“And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24). One aspect of the Ephesians' verse that is applicable to William Golding's Lord of the Flies is the idea of righteousness and the character who represents that idea is Simon. In the story an all boys British school crash lands on an island. With no adults to supervise them many of the boys went into their savage tendances because there is no order for them to follow. Out of all of them, there are three, that don’t become savage. One of the boys name is Simon and he doesn’t go into savagery because of how spiritual he is. Simon is symbolized as a christ-like figure because he is connected to nature and sacrifices himself for a higher
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Additionally, this is Christ-like because it’s him finding the peace inside and Christ is often thought of as being peaceful. The Lord of the Flies states, “Simon dropped the screen of leaves back into place. The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward the canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away. The candlebuds stirred. Their green sepals drew back a little and the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air. Now the sunlight had lifted clear of the open space and withdrawn from the sky. Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea. The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island”(Golding 57). Simon building this sanctuary is showing how much he is Christ-like. He is making this place is to be connected with nature where he can be alone while finding his inner peace. It can be assumed by this evidence that he will find peace within because it is described with a peaceful tone when it says “...the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air” (Golding 57) and
Additionally, this is Christ-like because it’s him finding the peace inside and Christ is often thought of as being peaceful. The Lord of the Flies states, “Simon dropped the screen of leaves back into place. The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward the canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away. The candlebuds stirred. Their green sepals drew back a little and the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air. Now the sunlight had lifted clear of the open space and withdrawn from the sky. Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea. The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island”(Golding 57). Simon building this sanctuary is showing how much he is Christ-like. He is making this place is to be connected with nature where he can be alone while finding his inner peace. It can be assumed by this evidence that he will find peace within because it is described with a peaceful tone when it says “...the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air” (Golding 57) and