![]() Golding's conclusion is far from idyllic and, despite their rescue from the island, the ultimate survival of the boys in Lord of the Flies is not assured. ![]() ![]() While Golding's tale is similar, it is a darker, more foreboding, and ironic vision. The Coral Island relates the story of a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island who rely on courage and resourcefulness to survive, emerging from the experience strengthened and matured. Golding's novel shares many situations, plot elements, and even character names with Ballantyne's work. Although the book has been compared to Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Richard Hughes's A High Wind in Jamaica (1929), Golding's primary influence was the nineteenth-century children's novel The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific (1858) by R. ![]() Regarded by many scholars to be one of the most important literary works of the twentieth century, Lord of the Flies (1954) has become a classic and is often required reading for high school students. For further information on his life and career, see CLR, Volume 94. The following entry presents commentary on Golding's novel Lord of the Flies (1954) through 2003. (Full name William Gerald Golding) English novelist, poet, travel writer, playwright, essayist, and critic. ![]()
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