How Does Golding Characterize Simon In Lord Of The Flies

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In William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies, the author uses language to characterize Simon, after he has been brutally murdered by the group of boys on the island. Simon is described as angelic, peaceful and pure after his death. William Golding cleverly uses the characterization of Simon’s body, after he has died, to accurately represent his character traits. Leading up to Simon’s death, the boys living on the island believe there is a beast that also inhabits the island. Simon flees to the mountain on the island after waking up from a comatose state to try and find the beast. He finds out that the alleged beast does not exist, it is just a fallen soldier, and runs to warn the boys. During this time the other boys on the island are partaking in …show more content…
Simon crawls out of the woods during this ritual and the boys believe, originally, that he is the beast. He becomes the victimized boy, and the game becomes all too real. The boys drop their weapons that they had used during the game and begin to literally, animalistically, rip him to shreds. In the aftermath of this brutality, Simon is left on the beach, blood seeping from his body. All around where Simon lays, everything is coated “with a layer of silver”, while he is on the beach “the line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulders became sculpted marble”, his hair is also “coated with brightness” (153). Simon is portrayed as an angelic figure in this quote, the silvery brightness is like a halo, representing his true goodness and purity. Not only his hair is seen as a type of halo, his shoulders and cheek become pure as well. He is described as sculpted marble, because marble is pure and also unchanging, literally carved in stone. Like Simon’s personality, it is good and pure, and it would not be changed by any of the other boys on the island. The halo also extends to everything around
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