is the
introspective and kind character of the . Despite the fact he has a quiet
nature, he generally commands respect among the group who understand he speaks a lot of sense.
His kindness is apparent when he reaches up to pick fruit for the smaller children and when he
goes down the slope to fetch 's glasses afterknocks them off. It is one of the tragedies of the
book that the group murder him, and just after he finds out the beast is in fact a
man.
On page 137, in the chapter "Shadows and Tall Trees," Simon
tells , "You'll get back all right. I think so, anyway." As Ralph contemplates later
on in the novel, Simon says you and not we. It is as if he knows that he is destined to
die.
On page 110 in the chapter "Beast From Water," Simon says,
"Maybe there is a beast.. Maybe it's only us." He is intelligently suggesting that if
there is a beast, the beast is inside each one of them and if they are not careful they will
release it and cause havoc. It is...
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