James Tait Black Memorial Prize

The Importance of Common Ground In everyday life it's important to find common ground, to relate to one another, in order to get things done. It's an essential part of life. This theme of “Finding Common Ground” is represented in the texts, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer in a variety of ways. In The Lord of the Flies Golding introduces to the story privileged boys that have crashed onto an island and must find common ground in to survive. Golding’s message is that everyone has an inner savage, and that civilization is forced onto us. One of the central themes is that these boys have inner savages, and it causes them to do horrible things. For example, we watch one of the boys - Roger - go from a simple boy, to bullying littluns (Golding 62), to dropping a boulder on Piggy’s head (Golding 181). Roger gives into his inner savage and becomes less civilized as he becomes more detached from his island mates. Golding also shows that there is good in other characters, such as Simon. He encounters a personification of the inner savage (143-144), except he doesn’t give in like Roger. He also finds what the littluns thought was the beast - a dead parachutist (146). When he goes to tell the other boys what he’s found they tear him apart out of fear that he was the beast (152), Simon enjoyed nature and was more than willing to help the other boys survive - he helped make all the huts, and was important to Ralph. He shows the civility…

Yet, even with all these failures this novel won both the Nobel Prize in Literature for having the most outstanding work in 1983 and the Booker Prize for best original novel in English published in the U.K. in 1980. Then in 1955 Golding published his second novel The Inheritors, which is about a Neanderthal man facing hardships, but this novel did not do as swell as Lord of the Flies. In 1961 Golding quit his teaching job in order to start writing full time also, in that same year Golding got…

Waiting for the Barbarians Essay I this essay I will talk about the characters and analyze the book in my perspective. Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel by the South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. It was first published in 1980, chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction. The novel is about a city magistrate in a village of a nameless empire. The narrator, who we…

William Golding “The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it” (Golding). Golding was a teacher, author, and even served in the Royal Navy, where he fought during World War II. Even though he was mainly known as a novelist, he also wrote some plays, poetry, short stories and essays. Years later, after the war he wrote Lord of the Flies. Events in his life even inspired the novel. Twenty-nine years later,…

Cormac McCarthy and Death By: Ben Sershen History of Cormac McCarthy • Was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933 • He attended the University of Tennessee in 1951 and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953, serving for four years • Has been married a total of 3 times and his youngest son, John Francis was the inspiration for his book The Road • Now regarded as one of America’s top Novelists • William Faulkner and Herman Melville • Read Moby Dick at a young age • Time in military influenced morbidity…

A world without color, wildlife and structure sets the background for a heroic journey that wouldn´t be taken on by many. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a book about a Man and a Boy traveling south years after a worldwide event ending in the death of many people. They are challenged by many hardships including cannibals and starvation. McCarthy’s inspiration for The Road was a trip to El Paso, Texas with his son in 2003. He imagined a world 100 years in the future. McCarthy has won many awards…

stake, people dehumanize one another. Cormac McCarthy is a well renowned 21st century writer. Cormac McCarthy is an American writer known for stylistically complex novels, such as The Road and Blood Meridian. He was born Charles McCarthy Jr. on July 20, 1933, in Providence, Rhode Island. As he developed as a writer, McCarthy’s novels began to become more and more popular for its relatable fictions that connected with the 21st century society. "McCarthy published his debut novel, The Orchard…

about murder, betrayal, deception, and adultery as though they were the norms of a jumbled up society. Her fantasy is delicately handled and enjoyable, but sometimes one cannot help wondering what it all adds up to, what it is about. In her own way, she might have been hinting at or reflecting the spiritual emptiness of modern society, who knows. For her remarkable contribution in the world literature she has been awarded and honored many times. Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize…

and resumed teaching.6 In 1954, his first book, Lord of the Flies, was published.7 Golding?s likely inspiration for the title of his first published book came from his study of Greek history and mythology.8 In 1962, he retired from teaching. In 1979, Golding won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.9 Golding won Booker McConnell Prize in 1980 for his book Rites of Passage.10 In 1983, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. William Golding died on…

adjusts bashfully to current ideological traditions. He minimizes or stifles positive family feelings and ironizes regular good standards. A conceited and simple postmodern incredulity floats over all parts of the household and social life delineated in the novel. Since he imagines his characters from inside of the social constraints, he frequently gives an unlikely, mutilated, and devastated portrayal of their internal lives. Franzen's The Corrections, a novel of social criticism, gathered…