Joe is a caring person who loves simon and wants to be there for him. In the movie at a ball game Simon was up to bat and Joe was the only one cheering him on. Joe still loves simon even though Simon killed his mother. When Joe found out who his father was he didn’t want to believe it was the preacher. The preacher had treated Simon so badly.
Simon wants to find his destiny “ I think God made me the way I am for a reason.” ~ Simon Birch. Later in the story Simon finds his destiny,Saving kids from a sinking school bus which had crashed into a freezing cold lake. Simon had an ability to talk to kids and have them listen with no distractions because of his small stature.
We can see that Simon wasn’t always sure, and needed
If I were in Simon’s place, I would not have granted Karl forgiveness. I think Simon was right not to have forgiven Karl because
He believes God has a special plan for him and is never brought down but the negative comments coming from those around him. The E in SPIES stands for emotional development. Emotional development is our feelings and related actions. Simon was very good at expressing his emotions when it came to talking or commenting. He often showed his emotions thru words to express his remarks or a comment on a action made.
Golding establishes Simon’s presence as a religious and spiritual figure early on in the novel not only by his continuous journeys to places of meditation.but also in how the other characters perceive him to be. Simon is physically frail (as shown in his fainting spells) deeply spiritual, compassionate, non-violent, and in harmony with the natural world (like many religious figures tend to be). Being one of the older boys, he garners respect from the littluns and helps them with activities like picking fruits. One quote that really stood out is how Ralph described Simon when he first got a good look at him. His eyes especially stood out to Ralph.
Simon is a shy, sensitive boy in the group who represents a kind of Christ. Simon was kind to the younger children and does his best to help towards making a thriving community. Simon throughout the story has always been timid and shy. He does know right from wrong but is too shy to stand up for himself. Simon is called "batty" and laughed at by the boys throughout the novel.
I chose to do Simon because I had a pretty good idea for what to do for the mask for him. Simon doesn't really like to stand out and keeps to himself and a couple years ago I just wanted to keep to myself and stayed alone like he does. If I wouldn't have done this for my mask I would have chose Jack and drawn the mask evil because Jack isn't a good kid and he is evil. I didn't choose Jack and instead chose Simon because I thought that I had a pretty good idea for Simons mask and I wouldn't have really known how to draw evil things for Jack.
Simon is insightful of what and where the beast is, which also makes him the most powerful in some ways, and definitely the wisest. Simon was always thinking of new ways to keep the peace between the boys. When
Similarly, Simon has an engrained goodness in him that shines through even in the toughest moments. He retrieved Piggy’s glasses after they were knocked off his face post a punch in the face by Jack, and, like Christ, he was good with kids, helping the younger littluns pick fruit, finding “for them fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands” (Golding 56). Simon was also very wise and insightful, and maybe even slightly prophetic. When he was dehydrated and hallucinating, he imagined the
Religious: “‘Simon’s always about’”
