Simon In Lord Of The Flies

Simon In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the concept of good fighting evil is clearly shown to be a big picture. In many cases, Jesus Christ represents good and bliss in the universe, while the devil represents evil. In this novel the reader sees the when good fights evil, the evil is a good turned evil. For example, before the devil became evil, he was an angel. He was good turned evil and is now fighting good. Simon represents the good and bliss, he is the Christ figure on the island while evil and savagery is shown in the other boys on the island. Both Simon and Christ share common qualities, actions, and deaths. Simon shows this throughout the novel, from the beginning until the time of his death. Simon and Jesus share

Their actions are what makes them different from other characters or people in their stories. For example, both Christ and Simon have two different identities. Christ was a Jewish man and, in Christianity, the son of God. Simon also shared the fact that he has two identities. His first identity was that he was dedicated to Ralph. He made sure to follow Ralph with his decision making and do whatever Ralph wants him to do. He does so because he want to return to the way things were before the crash. He wanted to go home in a civilized manner and not in savagery. He helped build shelters for Ralph and was one of the few core support of Ralph. Simon's second identity was a mature, spiritual self. He would always go to the forest to meditate and become one with the island to further his understanding of it. Just like he was compassionate towards others and their feelings, he was sensitive towards the island. When he visits the forest, it is as if his spiritual alter ego shows up and takes over him. “Then he… walked into the forest with an air of purpose… he wormed his way into the center of the mat… holding his breath he cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the island,” (Golding 55-57). This shows that Simon is different from the other boys. It shows that Simon has a deeper understanding of what is happening on the island that the other boys don’t know

Both their killers were unjust in their actions towards them. Jesus was killed because he had a new belief to put upon everyone. However, the people didn’t like change and believed that the way they lived at that point in time was the right way. Simon, on the other hand, was in the wrong place at the wrong time. “The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed… there were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws,” (Golding 152-153). This quote shows that Simon was killed out of adrenaline and fear. The boys on the island showed no sign of humanity in their killing of Simon. They bite him and clawed him as if they were wild animals preying on their prey. They had no understandable reason behind killing Simon and they eventually realized that after they had already killed Simon. This realization dawned upon them as Simon was being carried off into the sea. “Simon’s dead body [moves] out toward the open sea.” In both situations, Christ and Simon, the group that had killed them were unjust in their