Jack's Island In Lord Of The Flies

In William Golding novel “Lord of the Flies” Golding juxtaposes Jack’s island and Simon’s to illustrate that when man is faced with a certain environment, he will chose to either make the best of what he has by staying positively calm or look at it in a negative aspect. Golding’s novel transpires when a bunch of kids plane was shot down. The boys all survive and land on an uninhabited island. The boys do not have an adult figure as their authority. The boys are split into two separate camps. Hunters who were once former choir members and workers which persits of everyone else. The hunters are led by a boy named Jack, the former head of the choir. He is in charge off the choir and virtually is second in command on the island. A few days after

Simon also gets an opportunity to walk within the forest and would disagree with Jack. Simon who was also on the choir before landing on the island. However, unlike the rest of the choir Simon decides not to join the hunters but become a part of the group led by Ralph. When Ralph and Jack go off to debate Simon goes of into the jungle for a walk. Simon, an anomaly to the group is not noticeably absent from this war of words. As Simon sits down, Golding describes the atmosphere around Simon where “nothing moved but a pair of gaudy butterflies that danced round each other in the hot air. [Simon holding his] breath [Simon] cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the island. Evening was advancing toward the island; the sounds of the bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls that were returning to their roosts among the square rocks, were fainter. The deep sea breaking miles away on the reef made an undertone less perceptible than the susurration of the blood.” (Golding 57) Simon sees the island for what it is which is as a truly beautiful and gorgeous island. He is neither plagued by the hunt for meat nor is he annoyed by the silence that surrounds his habitat. Rather he would rather hear the “bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls that were returning to their roosts among the square rocks.” He is not like the other choir members who are more prone to