How is Simon important important in LOTF(Important quotes)

Question 1

Name 1 important quotes of Simon

Answer 1

Golding displays Simon as a ​Christ figure to better display his unique essential goodness. ‘Simon found for them the fruit they couldn’t reach’
( Deliberate Biblical imagery Imagery to present Simon as a Jesus Figure and shows he is good)

Question 2

Name 2 important quotes of Simon

Answer 2

Golding characterizes Simon as perceptive so as to reveal insights on the Beast. This is Evident when Simon says to Ralph ‘Maybe its only us’ he is saying that the beast could be us humans. This links to the theme that there is evil in Humankind, this is shown throughout the book. Just like in the bible God gave Adam and Eve a perfect setting but they messed it up

Question 3

Name 3 important quotes of Simon

Answer 3

In Chapter 7 When Ralph has a Flashback to life back at home he realizes Simon is there and Simon says ‘You’ll get back all right.’ Golding uses Religious imagery here to Foreshadow that Simon might have to sacrifice himself in order to save Ralph the same way Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross. We know this through the personal pronoun of ‘you’ll’ suggesting only Ralph.

Question 4

Name 4th important quote of Simon

Answer 4

Golding uses the death of Simon to reveal for the first time the unforgiving nature of the boy’s . When Simon comes to the truth of the real beast he runs back crawling to tell the the boys but is then killed in a violent manor for example ‘tearing of teeth and claws’ The boys don’t have claws, so Golding is using Animalistic imagery to emphasize the primitive attack and that there is hell on earth.

Question 5

Continuation

Answer 5

After his death ‘The clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall.’ this is very similar to what happened after Jesus died. Golding represents Simon as a Jesus figure because he represents the theory of religion and moral beliefs

Question 6

Conclusion

Answer 6

​In his characterisation of Simon, Golding reveals to the reader the goodness within some members of society and the ​injustice they face from others due to their rejection of “mankind’s essential illness.” He also uses the character of ​Simon to reveal this “illness” to the reader, through his dialog and the pivotal conversation with the Lord of the Flies. ​Golding encourages the reader to be more like Simon with the promise of a peaceful afterlife in order to convey the ​need to change after the evil he witnessed during his time as a fighter pilot in WWII.