Satan appearing in the form of a pig's head; the essence of Christ projected into a boy; young boys struggling between good and evil while roaming around on an Eden like island. These are the images that William Golding depicted in his book Lord Of the Flies, the story of a group of English boys stranded alone on a deserted island after their plane crashes. Golding makes Biblical allusions to the Garden of Eden, Christ, and the battle between good and evil, showing the reader, that without a balance of good and evil in the human soul, evil will triumph.
             To start off with, the island in Lord of the Flies is both a wonderland and a nightmare to the boys. At first view the island is a paradise surrounded by ocean and beaches, fruit trees, forests, animals, tropical flowers, flamboyantly colored birds, and a mountain right in the middle. As in the Garden of Eden, the boys seem to have no worries and see no need for explanations, until the serpent appears and a question is asked, "Beastie?" "A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it." "Where?" "In the woods," (36). The introduction of a snake-thing into the scene brings a feeling of uncertainty to the boys. Their eyes are opened to the truth that they might not be alone and there is something evil lurking around their island. As in the story of Eden, the serpent opens the eyes of the inhabitants of the garden to the reality of their seemingly perfect and serene surroundings.
             Next, there are two sides to everything in the book Lord of the Flies. William Golding focuses on the difference between light and dark, and good and evil, in both objects and people. First of all, Golding elaborates on the idea that even in the midst of utter beauty there is an essence of darkness in all objects. For example, in the beginning while Ralph is exploring the island, the first creature he sees is " a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a...