Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was. - William Golding

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Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was.

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About William Golding

Sir William Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet most famous for his novel Lord of the Flies. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.

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Native Name: William Gerald Golding
Alternative Names: Sir William Gerald Golding Willy Gold tun tun tun tun tun cacri balatrto srrena posole
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بدون ترس از آنکه دیده شود پاهای خود را آزادانه به حرکت درآورد. در حال قدم زدن دچار شگفتی شد و ناگهان به پوچی این زندگی پی برد، هر کوره‌راهی حادثه‌ای غیرمنتظره و بی‌آغاز و انجام بود و فکر کرد بخش قابل‌توجهی از وقت آدمی هنگام قدم زدن به نگاه کردن پاهایش می‌گذرد

His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.

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