This part of the novel is similar to the story in the Bible of Adam and Eve. Many characters represent an important part from the story of Adam and Eve. In the Bible, God creates the world and places Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God gives them one rule that they could eat from any tree, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (New International Version, Gen. 2.17). A serpent tempts Eve with the fruit saying she will be as knowledgeable as God. After Eve eats the fruit she convinces Adam to eat the fruit. Throughout, Adam and Eve are never clothed, but once they sin, they realize their nakedness and try and clothe themselves with leaves. God banishes them from the Garden of Eden and cursed everything on Earth.
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At the end of the novel, the island discenarates into flames, collateral to God’s promise in 2 Peter. In the novel, the fire happens when all things have gone bad on the island. The boys have no sense of morality and have become savages. Civilization has left their memories and they cannot tell the difference between good and evil. Previously in the novel, the author says,” Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.” (Golding 60). This quote proves that when the boys were not a part of society they only had their conscience to hold them to society standards. Also, it shows that the boys were well behaved and were disciplined when they live in England. The boys’ survival mannerism would be destructive in society because of the chaos. 2 Peter 3:7 says, But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.(King James Version, 2 Pet. 3.7) In the Bible, God promises to bring a fire upon the world when at the end of the world that would destroy the bad people. The authors says,”But the island was schored up like dead wood… ”(Golding 202). This fire puts an end to their misery on the island. Even though this fire was a representation of destruction, it allowed them to be saved because a ship saw the smoke from the fire. The naval officer said”’ We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?’”(Golding 201). The officer jokes that the boys should have been able to survive in a better condition since they were British. This dramatic irony because the naval officer is in war and is judging the boys for fighting on the island. God’s promised fire resembles the ending fire in the Lord of the Flies because that is how each book ends. The Bible ends with God’s promise to end the world in fire and the novel ends with a
At the end of the novel, the island discenarates into flames, collateral to God’s promise in 2 Peter. In the novel, the fire happens when all things have gone bad on the island. The boys have no sense of morality and have become savages. Civilization has left their memories and they cannot tell the difference between good and evil. Previously in the novel, the author says,” Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.” (Golding 60). This quote proves that when the boys were not a part of society they only had their conscience to hold them to society standards. Also, it shows that the boys were well behaved and were disciplined when they live in England. The boys’ survival mannerism would be destructive in society because of the chaos. 2 Peter 3:7 says, But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.(King James Version, 2 Pet. 3.7) In the Bible, God promises to bring a fire upon the world when at the end of the world that would destroy the bad people. The authors says,”But the island was schored up like dead wood… ”(Golding 202). This fire puts an end to their misery on the island. Even though this fire was a representation of destruction, it allowed them to be saved because a ship saw the smoke from the fire. The naval officer said”’ We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?’”(Golding 201). The officer jokes that the boys should have been able to survive in a better condition since they were British. This dramatic irony because the naval officer is in war and is judging the boys for fighting on the island. God’s promised fire resembles the ending fire in the Lord of the Flies because that is how each book ends. The Bible ends with God’s promise to end the world in fire and the novel ends with a