Lord of the Flies Literature Critique
Throughout Chapters six, seven, and eight, Golding focusing on Simon for being unique, and different from the other boys. He depicts Simon as a black sheep in which the other boy's dislike. One such example is that the other boy's are always making fun of him, and despite that, Simon never retaliates with returning verbal attacks. One big difference in Simon from the other boy's, is that Simon does not fear the beast. Simon knows that beast is the evil within, but Simon is pure. Simon is also almost saintly, for instance, when Simon fed the little children, this is a saintly gesture. This also shows that Simon is the only one who isn't concerned with just him, but he cares for the well being of the others too. Another example of Simon's purity is when the Lord of the Flies tempts him. He falls unconsciously to avoid the persuasion and temptation of evil. Simon is the obvious fulcrum in the good and bad spectrum. On one end lay Ralph, and on the other end lay Jack. One thing that Golding does is creating Simon as a Christ-like figure. Simon is the purest of all the boys. Simon does not follow orders, nor does he give them. He will not commit acts of violence, nor will he insult the boys who insult him. Golding is constantly giv
ing Simon more and more Christ-like characteristics and traits. From the purity of his heart, to the Lord of the Files attempting to tempt him. Another thing Golding does often, is use the literary tool of symbolism. Almost all of the important aspects of the book involve symbolism. Simon symbolizes a Christ-like figure. The Lord of the Flies symbolizes the devil. When Simon fell unconscious, that represented the sacrifices that had to be made in order to overcome evil. The last major symbolism was Ralph and Simon climbing the rocks, in which Simon finished first. That was to show that although Ralph has leadership and power, Simon is the one who should be leading. He has the purity and the heart to do it. Another literary tool used by Golding is juxtaposition. Golding juxtaposes good and evil, Satan and Christ, life and death, reality and dreams, Heaven and Hell, and so on. The purpose of this was to show that the things that need to be done in order to survive must be accomplished through the opposite. For instance, The boy's salvation (heaven) lies in the hands of the fire (hell) that will signal a rescue ship. Another instance is the Lord of the Flies (Satan) talking and tempting Simon (Christ), like what happened in the desert in which Christ was stuck in for forty days. Golding purposely composes Simon as a Christ-like figure, but more importantly juxtaposes the pure good of Simon next to many forms of Evil. Among those evil forms lay fire, temptation, autocracy, killing, verbal blasting, beasts, and Satan. The main evil forms however lay in the fire, the autocratic rule, and the beast. First, the fire: The fire act
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Approximate Word count = 1102
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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