He recognizes that the beast is inside of the boys and there actually isn’t a beast in real life. His personality is very different than that of the other boys. In the book he has a softness towards the littunes and even helps pick the best fruit for them that they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to reach. He also helps Ralph make shelters at the beginning of the book when no one else wanted to. Simon is also known to one of the most insightful and bravest of the boys on the island.
In the novel, Simon represented the goodness of the world. He is not scared of the beast or anything the other boys are afraid of, but he is afraid of the boys and the evil inside of them. While the boys were arguing about whether
Simon is a character who doesn't say much, but when he does speak, it is to reveal some sort of truth and his words are sometimes prophetic. Often times, Simon is at a loss for words or has a lack of confidence when he wants to speak to a large group of his peers: "Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness" (89). In this line, Simon is trying to say that the beast is something dark within the boys themselves, which is "mankind's essential illness", or evil nature. He is the
Simon is the only member of Jack's group who does not become a hunter. He picks fruit for the littluns and gives Piggy meat. He enjoys wandering off by himself. In chapter seven, he goes to find out the truth about the beast. He sees a pig's head on a stick that Jack had left for the beast that the pig's head is talking to him.
In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding the ultimate one responsible for the destruction of the island is Jack. In the novel Golding has wrote about how a group of british boys crashed on a plane and landed on a island where there are no adults,just little british boys stranded on a island .In the beginning one of the boys Ralph was the responsible leader where he knew what to do an how to manage. But of course there was this one cureles jealous boy that wanted to be a leader,the one in charge. Because of how ruthless and savage Jack was he took the fear that the boys had within them and used it against them to make them join his tribe which started the destruction of the island.
He is ethical and clearly on the side of order and civilization, but he is also curious by the so-called beast and feels a deep and comforting connection with the nature of the island, whereas Roger and Jack’s connection to the island’s wilderness only heightens their violent instincts and bloodlust. Overall, Simon is a pure, good, and natural character in every aspect. He remains distinctly different from Ralph and Jack, who represent two opposite ends of a spectrum between civilization and savagery. The other boys abandon all moral behavior as soon as civilization is no longer there to urge it upon them.
“Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.” (Golding 89). This is significant at this point in the story because all of the boys have different beliefs for what the beast is, but Simon is skeptical of it’s existence, he thinks it may just be inside of them.
There’s a lot of symbolism in The Lord of the Flies, and Simon represents the religious aspect in life, for example; morals. Which means, like I stated above, that Simon tries to keep others in a good or for better words civilized society. Simon is eager and he pretends to be less than what he is and what I mean by that is he takes less credit than he should. He isn’t what one would describe as direct, but when things need to be taken care of and fixed he won’t let it slide. He’ll be upfront about it and take care of what needs to be done.
Simon is a compassionate boy who understands and tries to help everyone around him no matter their age or status. As most of the “biguns” in the story bully or ignore the “littluns”, Simon cares for them. He helps them retrieve the best fruit from the trees and does
Throughout the novel, we quickly notice how different Simon is compared to the the rest of the boys found on the island. He becomes quickly dedicated to ralph; being one of the only ones to help him build the shelters and becoming a trusted friend. He’s very calm, humble and hopeful; never acting out of rage or ever seems the slightest bit annoyed. Simon is wise; often saying things that are not quite understood by the boys. Along with his maturity simon makes some prophetic comment one of these being "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster.
Ralph is the protagonist of Lord of the flies, a novel that explores the natural behavior of man. Throughout the book, Ralph experiences a lot of character development, being introduced at the beginning of the novel as a handsome, thoughtful, charismatic person who is a natural leader, he quickly gains the support and respect of all the boys on the island and is promptly elected leader of the island. Ralph's election kickstarts a rivalry between him and one of the older boys Jack, who believes he should be the one in charge. Jack repeatedly challenges ralphs authority as Ralph's leadership is repeatedly put to the test.
Simon is the first character in the novel to see the beast not as an external force but as a component of human nature. Simon does not yet fully understand his own idea, but it becomes clearer to him in Chapter 8, when he has a vision in the glade and confronts the Lord of the Flies. Then everyone thought the beastie was real but us the audience knew the beastie was not real and so did simon. Simon was going to tell everyone but “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me.
This shows that the boys are only afraid of themselves, because they are their own worst enemy. He is the first to figure out that the beast is not an actual beast, and how it is only the boys becoming savage, and starting to be afraid of one another. As Simon began to explain this to the doubtful boys, he was the only one who died knowing the
One of his characteristic traits simon exhibits is selflessness. Simons selflessness can be seen when the lord of the flies threatens him. It tells him that something terrible with happen if he tells the boys That is no beast. The beast was just made up in their imagination. but he does it anyways
Prison is considered an appalling place to be, but Bartleby thinks otherwise. “And to you, this should not be so vile a place. Nothing reproachful attaches to you by being here. And see, it is not so sad a place as one might think. Look, there is the sky, and here is the grass” (27).
