The author portrays Simon as a very important character in the novel and he is shown to be like this by using techniques and sections of the book are focused on him. Even thought the boys do not realise he is a key person on their development and from the very beginning of the novel is made out to be an outsider and not one of the main pack. In chapter one, Golding says,’ He’s always throwing a faint’ which portrays him as being weak and also, ‘He was a skinny, vivid little boy’ so these descriptions make him seem bodily unimpressive and he is made different because of his fainting, already a cast out. When the boys have had the first meeting and are about to go on the expedition of the island, they decide to take Simon, this in the next chapters of the book will be quite a significant move and will be noticed in why they do this later on. Then when Ralph says, ‘If Simon walks in the middle of us, then we can talk over his head,’ this shows that they are viewing him as unimportant already and he doesn’t seem to be allowed a view on the situation, also he is made out to be quire brave for a skinny little boy and he follows Jack and Ralph wherever they go.
It is noted that none of the “bigguns”, except for Simon, act kindly towards the littluns. As the book progresses they bully the littluns more and more. However Simon is different, he always behaves out of his moral values. There are many incidents which reflect this idea such as picking fruits for the littluns, helping with the construction of the shelters and giving Piggy his share of pork etc. Because of his consistency he becomes the measure of morality on the island; his death reflects the diminishing morality and sense on the island.
He went, came, sang, played pitch and toss, scraped the gutters, stole a little, but he did it gaily, like the cats and the sparrows, laughed when people called him an errand boy, and got angry when they called him a ragamuffin. He had no shelter, no food, no fire, no love, but he was lighthearted because he was free” (Hugo, 219). From early on the reader can see that Marius is a free spirit who does not accept the status quo, and has been rejected at a young age by his parents. This only proves to become truer as he grows. “ Marius was gloomy.
At the beginning of this novel Adam comes off as an ignorant, foolish boy. Moses Cooper who is Adam’s father and himself seem to disagree on many things and not get along so well, partly because of this foolishness. Fast writes on page four, “I should have known enough to keep my mouth shut, because he replied that he was gratified to be enlightened and laid onto me ten times more, and then wanted to know whether I deemed seventeen to be a superstitious number?” This quote came right after the situation of Adam Cooper being caught by his father reciting a spell while fetching water. From this quote it is obvious that there is a lack of respect between Adam and his father. He continues to lash out on his disagreements with his father until he truly understands his father’s true feelings for him.
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Simon epitomizes a christ figure by striving for humane treatment and the natural goodness on the island. Simon features distinct shyness and sensitivity that differs from all the other boys on the island. His humbleness displays throughout the book, “Simon’s effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat.”(89) When his ideas are rejected he options not to fight, yet to forget about the disrespect and accept the status quo. He behaves kindly to the littluns by providing friendship and offers them fruit to eat. This nurses them out of the fear they possess by being trapped on the island without their parents and support.
The story never frankly states anything about him; rather, the reader must break the story down to truly understand this character. Oscar’s character exposition is revealed by what the narrator says. What the narrator says in this story is what the young boy thinks. This type of exposition brings out his true personality by knowing his every honest thought and desire. During the part of the story that Yolanda is at Oscar’s house because he was sick the narrator says, “She was prettier than any of them, but I never told her that, because I got embarrassed when I thought about saying it.” (Casares, 199) This quotation shows that without the inside thoughts of Oscar, the reader would not fully understand how Oscar felt towards Yolanda.
Christopher changes into a stronger person mentally throughout the book. He is first represented as a boy with Asperger Syndrome, who is very blunt and does not understand the rules of socialism. He reacts quickly to situations he doesn’t understand or like by folding himself up into a ball and groaning, he also hates skin-ship with others as it makes him feel uneasy. “If a strange man touched me I would hit him, and I can hit people very hard.” As the book progresses Christopher finds himself in unfamiliar situations that make him have to face his issues, such as talking to strangers on his way to London, and allowing to be touched by his mother (even though he did not like it too much.) His sentences are always blunt and factual, there are never long describing words as Christopher thinks that it is far more logical to just say what you want to say without putting fancy adjectives in there.
Now the scribes who were the Pharisees despised Jesus because of His many miracles as they believed that only by Gods ‘Will’ could this be done, but Jesus was aware of the way that they were thinking and doubting His actions. They were then quickly silenced by the paralytic getting up and walking as it left everyone without words. It is then that Jesus shows the Pharisees that He was the Son of Man and His purpose was to save the lost and not the found. Mark was written roughly around the AD 60 - AD 70 period which many Christians are certain of the fact that it was the first Gospel to be written after the death of Jesus about thirty years after these happenings. The author is one of two possibilities, Mark, the twelve disciple who wrote it himself, or a fellow Jew, John Mark who appeared further on in the Bible around the times of Peter, Paul and Barnabas who could have been a family member of John Mark as it states in [Col 4:10] and is also fairly prominent in Acts e.g.
Unfortunately, Doodle was no match for his brother’s aggressive and selfish actions. In the end, Brother’s pride is to blame for Doodle’s untimely death. Brother’s pride was responsible for his opinion of Doodle. At times, Brother was kind and loving to Doodle, but the reader soon realizes that the narrator was mostly harsh and cruel to his brother. In the beginning of the story, Brother recounts the day Doodle was born, saying that he was a disappointment as soon as he entered the world.
He tells Grace that God is ignoring him, that God is like a mean kid holding a magnifying glass over an ant, burning off his tentacles and laughing. And, Im not OK with it! Bruce rails. Im not OK with this mediocre life! God could fix my life, but he doesnt!