simon

• simon wasnt seen as important in the beginning but it is revealed he knows the beast isnt real
• simon is the bridge between ralph and jack, and also order and chaos
• simon brings unity to the group 'they were lifted up:were friends'
• simon is the most rational and adult minded out of the boys, which contrasts to how the boys see him, being crazy and 'batty'
• simon's death is symbolic of killing order and rationality and shifting to chaos
• Golding uses a wide perspective on Simons death to show that nature takes care of Simon even in death and his actual importance in the novel
• His death is presented as angelic, using biblical implications as Golding presents him being like Jesus
• Simon never turned savage but he was killed by savagery, hilghting how he found that there was inner savagery in everyone. Golding also shows how the pure hearted ones cant survive in savagery
• simon is also the bridge between appearance and reality, him knowing that the beast was really just apart of everyone