Lord Of The Flies - Simon As A Christ Figure

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under a hut of straight hair that hung down, black and coarse" (24). Simon, much like another character known as Piggy, is constantly seeking to help people, never acting selfishly or cruelly to any of the other boys on the island. For example Simon picks up Piggy's glasses when they get knocked off, tries to comfort the "littluns" when they are worried by the beast and even tries to comfort the groups "leader" Ralph when the groups fire signal goes out. He is also a character that is not disillusioned by the fear the spreads through the island. For example the symbol of the dead parachutist for represents children who are blinded by their own innate evil do not see the parachutist as it really is, but rather as a savage beast on top of the mountain. Simon, the only boy who is not blinded and deceived by inner evil, is the only one who sees the parachutist as it is and not as a beast.
Golding purposely continues to makes many allusions to Christ through several of Simon's ...

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we'll forget the whole thing . . .". Here we and as well as Simon learns that the so called "beast" that has been terrifying the children is actually the evil that resides within them all. And just like Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil, Simon was tempted by the Lord of the Flies, a direct translation to Beelzebub, a fallen angel, to not go on with his righteous duty and keep the information to himself.
This spiritual revelation powers Simon to investigate the "beast" at the top of the mountain commenting that, "The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible creating one the last and most important allusion made by the author, the almost ...

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