So many of the authors of his time used the war as the back ground or main conflict in their books, but not Golding, he is able to use the war as his inspiration and write about the most primitive and basic struggles that man has. ... Lord of the Flies, one of William Golding's many novels, is a well written, well thought out writing that depicts the evils of human nature. ... The frame work of a Golding novel is simple and most often copied from an outside source, then reshape to fit his purpose. Finally I think Wilfrid Sheed said it best when he said "Golding's writing is not ideal...

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