Lord of the flies: Simon Flashcards
What part of the Freudian theory represents Simon?
Super ego
–> altruistic, caring, nurturing, puts the ‘self’ last
‘Simon found for (the littluns) the fruit they could not reach…(and) passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.’
has a kind and generous nature
also helps Ralph build the shelters in chapter 3 when no one else would
‘The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers…Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.’
- marvels at the beauty of nature
- chooses to be alone
- has a goodness and kindness from within that seems to be connected with nature
‘he cocked a critical..
..ear at the sounds of the island’
‘what he saw seemed to..
..make him afraid’
–> chapter 4
–> Simon looks from Ralph to Jack after the hunters return with their first kill
‘Simon became inarticulate in his..
..effort to express mankind’s essential illness’
‘Simon thought of the beast, there rose before..
..his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick’
‘Simon’s effort fell..
..about him in his ruins’
‘Simon stood up and..
..took the conch from Piggy’
‘Maybe there is no..
..beast…maybe it’s only us’
‘in front of Simon, the..
..Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned’
‘his gaze was held..
..by that ancient inescapable recognition’
–> chapter 8
–> recognizing something primal and fundamental about the nature of evil and savagery within human
–> urning point in Simon’s understanding of the boys and the island
‘Simon was inside the mouth. He..
..fell down and lost consciousness’
‘the water rose further and..
..dressed Simon’s coarse hair with brightness’
‘The line of his cheek silvered and..
..the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble’
‘Simon’s dead body..
..moved out towards the open sea’
–> chapter 9
‘Simon was crying..
..out something about a dead man on a hill’
