Lord Of The Flies Religion

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-The spiritual belief in the Bible is God
-The spiritual belief in the Lord of the Flies is the beast
-Believing in santa clause, Tooth fairy and the Easter bunny

-Adam and Eve compared to Jack and his hunters
-Garden of Eden and the island were beautiful at first
-They both break the rules
-Beast is a reference to the snake
-Eve is similar to Jack and Adam to his hunters

-Moses is sharing the Ten Commandments
-Relatable to Piggy and his rules
-Moses is sharing his message to protect all the israelites
-Piggy wanted to protect the boys
-Traveling through the desert for 3

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