The lord of the flies by William Golding is a novel regarding a group british boys discovering a world without adults, rules and civilization. Throughout the novel you started seeing the change from civilization to savagery amongst the characters. One of the few character that dont lose themselves and their morals is Simon . Simon is altruistic, kindhearted and quick-witted all being the reasons why hes the character i most admire.
Simon is altruistic by nature. He has an inborn selfless. Simon has a sympathetic nature concerning the littluns and helps the misfits. When everyone was cruel to the littluns he kept his generosity towards them, helping them with everything they needed such as, when simon was maneuvering through the forest he stopped to take care of the littluns "Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands."(3.138). during the feast of the first pig hunted simon sees that none of the boys wanted to give piggy any meat. …show more content…
on account while everyone was focused on the beast. simon was trying to understand the underlining of it all also trying to comprehend mankind's dark side and what the beast represents. Simon's intelligence doesn't necessarily mean he's unsusceptible to the effects of the island. He visualizes the lord of the flies talking to him. Presenting us with the idea that he is smarter than we thought. "Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt or kill! … You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close. I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (8.337). simon is the only character of the entire novel to truly know the meaning of the beast being all the negativity and terrible attributes of mankind. Simon does possess all the answers but not a single fly is
Simon is altruistic by nature. He has an inborn selfless. Simon has a sympathetic nature concerning the littluns and helps the misfits. When everyone was cruel to the littluns he kept his generosity towards them, helping them with everything they needed such as, when simon was maneuvering through the forest he stopped to take care of the littluns "Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands."(3.138). during the feast of the first pig hunted simon sees that none of the boys wanted to give piggy any meat. …show more content…
on account while everyone was focused on the beast. simon was trying to understand the underlining of it all also trying to comprehend mankind's dark side and what the beast represents. Simon's intelligence doesn't necessarily mean he's unsusceptible to the effects of the island. He visualizes the lord of the flies talking to him. Presenting us with the idea that he is smarter than we thought. "Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt or kill! … You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close. I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (8.337). simon is the only character of the entire novel to truly know the meaning of the beast being all the negativity and terrible attributes of mankind. Simon does possess all the answers but not a single fly is