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“The only paradise is a paradise lost.” –Marcel Proust. People, even under perfect circumstances, are inherently evil. A plane crashes on a heavenly island, leaving a group of young boys stranded. With no supervision or modern convenience, the boys’ ci ....

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.... a bath of heat” (7). Golding calls it a “scar” to demonstrate that the island, or on a greater level, the earth, is a living thing. The personification shows how man has no regard for his surroundings and will, for example, cut down hundreds of acres of rain forest to make a neighborhood. While exploring the island, Ralph says, “’this belongs to us’” (29). This statement epitomizes mans attitude towards our planet. People believe that because it’s not bolted down and nobody has written their name on it, they own it. Like the boys in the story, the island evolves from a untapped paradise to a barren, burnt out piece of land—good ....