William Golding's Lord of the Flies
is not a novel which makes a lot of allusions to mythology or other literary works;
however, it is a novel full of biblical allusions.
From the
beginning, the island is a lush, idyllic place, untouched--so far--by sin or evil. It is
Eden. The boys eat fruit and live a relatively carefree life without recognizing the
evil which lurk, the beast that is them (Satan). Simon is the Christ figure, feeding the
children and going off alone to face the devil (the Lord of the Flies) and try to save
his fellow men--only to be senselessly killed by the very people he was trying to
save.
It is hard to miss the constant references to good
and evil as well as biblical figures, stories, and concepts in Lord of the
Flies.
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