Simon the Serf was an average peasant in the great town of Great Bexley. Until the Bubonic Plague came from a ship with moldy, yellow toothed sailors, and killed his wife and millions of others. Here's how it all started. It was a Tuesday morning, Simon has just woken at 5:30am. Simon got his daily small serving of bread and cheese, and started towards the farm.
The description of Simon’s eyes alone give insight as to how enigmatic his personality is. Simon is a crucial character, and this shown through his kind actions towards the littluns and Piggy, and holds an abundant amount of
People are bad they do so many bad things. They steal and kill other people so that they get what they want. I believe that humans are bad because they kill and steal. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies shows that humans are bad through killing one another. In the Lord of the Flies Simon is calling out to everyone saying that the beast is not real.
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
Simon being ridiculed shows the situations Christ went through day by day. As, Simon repeatedly tries to speak his mind throughout the novel, his ideas were always turned down or completely ignored. In addition, he also has his own hide out or what could be called a sanctuary in the jungle. He keeps this a secret and goes to it alone at night. This shows his isolation not only physically but mentally from the others boys.
The federalist papers was a series of newspaper essays that have become a classic of American political. James wants to redefine the term “Republic”. Power to govern must come from the govern’s citizens. James Madison starts the most popular federalist papers by saying that one of the strongest arguments is the fact that it establishes a government to be able to control the violence and damage caused by fractions which is a group of people who gather together to protect their political opinions and views. Factions will always be a issue to deal with because the citizens will always have different opinions, some own more land than others, and some are more wealthy than others.
Golding shows the juxtaposition between these in Simon representing humanity, goodness, and light and the Lord of the Flies representing savagery, evil, and darkness. Simon, throughout the novel, helped others as much as he could, even at the expense of himself. One time when the littluns were hungry and searching for food, “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach” (50). Rather than being selfish, like many of those in Jack’s tribe who took from others and did not share, Simon shared the food that he could have kept for himself with those who could not get it themselves. In Jack’s tribe at the end of one of their hunts, they put a stick in the head of a pig and stuck it up out of the ground.
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
Civilization means to be a part of a culture, to have a leader who takes power, and to be apart of orderly society. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Simon is the most civilized boy on the island because he has the most positive outlook out of every boy on the island, he is insightful of what and where the beast is, and, he is the first to realize most of the problems that occur on the island. Simon has the most positive outlook out of every boy on the island. Simon insisted multiple times that the boys would get rescued, even when Ralph strongly doubted the possibility.
In Lord of the Flies, Golding depicts Simon as a christ figure. Simon displays incontrovertible similarities in his qualities, actions, and death with Jesus Christ, however Simon is more of a failure ignoring all the similarities. On an isolated island like the boys are on evil becomes a thing that is commonly shared upon all survivors. Simon on the other hand sticks out as a more complex character. Simon like Jesus is a more sensitive character that cares a lot about others.
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!
Every character in Lord of the Flies sees nature as an adversary, whereas Simon is comfortable and at peace in it. Jack wants to dominate nature, Ralph sees nature as subordinate to society, and Simon and nature share a compatibility and mutual respect. All of their relationships with nature are reflections of how they act in their mini society. Jack’s overall rejection of society stems from a complete detachment from nature, whereas Ralph sees it as something merely challenging that can be conquered with societal constructs. Simon’s happiness and appreciation for nature in and of itself is what makes him insightful, and arguably the most ethical character in the novel.
William Golding portrays Simon as a Christ figure by having Simon’s actions mimic those of Jesus. While Simon is walking through the Jungle, he gives some littleuns some fruit he just picked from the branches that were too high for them to reach. This is significant because in the bible, Jesus believed everyone should help out and give to those who do not have necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter. Simon gave food to the littleuns who were not able to obtain it themselves. After Piggy’s specs were knocked of he cried out ”’
You can plainly see this in how Simon was the only one who remained completely civil and good resembling how Jesus is the only one who has walked this earth and didn’t sin once in His life. With his well-minded nature, Simon constantly attempts to be a peacemaker and succeeds in preventing himself from falling to the level of evil of his peers. Simon went through a lot with the plane crash, being stranded on the island, and being picked on by those such as Jack, and yet through it all, he remained to be the most sound minded and good person in his group just like Jesus lived a perfect life despite all of His
Simon is smart enough to know the consequences of his actions, but sees injustice occurring, and because of his morals, does not let fear overpower what he knows is the right thing to do. He is willing to risk his own privileges because he see’s the dignity in another being taken away. Prior to arriving on the island, the lessons that Simon has learned from society, is something he retains even when immersed in the society on the island. In addition, Simon also looks after and helps the littluns on the island. During the day while everyone is out playing or hunting, Simon comes across some of the littluns gathering food, “Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the
