1. English Honors II – October 22, 2013

2. Agenda Lord of the Flies Powerpoint Presentation
Author
Novel
Book Covers
Small Group Activity: Island Challenge

3. Objective
Students will be able to identify and recall key information regarding William Golding’s life and Lord of the Flies
Students will evaluate, compare and contrast different book covers
Students will be able to select effective imagery to describe their island in a group

4. Introduction
Lord of the Flies

5. Sir William Gerald Golding
About the Author
Sir William Gerald Golding
British Novelist and Nobel Laureate
Born in St. Columb Minor, Cornwall
Went to school at Oxford University
Worked as an actor, writer, producer and settlement house worker before becoming a secondary teacher

6. More About Golding Involved in the Royal Navy during World War II
Part of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck
Involved in the landing in Normandy
Resumed teaching after the war until he retired in 1961
In 1988 he was knighted
Awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1983

7. About the Novel Lord of the Flies was Golding’s first published novel.
Published in 1954.
The novel was an immediate success in Britain and a best-seller in the United States in the late 1950s.
In 1963, it was made into a movie in Britain.
It was made into a movie in the United States in 1990.
Lord of the Flies shows Golding’s view of human nature as evil and violent

8. Cover Comparison