" (7). The scar symbolizes how human nature can destroy paradise by simply entering it. In the end, Jack and his tribe set the whole island on fire and his savage instincts account for the demolishment of the island. Similar to the breakdown of the island, over the course of Adam and Eve's lives, the Garden of Eden is gradually destroyed and has come to the same circumstance, no longer existing because of man kind's evil ways. In addition to the qualities both the boys and Adam and Eve possess, they are placed in similar situations. .
When the boys are isolated with no adults present, they are the beginning of civilization on the island and have to create a new society, just like how the bible says that Adam and Eve are the start of the human race and its civilization. Lastly there is a connection between the lust for hunting and the lust for the forbidden fruit. Jack and his tribe are clearly not satisfied with the heavenly setting and become obsessed with hunting and getting meat, even though they have food supply from all the fruit trees. William Golding uses great diction to show the pleasure the boys get from hunting, describing their animalistic urges and presenting the boys loss of innocence, it says "the sow staggered her way ahead of them, bleeding and mad, and the hunters followed, wedded to her in lust, excited by the long chase and the dropped blood" (135). .
Much the same, Adam and Eve become obsessed with the forbidden fruit and find themselves in lust for it, even when they have the option of choosing from all the other fruit trees. They have an uncontrollable impulse to take the forbidden fruit. When they take it, it is like a loss of innocence for them as well. Another biblical story that is comparable to the "Lord Of the Flies" is Jesus' confrontation with Satan during his forty days in the wilderness, which could be interpreted as very similar to the conversation between the sow head and Simon.
