Lit Openers
Episode 2: To the Ends of the Earth
by William Golding
Interactive Biography Chart
ESSENTIAL BIOGRAPHIC INFO |
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| Author Name: | William Golding | |
| Pseudonym: | / | |
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| Date of Birth: | 1911 | |
| Place of Birth: | Cornwall, England | |
| Date of Death: | 1993 | |
| Time Period: | 20th century (after World War II) | |
| Type of Education: | graduated in English | |
| School/University: | Oxford University | |
| Places where the author lived: | Newquay (birthplace), Marlborough (childhood), Oxford and Salisbury (where he taught for a long time) | |
| Peculiar events: | Naval officer during World War II, worked as a teacher, won the Booker Prize (1980) and the Nobel prize for literature in 1983. | |
LITERARY PRODUCTION |
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Main work |
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| Complete title: | "Lord of the Flies" (1954) | |
| Genre: | Novel | |
| Synthesis: | The story is about a group of British school boys who become stranded on an island after a plane crash. They tried to start a society, but they become wild and cruel. The novel shows that even good people can become evil far from social institutions. | |
Other works |
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| Title: | "The Inheritors" (1955) | |
| Genre: | Novel | |
| Brief Synthesis: | A story about the last Neanderthal humans and how they meet and clash with modern humans (Homo sapiens). | |
| Title: | "The Spire" (1964) | |
| Genre: | Novel | |
| Brief Synthesis: | It is about a church leader who is obsessed with building a very tall, expensive spire on his cathedral, causing problems for himself and the town. | |
| Title: | "Rites of Passage" (1980) | |
| Genre: | Novel | |
| Brief Synthesis: | It tells the story of a young, rich man travelling to Australia on an old ship. The novel explores ideas about social classes and behaviour. | |
Ep 2 To the Ends of the Earth ANSWERS Summer Lit
Created for LnT by Mrs. Anna-Maria Bellomo
High School English Teacher
Created for LnT by Mrs. Anna-Maria Bellomo
High School English Teacher