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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, ....

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... efficiently. Another example of man wounding earth is the scar that the plane left when it crashed, “All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was 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 wri ...