Religious Influences in Religious Influences in Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies

Yes you should put this in Yes you should put this in your notebookyour notebook

Good vs. Evil: Religious concepts Good vs. Evil: Religious concepts (Judeo-Christian tradition) dating back (Judeo-Christian tradition) dating back to The Garden of Edento The Garden of Eden

• The Garden of Eden is the beautiful garden where God The Garden of Eden is the beautiful garden where God intended Adam and Eve (the first two humans) to live in intended Adam and Eve (the first two humans) to live in peace and contented innocence. peace and contented innocence. – The garden had a tree of knowledge of good and evil, The garden had a tree of knowledge of good and evil,

from which Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat. from which Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat. – They disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit when a They disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit when a

SERPENT (who is the devil) tempted Eve and SERPENT (who is the devil) tempted Eve and convinced her to eat the forbidden fruit. God drove convinced her to eat the forbidden fruit. God drove them out of the Garden and punished women through them out of the Garden and punished women through painful childbirth and men through having to work.painful childbirth and men through having to work.

– In the world outside of the Garden of Eden, they were In the world outside of the Garden of Eden, they were subject to Sickness, pain, and eventual deathsubject to Sickness, pain, and eventual death

The FallThe Fall

• This original sin (disobeying God) is This original sin (disobeying God) is known as The Fall of humankind. known as The Fall of humankind.

• This belief supports the idea that This belief supports the idea that humans are inherently evil and it is humans are inherently evil and it is their NATURE to sin.their NATURE to sin.

ConnectionsConnections

• Where do we see these in the book?Where do we see these in the book?– The serpentThe serpent– Nature to sinNature to sin– Fear of unknownFear of unknown

EpilepsyEpilepsy

• What is epilepsy?What is epilepsy?

• Who in the book has epilepsy?Who in the book has epilepsy?

SimonSimon

• He suffers from epilepsy which in He suffers from epilepsy which in earlier periods of time was mistaken earlier periods of time was mistaken to be a gift to connect with the gods.to be a gift to connect with the gods.

Beast Conversation:Beast Conversation:

• Recognizes the human capacity for Recognizes the human capacity for evilevil

• Superficial nature of human moral Superficial nature of human moral systemssystems

• Acknowledges the end of innocenceAcknowledges the end of innocence– Loss of childhoodLoss of childhood

• Acknowledges the darkness withinAcknowledges the darkness within

Simon as Christ figureSimon as Christ figure