In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses religious allegories to demonstrate that as much as mankind struggles to avert sin, it will always be a present factor in humanity. As soon as the boys got on the island, they marked the beautiful untouched land with a scar from the plane crash. Beauty and innocence was tainted instantly.
One of the main religious allegories that remained consistent throughout the book was Simon. He represented a higher religious figure on the island while his surroundings screamed sin. While the other boys slowly transitioned into savages, Simon remained the figure of hope. When talking about the beast, he tried to tell the other boys that “‘maybe it’s only [them]’” but no one listened to his words (68). Simon’s death was also the death of all the blind hope on the island. He died as a martyr “who is always helping others but who dies because his message -- that the scary beast on the hill is only a dead parachutist” (Telgen). His last words were screams of terror as well as trying to convince the boys that the beast is not what they perceive it to be. As much as Simon fought …show more content…
The pig’s head is labeled “the lord of the flies” by the boys on the island which is a strong antithesis to Simon because “this title is a translation of ‘Beelzebub,’ another name for the Devil” (Telgen). The bible story of Jesus walking in the desert and being tempted by the devil is similar to the scene where Simon began to hallucinate about the Lord of the Flies speaking to him in such a manner that scared him, such as “‘Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill,’” and “‘There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast’” (111). This is a portrayal of temptation that Simon does not give into. In the Bible story, Jesus survives the taunting from the devil, but Simon does not have that good of an ending. In the case of the lord of the flies, the devil
One of the main religious allegories that remained consistent throughout the book was Simon. He represented a higher religious figure on the island while his surroundings screamed sin. While the other boys slowly transitioned into savages, Simon remained the figure of hope. When talking about the beast, he tried to tell the other boys that “‘maybe it’s only [them]’” but no one listened to his words (68). Simon’s death was also the death of all the blind hope on the island. He died as a martyr “who is always helping others but who dies because his message -- that the scary beast on the hill is only a dead parachutist” (Telgen). His last words were screams of terror as well as trying to convince the boys that the beast is not what they perceive it to be. As much as Simon fought …show more content…
The pig’s head is labeled “the lord of the flies” by the boys on the island which is a strong antithesis to Simon because “this title is a translation of ‘Beelzebub,’ another name for the Devil” (Telgen). The bible story of Jesus walking in the desert and being tempted by the devil is similar to the scene where Simon began to hallucinate about the Lord of the Flies speaking to him in such a manner that scared him, such as “‘Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill,’” and “‘There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast’” (111). This is a portrayal of temptation that Simon does not give into. In the Bible story, Jesus survives the taunting from the devil, but Simon does not have that good of an ending. In the case of the lord of the flies, the devil