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The Sunflower is a non-fiction book; written by Simon Wiesenthal. In this book, Simon (a Jew) was working for the Nazi’s, while he got pulled aside by a nurse. The nurse asked him to come speak to a dying S.S. Man (Karl). Simon went into the room, and Karl told him the horrendous crimes he has committed. Karl tells Simon this to get forgiveness from a Jew for his crimes; so he can die in peace. Simon is overwhelmed and walks out, and says nothing. For the rest of his life he contemplates-did I…

Psychological Profile After speaking to Ralph for hours, I have seen a clear picture on the events that occurred and his mental state. Ralph has gone through many changes throughout his time on the island. He tells me he used to be a socialized and civilized young boy but in the interview seems very timid and scared. He recounts a strip about the first meeting he was voted chief almost unanimously, "Every hand outside the choir was raised immediately."(Golding 19). This demonstrated his…

aren’t speaking our very own language in the proper form. Some people oppose this and find that if we all speak English within the proper context, we could communicate towards one another to a better extent. In “Why Good English Is Good for You,” John Simon uses anaphora, similes, personification, allusions, and rhetorical questions to convince readers of Esquire magazine that if the base aspects of our society were set up to help kids learn proper english, they would communicate more…

This is a major act of evil because Jack had ordered all the boys to kill Simon. He feels no remorse after he had ordered his men to kill this “Beast”. Ralph felt the worst because he had just had his tribe ripped away from him, for Jack to turn around and kill one of his own with his old tribe. The next day Jack only worried…

society fails. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of young boys try forming a society. However, the boys with strong morals, Simon and Piggy, are unable to win over the other boys to become the leaders. The naturally born leaders on the island with uncivilized morals, Ralph and Jack, end up leading the boys. Both Simon and Piggy show they have the morals of civilized humans, but their lack of leadership results in the boys attempt to form a society failing. Piggy is…

of time their minds begin to change and break away from the civilized society from which they came. They sense danger and fear in every encounter and jump to illogical conclusions. Although the boys had been conditioned to brush off what little kids say, the boy with a mulberry-colored birthmarks words still haunt them. His words leave the boys with the fear that perhaps the nightmares are reflecting the child's situation. As the speculation of the existence of the beast continues to occur, the…

turned out that they had just killed their friend Simon, another boy living on the island, thinking it was something else. In a modern court of law, this would be charged as criminal-negligence involuntary manslaughter. While they did kill Simon, it wasn’t planned in any way. They had no intent of it originally. The death of Simon came from complete recklessness. This was involuntary manslaughter because the boys were affected by mob mentality, and Simon was extremely delirious. The boys…

the death of Simon affects the boys who have not converted to savagery. Simon is originally one of the choir members. The choir members are chosen to be hunters that are led by Jack, but Simon does not do much hunting within the novel. From the beginning of the novel the boys have to deal with what the younger boys call ‘the beastie’. The beastie is something that comes up at one of the meetings that are held by Ralph. One of the younger boys who is only known as ‘mulberry boy’ says that he has…

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…

part of the book when simon , who 's the representation for the hope for humanity has realized that the beast is not some creature on the island , that it is what the boys have become ;there the beast . simon is struggling to come to terms with this harsh reality and how they should be afraid of eachother not something else “What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us” . Simon is the first character to see the beast not as an outside force but as a factor of human nature .Simons idea is confirmed…