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Violence In Lord Of The Flies, The Inheritors, And Pincher Martin

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William Golding
Is violence always the answer? Born in 1911, William struggled to contain his emotions through difficult situations. William’s life experiences and struggles help to become a successful writer. William Golding was influenced by loving literature, wrote several notable literary works, and received criticism for its violence and language yet praise for its plot. William’s personality impacted his writing. In his early life his dad was a teacher. When William went to study for science at Oxford College, it took him 2 years to see the error of his ways. At this time he changed his studies to literature and fell in love with it. This was his inspiration to become a writer. David Barrett states, The choice of arts over science …show more content…

The three notable literary works he made was Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, and Pincher Martin. He is most known for The Lord of the Flies. (Barret 2)The book is about a plane that was carrying British Schoolboys that was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. The plane crashed into an island. Everyone one was fine but the pilot was killed. The island was deserted and there was no adults there. The main characters are Ralph, Piggy, and Jack. (“Lord of the Flies”3). Ralph is the most athletic and the protagonist of the story. Piggy is the brains and the weakest of the boys. Jack is the troublemaker of the group. This book helped William show the evil in the world and what is causing it. The theme of this book shows us what happens when there is no adult supervision and all the bad that can happen. “First published in 1955, Goldings provocative novel depicts one man’s efforts to fend off despair in the face of imminent death (William Golding 67).” Pincher Martin is about a British navy officer is blown off his ship by a German torpedo and must try to survive alone on a small, rocky island in the Atlantic Ocean. Pincher Martin is a strong person mentally and physically and must face the fact he is alone in the ocean. The theme of this novel is whatever situation you are in stay positive and hope for the better. The Inheritors is told from the

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