How Does Golding Present Simon's Death In Lord Of The Flies

To a certain extent, Simon’s death is portrayed by the writer, Golding, as if the reader was part of the brutal actions of the other boys and the guilt that follows. But, at sometimes it is like the reader is observing the survivors from a second point of view, not like they are in the center of it all. This murder is contributed to by Golding using several ways of explaining and referring to Simon as if the reader didn’t know who he was at all and sometimes refers to him as “a thing”.

In this chapter, the reader is presented with a way of understanding the guilt and minds of the boys. Golding writes “the noise unendurable” which, to the reader, makes them feel like they are surrounded by savagery and part of this murder and somewhat feels

Golding writes “The beast stumbled”, meaning Simon, but he doesn’t use his name until further on in the extract, like we were unaware of who this “creature” was; but from one of the boy’s point of view, they obviously didn’t know who he was so Golding does this to make the reader feel like one of Simon’s killers. The word “beast” defines the brutality and confusion of the boys, which is used well by Golding to foreshadow what may come of this broken group of boys. On the other hand, “stumbled” personifies the beast like it has human qualities but this fails to tell the boys who the “beast” really is, although simultaneously the reader does know. The idea of the boys being “unaware” of the dangers and not knowing it was Simon, can be linked to the Genesis story when Adam and Eve are tricked into sinning against God when they eat the apple, by the serpent. They have no understanding of the serpent’s true identity (Satan) and this is why they are deceived into committing “the Original Sin”. Alternatively, this could also be linked to how the survivors have never been aware of who the “beast” really is and this is why the reader feels like they are part of this extract, as Golding flicks between different ways of showing the beast (Simon, the parachutist, creepers