“Kill the beast, cut his throat, spill the blood” (Golding 152) are the last words Simon hears before being brutally murdered. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies character Simon is a boy who is one of the many passengers of a plane that crashes onto a deserted island. Golding uses indirect characterization to reveal vital personality traits about Simon’s character. This just means that he makes Simon say, think, do, or look something to show the reader what kind of person he is. Simon symbolizes humanity 's goodness and mortality, contrasting to the overpowering evil and corruptness in the other boys. His kindness, intelligence, and peculiarity makes him very important to this book, because everybody else is ruined by the evilness inside
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Furthermore, Ralph says “He’s queer. He’s funny” (Golding 55) while talking to Jack about Simon . Ralph simply means Simon is different, and does not behave like the others. The boys additionally consider him different and/or strange due to the fact that he likes to go off into the forest and spend time there alone away from people. This is a big contrast to the other boys on the island who are afraid to be alone. Moreover, Simon can also be seen as the yang in the yin and yang circle. Meaning he can be seen as the good in the overwhelming bad. Simon is described as having metaphorical “...eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked” (Golding 55). This differs from other boys, because they do not have this kind of light in them, instead they have dark and twisted souls. Another reason why Simon can be considered queer, is due to the fact he often faints uncontrollably. Simon being so different explains why the boys ignore and patronize him for everything he does, making him essentially an outcast. Simon being different causes a barrier between him and the other boys, because they do not understand why he does what he does. This results in them ignoring what he says, and them also hurting and bullying him . Simon does not feel dehumanized by the less than human treatment by the …show more content…
Him existing in the book changes or effects the plot/story of the book greatly Without his kindness the littluns would have gone hungry, and without his level of intelligence the boys would have had slimmer chances of ever figuring out the “beast”, plus without Simon being bullied for his differences and weak or fragileness, the boys would have not descended into savagery and barbarism more than what they had been. Golding’s indirect characterization of Simon affects the story greatly, because without the personality Simon has, the book would have probably ended on a darker note. Sadly humanities corruptness and savage ways overpowered Simon’s good nature, leading to the groups deadly descent into
Furthermore, Ralph says “He’s queer. He’s funny” (Golding 55) while talking to Jack about Simon . Ralph simply means Simon is different, and does not behave like the others. The boys additionally consider him different and/or strange due to the fact that he likes to go off into the forest and spend time there alone away from people. This is a big contrast to the other boys on the island who are afraid to be alone. Moreover, Simon can also be seen as the yang in the yin and yang circle. Meaning he can be seen as the good in the overwhelming bad. Simon is described as having metaphorical “...eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked” (Golding 55). This differs from other boys, because they do not have this kind of light in them, instead they have dark and twisted souls. Another reason why Simon can be considered queer, is due to the fact he often faints uncontrollably. Simon being so different explains why the boys ignore and patronize him for everything he does, making him essentially an outcast. Simon being different causes a barrier between him and the other boys, because they do not understand why he does what he does. This results in them ignoring what he says, and them also hurting and bullying him . Simon does not feel dehumanized by the less than human treatment by the …show more content…
Him existing in the book changes or effects the plot/story of the book greatly Without his kindness the littluns would have gone hungry, and without his level of intelligence the boys would have had slimmer chances of ever figuring out the “beast”, plus without Simon being bullied for his differences and weak or fragileness, the boys would have not descended into savagery and barbarism more than what they had been. Golding’s indirect characterization of Simon affects the story greatly, because without the personality Simon has, the book would have probably ended on a darker note. Sadly humanities corruptness and savage ways overpowered Simon’s good nature, leading to the groups deadly descent into