How Is Simon A Christ Figure In Lord Of The Flies

Golding’s most remarkable boy, Simon brings light to an unusual stereotype and a very important archetype.

The young boy surprisingly demonstrates a stereotypical spiritual figure. In Golding’s novel, The Lord of The Flies, the religious focus is particularly on Christianity. When I think of a Christ figure, the first thing that comes to mind is selflessness. If we dig thoroughly on Christianity, it is told that Jesus didn’t really had to be crucified, with his overwhelming powers. He sacrificed himself for humanity’s sins. Going back to Simon, he is very selfless in countless ways, such as picking fruit for the littluns [“...pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” Ch.3] and

Like Jesus, Simon’s also may have been a part of the sacrifice that he made for the rest of the boys at the end of the book, maintain humanity on the island and be rescued home. A Christ figure, like any other deity, often are depicted as very compassionate and prophetic- traits that makes us look up upon. Simon was always supportive of Piggy, helping retrieve his glasses and his willingness to listen. He is also very wary of his surroundings, the first of all to foresee that there is no beast but the boys unruly drive of fear. [“Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of incredulity—a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left no tracks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric. However Simon

The archetype of a mentor is defined as someone who is wise, brave, knowledgeable, wary, calm, rational, empathetic and are known to have a want to share. This archetype often models as the protagonist’s guide with no more than humane power alone. They are often looked up upon, just like how in the novel, the littluns looked up to Simon, the only bigun who ultimately showed compassion to them. Essentially, Jesus or any other celestial being is a mentor with superhuman abilities for most religious people. Simon, although is a spiritual figure, he shares no superhuman powers beside the fact he is extremely insightful and foreboding, as his green eyes appear to be. Simon helps as in chapter three, he is one of the three characters that take initiative and stayed to build the shelter rather than play. The fact he does not believe in the beast through rational and moral thinking presents his optimism and calm method of taking precautions to bravely unveil the truth behind the beast. Simon would be a great leader and very helpful to Ralph the hero, if he sheared off his weakness in not being able to express himself fully due to his timid and often viewed as weird charisma [“He’s queer. He’s funny.”