In Lord of the Flies, the author, William Golding, portrays significant aspects of vision and insight through the supporting characters of Piggy and Simon. Piggy makes intelligent and perceptive contributions on a practical level that are helpful to Ralph, while Simon takes on the role of mystic and visionary despite the fact that many of his keen observations go unheeded.
Constantly, throughout the novel Piggy has depended on his intelligence to explain the seemingly supernatural island they’re living on. The character Piggy serves as knowledge to offset the emotionally driven boys on the island .Piggy displays his practical ideas when he tries to explain his insight, “... I know there isn’t no beastie-not with claws and all that, I mean but I know there isn't no fear either” (Golding 104). Piggy then goes on to say that there's nothing to be afraid of unless they start to fear people, Piggy always thought more logically and scientifically about everything, because he knows that there is no beastie- since scientifically there are no supernatural creatures that prey after humans. When Piggy says “I know there isn't no fear either”, he means that …show more content…
Simon sees the boys for who they truly are, savages, which the boy are oblivious to the entire novel. Simon realizes the boys have changed when he explains, “Maybe […] there is a beast […] What I mean is… maybe it's only us.” (89). Simon doesn't go out and put a spear up the butt of a dying pig , but he does lose his innocence in other ways. For example, the pig is a symbol of the first savage act he and the boys have ever seen or done on the island. Simon realizes that he is the beast, along with the other boys, He’s heroic but still as sick as the other boys fighting. He’s the first to realize that the beast are the boys and not
Constantly, throughout the novel Piggy has depended on his intelligence to explain the seemingly supernatural island they’re living on. The character Piggy serves as knowledge to offset the emotionally driven boys on the island .Piggy displays his practical ideas when he tries to explain his insight, “... I know there isn’t no beastie-not with claws and all that, I mean but I know there isn't no fear either” (Golding 104). Piggy then goes on to say that there's nothing to be afraid of unless they start to fear people, Piggy always thought more logically and scientifically about everything, because he knows that there is no beastie- since scientifically there are no supernatural creatures that prey after humans. When Piggy says “I know there isn't no fear either”, he means that …show more content…
Simon sees the boys for who they truly are, savages, which the boy are oblivious to the entire novel. Simon realizes the boys have changed when he explains, “Maybe […] there is a beast […] What I mean is… maybe it's only us.” (89). Simon doesn't go out and put a spear up the butt of a dying pig , but he does lose his innocence in other ways. For example, the pig is a symbol of the first savage act he and the boys have ever seen or done on the island. Simon realizes that he is the beast, along with the other boys, He’s heroic but still as sick as the other boys fighting. He’s the first to realize that the beast are the boys and not