Simon

Question 1

how is Simon presented in lotf?

Answer 1

• misunderstood
• perceptive
• mysterious
• introverted
• outsider
• courageous
• kind
• helpful
• wise
• solitary
• sacrificial
• selfless

Question 2

potential exam questions for Simon?

Answer 2

• examine the presentation of Simon
• how does Golding use Simon to present the good in humanity?

Question 3

beginning quotes for Simon

Answer 3

'’He helped that way.’’ (ch.2)

'’Simon. he helps.’’ (ch.3)

'’He’s queer. He’s funny’’ (ch.3)

‘his eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked’ (ch.3)

‘Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach’ (ch.3)

‘The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame’ (ch.4)

Question 4

middle quotes for Simon

Answer 4

‘Simon felt a perilous necessity to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him’ (ch.5)

'’What I mean is…maybe it’s only us.’’ (ch.5)

‘Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness’ (ch.5)

‘Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly, apparently, without that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality’ (ch.6)

‘For a moment or two Simon was happy to be accepted’ (ch.6)

Question 5

end quotes for Simon

Answer 5

‘The half shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynism of adult life’ (ch.8)

‘Simon discovered he had spoken aloud’ (ch.8)

‘He knew that one of his times was coming on’ (ch.8)

‘Nothing replied’ (ch.9)

‘Only the beast lay still’ (ch.9)