... story's significance beyond just an adventure fable. The book scrutinizes human behaviour in its most natural and un-conditioned shape and proves to be one big allegory. The story is composed of several different allegories including elements linked with religion, government and the contrariety of intelligence and power in ... Eden was also a place of tranquility and untouched beauty. Upon the arrival of humankind in both places though, they become much less like paradise and ultimately carry out the same fate. With the coming of the boys and their savage behaviour, it is evident that t...

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... chiefs were called "wise men,"" emphasizing the importance of wisdom and how it is needed in order for the tribe and the individual to survive. However, the first chapter of Ecclesiastes, a book in the Bible, states, "For in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow."" In short, with knowledge ... can be. Also, when he ultimately learns of the real world, he has been stripped of all he loves and his beautiful wife has lost her beauty. And finally, the Bible's statement is even further supported by a previous book, the Book of Genesis in which Adam and Eve...

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