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This PDF is brought to you in association with . . . Lord of the Flies William Golding ©2007, 2002 by SparkNotes All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. sparknotes is a registered trademark of SparkNotes llc SparkNotes A Division of Barnes Noble 76 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10011 USA Brought to you in association with: Context William golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England. Although he tried to write a novel as early as age twelve, his parents urged him to study the natural sciences. Golding followed his parents’ wishes until his second year at Oxford, when he changed his focus to English literature. After graduating y n from Oxford, he worked briefly as a theater actor and director, wrote poetry, and then became a school- a y . b r teacher. In 1940, a year after England entered World War II, Golding joined the Royal Navy, where he served e r h o s i in command of a rocket-launcher and participated in the invasion of Normandy. l m b r u Golding’s experience in World War II had a profound effect on his view of humanity and the evils of o p