The novel, Lord of the Flies, can be examined as a Biblical Allegory as many parallels are drawn between the novel and the story of the Garden of Eden. Golding uses similar environmental factors that can be compared between the two stories. The powerful theme of temptation is also evident, and represents how evil can sometimes over power against good. A third parallel can be drawn on the idea that the boys are under the presence of God, but are left by themselves on this microcosm without a physical higher authority to guide them away from evil. In the text, Lord of the Flies, parallels between the novel and the story of, the Garden of Eden are evident through the use of similar relations to the environment, presence of temptation,
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When the boys arrive on the island it is beautiful similar to the Garden of Eden. Golding describes the island as "a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high. The top of this was covered with a thin layer of soil and coarse grass and shaded with young palm trees" (Golding, 9). This is very similar the Bibles description of how “God planted all kinds of beautiful trees that grow there and produce good fruit" (Genesis 2.9). Both appear to be a paradise. They are lush, green environments filled with vegetation. On both microcosms, fruit seems to be abundant. The abundance is evident in the novel when Golding describes a boy walking through acres of fruit trees “We walked with an accustomed tread through the acres of fruit trees, where the least energetic could find an easy if unsatisfying meal" (Golding, 50). The Bible has a similar section to it where God speaks to Adam and Eve, and says "I have proclaimed all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food" (Genesis 1.29-30). The fruit trees on both islands, are the primary source of food, they give the boys a feeling of security and reassurance erasing every doubt in their mind that they are unsafe. At this early point in both stories the fruit shows no treat to being the cause of any
When the boys arrive on the island it is beautiful similar to the Garden of Eden. Golding describes the island as "a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high. The top of this was covered with a thin layer of soil and coarse grass and shaded with young palm trees" (Golding, 9). This is very similar the Bibles description of how “God planted all kinds of beautiful trees that grow there and produce good fruit" (Genesis 2.9). Both appear to be a paradise. They are lush, green environments filled with vegetation. On both microcosms, fruit seems to be abundant. The abundance is evident in the novel when Golding describes a boy walking through acres of fruit trees “We walked with an accustomed tread through the acres of fruit trees, where the least energetic could find an easy if unsatisfying meal" (Golding, 50). The Bible has a similar section to it where God speaks to Adam and Eve, and says "I have proclaimed all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food" (Genesis 1.29-30). The fruit trees on both islands, are the primary source of food, they give the boys a feeling of security and reassurance erasing every doubt in their mind that they are unsafe. At this early point in both stories the fruit shows no treat to being the cause of any