Simon Lord Of The Flies Analysis

“Maybe there is a beast....maybe it's only us” (Golding 89). Simon, a main character in William Golding’s allegorical novel, Lord of the Flies, is portrayed as a Jesus figure, as he is the only moral boy on the island. Through a group of British schoolboys, Lord of the Flies displays the underlying savagery in all human beings even the most civilized ones. Simon, through his actions, thoughts and dialogue, is parallel to Jesus in a multitude of ways. To begin, Simons actions connect directly him to being a prophet and a Jesus figure. Simon takes care of Piggy and the littluns. He “shoved a piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy” and in doing so enraged Jack (74). Simon puts himself on the line for Piggy and even makes enemies with Jack in order to do so. In addition to helping Piggy, Simon helped the littluns by picking the “fruit they could not reach”(56). While the others ignore the littluns Simon helps to care for them, as he looks out for others on the …show more content…
Simon’s “conversation” the Lord of the Flies is occurring in his head during one of his epileptic fits. In his mind, the Lord of the Flies states, “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill” (143). Similar to Jesus, Simon is a prophet, shown through his initial understanding that the beast is “only us” (89). In addition to seeing the beast as it is, he just “thought of the beast” and is able to see a picture of a human “at one heroic and sick” (103). Simon, just like Jesus, is able to see important themes and messages such as the theme humans have potential for greatness but are naturally savages. The Lord of the Flies also exclaims, “we shall do you,” alluding to the death of Simon and the temptation of the devil over Jesus (144). The discussion between Simon and the Lord of the Flies symbolizes Jesus's confrontation with Satan and projects simon as an Oracle, displaying to the similarities between Simon and