Lord of the Flies by William Golding - There was no real evil in Jack. He was just a boy having fun.

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Sarah Allymohamed

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

There was no real evil in Jack. He was just a boy having fun.

William Golding was born in 1911 in Cornwall. He went to Marlborough Grammar School and to the University of Oxford where he studied literature. After University he became a teacher, but at the start of World War II Golding joined the Royal Navy. He eventually became a commander. He saw many horrific sights, which I think gave him inspiration for his writing. In 1945, Golding returned to teaching English at Bishop Wordsworth’s School. He stayed there until 1962, and established himself has a writer. The reason why Golding wrote Lord of the Flies is that he wanted to show what other people could do to each other. In Fable he writes, “ I had discovered what one man could do to another. ” He did not believe this before the war as he writes early on in Fable. “ Before the second world war I believed in the perfectibility of social man. ” He uses the behaviour of boys to put across, that anyone can act in this way even how innocent and helpless you are.

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   When Jack is introduced on to the island. He immediately takes control of the group of boys. He is a megalomaniac. He uses the fact that he is head chorister to exercise authority on the island. “ I ought to be chief because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”. However he is very irresponsible which would not be good for being chief on the island. He needs to be praised and rewarded constantly as that makes him feel more powerful. Jack is describe as being “tall, thin and bony and his hair was red ...

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