https://padlet.com/zesantai/aneb1zyl624o How does Golding's novel function as an allegory? Use at least THREE to FIVE pieces of evidence from each text. Include citations for each quote. LOTF: (Golding 23) Bible: (Genesis 2:14) en-us 2019-03-17 15:12:51 UTC 2019-03-19 16:47:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png zesantai https://padlet.com/zesantai/aneb1zyl624o/wish/342124447 1) "From then on he (Judas) began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus."  Jack alludes to the biblical figure Judas for his betrayal to the good of the people brought forth by Jesus. Jack betrayed Ralph’s rules and brought forth the evil within the children’s minds. Jack refuses Ralph’s ideas and regulations in trade for fun and hunting. This shows his betrayal to the good of man and his want to bring evil forth to the island.

2)  Tell us about the snake-thing." "Now he says it was a beastie." "Beastie?'' "A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it." "Where?" "In the woods." Either the wandering breezes or perhaps the decline of the sun allowed a little coolness to lie under the trees. The boys felt it and stirred restlessly. "You couldn't have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size," Ralph explained kindly. "You only get them in big countries, like Africa, or India." (Golding 27) This shows how life on the island is seemingly going well, until the idea of a Snake-Beast thing is brought up. This is similar to the bible in which how life in the Garden of Eden is perfect until Eve meets Satan, or the Snake. Although the Beast is not an actual creature, but instead the boys themselves, it is the boys fault for not being able to recognize the beast inside themselves.

3) Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him. "What are you doing out here all alone? Aren't you afraid of me?" Simon shook. "There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast." Simon's mouth labored, brought forth audible words. "Pig's head on a stick." (Golding 111) This encounter with Simon and the Lord of the flies is in a way, very similar to how Jesus Christ first encounters Satan. This plus many other scenes show that Simon is, in a way, Jesus Christ. Simon is deeply spiritual, compassionate, non violent, and in harmony with the natural world, just like Christ.

EXAMPLE: The parachuter could represent Lucifer, the archangel who was cast out of heaven for his war with God when "the great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him" (Revelation 12:9). The parachuter fell down to the island right after Ralph asked for a sign from grownups, and the island turned to darkness the moment the corpse appeared. 

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"It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?" (Matthew 10:25) This quote says if you follow Beelzebub then you are no longer serving the Lord but instead are serving him. This can be applied to the garden of Eden and the island in LOTF. The quote applies to the garden of Eden because Adam and Eve are cast out for falling to temptation (following the words of Beelzebub). This applies to the island because the most of the boys follow the temptation of Jack and then are cast out from Ralph's tribe to follow Jack.

2) " If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub." (Luke 11:18) If you interpret the boys as all being Satan because they all have an inner beast within them, then it gives this quote significant meaning. If you take the same situation of the boys splitting up into different tribes with this logic it translates to the works of Satan (their inner beasts) being divided amongst itself. In the quote it's saying Satan is weaker when his kingdom is split apart and the same applies to the boys. Certain boys have certain attributes that prove them to be useful for survival but now that they are split up certain needs are now going to be met for each tribe.

3) "Why shouldn't we get our own meat?" The twins looked at each other. Bill answered. "We don't want to go in the jungle." Ralph grimaced. "He--you know--goes." "He's a hunter. They're all hunters. That's different." No one spoke for a moment, then Piggy muttered to the sand. "Meat--" The littluns sat, solemnly thinking of meat, and dribbling. Overhead the cannon boomed again and the dry palm fronds clattered in a sudden gust of hot wind. (Golding 111)
In Lord of the Flies, the island is like the Garden of Eden because of how it is a sort of paradise. Adam and Eve in the Bible can roam around, ignorant and naked, picking all the fruit they want. Except the one God doesn't want them to pick. Just like the Bible, in the Lord of the Flies the boys are all naked. They roam around and eat all the fruit they want, until they get the bloodthirsty desire for meat. They start hunting meat when it really isn't that necessary, and this in a way would hurt God.


]]> 2019-03-17 15:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zesantai/aneb1zyl624o/wish/342124448 zesantai https://padlet.com/zesantai/aneb1zyl624o/wish/342124449 1) "But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils."(Luke 11:15) I think this shows that Beelzebub represents Jack. Jack has this evil inside of him and he spreads it to his gang of hunters. The hunters kind of do what they want with no regard for anyone else and they are always thirsty for blood. This bible quote says that Beelzebub is the chief of devils and Jack is basically chief of all the mischievous boys of the island, so I believe it is a good fit. 

2) "You are a silly little boy," said the Lord of the Flies, "just an ignorant, silly little boy." Simon moved his swollen tongue but said nothing. "Don't you agree?" said the Lord of the Flies. "Aren't you just a silly little boy?" Simon answered him in the same silent voice. "Well then," said the Lord of the Flies, "you'd better run off and play with the others. They think you're batty. You don't want Ralph to think you're batty, do you? You like Ralph a lot, don't you? And Piggy, and Jack?"  (Golding 111) The Lord of the Flies seems to represent Beelzebub in which he is trying to deceive and manipulate Simon. He is also mocking Simon, and calling him a silly boy. 


3) "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!" said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?"  " (Golding 111) The Lord of the Flies is mocking Simon for thinking the beast was something he could hunt and kill. It shows that the Lord of the Flies is like Beelzebub because it shows how the beast is actually the demon within all the boys.  The beast also says shortly after that Simon (Who represents civility and society) is not wanted on this island by Jack and Roger.

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