2. Where are we?

4. Island Layout

5. Utopia An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects.

6. Paradise Why would the boys think that this island is paradise?

7. Story of Adam and Eve 8 Now the L ORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The L ORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin [d] and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. [e] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.de 15 The L ORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the L ORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

8. 21 The L ORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the L ORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the L ORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side [e] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.e

9. Connections Take out a piece of paper What are the similarities between the Garden of Eden and the Island? Based on what we know about the Garden of Eden, What kinds of predictions can we make about what may happen on the island?