“Lord of the Flies” Character Essay

Although all of the other boys on the island are turning into savages, Simon does not follow. The other boys are becoming savages because it is instinct. Simon is not like the other boys, in this sense. Simon is a Christ-like figure, so he isn’t able to become savage. This island is a very harsh environment, so only the savage will be able to survive. The other boys are not always savage, as they have developed the savagery over time. Simon isn’t able to develop this and he isn’t able to survive on the island, just as piggy. Due to this Simon will not be able to survive. The novel is foreshadowing that Simon will not make it, as he has not turned savage “You’ll get back to where you came from” (Golding 111). This quote implies that other boys, such as Ralph, will get back and make it but Simon will not.

See?”(Golding 144). Simon, in shock of what the Lord of the Flies says to him, “knew that one of his times was coming on”(Golding 143). His emotional distress triggers his body to lose all consciousness.

Simon is the one boy who never participates in destructive behaviors and always contributes to the well being of the boys. He continues to work even after everyone stops, gives Piggy food when no one else will, and speaks his mind about the beast. He is also the only one to realize that the true beast is inside the boys. Simon’s moral compass, much like the superego, allows him to see the evil of mankind. Simon is whole-heartedly good. The superego attempts to lead a person to the morally right pathway, much like Simon aims to show Ralph how he can do what’s best for the tribe. The primitive nature of the others overpowers Simon’s internal good nature. Even after his death, Simon’s moral nature lives on through the boys similar to how the superego can continue to shine after a person follows the desires of the id.

Simon also represents the Christ figure in the story, which makes him morally good and pure, furthering his identity as the Superego. One example of the compassion that Simon is known to show throughout the story is when Jack has killed the first pig, and denies Piggy a piece of meat because they don’t get along. Simon decides that the best course of action was to put Piggy’s needs before his, and “shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it” (Golding 74). This shows the empathy he feels for others. When Simon is talking to Ralph and says, ”You’ll get back where you came from.” (Golding 111), this is an example of foreshadowing, but also an example of the empathy that he feels, because he wants Ralph to not be upset by anything and know that he’ll make it back okay, even if Simon doesn’t. Even during Simon’s death, when he emerges from the forest and towards the group, he is trying to tell them that there’s nothing to be afraid of, "Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill" (Golding 152), and when he is being pummeled, he still tries to tell them about the parachuting man. Simon’s selflessness and the fact that he is a Christ figure makes him the representation of

Simon is a character who is a major significance in Lord of the Flies. Simon is one of the boys stranded on the island after his plane crashed. Additionally, Simon is a member of the choir. As part of the choir, he is under the leadership of Jack. Simon is described as “...a skinny, vivid little boy, with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair that hung down, black and coarse.” (24) He is also prone to fainting. For instance, shortly after the plane crashes, Simon faints in front of all of the other boys. Simon is an important character in the novel.

Jack and Simon don’t often cross paths, yet major events come into play when they do. From the first chapter of the book, Simon and Jack are presented as coming from the same school and even the same group of choir boys. The characters are even presented during a disagreement, in which Simon pleads with Jack to let the choir boys sit in the shade, before fainting himself. Jack then proceeds to complain about Simon’s dramatics: “‘He’s always throwing a faint’” (20). In actuality, Simon is the most caring of the boys, fetching fruit for the little ones, helping out with the huts, and encouraging Ralph when he’s unsure about his leadership skills. However, Simon also stands out with his solitary nature and philosophical ideas, causing some resentment between him and Jack. This most possibly began during the discussion of a beast, when Simon tries to explain to everyone that there is a beast that resides within them, but is unable to express these thoughts. Jack, however, has enough of these confusing ideas and believes that Simon has proven himself unworthy of presenting any more opinions: "’what good did Simon do speaking...some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding to the rest of us’" (102). It isn’t until Jack’s tribe establishes that it can be seen how truly different

“We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. This famous phrase that derives from the Declaration of Independence brought forth notion that of all of humanity is to be acknowledged as equal and are guaranteed rights of life which are to be upheld by the society in which they are apart of. A similar philosophy, along with others, is represented as characters in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are three characters created by Golding to

Everyone, at least as a child, has had a fear of some sort of beast or monster. People usually like to refer to animals as beasts because they aren’t human and the animals are not able to think for themselves. In fact this is the opposite because humans are actually beasts because they are actually able to think for themselves and have do things according to what they are thinking. In Lord of the Flies there are many different topics and themes that are gone over but one of the main themes is that people can go insane and become savages under certain circumstances. A lot of characters in the book betrayed Ralph to join Jack's new group but a character did not become one of Jack's savages instead he died in attempt to save the rest of the

He help the littluns to get fruit, and 'pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands'. He also helps Piggy to get his glasses back when Jack has knocked them off, showing that he does not discriminate against Piggy because he is different but chooses to help him, even if this may cause him to suffer in the future. These may indicate that Simon, though other characters may be thought of as "good" and kind, such as Piggy or Ralph, Simon shows no flaws at all.

In a world that demands individuals to conduct themselves according to the values and morals imposed by the society, it is often difficult to find those that exhibit an innate sense of compassion. Simon is a character that proves to be ‘one with nature’ and shows an immediate liking to his new environment. Therefore, when the others resorted to savagery, he still had not lost his gentleness and compassion. His encounter with the Lord of the Flies exposes the truth about the beast and as a result, causes his consciousness to evolve. This reveals his true nature as a kindhearted and an honest person. As promised, the Lord of the Flies did have fun with him, ultimately causing his death in attempts of spreading the truth amongst the other boys. The ‘Lord of the Flies’ states: “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”

Simon is the first to die when the hunters mistake him for a beast and brutally kill him. Out of the bunch, Simon is the quiet, shy and sick boy. Despite his weaknesses, he treats everyone, even the littluns, with kindness. Simon is characterized by the author in the beginning when he writes, “...the choir boy who had fainted sat up against a palm trunk, smiled pallidly at Ralph and said that his name was Simon.” (page 19). Though Simon is a little weak, he represents the natural, good human morality. When he died, most of the human goodness left on the island died along with him. Golding shows how Simon was connected to nature by describing his death in this way: “Surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea.” (page 13). Another death that contributed to the outcome to this intensity of the novel was Piggys. One could have foreshadowed that Piggy was going to die because the hunters killed the pigs on the island, and his name was Piggy. Furthermore, the hunter, especially Jack, used to tease and be rude to Piggy. One line in this novel that was extremely ironic was when Golding wrote, “Piggy’s arm twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.” (page 214). Throughout the novel, Piggy developed as a character by becoming less whiny and contributing his scientific ideas to the group. For example, Piggy created the idea of making a sundial as a clock which shows his

As you get further into the novel he becomes savage. After Piggy and Simon die, he becomes the villain that the hero must battle, which is similar to most hero vs villain archetypes. The second villain archetype in the novel is the Lord of the Flies, the head of the mother pig that they killed and left for the “beast”. When Simon starts to go crazy he things the pigs head is speaking to him. It symbolizes evil, and contrasts Simon’s character which is thought to symbolize a “Godly”

First, Simon always had his friends back, and would help them no matter what other people thought. At the beginning of the book, Jack and the hunters have caught and killed their first pig. They are sitting around the fire on the mountain, eating the meat, but since Jack does not like Piggy, he does not give him any meat. Simon decides to sacrifice one of his piece’s of meat: “Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy (92). Although this is a small action performed by Simon, this demonstrates how he is a Christ like figure, and how he is one of the only people to remain civilized through the whole novel.

In the book Lord Of The Flies, William Golding delivers an idea for the man’s potential of evil. Golding repeatedly gives multiple ideas and objects that symbolizes the order such as; The Conch, The Signal Fire, and the Civilization between groups. All people are capable of showing their evil, however Ralph gives ways of order to make the man’s potential for evil less likely.

He is always helping the Littluns when they are struggling and many other boys that are vulnerable such as Piggy. "Simon sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to piggy, who grabbed it" (Golding 74). This quote interprets an example of Simon showing his whole heartedness by giving Piggy food when Jack did not want to feed him because he did not hunt. "The vast majority of people reside prominently in civilized society, and they dismiss their instinct for aggression and dominance" (Wood, Bryan). This quote shows that people like Simon are always more civilized than those who begin to change into savages, Simon is the last piece of civilization on the island. "What I mean is...maybe it's only us" (Golding 89). Simon, himself, proposes to the rest of the boys that perhaps the beast is not only an external force, but an internal force within themselves. Simon is the only character to reveal Golding's point that innate human evil exists.