" When he learns what has happened on the island, the officer is reproachful: how could this group of boys, he asks-and English boys at that-have lost all reverence for the rules of civilization in so short a time? ... The officer says that he is unable to understand how upstanding British lads could have acted with such poor form. ... Although he tried to write a novel as early as age twelve, his parents urged him to study the natural sciences. ... After the war, Golding resumed teaching and started to write novels. ...

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