The true nature of mankind presents both optimistic and adverse values. Golding they to display for use that the whole world is fill with people that are magnets, with contradicting feature that help us show who we are. He articulates that no matter who you are in the universe, you are a foil to someone or something as revealed in his work, Lord of the Flies. In his novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the contrasting images of flies and the butterflies and the characterization of Jack and Simon to show that everything in life has duality.
The characterization of Simon represents the Christ-like figure, the one who is willing to help others in need and who knows the difference between right and wrong. According to Golding, Simon helps Ralph to build the shelters while everyone else was playing on the beach (45). Golding also says “…Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it…” (62) Simon is willing to make sacrifices for others while most of the other boys do not have that level of responsibility. “Simon was inside the mouth, He fell down and lost consciousness.” He is able to confront the beast and his fears unlike the others (128).He is one of the only characters who truly …show more content…
The flies are shown as disgusting creatures: “The pile of guts was a blob of flies that buzzed like a saw… Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number…” (123). They wouldn’t leave Simon alone. They moreover correlate with the Lord of the Flies just as how the serpent with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden correlates with Satan. Flies show the negative aspects in the duality of nature because unlike butterflies creates peace and harmony, they create disturbance and
The characterization of Simon represents the Christ-like figure, the one who is willing to help others in need and who knows the difference between right and wrong. According to Golding, Simon helps Ralph to build the shelters while everyone else was playing on the beach (45). Golding also says “…Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it…” (62) Simon is willing to make sacrifices for others while most of the other boys do not have that level of responsibility. “Simon was inside the mouth, He fell down and lost consciousness.” He is able to confront the beast and his fears unlike the others (128).He is one of the only characters who truly …show more content…
The flies are shown as disgusting creatures: “The pile of guts was a blob of flies that buzzed like a saw… Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number…” (123). They wouldn’t leave Simon alone. They moreover correlate with the Lord of the Flies just as how the serpent with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden correlates with Satan. Flies show the negative aspects in the duality of nature because unlike butterflies creates peace and harmony, they create disturbance and