Remake of "The Fall of Man" - LOTF CHAPTER 8 by EMILY GETEJANC https://padlet.com/efgetejanc/tcusmay44bhh 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 2019-03-15 16:54:32 UTC 2019-03-18 10:40:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png QUESTION #3: Research other allegorical connections between the novel and the Bible. Use evidence from EITHER the novel or the Bible to support your theory efgetejanc https://padlet.com/efgetejanc/tcusmay44bhh/wish/341848146 (I didn't know if we were supposed to make three different connections or make one connection and three examples. So just in case I make three connections but also three examples for the Simon the Jesus example)
1) Jesus, a very well known person in the bible, could represent Simon. They are very similar in their way of nature. Compared to everyone on the island, Simon was the most connected to nature. He frequently goes off in the book by himself to escape in the glade,  "[Simon] squatted down, parted the leaves, and looked out into the clearing. Holding his breath he cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the island' (Golding 57). Jesus is just the same connected to nature because he is connected to God, who made the earth and nature. He treated everything kindly and was very similar to Simon when it came to nature.
  • Another connection to Simon and Jesus is they are both provided. When Simon found berries in the glade he gave then to the littluns as stated in chapter 4. "They ate most o the day, picking fruit from where they could reach it and not particular about the ripeness or quality" (Golding 59). Similar to Jesus, when hunters needed help, Jesus tried to provide food for them. They both always help others and try to provide food. 
  • Finally, Simon and Jesus had very similar personalities. They are both very innocent, compassionate and non violent people. They are very spiritual and overall good people. Jesus was so good that he was known to have committed no sins, "Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth" (Peter 2:22). Overall, Simon and Jesus are very similar and represent each other in many ways.

2) Jack could also represent Judas. In the Bible, Judas is described as, "Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor," (Luke 6:16). Judas is known as a traitor because he betrayed God for silver. Jack betrayed Ralph and goes against everyone. I would consider Jack as a traitor because he makes his own little group to go against everyone else.  

3) The scene where Simon meets the Lord of the Flies could represent where Jesus talked to the devil during his forty days in the wilderness. "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil" (Mathew 4:4). When Simon encounters the Lord of the Flies in the glade and it talks to him, it threatens Simon's life. Both Christ and Simon were both talking to the devil and the scenes are very similar to each other.

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. 

]]> 2019-03-15 16:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/efgetejanc/tcusmay44bhh/wish/341848146 QUESTION #2: How is the island representative of The Garden of Eden and/or 'The Fall of Man"? Use evidence from EITHER the novel or the Bible: efgetejanc https://padlet.com/efgetejanc/tcusmay44bhh/wish/341848147 1) How they all came onto the island very pure and innocent. When Adam and Eve first were placed on earth they were all very innocent. Similarly, when all the boys came to the island they "The creature was a party of boys marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing" (Golding 19). When they first arrived at the beginning of the story they were all just regular ordinary boys. In the beginning they all listened to each other and got along. As the time goes on, they become more and more savage and loose their sense of humanity and civilization. This compares to the Fall of Man because in the beginning, Adam and Eve listened to the rules God ad told them and didn't eat from the Garden. As time passed, Eve was eventually tempted and broke the rules. Both stories just went downhill from the beginning and everything turned savage.

2)  In the Fall of Man, Eve was tempted to eat the berries from the Garden of Eden. "When the women saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it" (Genesis 3:6). This is representative of a loss of innocence for Eve. This can represent the first killing of the pig in the Lord of the Flies. Their first killing suggests their savageness and loss of innocence, similarly how Eve took berries and committed that sin. In the Lord of the Flies, the boys only gets more and more savage and they get worse. In the Fall of Man, it gets worse for Adam and Eve for they have disobeyed God and lost that innocence that they came there with. 

3) The Garden of Eden represents the glade. They both started from a paradise and became destroyed when man was put into it. Simon, as he was connected to nature, stated about the island, "As if this wasn't a good island" (Golding 53). Simon knew this was a good island but as the boys came and took over it, they lost the nature and everything turned bad. This can represent how when Adam and Eve took from the Garden of Eden, God made all these punishments and destroyed the beauty of the Garden. 

]]> 2019-03-15 16:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/efgetejanc/tcusmay44bhh/wish/341848147 QUESTION #1: Who or what represents Beelzebub in the novel? Use evidence from EITHER the novel or the Bible: efgetejanc https://padlet.com/efgetejanc/tcusmay44bhh/wish/341848148 1) I think that the Beast, the Lord of the Flies, could represent Beelzebub. The name Beelzebub directly translates to the Lord of the Flies which is ironically the name of the book and the name of the Beast. Also, when the pig's head was stuck in the glade it was stated that, "The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw," (Golding 138). Flies were swarming the guts of the pig which furthers the name the Lord of the Flies.

2) Beelzebub could represent one of the main characters, Jack.  From the beginning, Jack wanted to be chief and take over as leader of the boys. He has always been the most savage and bloodthirsty of all the boys. Beelzebub is also known as Satan or a prince of Hell. In the Bible, Beelzebub is described as, "He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils" (Luke 11:15). Beelzebub is the chief just like Jack has the deep desire to become chief and eventually does of his own savage group.

3) Beelzebub could represent the new hunting group that has formed. Jack is still power hungry and tries to kick Ralph out of his chief position and doesn't succeed. This makes him angry and he storms off and forms his own savage group that have evil intentions toward Ralph's group.  In the Bible, Beelzebub was known to have led a revolt against God. Him, along with other devils tried to take over,     " The devil's prideful revolt and greed for power turned him into a self-proclaimed enemy of God. He wanted to replace God in every way. Regardless of what name he is called, he is not on equal footing with God" (Isaiah 14:12). This war and fight made heaven and  hell and dived these two group. All though Ralph's group and Jack's group haven't fought yet, this still  is representative of how they're divided against each other. Jack (Beelzebub) wanted to overthrow Ralph and he couldn't so he made his own group and separated from Ralph and has plans to overthrow him. They also both did this for the same reasons as stated that they had "greed for power" which turned them both enemy's against their opponents. 

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