A clip preserved on YouTube, in which Golding discusses the origins and meaning of Lord of the Flies , captures him making that pronouncement, specifically in answer to the question of why his dystopian novel featured boys rather than girls:.
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.
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This opinion was likely to be informed by his time spent serving his country in the war where he witnessed horrific scenes.