He more or less just wanders around the jungle, does his duties at camp, and listens to Ralph. While not bad practices, it does lead to his ultimate demise. Due to the fact, he is always in the jungle, the other boys believe there is a beast on the island. The boys believe this beast haunts them at night, however, Simon’s thoughts lead him to believe there is no beast. Simon proclaims, “maybe there is a beast” (Golding 89) speaking with questioning and unsurety.
Then, in Document F, Simon again comes to question what the beast really is. It states that Simon hesitantly says that “maybe the beast is us”. Meaning him and the other boys living on the island. When reading down further in Document F, there is a chant. “Kill the beast!
As the rain increases and the boys leave, the tide carries Simon’s body away. They both connect because it shows how these boys, who are stranded on an island, have to overcome obstacles and go through different realizations like
He begins to see all the damage they have done to the island and begins to realize that overtime they will end up scarce resources. Simon is the only one who doesn’t become a complete savage. He doesn’t have any determination to destroy and kill animals, he just wants to survive and do it in a respectful manner. From the beginning of the book Simon seemed different from the rest, he has a distinct view on life and what needs to be done. Simon is the only boy to truly grasp that "the beast" is just all the negative, horrible aspects of
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
He crawls inside this space and peers out at the clearing. He watches the birds and butterflies as evening approaches. Then he sits back in the small space and stays there by himself as night falls, just thinking. Then the book goes on in great description about the surroundings and what Simon sees. By the great detail, we can see the unique part of Simon.
The fire is the symbol for hope; hope that they will be rescued from the island. The fire keeps them civilized by reminding them that this is not a game and that they are actually trying to be rescued. A third symbol that is used is Simon. Simon symbolizes a Christ figure in the sense that he does not do any wrong, he continues to help without complaining and when he is killed it is as if he is being sacrifices and he floats away with the plankton around his head like a halo. The scene when Simon is killed tells us that the savages are no longer capable of identifying right from wrong and civil vs
Simon was the character who always had a kind heart and was looking to help even if the boys were mean or making fun of him. Simon always seemed to help anyone, no matter who they were,“The littluns watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit,”(Golding 56). Simon did what he felt was the right thing to do regardless of what others thought, which was to try to bring order to the island. Simon risked his life for the better of the boys by discovering what the “beast” truly was. Even in his last moments, Simon always sought out to help, by releasing the parachute man this let, what the boys thought was the beast, to leave the island.
Simon was the first to realize there was no actual beast on the island, and that it was only a dead man with a parachute. He believed there was no such thing as a beast on the island, and he helped the littluns believe it too by saying: "What I mean is... Maybe it 's only us." (89). Simon was trying to suggest the idea that the beast was only an illusion to the boys’, as it had been created only within their imaginations.
This is how the novel demonstrates coming of age and the adolescent experience. One reason why the novel represents coming of age is the act of epiphany and revelation.
The age of adolescence, is what I find to believe, the age of rebelliousness. As we make the transition from being a child, to an adult, we start to make our own decisions. No longer do we listen to the constant blabbering of someone telling us, what is right, and what is wrong for us. Instead, we break free from the ones controlling us, and find our own path, rather than travelling in the direction they are pushing us towards. From a young age, we must learn how to make our own judgement of things, and learn how to fend for ourselves.
Only Simon is able to recognize that the beast is not a monster or the pig's head, it is the evil that lives inside all the boys and the others on the island do not understand that.
(Golding, 77). Although the boys laugh at Simon’s idea, his belief conforms Golding’s idea that inner evil exists. The boys develop into the beast when they kill Simon. Simon was desperate to explain the unidentified creature on the mountain but the boys weren’t in the mood for listening to him. With his brutal murder by the other boys, chaos takes over civilized order on the island.
When Simon sees it he faints and has a vision where the head talks to him. The head reveals the truth that the boys are the beast on the island. This truth allows Simon to fully understand his own idea that the beat was “only us.” It becomes clear to him that when he said this he meant that the beast is the darkness residing inside them.
Handout on identity development during adolescence Adolescence is the years between the beginning of puberty and onset of adulthood. These are the years where most people develop a strong and stable identity. It is the period where children start to become conscious of their identity and its possible immediate consequences or future repercussions. Relationships between parents and the adolescents often decrease, and they start to prefer to spend more time with their peers.
