Simon is the strangest of the boys. Simon is extremely shy and kind. He is an honest person and has a positive mindset. Simon in the story is unable, to tell the truth about the island, the beast, and human nature. He is kind.
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.
Piggy is a boy who is picked on as soon as he gets on the island. His weight makes him an easy target, and his lack of contribution to the group frustrates many of the boys. For the most part, he was protected by Ralph, the leader of the island. However, he becomes a casualty when Jack takes control of the island. After taking over, Jack and Ralph fight while Piggy stands off to the side, blind as a bat due to Jack stealing his glasses.
Ralph is immediately admired as a leader. Everyone but Jack and his friends vote for Ralph over Jack. Those that voted for Ralph did so because of all his proven leadership qualities. He is confident, anything but shy, strong, and he is clear that he will do anything to get them rescued including doing a lot of the dirty work himself such as hunting the beast and building all of the shelters.
While Ralph and Jack imitate their idea of leadership, they take on the negative aspect of unaccountable commanders; abusing their underlings. Jack especially offends the underlings by hitting Piggy in front of them, hurting Piggy and establishing a pattern of disrespect against the fat, spectacled boy; many times the boys look at Piggy and ‘lacked interest in what they saw’ (44). However, while the other boys now see fit to treat Piggy in that same manner, Simon naturally steps in repeatedly to console him, with his kindness confronting the others. Simon’s morality is firmly planted in himself and he acts as such.
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.
The boys hardly listen to Piggy because he is an outsider. The most obvious reason the boys consider him an outsider is because of his appearance. Piggy is fat, has asthma, and wears glasses, while everyone else is slim with no disabilities. In the very beginning of the book the boys recognized Piggy as an outsider, taunting him and calling him names.
Piggy’s low self esteem often leads to him being seen as a joke. Due to the fact that he is short and stout, the boys ridicule him and never take him seriously, even though he has some of the best ideas on the island. Overall, Piggy is a physically weak character because of his asthma and dependency on his spectacles, but this also carries over into the way he holds himself. He received his nickname from when he told Ralph “what they used to call [him] in school,” which shows that for years, Piggy has been teased because of his weight, resulting in his lack of confidence (Golding, 11). Piggy struggles for attention and for his voice to be heard, but the other boys never give that to him.
Jack has changed greatly, over the course of William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies. Crashing onto an island without adults and having to survive put a strain on all of the boys, but Jack’s personality altered the most due to this experience. He went from living as an ambitious choir boy, to being a vicious, brutal, beast. Many things changed Jack on the island, but most of all, he created the monster he became.
Despite being stranded on the island, Simon tries to comfort Ralph, hoping that all will be well and that the boy will make it home safely. Golding highlights the event to invoke Simon’s importance to the novel and create an opportunity for Simon to show his kind nature despite being surrounded by people who wish to commit violence and harm to the inhabitants of the island. Golding enquires how Simon has no idea whether or not the boys will get rescued but despite the lack of hope and belief from the others, he believes that they will be rescued. While Simon stays in the forest, the other boys go hunting and brutally murder a mother pig. The other hunters leave the sow’s head on a stick, as a “gift for the beast” (137), a seemingly ubiquitous character.
Lords of the Flies, an amazing book Written by the astounding author William Golding. Golding’s Writing Uses simon to represent The good of the boys. Also simons traits That he exhibits is selfless and caring and some believe that he represents Jesus in the book. Jesus, as most people know him is a good all around person he is selfless and in the Big book it says he died for our sins simon died for their sins (Metaphorically).
Ralph and Simon are both the “good” characters in the Lord of the Flies, but their goodness spark from two different origins. Simon is sometimes considered somewhat of a Christ-like figure. He confronted the Lord of the Flies, just like the Devil confronted Jesus at once. The Garden of Eden is a pristine place with evil corrupting it.
In Lord of the flies, many of the characters fit into the prompt. But the character that fits the description of an outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions was Simon. Although he didn’t intend to stir up trouble, his thoughts about the beast did just that. In Lord of the flies, Simon is described to act in a saint-like manner.
Literacy Autobiography Even though it isn’t my content area, I am a strong believer in the power of literature. This appreciation goes way back, in fact some of my earliest memories are those of my mom reading to my older sister and me every night before bed. We made our way through nearly all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books by the time I started kindergarten.
In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Simon’s role in the novel represents the civility and sanity of the boys on the island. In the beginning, we see Simon as a quiet figure who seems a bit odd compared to the rest of the boys. Simon has always stayed away from the killings, never hunting. When the topic of the beast arose he quickly shut it down, saying that the beast was just a figment of the boys imaginations and not something that could be hunted. When the Lord of the Flies appears to speak to Simon, it proves that glue holding together the sanity of the boys is fading.
