Simon, lord of the flies
Simon, lord of the fliesSimon
Throughout William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, many of the characters go through changes in their personality traits. From beginning to end, Simon goes through the smallest amount of change than anyone in the novel. Despite the fact that Simon did not really fit in with the other boys, he tried his hardest to make a difference in his and the other’s lives.
In the beginning, Simon was described as a “skinny, vivid little boy…,” (Golding 24) showing that he was undersized and possibly weaker than the others. He stuck around Ralph for a while, went exploring with him and Jack, and even helped him build the shelters. It was not long before he began to wander off by himself to that little place among the creepers. The other boys thought he was “queer….funny.” (55) because he was an outcast and rather strange.
Towards the middle of Simon’s stay on the island, he started to realize that he truly was different from the others. Every time he tried to talk to the other children, his “effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat.”(89) Just when he thought he had been accepted he embarrassed himself again,...
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