Mr. Lindhurst English 11 3 Mar 2011 Simon In all humans‚ there is some form of evil. This theme is expressed throughout the novel of Lord of the Flies. The only character to realize this is Simon. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ nature resembles the unfortunate events to come and the character‚ Simon‚ foreshadows these events. When Simon is introduced in the beginning of the story‚ he is fainting. Physical weakness becomes a hallmark of his character‚ from
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For quite some time throughout my reading of this novel‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding seemed to foreshadow a dark ending; the savagery of the human nature taking over the will of well-mannered thoughts and fundamentality of behavior with no return. Perhaps it was the characters’ slow transition into tribal lifestyle‚ the curiosity of Simon that led him to a horrific fatality‚ or even the death of an innocent. Within a multitude of instances‚ we see a slow transition from civilized manner
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situation to adjust to. In the book Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ Simon is a young‚ deep character who finds himself alone. When being trapped on the island‚ this inspirational character is deteriorating inside‚ as he tries to help those around him. The kind-hearted boy is a very calm‚ quiet and shy person‚ who does not take stress well. Even though‚ he seems happy on the outside‚ there is a side of him none will see. The boys do not realize that Simon is a key person to their development
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Golding’s Lord of the Flies is about a time during war‚ when a plane crashes and a group of boys are alone‚ unsupervised‚ on a deserted island. On this island they have to fend for themselves‚ they have to find a way of survival. As Golding takes us through the sequence of the story‚ he uses many situations‚ items‚ and many of the characters as symbols of worldly things. Before War World II Europe and Germany didn’t have the best relations‚ but they got along‚ that was until Hitler invaded Poland
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After the murder of Simon‚ a storm erupts. The storm symbolizes the chaos and anarchy that have taken over everything on the island and the catastrophe of the murder. During Simon’s meeting with the Lord of the Flies‚ the Lord of the Flies promises that he would have “fun” with Simon. However‚ Simon realizes that the beast is actually within everyone and that he needs and has to confront the beast in everyone. Simon and Jesus Christ share similar properties‚ as they were both killed for the truth
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Coincidence In the book the Lord Of The Flies‚ by William Golding‚ the book demonstrates how the young boys are being transformed from being nice and civilized to mean and savages. Simon on the other hand who is distant from the other boys has a relationship with nature. He goes off to the forest and thinks. He wants to know the truth about the island. He is very in touch with nature to the point where he starts to hallucinate with the “lord of the flies”. Simon tells Ralph that he will make it
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thing no matter what? Simon is a shy‚ kind‚ hardworking boy who always puts others first. He tries to warn everyone on the island that there is not a beast but because he tries to do what he knows is right he gets killed by the other boys. Simon is one of the important characters in Lord of the Flies. He is one of the important characters in the novel because he represented the struggle between good and evil inside of people‚ nature‚ and Jesus or religion. The first thing that Simon represents is the
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characters who appear to remain mostly civilized‚ the first of these boys being Simon. In the novel‚ Simon is portrayed as a religious figure. Besides his significant name along the lines of Simon Peter from the bible‚ he also acts as a Christ-like structure. The bible states that the Messiah‚ or Jesus‚ would be like God. This means that he is perfect and without sin or flaw. From the story‚ Simon depicts this figure by defending and protecting the schoolboys‚ much like Jesus defended and protected
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Lord of the Flies is a novel about British schoolboys stranded on an island by a plane crash. In the book some of the boys turn into savages‚ but some of them don’t. Jack and Simon are very different characters‚ but they may have more in common one might think. Although Jack turns to a savage in the middle of the book‚ he doesn’t start out that way. Simon‚ on the other hand‚ never turns into a savage‚ but he does go a little crazy. They both start out the same‚ but they both change. Simon is a nice
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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
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