Sacrificiality Of Simon

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The second reason on how Simon and I are very alike is because we are both sacrificial. "Simon sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it" (Golding 74). In this quote Simon is sacrificing his food in order to feed Piggy, who wasn’t given a piece of meat because he was not like by Jack, the one who was able to get the meat. This is one example of how Simon was sacrificial. Similar to me one day I had bought a box of donuts because I was really craving them, and when I left the store I saw a homeless man at the corner. Instead of ignoring him and keeping the donuts to myself, I handed the box to him. Like, Simon I sacrificed what I had to eat in order to give it to

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