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 about his book,Lord Of The Flies.Leanne Good afternoon Mr. Golding.Mr GoldingGood afternoon to you.LeanneAs we all know, Lord of the flies is about lots of boys trappedon an island. What was the reason of chargeting sightly boys on the island?Why were thither 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 was rattling sane anymore. It started off as cosmos happy and positive, andended up being complete madness. Women were at home, doing thehousework, cooking food, you know? They didnt really get a choice inanything. To be fair, they didnt really prevail much of a part ineveryday life. This is the image that I tried to portray on theisland. I felt that if Id have put girls on the island, the bookwould not have been so action-packed. Girls have a strange ha bit 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, Ifeel it is essential to know your characters well, and because I was alittle boy, I do not know how a little girl would have felt at thatage. I wanted 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 young 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 th eBeastie is them. They are scared of themselves because of what theyhave slowly turned 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 very much Mr. Golding. That was both veryinteresting and informative. Thats the end of our questions, soThankyou very much.They exit.