He was raised by a mother who fought for women 's rights, and a father who was a schoolmaster. He started school early and at the age of twelve he tried to write a book but failed, he was frustrated and found an outlet of bullying children, he once said “I enjoyed hurting people.” "William Golding Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Biography.com Editors. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. William went on to go to Oxford and become an English and Psychology teacher, his psychological mind was very influenced by Sigmund Freud 's theories and can be seen in the book “ The Lord of the Flies” (Golding). In the 1940’s he left teaching and enlisted in the royal navy to fight in WW2. In the war he was able to further his Psychological mind by first hand seeing people become savages, he said “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.” "William Golding Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Biography.com Editors. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 03 Mar.
He was raised by a mother who fought for women 's rights, and a father who was a schoolmaster. He started school early and at the age of twelve he tried to write a book but failed, he was frustrated and found an outlet of bullying children, he once said “I enjoyed hurting people.” "William Golding Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Biography.com Editors. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. William went on to go to Oxford and become an English and Psychology teacher, his psychological mind was very influenced by Sigmund Freud 's theories and can be seen in the book “ The Lord of the Flies” (Golding). In the 1940’s he left teaching and enlisted in the royal navy to fight in WW2. In the war he was able to further his Psychological mind by first hand seeing people become savages, he said “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.” "William Golding Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Biography.com Editors. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 03 Mar.