Simon "In each of us, two natures are at war - the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer." In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is a battle happening of good against evil on the island in which the boys are stranded. All of the boys give into this evil and become savages, but one boy does not. The character of Simon symbolizes good and it contributes to individual against society because Simon is doing the opposite of what the society that they have created is doing.
At the beginning of the novel, all of the boys try to create a system that will keep them as civilized as they can be while being stranded. Most of them don't stick to this, they go off to swim and play. But, Simon stays with Ralph and helps build the huts on the beach. Ralph says that Simon has "done as much as [he] [has]" (Golding, William 54). Simon helping Ralph build the shelter is just the beginning of the good things that he does and it begins to show him going against the society that they have created.
The boys have been on the island for a while now, and fear is starting to creep in. There is talk of a beast, and the boys are scared. Simon suggests that this beast is some sort of apparition, but "[his] effort …show more content…
Well, everyone but Simon. He is the only one that is not oblivious to the evil that is consuming them, and he goes to his cabin to try and escape it. At his cabin, he encounters the Lord of the Flies, speaking to him through the head of a dead pig. The Lord of the Flies is the evil that is within them, and only Simon knows this. It is shown that the evil is what is inside of them when the Lord of the Flies says to Simon, "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (143). Simon is the only boy that is still good and has not been consumed by
At the beginning of the novel, all of the boys try to create a system that will keep them as civilized as they can be while being stranded. Most of them don't stick to this, they go off to swim and play. But, Simon stays with Ralph and helps build the huts on the beach. Ralph says that Simon has "done as much as [he] [has]" (Golding, William 54). Simon helping Ralph build the shelter is just the beginning of the good things that he does and it begins to show him going against the society that they have created.
The boys have been on the island for a while now, and fear is starting to creep in. There is talk of a beast, and the boys are scared. Simon suggests that this beast is some sort of apparition, but "[his] effort …show more content…
Well, everyone but Simon. He is the only one that is not oblivious to the evil that is consuming them, and he goes to his cabin to try and escape it. At his cabin, he encounters the Lord of the Flies, speaking to him through the head of a dead pig. The Lord of the Flies is the evil that is within them, and only Simon knows this. It is shown that the evil is what is inside of them when the Lord of the Flies says to Simon, "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (143). Simon is the only boy that is still good and has not been consumed by