https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq made with love en-us 2018-04-08 21:02:57 UTC 2025-12-19 18:22:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png skucha08 https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249583725 2018-04-08 21:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249583725 skucha08 https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249583771 -William was born on September 19, 1911
-Born in Newquay, United Kingdom
Parents: Alec and Mildred Golding]]> 2018-04-08 21:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249583771 skucha08 https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249584150 -William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. 
-At 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. 
-Later in life, William described his childhood self as a brat.]]> 2018-04-08 21:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249584150 skucha08 https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249584585 -After college, Golding worked in settlement houses and the theater.
-In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
-Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys later served as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies.
-In 1940 Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.

]]> 2018-04-08 21:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249584585 skucha08 https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249584911 -In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published Lord of the Flies.
-The novel told the story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck.
-Lord of the Flies explored the savage side of human nature as the boys, let loose from the constraints of society, brutally turned against one another in the face of an imagined enemy. ]]> 2018-04-08 21:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249584911 skucha08 https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249585094 -On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. ]]> 2018-04-08 21:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/skucha08/33q1yocjlqpq/wish/249585094