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What Is Simon's Role In Lord Of The Flies

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In Lord of the Flies character of Simon is naturally good throughout the movie, he is more of a spiritual human goodness who unlike the other boys on the island, seems to possess nothing of the "beast" within. Making Simon the most human of all the boys on the island as he does not cause any problems and is deeply connected to nature.He is also a Christ figure as he starts in the movie playing a chorus member for a church, which connects directly to good. While the other boys practiced and participated on the rituals losing all moral behaviour as soon as there was no civilization to limit them, Simon was left out as he didn’t posses the beast within. Also leaving kindness after his tragic death instead of causing more problems and losing
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