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Bravery is shown within Simon when he trekked up the mountain by himself, despite the supposed sighting of the beast from the other boys. “Like an old man, through Simon’s “stagger” shown by his “glum determination” (Golding 146). Because “the beast was harmless”, it does not possess any physical threats since it’s a dead body, yet “horrible” in a way that it invoked fear into the group of boys (147). On the other hand, the “usual brightness from [Simon’s] eye” is gone which could represent how the good nature of the boys is being overpowered by their own inner beast (146). Not being wavered by fear, unlike the others, Simon overcomes it; therefore he understood the impact of their fear of the beast on them.
Left Arm By “shoving his piece of meat” to Piggy, Simon showed the good side of human nature (Golding 74). Despite his good deed, he “lowered his head in shame” because he embarrassed himself in front of the entire group and thus made himself more of an outcast to them (74). Glared by Jack, Simon provoked the inner beast’s “inexpressible frustration” by living by his own morals. So his actions are more civilized than those part of Jack’s hunters and being the only choir boy who “didn’t hunt”, the dislike from Jack is slowly growing (74). …show more content…
When Ralph’s lot had limited options on what to do, the only thing that Simon thought was left to do was “to climb the mountain”(Golding 128). “Expression of derisive incomprehension” meet his speech because the group was filled with “dread” at the thought of the beast. With his understanding of the beast, he thinks that they should confront it; it being their unyielding
Bravery is shown within Simon when he trekked up the mountain by himself, despite the supposed sighting of the beast from the other boys. “Like an old man, through Simon’s “stagger” shown by his “glum determination” (Golding 146). Because “the beast was harmless”, it does not possess any physical threats since it’s a dead body, yet “horrible” in a way that it invoked fear into the group of boys (147). On the other hand, the “usual brightness from [Simon’s] eye” is gone which could represent how the good nature of the boys is being overpowered by their own inner beast (146). Not being wavered by fear, unlike the others, Simon overcomes it; therefore he understood the impact of their fear of the beast on them.
Left Arm By “shoving his piece of meat” to Piggy, Simon showed the good side of human nature (Golding 74). Despite his good deed, he “lowered his head in shame” because he embarrassed himself in front of the entire group and thus made himself more of an outcast to them (74). Glared by Jack, Simon provoked the inner beast’s “inexpressible frustration” by living by his own morals. So his actions are more civilized than those part of Jack’s hunters and being the only choir boy who “didn’t hunt”, the dislike from Jack is slowly growing (74). …show more content…
When Ralph’s lot had limited options on what to do, the only thing that Simon thought was left to do was “to climb the mountain”(Golding 128). “Expression of derisive incomprehension” meet his speech because the group was filled with “dread” at the thought of the beast. With his understanding of the beast, he thinks that they should confront it; it being their unyielding