Interview with William Golding Essay -- English Literature

Interview with William Golding BBC Studio.Present Leanne Le Poidevin and William GoldingLeanne Le Poidevin is interviewing William Golding astir(predicate) his book,Lord Of The Flies.Leanne Good afternoon Mr. Golding.Mr GoldingGood afternoon to you.LeanneAs we each(prenominal) know, Lord of the flies is about lots of boys trappedon an island. What was the think of coiffeting just boys on the island?Why were there no girls?Mr GoldingAt the time of the book, it was the war. Fighting andarguing was going on around us, and it seemed as though nobody wasreally sane anymore. It started off as beingness happy and positive, andended up being complete madness. Women were at home, doing thehousework, preparation food, you know? They didnt really put on a choice inanything. To be fair, they didnt really have much of a part in common life. This is the image that I tried to portray on theisland. I felt up up up that if Id have put girls on the island, the bookwould not have been so acti on-packed. Girls have a strange habit ofmaking the atmosphere a lot calmer, and I did not want this. I alsofelt it would be hard to know the characters of girls. As a writer, I ascertain it is essential to know your characters well, and because I was a miniature boy, I do not know how a little girl would have felt at thatage. I treasured my characters to be believable, and by putting girls onthe island, I dont think I would have achieved this. I also realisedthat girls go through many problems when they are growing up, and Iwanted my story to be an action one, not one full of relationships, Ie boys and girls. I dont think that the island I wanted to createwould have catered for their teenage needs, shall we say.LeanneYes, I understand. Th... ...ph is his only friend.Leanne Ah. Poor Piggy Why did you put the Beastie idea into theirheads?Mr Golding Well I figured that by having late boys on an island,there would be an element of fear. The most important part of thechapter is when young Simon stands up and tells the group that theBeastie is them. They are scared of themselves because of what theyhave slowly saturnine into. The boys would obviously have been scared inthe night, but I specifically wanted the reader to know that the olderboys were turning into terrifying monsters that the little boyscouldnt handle anymore. They were bloodthirsty scavengers, who justwanted to kill. This was making the young boys insecure.Leanne Well, Thankyou truly much Mr. Golding. That was both genuinelyinteresting and informative. Thats the end of our questions, soThankyou very much.They exit.