William Golding uses Simon as the Christ figure in the book. He relates with all three P's Prophet, Priest, and Pariah The first thing that makes Simon different from the other boys is that he is an outcast and this is shown at the very beginning of the novel. For example, the way that Simon is introduced is through his fainting "Then one of the boys flopped on his face in the sand" p 19 Simon is different from the other boys. This is important because Simon is the only one that faints and is made fun of because he faints. Subsequently, Simon is shy and is laughed at when he speaks "Simon's effort fell about in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat." Simon is shy Unlike all the other biggens Simon is shy and cannot speak up when he is chosen to speak. Simon being shy and the only one who faints makes him weird to everyone making him the pariah of the boys on the island. …show more content…
Simon instead of thinks the dead pilot as a bird beast thinks of them as a person " however Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." p104 Simon can predict that the beast is a dead person. Simon has no evidence of this, and it goes against what all the other kids think but it turns out to be correct. The other evidence of Simon predicting things that will happen in the future is with him saying to Ralph "You'll get back to where you came from." Simon predicts that Ralph will be recused. At the end of the book, Ralph is rescued by the navy. Simon predicts he will be rescued, and with the navy saving them, Ralph's father was in his Ralph going back to where he came from, so Simon predicted the future. Simon predicts the beast is a dead person and Ralph, being rescued by the Navy, shows that he is a