Simon Flashcards
initially, simon is presented as…
(ch.1)
an outsider
finish the quote: ‘the fallen…
…boy’
finish the quote: ‘talk over…
…his head’
finish the quote: ‘catch up…
…with the others’
finish the quote: ‘he’s always…
…throwing a faint’
finish the quote: ‘candle bushes…
…candle buds’
initially, simon is presented..
(ch.3 + 4)
as kind and helpful
finish the quote: ‘simon. …
… he helps’
start the quote: …always about’
‘simon’s…
finish the quote: ‘simon found for them…
…the fruit they couldn’t reach’
finish the quote: ‘over double handfuls…
…of ripe fruit’
finish the quote: ‘wiped his mouth and…
…shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it’
initially simon is presented…
(ch.3)
as an outsider figure
finish the quote: ‘when they reached the shelters..
…simon was not to be seen’
finish the quote: ‘he’s queer…
..he’s funny’
initially, simon is presented …
(ch.3)
through appearance
finish the quote: ‘small, skinny boy, his chin pointed…
…and his eyes so bright they deceived ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked’
finish the quote: ‘the coarse mop of black hair was…
…long and swung down, almost concealing a low, broad forehead’
finish the quote: ‘he wore..
…the remains of shorts’
finish the quote: ‘always darkish in colour, Simon was….
…burned by the sun to a deep tan that glistened with sweat’
initially, simon is presented …
(ch.3)
as spiritual through setting
finish the quote: ‘walked into the forest…
…with an air of purpose’
finish the quote: ‘flower and fruit grew…
…together on the same tree’
finish the quote: ‘everywhere was the scent of ripeness….
….and the booming of a million bees at pasture’
finish the quote: ‘amid the roar…
…of bees in the afternoon sunlight’
finish the quote: ‘had woven…
…a great mat’
finish the quote: ‘space was walled with…
…dark, aromatic bushes’
finish the quote: ‘nothing moved but…
…a pair of gaudy butterflies that dances round each other in the hot air’
finish the quote: ‘endless..
…outstretched hands’
initially, simon is presented…
(ch.3)
as an introvert
finish the quote: ‘confirm that he was…
…utterly alone’
finish the quote: ‘his movements were…
…almost furtive’
initially, simon is presented…
(ch.4)
through his fear of conflict and evil
finish the quote: ‘simon put out his hand…
…timidly, to touch ralph’
finish the quote: ‘simon looked now, from ralph to jack…
……..and what he saw seemed to make him afraid’
initially, simon is presented…
(ch.4)
in a religious light
finish the quote: ‘passions beat…
…about simon on the mountain-top with awful wings’
‘passions beat about simon on the mountain top with awful wings’
- simon is also a sympathetic figure and feels bad for the mistreated, for example, piggy
- he retrieves piggy’s broken glasses, and as he finds them, the juxtaposition of ‘awful wings’ reminds us that these passions are wonderful and terrible
- ‘wings’ connotes to freedom, the ability to escape -> angels -> angelic figure
throughout the course of the novel, simon is presented…
(ch.5 + 6)
through his insight on the beast
finish the quote: ‘maybe there…
…is a beast’