Simon In Lord of the Flies, Simon signifies “the Christ- figure, the voice of revelation”. With the death of Simon, the boys have completely been overcome by evil.

Examples of Simon as Christ-like There are several events involving Simon that portray him as a Christ-like or Biblical figure: The first event occurs when Simon feeds the littluns described in the following passage: “Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to endless outstretched hands” (Golding, 55).

This passage “unmistakably evokes the Biblical accounts of Christ amid the bread-hungry masses”. Like Jesus, Simon provides his followers, in his case the littluns, with plenty of food to satisfy their hunger.

When he discovers that the beast is the dead parachutist, “like Moses, then, he comes down from the mountain bearing the truth”. Also, like Moses, he is not listened to. His death symbolizes the Crucifixion of Jesus. Like Jesus, Simon was trying to tell the others the truth. For this, he was slain.