An introduction…
Author – William Golding Born in Britain 1911 Published a book of poems in 1934 Naval Commander in WWII Participated in D-Day Landing LOTF – first published book Nobel Prize – 1983 Died in 1993
Set-up Post-Apocolyptic? A planeload of schoolboys being evacuated from their school during a war. Their plane crash lands on a deserted island How will they survive? Remind you of anything???
Ralph Athletic Popular
Piggy Intelligent Asthmatic Zoftig
Jack Leader of the Choirboys – including Roger, Maurice and others
Simon Member of the choirboys Quiet Introspective
Sam n’ Eric Twins Younger than Ralph Older than littluns
Littleuns Primary school kids Some named, like Percival Weems Madison – some not
Themes Human Nature – good? evil? noble? savage? Government/Order vs. Chaos/Anarchy Nature of War In the wake of WWII and Hiroshima