Websites
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The URL for William Golding's website looks rather official, wouldn't you say?
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We said he had a dark side, right? Here's Golding talking about being labeled a "pessimist" in his Nobel Prize speech.
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Check out this website for the freaky Stanford Prison Experiments. Would you have acted differently?
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Need a study break? Play the Lord of the Flies game at the Nobel Prize website.
Movie or TV Productions
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Apparently, the boys in the 1963 film got to improvise a lot of their lines.
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The 1990 film took some liberties with the book, too—like adding 4-letter words.
Historical Documents
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… Robert Ballantyne's Coral Island.
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When Golding died in 1993, The New York Times obituary talked about the origins of his most popular book.
Video
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This video from the 1990 movie will help you remember how young the boys are supposed to be.
Audio
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Here's Golding himself reading Lord of the Flies, care of Random House.
Images
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Here's the original cover of the UK edition—nudity and all.
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Even more nudity—partial, at least: a bunch of boys in loin cloths from the 1963 movie.
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In the decaying flesh. Yum!