William Golding

• William Gerald Golding

• Born 19 September 1911
• Died 19 June 1993
• British novelist, playwright, poet
• Notable works: Lord of the Flies, Rites of Passage
• Notable awards: Nobel Prize in Literature (1983)
Booker Prize (1980)
More About Author
• Born in England
• Lived through WW-I
• Served in Royal Navy during WW2
• Golding’s views on mankind after WW2
a. His experiences changed his views about humanity and he could no longer
view humanity as innocent and noble.
b. We are forced by society to be civilised and follow rules, but actually we are
savages.
Lord of the Flies-Background
• On September 1940, Hitler attacked Britain
 Bombing
started from
London

Raids last for

three months

Hitler’s
Attack
This
evacuation People sought
saved many shelters
lives

Parents started
sending their
children away
from London
 WAR

Plane was
shot down and Bombing/
crashed on Raiding
TE RS island
• RALPH CH
RAC
Lord of the Flies-
AIN
• PIGGY M SETTING &
START
• JACK Many children
• SIMON Boys were
travelling by
were taken
out to save
plane
• ROGER their lives

• SAM AND ERIC (SAMNERIC) Some boys

evacuated for
• LITTLUNS safety
NARRATOR OF THE STORY
• The story is told by an anonymous third-person narrator who
describes the events of the novel without commenting on or
becoming involved in the events.
• The narrator speaks in the third person, focusing mainly on Ralph’s
point of view but following Jack and Simon at certain times.
• The narrator is in the unique position of seeing and knowing
everything, which gives the reader access to the characters’ inner
thoughts and feelings.
CHARACTER MAP
 RALPH Takes leadership from and JACK
Elected leader leads manhunt for Leader of hunters

bet

Commands
ray
SAMNERIC
The twins who would like to stay
supports

loyal to Ralph but are forced to

LITTLUNS join Jack’s tribe HUNTERS
The younger boys

ROGER
PIGGY The hangman of
The intellectual who Kills Jack’s tribe A member of
lacks physical stamina

All t r
ake SIMON u rde
par sm
t in
his The mystic who rt i n hi
mur p a
d er understands the true ll take
A
nature of the beast
OUTLINE OF THE NOVEL
I. ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOCIETY
II. LACK OF ORDER
III. THE MONSTER
IV. REVOLT AND RESCUE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOCIETY
LACK OF ORDER
The Monster
The Lord of the Flies:
• After killing the pig, the boys leave its head, which they stuck on a
sharpened stick, as an offering to the monster/beast-a creature they think
is out in the forest. However, the savagery with which the boys killed the
pig shows that the beast, or evil, is inside each of them. The pig’s head
becomes a symbol of the evil inside humans.
• Lord of the Flies, is alluded to Beelzebub, or the Devil. According to
legend, Beelzebub could fly and so was sometimes called “Lord of the
Flyers” or “Lord of the Flies.” Here, the pig’s head has become a physical
symbol of human evil that has been unleashed on the island.
• During his hallucination, Simon understands that the beast is not
something that can be killed because it exists inside humans.