The garden in the title is a reference to the lost paradise of Genesis but also the hortus mentis of the philosophers, as well as the hortus conclusus from the Song of Songs. To sum up: all the places of solitude, where ... do reach Stumbling on melons as I pass Insnared with flowers I fall on grass Images of Eden: The tone changes from witty and paradoxical to hyperbolical description of the delights of paradise. The garden feeds him - itself becomes the wooer. Apples drop on authors head, melons make him stumble and he falls softly on the grass. On the other hand, this fall ... After a pl...

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... up to the higher branches to give the littluns fruit from the jungle. He then crawls beneath the undergrowth, leaving the others to be by himself in this mysterious tropical paradise. Simon is the only real connection to decency that the boys have. Thus it is clear that chaos is promoted, the regulation of the adult world is revealed and the ... ...

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... stare I began with. My right hand was throbbing in pain from clenching the extinguisher so hard, and I was panting so heavily, I think I nearly passed out. In a single instant, my perfect paradise had gone up in flames. I was brought out of my frozen state when Sean's hand came to rest on my tense shoulder. As I turned to look at him, the only ... ...

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