Simon Lord Of The Flies Essay

The movie, “Lord of the Flies”, portrays how man is naturally good, but can be persuaded in negative ways by someone bad. Jack’s cold, brutish behavior largely impacted all the others. From the beginning of the movie, Jack’s insensitive actions foreshadowed his behavior for the rest of the movie, such as when Simon fainted, and Jack said that he is fine and acted like it didn’t matter. Throughout the film, the other boys on the island were consistently being influenced by Jack’s uncompassionate characteristics. Although Ralph was voted as the captain for the whole group, most of the boys ended up being on Jack’s side and followed his bad habits. Even though Piggy was on Ralph’s side, he was also influenced by Jack. One night, Simon was killed because the boy’s because they thought that he was the beast. When the boy’s all found out, Piggy didn’t believe that what they did was murder, when it really was. In the end of the movie, after Ralph fought with Jack about getting Piggy’s glasses back because they were stolen, one of Jack’s members rolled a boulder and it fell on Piggy, leading to his tragic death.
Simon is an overall really kind person who always thinks of others, and it respectable. In part II of the movie, the hunters finally killed the pig, and after a while of not eating, they could finally enjoy a meal. Everyone got to eat besides Piggy, and when Piggy asked for food, Jack sternly told him no. Simon offered his part of the pig to Piggy, and he accepted. Simon shows how sincere he is in part II of the movie. After the assembly about whether or not there is a ghost, Jack went against the rules and split up from Ralph because he was angry that Ralph opposed going after the beast. Ralph wanted to give up on being chief, but Simon decided to stay back with him and encourage Ralph not to give up on being the leader. Simon constantly does what he thinks is best for not just himself, but everyone else