The perfect paradise is in the middle of the ocean and has never been settled by humans. Adam and Eve had a paradise like this at once, but in this modern paradise, the beautiful sway of the trees and the sound of the tide brushing up against the soft sand is interrupted by kids chasing each other with spears, and they are trying to kill each other. The kids in the book never think about the horrific things they do because if they did, Piggy and Simon would still be there with them, and they would still be following Ralph as their chief. In Lord Of The Flies, William Golding uses the symbolism of the island and uses Biblical references to show that in order to have paradise, humans must think before they act and they must remember to ask themselves, …show more content…
This Bible quote shows how the kids that lived at Castle Rock threw boulders and buried themselves in a bad situation because of their fear of the beast, the devil. But as the devil reins terror into the hearts of the kids, they are also afraid of the wrath of God, the island, after he sends the parachutist down onto the island to send the boys a message that they are not acting like proper beings. The symbolism in that is the parachutist represents Jesus, who was sent down to teach humans the lessons of God. Then when the people turned on Jesus and hung him on a cross where he would die, he had risen into heaven after his death promising to return again, just like when the parachutist flew up during the windstorm after the boys killed Piggy. In the Bible, Jesus promises to return to Earth for a final judgment. In Lord Of The Flies, the parachutist will return to the boys, not physically, but the parachutist will be the reminder of what evil things they did and how they need to think twice before they do something that could end