In addition to showing internal struggles, Golding used several symbols to convey the theme surrounding the evil within. One that especially stood out was the pig’s head on the stake. The pig’s head stood for evil, hence its name Lord of the Flies, meaning Beelzebub (aka Satan) When Simon encounters it, the pig tells him that it (meaning evil) is inside of Simon, whispering “You knew, didn’t you? I’m a part of you? Close, close, close! . . . .” (128). Another symbol Golding uses to represent the evil in man is Roger. As explained by Jerome Martin, “Roger is hate, often acting as lust, ‘a furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy’” (Martin). Roger is the literal personification of evil,