Rousseau’s philosophy is that “Man is free, but everywhere he is chained” and this in fact is true, and will be proven within the essay. However not only Rousseau 's philosophy present, but the biblical parallels as well. Ideas that will address in the essay is where the boys originate from and how that influences them, but then also how the island changes their behavior while proving the philosophy. Aside from where the boys come from, is the the religion that the boys are already influenced by and how that influences to later on their taboos and religious ideas. In between those two things will be how Ralph is paralleled to God, before mentioning how Jack is paralleled to the Devil. Lastly on discussion, Simon being parallel to not only God
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Now to inference from where the boys are coming from and from Jack and his choir boys, one can suspect they are Christian. But, what gives it away is that one of the choir boys, Simon, later in the novel meets the Lord of the Flies. His meeting with this demon is discussed later on in this essay, but for now the Lord of the Flies is also known as Beelzebub or sometime as the Devil. For a boy to have a spiritual encounter with a demonic figure known the Christian bible, it only shows on what the boys believe in. Also tying into Rousseau’s philosophy, having Christianity as the basis of what the boys believe in, only keeps them tied to what new religion they make in their own …show more content…
To prove of this, Simon helped the younger boys as he “found them the fruit they could not reach…” (Golding 56). Kruger well explains that Simon’s behavior is holy, saintly, and an example of those good in human life in his analysis, clarifying that Simon is paralleled to God. However, when Simon had encountered the Lord of the Flies, only gives as holy aspect to him. Simon is the only one to see him. “You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there-- so don’t even try to escape!” Lord of the Flies barked at Simon, giving hint to Simon that the beast lives in all the boys, including himself(Golding 143). This overall, gave Simon a realization he is “trapped” by the beast as his innocence is lost by the demonic figure. Not only is the biblical parallel is there, but is another way to prove Rousseau 's philosophy that “Man is free, but everywhere he goes he is chained”.Simon’s innocence was his freedom, but the beast is what is keeping him
Now to inference from where the boys are coming from and from Jack and his choir boys, one can suspect they are Christian. But, what gives it away is that one of the choir boys, Simon, later in the novel meets the Lord of the Flies. His meeting with this demon is discussed later on in this essay, but for now the Lord of the Flies is also known as Beelzebub or sometime as the Devil. For a boy to have a spiritual encounter with a demonic figure known the Christian bible, it only shows on what the boys believe in. Also tying into Rousseau’s philosophy, having Christianity as the basis of what the boys believe in, only keeps them tied to what new religion they make in their own …show more content…
To prove of this, Simon helped the younger boys as he “found them the fruit they could not reach…” (Golding 56). Kruger well explains that Simon’s behavior is holy, saintly, and an example of those good in human life in his analysis, clarifying that Simon is paralleled to God. However, when Simon had encountered the Lord of the Flies, only gives as holy aspect to him. Simon is the only one to see him. “You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there-- so don’t even try to escape!” Lord of the Flies barked at Simon, giving hint to Simon that the beast lives in all the boys, including himself(Golding 143). This overall, gave Simon a realization he is “trapped” by the beast as his innocence is lost by the demonic figure. Not only is the biblical parallel is there, but is another way to prove Rousseau 's philosophy that “Man is free, but everywhere he goes he is chained”.Simon’s innocence was his freedom, but the beast is what is keeping him