BACKGROUND STORY behind the success of the 'Lord of the Flies'
During the period of Second World War, seeing horrible and bloodcurdling sights of the war, Golding was shocked at the incredulity of human nature and instinct. After he came back to Wordsworth's School, he started to write down what he witnessed during the Second World War and saw personally. He started to anguish about the natural instinct that people have inside their mind. He started to write a story about human instinct that kicks in when there's no presence of civilization and rules or laws.
In 1954, he took his manuscript to publishing houses but was refused. However, although his first novel, 'Lord of the Flies', was rejected by more than twenty publication houses at the first time, E.M. Forster, who was also an English novelist and short story writer, declared Lord of the Flies as an outstanding novel, while, on the other hand, Time and Tide spoke very highly of Lord of the Flies and called the book as "not only a first-rate adventure story but a parable of our times."
Eventually, his novel was recognized by the world and its popularity skyrocket. Golding continually wrote stories about natural instinct and internal violence of human nature inside people. The following year, 1966, Golding published another novel 'The Inheritors', which has a similar theme as Lord of the Flies.
In 1954, he took his manuscript to publishing houses but was refused. However, although his first novel, 'Lord of the Flies', was rejected by more than twenty publication houses at the first time, E.M. Forster, who was also an English novelist and short story writer, declared Lord of the Flies as an outstanding novel, while, on the other hand, Time and Tide spoke very highly of Lord of the Flies and called the book as "not only a first-rate adventure story but a parable of our times."
Eventually, his novel was recognized by the world and its popularity skyrocket. Golding continually wrote stories about natural instinct and internal violence of human nature inside people. The following year, 1966, Golding published another novel 'The Inheritors', which has a similar theme as Lord of the Flies.