Golding
accomplishes three things with his one-page description of 's dead body being claimed by the
oncoming tide. First, he culminates the role of Simon as Christ-figure in the book. Second, he
contrasts the purity of nature with the depravity of humanity. Third, he allows a fitting period
of mourning that impresses upon the reader the impact of the murder.
Golding
takes great pains to establish Simon as a Christ-figure. He "feeds the five thousand"
when he passes fruit down to an endless sea of littluns. He is tempted by the devil in his
interaction with the . And when he appears during's feast, he is "crying out something
about a dead man on a hill." Simon, the most innocent and spiritual of all the boys, dies
at the hands of a vicious mob while trying to bring them the good news about the beast. Thus,
Golding completes the comparisons between Simon and Jesus by...
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