How Does Golding Present Simon In Lord Of The Flies

Simon, covered in mud and filth, achilly crawls towards the beach to inform the other boys of the misinterpretation of the beast’s existence. Consumed with fear and hostility, the boys saw Simon as a vision of the beast, guiding their minds to allow them to physically beat and torture who they thought was the beast to death. Subsequently, Simon’s lifeless body floats off of the beach and into the water, holding the only truth that could salvage the minute humanity and civilization continue to remain on the island. While William Golding made use of Simon’s life within the novel, Lord of the Flies, as a device of symbolism to represent the Biblical figure of Jesus and how the people crucified him on the cross because of the truth he expressed

Ralph and Piggy strongly support living a civil life and strictly follow the rules they gave the conch on their first day on the island. However, with hunger setting in and chances of survival slim, the boys who Jack leads choose to leave the conch shell and its purpose behind them and follow a more barbaric life. Furthermore, with the only sense of civilization remaining on the island lying with the conch shell, Jack and his hunters continue to act more and more savagely and threatening Ralph and Piggy’s sense of identity. Horrifyingly, as the boys continue to behave more savagely, the only source of civilization remaining lies within Ralph and Piggy’s strong belief in the power of the conch shell. However, as Piggy tragically falls to his death, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” obliterating the last bit of civilization left on the island (Golding 224). In the end, the conch shell as a symbol reflects the declining level of civilization the boys represent through their actions throughout the progression of the

Manifestly, the boys prove the Lord of the Flies’ words true to Simon as they mistake Simon for the rumored beast and beat him to his death before Simon could display the evil truth. In short, the Lord of the Flies demonstrates to Simon that the only fear and evil felt on the deserted island lies within the consciousness of the boys inhabiting the island. In the end, William Golding, the author of the novel Lord of the Flies conveys the idealistic understandings of civilization, senses of hope, and internal evil to the reader by depicting several symbols including the conch shell, the burning fire, and the rotting pig head named the Lord of the Flies. All throughout the novel, the theme of maturity and loss of innocence presents itself to the reader through symbolic means. Acting as an allegorical figure, the various symbols within the novel allow the reader to appreciate the art of the theme and fully comprehend the importance of the message being conveyed by William Golding. Lacking adult influence, survival forces the boys to form their own form of government through the conch