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Lord of the Flies William Golding William Golding (1911-1993) Born in Cornwall, UK Studied anthropology, archaeology, literature in college Became a school teacher (1935-1961) Entered the navy during WWII; participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 Historical Perspective WWI – the “Great War” or the “War to end all wars” Can we ever have peace? WWII – the advent of the atom bomb – power to destroy the world? Britain feared an invasion and evacuated children to other countries 1940- A German U-Boat torpedoed a British ship carrying children, k