William Golding shows Ralph grieving the loss of innocence and the darkness inside human hearts. He describes a strange, invisible light of friendship that appears amid shouting and sunlight on a mountain. He notes that telling a child a story can quiet their wild cries.
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William Golding was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for Lord of the Flies.
Quick Facts About William Golding
Born
September 19, 1911
Died
June 19, 1993
Nationality
United Kingdom
Profession
Writer
Notable works
Lord of the Flies
Known for
Lord of the Flies, To the Ends of the Earth
Spouse
Ann Brookfield
About William Golding
He published twelve more works of fiction. In 1980 he won the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first book in his sea trilogy To the Ends of the Earth, and in 1983 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Awards & Honors
Nobel Prize in LiteratureBooker PrizeJames Tait Black Memorial PrizeKnight BachelorCommander of the Order of the British EmpireFellow of the Royal Society of Literaturehonorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
