The central image of the passage by William Golding draws all attention to the boys not feeling sympathy toward Simon’s death. The passage begins with the word “somewhere,” which asserts an ominous, however, cosmic environment. By using the phrase “softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures,” Golding suggests part of the boys left with Simon as he died. Fringe in Britain refers to bangs of hair or the loose threads on borders. He connects the bright creatures to the boys on the island by using the word ‘fringe” metaphorically. The phrase gives off a message that boys metaphorically surrounded Simon and floated away into the ocean. The phrasing describes that part of the boys, their innocence, floated away with Simon into
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The boys are split up into two groups: the savages and the sane tribe consisting of mainly of Ralph and Piggy. The savages had not cared about Simon because he was their enemy. The sane group was too worried about getting killed that they could not mourn their friends death. The passage exemplifies the life of an active soldier. Ralph and Piggy would be British and situated on Coral Island, which is part of Thailand, an axis power during World War II. The savages most likely represent Thai as they would have been Golding’s enemy in the war and stereotyped as beasts. Golding uses the boys to blatantly make the connection from a soldier in the war to Simon by referring to both of them as the beast. Golding makes a connection from a motherly pig to Simon and British soldiers. The sow in “maternal bliss” on page 134 was similar to Simon in terms of his maternal caring for the littluns and the tribe. To strengthen the connection between the pig and the British, Golding carefully crafted a scenario where the savages used guerilla tactics to attack, similar to what Thailand did and the pig, unprepared for the foreign tactics, ran to the water, which is similar to the British running back to their strong royal navy after being ambushed. Golding solidifies the connection at the end of the book when a British navy officer rescues the boys from the island. The
The boys are split up into two groups: the savages and the sane tribe consisting of mainly of Ralph and Piggy. The savages had not cared about Simon because he was their enemy. The sane group was too worried about getting killed that they could not mourn their friends death. The passage exemplifies the life of an active soldier. Ralph and Piggy would be British and situated on Coral Island, which is part of Thailand, an axis power during World War II. The savages most likely represent Thai as they would have been Golding’s enemy in the war and stereotyped as beasts. Golding uses the boys to blatantly make the connection from a soldier in the war to Simon by referring to both of them as the beast. Golding makes a connection from a motherly pig to Simon and British soldiers. The sow in “maternal bliss” on page 134 was similar to Simon in terms of his maternal caring for the littluns and the tribe. To strengthen the connection between the pig and the British, Golding carefully crafted a scenario where the savages used guerilla tactics to attack, similar to what Thailand did and the pig, unprepared for the foreign tactics, ran to the water, which is similar to the British running back to their strong royal navy after being ambushed. Golding solidifies the connection at the end of the book when a British navy officer rescues the boys from the island. The