How Is Simon A Christ Like Figure In Lord Of The Flies

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Simon is a young boy who symbolizes a Christ-like figure, and since Simon represents this and Christ can see all, Simon is a realist. He is the only rational boy on the island who does not believe in the “beast”, unlike the other boys. In Chapter Five, the boys are fighting over whether the beast exists or not. In this scene Simon is skeptical of the Beast and expresses his belief of what the beast is. “Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.” (Golding 89). This is significant at this point in the story because all of the boys have different beliefs for what the beast is, but Simon is skeptical of it’s existence, he thinks it may just be inside of them.

The Lord of the Flies is a pig’s head on a stick that they stuck in the “earth.” Later on in the chapter Simon is hallucinating that he is talking to it. “‘There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.’ … Simon’s mouth labored, brought forth audible words. ‘Pig’s head on a stick’” (Golding 143). This quote is significant at this point in the story because as Simon is ‘talking’ to the pig, it tells Simon that it is the Beast, but Simon puts it down by saying that the Lord of the Flies is just a pig’s head on a stick, he is still the only boy who does not believe in the