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Religion and Inherent Evil
Before the beginning of the new millennium, my family moved into a new house. The house seemed bland so my parents decided to decorate it. For six days, my parents worked on the house; and on the seventh day, they decided to have a rest from all the work that they have done. The kitchen contained long array of colorful jars that pleased my eyes. You may eat from any jar you want, said my parents, but you must not eat a cookie from the “Jar of Sweets”. But a voice in my head egged me to eat from the “Jar of Sweets”. I did not last long before I gave into the irresistible temptation to steal from the jar. When my little act of theft was exposed, my parents banished me to my room from the comfort and serenity of the kitchen. This shows one of the characteristics that I inherited from the first, Adam and Eve: no matter how small the crime seemed, it showed that humans possess innate evil. The novel Lord of the Flies shows that the boys in the Coral Island also inherited this characteristic from the first humans. Lord of the Flies by William Golding uses the biblical parallels to show that man is inherently evil.
Lord of the Flies, an allegorical novel, uses symbolism and biblical parallels to prove that evil is innate within humans. Lord of the Flies, a pig’s head on a stick, is a being that evokes savageness within a human being. This grotesque symbol first appears in the forest glade and disrupts the serene paradise. The appearance of the Lord of the Flies in the island causes chaos, fear, and disorder. Lord of the Flies symbolizes Satan, an evil serpent that destroys innocence and creates savageness. Lord of the Flies, a physical manifestation of the beast, plunges the island into a deep chaos and destroys Simon; thus destroying the innocence that Simon represents: "’A snake thing. Ever so big. He saw it.’" (35). The fact that the beast is in the form of a snake shows the connection between the Devil and Lord of the Flies. On the contrary to Lord of the Flies, Simon, an innately moral boy, represents innocence of mankind or the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Simon faces Lord of the Flies in the forest glade and learns the truth about the beast. Lord of the Flies warns Simon not to tell the others "or else". Despite the warning he receives, Simon stammers and crawls to the castle rock to reveal the identity of the horrifying beast to other boys. The other boys mistake Simon for the beast and attack him. The other boys’ delusions and savageness kills Simon: "At once crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on the beast, screamed, struck, bit, and tore. There were no sounds but the tearing of teeth and claws" (153). Simon’s death symbolizes savagery of men destroying innocence, much like Satan corrupting Adam and Eve. Men’s savageness and inherent evil destroys serenity and innocence within the island and the boys.
William Golding uses settings that relates to the Bible to show men’s inherent evil. The Coral Island and the forest glade relates to the Garden of Eden. The Coral Island is a natural earthly paradise and the boys first live in a state of innocence and grace. The forest glade contains most beauty and serenity in the island, undisrupted by savagery. Only Simon, a completely innocent boy, knows the existence of the forest glade: "He came at last to the place […] [he] glanced swiftly round to confirm that he was utterly alone" (56). The presence of Lord of the Flies in only place that is unaffected by savagery shows that men cannot escape form innate evil. On the contrary to the forest glade, the scar and the castle rock represent the world outside the protection and the comfort of Garden of Eden. The scar shows act of savagery and how evil acts of men cause destruction. Castle Rock becomes the main shelter for the boys after the island plunges into chaos. The savageness of the Castle Rock represents is expressed when Roger rolls down a boulder and kills Piggy: "The rock struck Piggy in a glancing blow from chin to knee" (181). The murder of Piggy shows cruelty and savagery of the world outside the protection of innocence. Coral Island turns from paradise to hell as the boys unleash their savageness and evil; this greatly represents the banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of the Eden.
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses conflict to help retell stories form the bible. One of the major conflicts of the novel includes struggle for power between Ralph and Jack; this, along with relationship of Roger and Piggy, represents Cain and Abel from the Bible. Ralph wishes for the good of everyone in the Coral Island and does his best to increase the chance of rescue. Jack, on the other hand, turns his relationship with Ralph into struggle for power. Jack shows man’s savage thirst for power. This relates to relationship between Cain and Abel: Abel was faithful to God and hoped fo
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