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Characterism Of Samon In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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“Lord Of The Flies” is a fantastic novel by William Golding that was published in 1954. It is about a group of English school boys whose plane crashed, which left them stranded on a deserted island. Some of these boys were forced to show acts of compassion due to the situation that they were put into. Many of the boys showed no sympathy for the others on the island, while some only showed some for certain people. The character “Simon” was different from all of the other boys who were stuck on the island with him. He showed compassion for everyone that he was with which left him as a symbol of compassion. Simon never appreciated it when others get bossed around or treated poorly when they tried to speak to the other boys in an attempt to express their opinion. When the boys were trying to start a fire, they had nothing to start it with. Piggy came out of the forest and Jack stole his glasses so he could start the fire. Their fire failed because it didn't meet their expectations, which was to have some smoke, so they could eventually get rescued by a ship or plane. It was overall a fantastic idea. Jack was very mad at what happened. He was so furious with the others that he started to take his blame out on the fellow boys. Jack was mainly mad at the fat boy, Piggy. Jack started to yell at him because he was sitting on a log doing nothing the whole time and Jack continued to say so. Simon felt bad for Piggy and decided to stand up to Jack so he wasn't known as a

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