In the book Lord of the Flies the tropical island, with its bountiful food and untouched beauty symbolizes paradise. It is like the Garden of Eden in which the boys can try to create the perfect society from scratch. In the beginning Adam and Eve started living in a wonderful garden until they were tempted by evil and the same happened to the boy’s living in the tropical island. In the end the island changes over the course of the novel.
The island symbolizes the Garden of Eden because it provides food for the boy’s survival. “There’s pigs,’’ he said. “There’s food; and batting water in that little stream along there- and everything” (35). This quote explains that the island has everything for them to survive just like in the Garden of Eden.
The island symbolizes the Garden of Eden because it provides food for the boy’s survival. “There’s pigs,’’ he said. “There’s food; and batting water in that little stream along there- and everything” (35). This quote explains that the island has everything for them to survive just like in the Garden of Eden.