In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph and Simon are characters whose goodness both reflects through their kind treatment of the littluns and their want for regulation and rules. One of the reasons why Ralph wanted to build shelters is to calm the littluns’ anxiety from a nonexistent existent beast. Ralph response,“Well. They're [the littluns are] frightened, ‘to Jack asking about his decision to build huts proves this logic (Golding 52). Similarly, Simon helps the littluns get fruit when he could just ignore them. Golding writes, “Simon found for them [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands,” it is blatant that both Simon
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Simon gets caught up in any excitement from savage activities such as hunting, instead he would rather enjoy the beauty of nature alone in a peaceful forest thicket. Simon tells, “[I went to] a place I know. A place in the jungle,” as an explanation to where he goes while everyone else is sleeping (Golding 65). Simon’s inner self does not crave for violence like all the other boys—but instead peace. Meanwhile, when Ralph joins hunting he does get caught up in the excitement and even “felt the need of witnesses” to later boast validly about wounding the pig (Golding 87). Ralph does have a small barbaric, but well hidden, side of him that makes him different from Simon. Previously when the boys are building huts, everyone except Simon and Ralph deserts work. Being chief obligates Ralph build shelter, he would likely leave the work to others if he was not chief; unlike Simon, Ralph always needs a reason to do what is right. There is no reason for Simon to continue building shelters after everyone left other than his naturally good morality. Ralph’s righteousness originates from his past discipline and his obligation to stay in line rather than true inner nature, while Simon simply helps others for the sake of helping
Simon gets caught up in any excitement from savage activities such as hunting, instead he would rather enjoy the beauty of nature alone in a peaceful forest thicket. Simon tells, “[I went to] a place I know. A place in the jungle,” as an explanation to where he goes while everyone else is sleeping (Golding 65). Simon’s inner self does not crave for violence like all the other boys—but instead peace. Meanwhile, when Ralph joins hunting he does get caught up in the excitement and even “felt the need of witnesses” to later boast validly about wounding the pig (Golding 87). Ralph does have a small barbaric, but well hidden, side of him that makes him different from Simon. Previously when the boys are building huts, everyone except Simon and Ralph deserts work. Being chief obligates Ralph build shelter, he would likely leave the work to others if he was not chief; unlike Simon, Ralph always needs a reason to do what is right. There is no reason for Simon to continue building shelters after everyone left other than his naturally good morality. Ralph’s righteousness originates from his past discipline and his obligation to stay in line rather than true inner nature, while Simon simply helps others for the sake of helping