William Golding was a ____(nationality) writer and well-known for his novel ___. Golding seemed to regard the mass as unthinking cows who only would only ___ all the same way on the side of a hill, that is, the mass only wanted to follow the crowd or jump on the ___. Grade-two thinking only destroys without the power to create and it is a ___ with eyes and ears open. To find out the deficiencies of our elders satisfies the young ___ but does not make for personal ___. I was ___ at the best of times, which means my system did away with anumber of ___, such as big business, centralized government,armies... In the article, Golding was not only critical of unthinking people and ridiculous conventions, but also revealing his sense of humor through ___ ,that is, laughing at himself.