The Underlying Pessimism In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

William Golding was a famous British author, playwright, and poet best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. His writing often reflects, regarding the nature of humanity, underlying pessimism. On September, 19, 1911 William Gerald Golding was born at his maternal grandmother’s house in Newquay, Cornwall. This was approximately six years after his older brother Joseph was born. Golding also has an adopted sister named Eileen. She was his blood cousin or his parent’s niece. She was adopted in the 1930s. His parents were Alec and Mildred A. Golding (neé Curnoe). The whole family lived in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Alec and Mildred A. Golding (neé Curnoe) were married in Truro, Cornwall in the December of 1904. They were rationalists as well as

“I had a passion for words in themselves and collected them like stamps or birds’ eggs,” he wrote. He spent most of his time ignoring lessons and made lists of words. He remembered: I was supposed to be writing out my [math] tables, or even dividing four oranges between two poor boys, [but] I was more likely to be scrawling a list of words … while I was supposed to be learning my collect [prayer], I was likely to be chanting inside my head a list of delightful words which I had picked up God knows where. (Source One pg. 13) Golding also read and enjoyed poetry, adventure novels, classics, and other genres. He appreciated the work of Mark Twain. According to Golding's daughter, Twain’s attitudes and humor influenced Golding. (Source One pg. 13) The irreverent writing style of Mark Twain reinforced Golding’s natural skepticism. (Source One pg. 13)
At the age of seven, Golding attempted a play on Egypt and echoing poetry from Alfred Tennyson, his favorite Victorian era poet. Then, at the age of twelve he began his first novel. He originally planned on his first novel to be a twelve-volume work. He did end up quitting the novel due to the lack of the high standard that was set early on. Golding continued writing through his childhood and adolescence, but he did not see it as a occupation of the future. Unfortunately, Golding’s father had other plans for him and Golding to be like his father even though he was

In 1939, he married Ann Brookfield. After he got married to Ann, he began teaching at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. He taught English and Greek. In October 1940 they had their first child that they named David. Two months later Golding took leave from his teaching position so that he could enlist in the Royal Navy for service in World War Two. (Source One pg. 17) He served for four years. Golding enlisted as an ordinary seaman, but he took the officer’s exam. He did well on his exam because of his science training and he was made an officer. He was even sent to a secret research center. That is where he worked under the British prime minister Winston Churchill’s scientific adviser. Unfortunately, he was injured while he was working with explosives. He spent weeks recovering in the