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Simon is the Christ-like figure of the story and best represents purity and goodness. All through the book Golding reiterates the idea of a beastie, and turns out the beast is inside everyone. This illustrates the evil of human nature, but the death of Christ saves everyone from the beast inside. ‘“You’ll get back to where you came from…. You’ll get back all right. I think so, anyway’” (111). This one little quote speaks volumes, it almost seems like Simon knew he wasn’t going to make it back home to England. He could’ve said something like, “We will make it back home,” or at least something along those lines, but he didn’t! This is just one example of the parallelism between Jesus and Simon, because like Jesus, so in a way Simon knew that he was going to die. During Simon’s final moments, he was trying to tell the other boys that there is no real beast, but the boys were so focused on killing “the beast” they didn’t realize they were killing Simon. The deaths of Jesus and Simon were unjust, and even when humanity was filled with darkness and evil they were still that ray of holy

Children are savages by nature, when no adults are around. One kid on the island truly doesn’t have any savage in him. Simon is a Christ-like figure, that continuously stays true to himself and his morals. Simon will not let anyone or anything get in the way of this.

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an allegory that explores the instinctual evil humans possess and how this evil manifests into our societies. The book demonstrates this through young boys who are stranded on an island due to a plane crash. Despite their best efforts, the lack of adult guidance inhibits the boys from maintaining an orderly society. The boys turn to their survival instincts, many of which are evil. The lack of order exposes the internal savagery within the boys, resulting in an understanding of the flaws within all humanity. The Lord of the Flies uses the innocence of young boys to show the societal impact of human errors through their lack of adult supervision, the desire to inflict violence, and the need for authority over others.

Simon remains truthful throughout the novel, just like Jesus did throughout his whole life. The other boys discover Simons truth, and they do not like him being truthful and decide to kill him. He sacrifices his life to save others that are stranded on the island. Jesus sacrificed himself for everyone who practices Christianity. Another similarity is Simon in the forest, just like Jesus in the wilderness for 40 days. The 40 days in the wilderness Jesus had confrontation with the devil. Simon in the forest had talked to and interacted with the Lord of the Flies. The devil and the Lord of the Flies are the same figure in two different situations. Jesus was diseased and no one was allowed to touch him; Simon was viewed as the same. An example is, “Simon put out his hand, timidly, to touch Ralph; but Ralph started to run…” (Golding 61). The boys brought Simon a piece of meat to eat and Simon tried to share and the boys got mad and disrespected him (Golding 67). This is like Jesus when he tries to do good for others. Many flies attacked Simon and he just took it like Jesus did on the cross (Golding 125). The flies annoyed and hurt Simon just like the whip with Jesus. The purpose of the similarities between Jesus and Simon, is to show that there are figures like Jesus in some ways, but there will never be another Jesus again. It also shows that one person always has to sacrifice something in each

Simon, one of the major characters in the story, is set as the allusion of Jesus. Christ always had an affinity with children; in Ch. 4, he shows his way with the ‘littluns’ by picking fruit for them. This shows his goodness by nature. Also, like Christ, he saw the atavistic problem of the hunters and tried to bring them back to good. As in the bible, Simon, like Christ, dies

For example, when the littluns follow Simon, “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, [and] passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands” (56).Simon is the core of good within the destruction arousing within the other boys on the island. As a Christ-like figure, Simon’s actions mirror the Bible’s telling of the works of Jesus. For instance, Simon always strives to bring about sanity to the young boys, who slowly fall to their “inherent evil,” theorized by Golding. Similarly, until his death, Jesus attempts to bring about righteousness and even his death, in itself, was meant to cleanse the people who have sinned against the Lord, so that they would be forgiven. In addition, Simon can also be tied to the prophets in The Bible, because it was the prophets’ job to tell the consequences of the people’s sin, and Simon did try to rally the boys to stop their madness. And on top of that, Moses is also reflected within Simon, as there is a parallel scene of climbing down the mountain to tell the others the truth. For Moses, it was the Ten Commandments and to bring justice, and for Simon, it was the truth behind the “beast” and social rest: “Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill” (152). Even without knowing The Bible, the allusion would be effective as it is apparent that Simon is the “Good Samaritan” character, through his

Although there are numerous reasons why Simon is a Christ figure, there is one event in the novel that truly separates Simon as being a Christ figure.This event is when Simon sacrifices his life. Simon is killed by the other boys because he is thought to be the beast, a threat to all of them. Simon knew he was going to die while on the island and accepts his fate. By dying, Simon saves Ralph

     Simon was even sacraficed during the ritual dance so that the other boys may live. When Simon died he was killed by all the boys, but many of them are told that it wasn't really him. Ralph knows it was Simon they killed, and he realizes how everyone is becoming because Simon died. Also the way Simon was shown in the movie after he died showed him as a Christ-figure in the story. Simon dies on water that is calm, peaceful, and pure, the light reflects off the water and gives a kind of feeling of holiness, and the way he was floating with his arms stretched out like he was on the cross as Jesus was.

In a world that demands individuals to conduct themselves according to the values and morals imposed by the society, it is often difficult to find those that exhibit an innate sense of compassion. Simon is a character that proves to be ‘one with nature’ and shows an immediate liking to his new environment. Therefore, when the others resorted to savagery, he still had not lost his gentleness and compassion. His encounter with the Lord of the Flies exposes the truth about the beast and as a result, causes his consciousness to evolve. This reveals his true nature as a kindhearted and an honest person. As promised, the Lord of the Flies did have fun with him, ultimately causing his death in attempts of spreading the truth amongst the other boys. The ‘Lord of the Flies’ states: “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”

Another reason Simon is a Christ like figure is that he has mystical qualities like Christ. A lot of things that Simon does are either very unusual or supernatural. Simon tells Ralph, "I just think you'll get back alright," even though he believes that he, himself might not get off the island alive. Simon predicts his own death; just like Jesus. Also after Jesus dies, his body magically disappears. Simon was killed during the so called, “ritual dance” so that all the other boys will live. All the boys on the island killed Simon, but many of them were told that it wasn't really

Fitzgerald predicted the fall of morality in society long before today and reflected on it throughout the novel with his use of

Simon was an allegorical role for Jesus because of his objectives and actions that were to help the others on the Island. They both cared for the little children. They both want to tell and reveal the truth. Jesus and Simon don't want to hurt other people. Simons objectives and actions did not always make him the most popular on the island. Like Jesus, Simons ideas were not always perceived as well by others.

Another topic in Golding's Lord of the Flies is the battle of good vs. evil. Everything seems to start out just fine on the island; the island seems to be rich with fruit and game and the climate is favorable. The real problem that arises among the boys involves their own inner nature, and emerges from an argument between those who wish to keep a fire burning on the island's

He is the sole character said to have helped Ralph with building huts. Instead of hunting, and playing games, Simon uses his better judgement to help him. He is the only sincere character in the book. He helps the scared, weak littluns, and aids Ralph in constructing their sleeping huts, all without asking for recompense. In the Lord of the Flies, Simon is unique to the island with his virtuous

In The Lord Of The Flies, the readers refer Simon is a sacrificial character. Simon reminds us all of Jesus or Christ-like. His personality is Christ-like, he cares for others, and if someone is hurt he will comfort them. Simon is always helping out by reaching the fruit from a high tree for the littluns. He is a skinny, active little boy, with very straight blond hair, almost white. His eyes are so bright blue that Ralph had been convinced that he would be odd or insane. When Simon died, Golding describes his death, saying, “Softly surrounded by a fringe of shape beneath bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simons dead body moved out toward the open sea.”(154)