Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel written in 1954 by William Golding. It takes place during the Cold War. During a fight, a plane full of schoolchildren is shot down and forced to land on a desert island. The problem they face is whether, when, and how they will be rescued. During their stay, Golding reveals the boys' savagery and their inevitable impulses toward humanity, connecting to various stories from the Bible. The use of two well-known biblical stories are those of Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel, to describe the major faults of humanity. The Lord of the Flies can be seen as a religious allegory. To set the scene, Golding tells us that the boys have landed on a desert island. The island can serve as a parallel to the Garden of Eden. The similarities that the island and the Garden of Eden share lie in their physical characteristics. Both offer lush, green, natural environments filled with abundant food. Golding describes the island as "a great platform of pink granite rising uncompromisingly through forest, terraces, sand and lagoon to form a four-foot-high raised jetty." The summit was covered with a thin layer of earth and coarse grass and shaded by young palm trees” (12). Both the island and the Garden of Eden had abundant supplies of essential supplies for survival. Abundance was evident in the novel when Golding describes a boy walking in a fertile area: "He walked with a habitual gait through acres of fruit trees, where the less energetic could find an easy, if unsatisfying, meal" ( 56). Ralph is seen skinny dipping, which may relate to how naked Adam and Eve were and how water and innocence equal purity and baptism. ...... middle of paper ...... heart, and the fall through the air of the true and wise friend called Piggy” (202). In Cain and Abel, Cain also cries after murdering his brother. He realizes that he has a “darkness” within him that pushes him to murder his brother. Adam and Eve were perfect human beings, just like the once innocent boys. They were both tempted by evil. In the Bible, it was the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve. In Lord of the Flies, it is the boys' evil characteristics that cause them to do these bad things. When the word "evil" appears, people don't think they have it. Without a society filled with rules and regulations, people are more likely to indulge their own corrupt desires and ignore the consequences. William Golding reveals that man's selfishness and sinful nature will be revealed when the structure of a society spirals out of control..