A novel, Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding in 1954.Background InformationThe author of this book, William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911. He graduated from Oxford University. Also, having experience teaching at school, it would have been easy to set the character with young children in the story. He had written many books before Lord of the Flies and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. William has experience as a Navy member in World Wall Ⅱ, he could describe it well in the story. In 1993 he ended his life. Main Characters There are many characters in the book but mostly Ralph, Piggy, Jack and Simon are the main ones. First of all, when the plan failed on the island, he was one of the oldest people and became the leader. They were all alone without the adults they would need as leaders, so Ralph became the leader. Later he met the fat boy Piggy, who wore glasses although he didn't want to be called Piggy which was his nickname but all the children on the island made fun of him. Piggy was an easy target for people to make fun of, except him...