Njengoba kunikezwe lombhalo oyisithenjwa, inoveli yentsha kaR. M. Ballantyne - eyaphefumulela inoveli yokuqala kaGolding - yabhalwa ngamuphi unyaka?
Context:I-Lord of the Flies, eyanyatheliswa ngo-1954, yayiyinoveli yokuqala kaGolding. Lo mqondo wavela ngemuva kokuthi uGolding efunde lokho akubheka njengokuvezwa okungelona iqiniso kwezingane ezixhunyiwe kwinoveli yentsha iThe Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1857) kaR. M. Ballantyne, efaka izingqikithi zomphumela wempucuko wobuKrestu kanye nokubaluleka kokulandelana kwezikhundla nobuholi. UGolding wabuza umkakhe, u-Ann, ukuthi "kungaba umqondo omuhle yini ukuba ngibhale incwadi ngezingane esiqhingini, izingane eziziphatha ngendlela izingane eziziphatha ngayo ngempela?" Ngenxa yalokho, le noveli iqukethe izinkomba ezahlukahlukene zeCoral Island, njengokuchazwa kwesikhulu sasolwandle esihlenga imizamo yokuqala yabafana yokusebenzisana njengabantu abaziphethe kahle. NjengesiQhingi saseCoral". Izinhlamvu ezintathu eziyinhloko zikaGolding (uRalph, uPiggy, noJack) nazo ziye zahunyushwa njengezinhlamvu zamakhorali zeBallantyne's Coral Island protagonists.
Unyaka ka-1857