Lord Of The Flies Christ Figure Analysis

Perhaps the best example that can be given to prove Simon is a Christ-figure is through his actions seen in the novel. Some of Simon’s smallest and simplest actions add up and relate to simple actions done by Jesus. It is known that Jesus was always very good with children. There are many pictures of him being surrounded by children and helping them. When Simon walks pass the little ones struggling to reach for berries, he does not even think twice before stopping and helping them gather food for the others: “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reached . . . [and] passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hand” (Golding 57). There are many instances in the bible where references are made to Jesus having outstretched hands …show more content…
He is putting others’ needs before his own, which is exactly what Jesus would have done. Once the boys have hunted their first pig for meat, Piggy is denied food by the older boys because they say he did not help them hunt. Simon, being the Christ-figure he is, tries to make this injustice right by sharing his portion of food with Piggy: “Simon . . . wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it” (Golding 78). This scenario can be related to the time Jesus fed five thousand people with only five loaves of bread and two fish. He took what little he had and did the best he could to ensure the others did not starve: “Then Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. Everyone ate and had enough” (Canadian Bible Society, Mark 6:41-42). These simple actions can all be paralleled to Jesus’ life, and therefore they all lead to the belief that Golding portrays Simon as a Christ-figure in the novel Lord of the