Simon - Character Study: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

APPEARANCE

• Tall
• Dark hair
• A "biggun"

PERSONALITY

• He is a very caring boy - he helps the littluns get fruit off a tree at the start of the novel.
• A secretive boy - he has his own hiding place in the forest.
• He defends Piggy when Jack hits him.
• Intelligent.

SYMBOLISM

• Religious connotation - a Jesus like figure. Simon is a boy who is caring, sees what the real evil in the world is and is killed for doing nothing wrong.
• He is tormented by the pig's head in his vision, like Jesus is tempted by the devil in the desert.
• Simon could show that the real cause of…