In Chapter
Three of ,discover acres of trees in bloom with both flowers and ripe fruit
waiting to be picked. They are eager to consume the fruit but are too small to reach the
branches, and so they begto help them. Simon agrees to do so and plucks the "choicest
fruit" for them so that all of the littleuns have "double handfuls" of the fruit.
Simon then walks off on his own to survey the land and the abundance that this strange island
seems to provide to the stranded boys.
This seems to suggest that Simon has
an innate goodness that the other boys simply do not possess. He appreciates both the earth and
humanity and is willing to help out when others would take advantage of the situation. Simon
also seems to act as a steward of the natural world.
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