In the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the author tells the story of a group of young boys crashing into a deserted island. The boys are left alone without any adult supervision. This leaves them to survive on their own. However, as they try they to work together they are met with conflicts that grow into widespread in the island. Under the main storyline there is a hidden narrative that Golding has written. In Golding's novel, he uses the main characters as metaphors to show that evil will consume mankind’s virtue, while inflicting chaos, if the presence of optimism and intelligence is lost in civilization. In Golding's novel, Simon is a metaphor for virtue in the novel. Golding alludes to the idea that Simon is a sign of goodness by