In William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, Simon is represented as the innocent archetypal figure through his notable action of purity. Simon is a good, good, pure, compassionate, kind, optimistic kid ( or person) who believes in doing the right thing, which are all traits of the innocent archetypal figure. An example of this can be proven when Simon goes off on his own to his beautiful paradise and picks fruit for the little ones. Golding writes, “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands” (Golding 56). This demonstrates Simon expressing compassion and kindness towards the littluns. The littluns followed Simon around, sensing something
