Simon Symbolism In Lord Of The Flies
Golding's Lord of the Flies is about a time during war, when a plane crashes and a group of boys are alone, unsupervised, on a deserted island. On this island they have to fend for themselves, they have to find a way of survival. As Golding takes us through the sequence of the story, he uses many situations, items, and many of the characters as symbols of worldly things.
Before War World II Europe and Germany didn’t have the best relations, but they got along, that was until Hitler invaded Poland. Prior to the invasion of Poland, Hitler had won the support of Germany by promising that he would get them out of their economic depression. Soon after becoming chancellor of Germany, Hitler went back on his word. He did not doing anything he claimed …show more content…
Simon is the Christ figure, he is the purest out of all the boys. He realized both good and evil, but mostly evil. He was after all, who realized that the beast was not an object created by man but it was the evil inside each and every one of them. Simon's death was very much like the death of Christ. When he died so did the truth, he never got the chance to share his findings with the other boys. Simon is "Christ" and the choir boys are the "apparent believers". The choir boys follow anything that is believable in their eyes. They shadow behind their leader just waiting for something to happen. Simon and the choir boys symbolize Christ and his apparent believers, while Ralph and Jack symbolize Cain and Abel. Ralph and Jack's story is similar to Cain and Abel's story. Cain was very envious of his brother, Abel. This jealousy soon turned into hatred, he had so much hatred toward his brother that he attacked, and killed his own brother. Jack and Ralph's feud is an reenactment of this story, instead they are not brothers. Jack and Cain's envy spawned from the fact that their rival was more in favor to who they were trying to appeal. Jack was furious when Ralph was chosen for leader. At first he let the situation go but throughout their journey of survival he started feeling threatened, he realized that Ralph, in some way, is a threat to his power. With evil thoughts forever going through his mind, he killed
Before War World II Europe and Germany didn’t have the best relations, but they got along, that was until Hitler invaded Poland. Prior to the invasion of Poland, Hitler had won the support of Germany by promising that he would get them out of their economic depression. Soon after becoming chancellor of Germany, Hitler went back on his word. He did not doing anything he claimed …show more content…
Simon is the Christ figure, he is the purest out of all the boys. He realized both good and evil, but mostly evil. He was after all, who realized that the beast was not an object created by man but it was the evil inside each and every one of them. Simon's death was very much like the death of Christ. When he died so did the truth, he never got the chance to share his findings with the other boys. Simon is "Christ" and the choir boys are the "apparent believers". The choir boys follow anything that is believable in their eyes. They shadow behind their leader just waiting for something to happen. Simon and the choir boys symbolize Christ and his apparent believers, while Ralph and Jack symbolize Cain and Abel. Ralph and Jack's story is similar to Cain and Abel's story. Cain was very envious of his brother, Abel. This jealousy soon turned into hatred, he had so much hatred toward his brother that he attacked, and killed his own brother. Jack and Ralph's feud is an reenactment of this story, instead they are not brothers. Jack and Cain's envy spawned from the fact that their rival was more in favor to who they were trying to appeal. Jack was furious when Ralph was chosen for leader. At first he let the situation go but throughout their journey of survival he started feeling threatened, he realized that Ralph, in some way, is a threat to his power. With evil thoughts forever going through his mind, he killed