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    When Simon walks among the trees, Golding describes the perfectness of the island: He walked with an accustomed tread through the acres of fruit trees, where the least energetic could find an easy if unsatisfying meal. Flower and fruit grew together on the…

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    novel. Facing the pig head covered with flies, Simon had a conversation with the pig head. “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?” (Golding 158). Simon knew the “beast” is the cow’s head, he gradually realized the truth that the evil came from people themselves, the darkest side of their heart. Although the beast looks horrible, it is harmless. For this reason, Simon was really happy and tried his best to walked…

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    discussion of what the living does and does not understand. When Emily visits the graveyard, she is greeted by Simon and Mrs. Gibbs. Emily is then transported back in time. Emily and Simon believe that the living do not understand what to cherish about life and how precious it is. Mrs. Gibbs believes that the living deserves to view life with a more positive outcome. Both Emily and Simon perceive life as a being both a good and bad thing. Emily does not understand why no one ever takes…

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    Shattering Glass with it’s high school setting and classic cliques. Rob Hayes, the leader of the senior class, decides to transform the class nerd, Simon Glass, into a prince charming. Rob has a mission to change Simon’s clumsy and sloppy habits by helping him gradually become popular among the senior class. However, once Rob achieves turning Simon into a prince charming…

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    changes from a very closed-minded individual to a very accepting and open-minded person after meeting a homeless man named Simon Wilder. In the beginning, Monty judged Simon harshly for being homeless, and didn’t want anything to do with him. He was using him to get his senior thesis back. Eventually, Monty and Simon started being friendlier toward each other after Monty helps Simon regardless of personal gain. At the very end of the movie, Monty is not only depicted as one of Simon’s best…

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    Stakeholder: Ourselves. If we go forward with no one saying anything about what happened at the party, the only values and principles we would be upholding is our loyalty to Simon. I would keep his loyalty by not breaking his trust in myself, even if I can never trust him again. When I deicide not to say anything my trust in Simon was violated, if I got a bit drunk would he do that to me? This also made it so I couldn't feel like I could be safe being around him. However, some of the outcomes of…

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    disappear. The words ‘it’s no go’ is something the boys would say so this would suggest that Simon is discovering this in his own head not a ‘beast’ saying it. So, the author conveys this well. 166 Chapter 9 “I gave you food," said Jack, “and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?"…

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    Ethical Dilemma: is it Ethical for Jack and his tribe to kill Simon The book, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, tells the story of a plane full of boys that have been evacuated from England. Their plane crashes on an island. Upon crashing, the pilot and all the other adults have died, and the young children have been left alone on the island. The oldest child is named Ralph, who is 12 years of age. Ralph, the protagonist of the novel, teams up with his friend Piggy, and gather the…

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    have freedom and choice to do whatever they want, they will always ruin it. Most boys ended up as Hobbes expected them too. Yet, one of the main four characters named Simon, demonstrates many characteristics of the Locke philosophy. Simon from “Lord of The Flies” exemplifies a standard view of a supporter of John Locke. Simon demonstrates perfect rationality for a kid in his age group. He showed great spirit in offering to grab the fruit in tall places for the littluns and getting along…

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    deemed unworthy in the eyes of the Nazi party. In Simon Wiesenthal’s memoir “The Sunflower”, Karl, a energetic and enthusiastic member of the SS and previous Hitler’s youth participant who has found himself in a hospital bed, is one such member of the Nazi party who has committed crimes against humanity. Despite his misdeeds against the Jewish population, Karl seems repentant while on his deathbed, as he asks for forgiveness. However, Karl asked Simon, a Jewish architect plucked from his home…

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