Ralph says “ Don’t you understand, Piggy? The things we did-“He may still be-”“No” (Golding 160). This shows that they knew that it was Simon who was getting murdered but decided to not help him. This proves that even people considered to be civil can still be evil.
Mckenzy L. powell Mrs.Benne English II 17th march 2023 Why Simon is the most mature in the Lord of the flies “Animals cannot be moral in all the ways we can be moral. But they can be moral in one of the ways we can be moral: they can be motivated to act by moral emotions”-Mark Rowlands (University of Miami). The Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. A group of young English boys in WW2 get stranded on an island after their plane that was supposed to bring them to safety crashes killing the only adult on the plane leaving the boys to fend for themselves.
Simon’s Constant Battle in Which Savagery Prevails The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding is about how savagery initiates the loss of innocence. Simon was a kindhearted, innocent individual who was murdered due to savagery. It is inferred that Simon loses his innocence from death. In William Golding’s writing, Simon is a pivotal character and a victim that shows the overruling of savagery on the island.
In the book Lord of the Flies, Simon becomes noticeably different from the rest of the schoolboys on the island. Simon is a shy individual and doesn’t speak often. He, unlike the other boys, enjoys being alone and independent while on the island. Although he comes across as one of the younger boys, he is one of the more disciplined, caring and mature; he understands what has to be done in order for them to survive and to keep peace between them all. Simon is the only boy on the island who sticks up for Piggy in countless situations throughout the book making him stand out in a positive way.
Golding establishes Simon’s presence as a religious and spiritual figure early on in the novel not only by his continuous journeys to places of meditation.but also in how the other characters perceive him to be. Simon is physically frail (as shown in his fainting spells) deeply spiritual, compassionate, non-violent, and in harmony with the natural world (like many religious figures tend to be). Being one of the older boys, he garners respect from the littluns and helps them with activities like picking fruits. One quote that really stood out is how Ralph described Simon when he first got a good look at him. His eyes especially stood out to Ralph.
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.
In the novel Lord of the Flies, author William Golding frequently depicts Simon as a Christ-like character. The author gave Simon an elevated status among the boys, for he was able to see past the dangers of the island but unable to sway the other boys from their descent into savagery. Golding displays mankind's innate evil and the dangers that come from irrational fear through Simon’s elevated perspective and eventual murder. One of the primary examples Golding uses to show Simon to be a Christ-like figure is Simon’s love of nature. Deep in the woods of the island, Simon had “a little cabin screened off from the open space by a few leaves” where he would often spend time (Golding 57).
Reuven notices that Danny is very different from whom he had expected him to be. As the son of Reb Saunders, Danny shows many signs of having an intellectual passion, however he admits that studying just the Talmud is not enough and that his school life is quite boring. He feels that the teachers are too afraid of his father to challenge him, thus, he reads many books as a replacement for experiencing the challenges and excitement that he could never achieve at school. Rather than judging Danny by his appearance or position, Reuven uses this opportunity to actually listen to him, as a result, he was able to learn many things about his new friend. Prior to the novel, the same reoccurring theme of friendship seem to play an important role in
Throughout the novel, Golding uses Simon to represent the innocence and goodness of the boys before becoming uncivilized. During the novel, Simon continued to represent the goodness within the boys. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, Simon kept to himself and was
In section 8 it focuses more on the character Simon and his vision he encounters while alone on the island. Simon faces an unusual experience with a pig on a stick, who is known as "Lord of The Flies". This pig has a major emblematic importance in the story which is said to be the darkness and evil, “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close!
Simon is the most intriguing character in Lord of the Flies. Simon is quiet and appears weak and innocent at first introduction, but he becomes progressively enlightened and empowered as the story unfolds. He aligns himself with Ralph and Piggy helping them out setting himself apart from the others. The author made Simon a much more Christ-like-figure within the story by giving him the ability to see and hear things that the others could not; including when he was martyred. Finally, Simon grew from just a boy, to a boy that was spoken to from the gods and understood more than the other boys.
Hannah Rogers Miss Deegan AP Literature 23 October 2016 The teachings of Jesus Christ promote purity and virtue of man and society, but are often challenged by the concept that human nature is rooted in evil and the ‘beastie’ that inhabits the heart of every man. Even in modern literature, there are often distinctive cues alluding to a parallel between Jesus Christ and the complex characters that embody the same divine characteristics and a certain innate goodness. Simon is the epitome of a Christ figure in The Lord of the Flies, in his actions, realizations, and later his death, thus complicating the symmetry that the characters of Jack and Ralph create amid civilization and savagery, and the evil possible on both ends of the spectrum.
One of his main fears was never being rescued. Another quality would be his ideas of social structure, which the other boys lacked. He is the only one who vividly sees that the island is changing them but cannot find the courage to speak his mind. Simon was a very good natured kid. In chapter seven he tells Ralph, “You’ll get back to where you came from.”
Simon is also linked to the spiritual world. In fact, one of the twelve apostles is named Simon. His qualities and abilities are transcendent. He has a presentiment of his death, but still goes out of his way to share the news of the beast being a man to the other boys. He tells Ralph that Ralph will get home, and even suggests that he himself will not make it.
There are various allegories and symbolism in many pieces of literature, and Lord of The Flies is no exception. This is something disagreed upon by many readers of this book. However, as you look deeper into the context and the characters, it is pretty easy to see that one of the main characters, named “Simon”, can be looked at as an allegory for Jesus due to three distinguishing attributes. These attributes are the way he is wise and spiritual, the way he is treated by anyone who is becoming evil in the book, and the fact he can be seen as the most moral and virtuous person on the island.
