television was popularized
    -Religion became less popular and being peaceful (Hippie)
    became more popular

    War
    -Britain was still recovering from the war
    -Multiple major cities were bomb sites and ruins
    -Many of the people were poor because of the war
    William Golding
    -Attended the Marlborough Grammar School which was a
    boys only school
    -Joined the Royal Navy in 1940
    -Experienced many gruesome sights during his service
    Novel
    -Idea for the novel came about after Golding read an
    unrealistic depiction of stranded children in youth novels
    -Book was published in 1954, which aligns with the setting
    of the novel since characters talk about atomic bombs

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