William Golding, winner of the...
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William Golding, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, created a stir back in the 1950s with the story, Lord of the Flies. The tale was about a planeload of choir boys who are the survivors of a crash upon an uninhabited island. The setting was a hopeful one for these innocent lads to develop and grow into an ideal community. However, instead the natural selfishness of the boys led to that terrible kind of cruelty and violence of which boys are all too capable.
The story was heralded by some as fine writing. It was panned by others as being a cruel hoax about human nature. Many critics failed to understand the message Golding intended. Golding understood human nature which makes the self the center of our own universe and greatly distorts human relationships. Hosea also understood and urged people to return to the God who alone could help them.
The story was heralded by some as fine writing. It was panned by others as being a cruel hoax about human nature. Many critics failed to understand the message Golding intended. Golding understood human nature which makes the self the center of our own universe and greatly distorts human relationships. Hosea also understood and urged people to return to the God who alone could help them.
