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William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School. Lord of the Flies is just one of the many novels he has written. All of these books have incredible story lines with non-stop adventure. They also all seem to address some of the controversial subjects facing our society today. The novel begins of a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean during a war. A group of English schoolboys are isolated on what they assume to be an island under no adult supervision. Ralph, Jack, Simon, Piggy, Roger, Bill, Robert, Harold, Henry, Sam, and Eric are a few of the boys who were trapped on the island. Their goals were to find food and shelter. They found wild pigs to hunt and kill for food, and were able to build shelters out of wood and plants. They worked together and helped each other, however in the end the unexpected happened. The main character in Lord of the Flies is Ralph. At the beginning of the story he is descr