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Annotated Bibliography: Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
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Significance of title: The Lord of the Flies means the Devil.
Author: William Golding
What's important about the Author?: The author, William Golding, released Lord of the Flies a short time after he fought in World War II. During World War II he saw the effects and after effects of combat which influences his writing. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies as a citizen of England which took place from the scene of the nuclear war in England.
Plot:
1. An evacuating plane of school boys is shot down, and stranded on a tropical island. There they discover a conch and appoint Ralph as the leader and Jack as the hunter.
2. Ralph, Jack, and Simon scout the island and decide to build a fire signal. With little interest in maintaining a fire they become careless and cause a large pile of dead wood to burn wildly. Also one of the smallest boys from the group mysteriously vanishes.
3. The......
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