stopping novel‚ The Lord of the Flies‚ is a tale of English school boys who crash land on a deserted island. As readers follow the boys through their adventure‚ they can see the workings of society on a smaller scale. While the boys try to build a makeshift civilization readers see the boys fight and give into their basic survival instincts. These instincts either bring out the very best or worst of each child. One of the boys on the island includes a tall‚ lanky boy named Simon. Through Simon’s tragic
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In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ Simon is portrayed as someone who represents and has a deep connection with nature which allowed him to do and understand things which most of the characters in the novel were not capable of. He understood the situation they were put in and they had to use their recourses on the island wisely by keeping a balance between taking and giving and understood that abusing these resources would result in consequences which in this case was Simons death. Simon
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In the passage from Lord Of The Flies‚ by William Golding‚ explains how a character name Simon wanders around in the forest by himself due to his poison‚ which is curiosity ‚ just before it was about to turn dark. This passage occurs right after when Jack and Ralph gets into a fight about hunting and building shelter. As Ralph brings up Simon’s name several times about how only Simon helps him‚ Simon walks away from the argument and goes into the forest all by himself. As he walks toward the forest
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Simon Throughout William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies‚ many of the characters go through changes in their personality traits. From beginning to end‚ Simon goes through the smallest amount of change than anyone in the novel. Despite the fact that Simon did not really fit in with the other boys‚ he tried his hardest to make a difference in his and the other’s lives. In the beginning‚ Simon was described as a “skinny‚ vivid little boy…‚” (Golding 24) showing that
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Bibliography Summary In the literary critic “Simon” an overview of Lord of the Flies mainly focuses on Simon‚ and the discovery of the true beast being within. Simon is considered a Christ figure‚ he proves his point by referring to passages about Simon from Lord of the Flies and references to the bible. Simon is introduced as a choir boy‚ then suggesting Simon’s characteristic of the “holy idiot.” Simon does many actions similar to those of Christ; Simon defending Piggy and the other boys‚ is the
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The most recognizable person in the history of mankind is Jesus Christ. The Christ figure is a representation of a character that has similar characteristics to Christ. Christ figures in literature are typically subtle references that your teacher points out or they are pointed out in plain sight by the author. Physical productions‚ such as movies and television shows have been using the idea of a Christ figure‚ as well. An example of this is The Doctor in the British Sci-Fi show “Doctor Who.” The
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Simon is a very small boy with an abnormal physical appearance. He is convinced that God has a special plan for him‚ and that everything that is unusual about him is actually a part of God’s plan to use him in a special way. Simon believes that God created him for a reason. That God wouldn’t put him in this world and not have a plan for him. Simon surviving with an abnormally small heart is a miracle when medically there was no hope for his survival within the first 24 hours of his life. He knows
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with Jack’s words‚ its frustrating me that no one looks for a logical solution or having some moral within one self. Now I’m starting to recall the conversation I had with the head that’s sitting in front of me. It was the beast‚ the lord of the flies‚ which had me confused‚ and more than anything blanched. I knew there was logic to the beast‚ there wasn’t a beast out there on the island‚ but the beasts within all of us. Is that why parents are there to help us out so we don’t turn out to
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November 3‚ 2012 English A Letter from Simon We are the beasts. I’ve been on this island-stranded- for I don’t know how long. I crashed here‚ on a plane with the other schoolboys‚ and since then we’ve been stranded. Everyone’s afraid of the beast. We’re losing our humanity‚ and the beast we’ve been running from? It’s us. We are the only Frankenstein on this island. I dunno why I’m writing this‚ I guess I just figure I ought to let someone know‚ even if it’s just the ocean. The others
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I don’t even know if I have the right to grieve over Simon’s passing. We didn’t actually hurt Simon‚ or at least‚ that’s what we keep telling ourselves and each other. Did we hurt Simon when we didn’t stop the other boys from assaulting him? Was it even our fault‚ especially if we couldn’t see him? Piggy said that Simon should not have been lying low in the bushes. He said that Simon should not have been crawling out of the dark. But shouldn’t we have paid more attention to what‚ or who‚ it was?
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