Simon volunteers to go back to camp alone while it is dark outside
because he is not afraid of the beastie
. He is not afraid because he knows fear comes from within.
What does Simon do for Piggy?
There are several scenes throughout the novel which depict Simon
helping Piggy
and offering him support. In Chapter 4, Simon is quick to grab Piggy's glasses when they fall on the rocks, and in Chapter 7, Simon volunteers to travel back through the forest to tell Piggy and the littluns where the group is located.
Why does Simon volunteer back to Piggy?
By volunteering to
travel through the forest alone in the dark
to inform and comfort Piggy, he exhibits his selfless, caring nature.
Who volunteers to go back to Piggy and the Littluns with a message?
Simon
volunteers to return to the beach to tell Piggy and the littluns that the group will not return until late that night.
Who goes back to help Piggy with the little kids?
The explorers are initially Simon, Ralph, and Jack, and a few little ones, but
Simon and the little ones
go back to find Piggy, and Roger takes Simon's place. In this expedition, the boys also find a rock, but only Jack rolls this one down the mountain while Ralph seems more focused on their mission.
Who kills Piggy?
Roger
, the character least able to understand the civilizing impulse, crushes the conch shell as he looses the boulder and kills Piggy, the character least able to understand the savage impulse.
What does Piggy do when he feels awkward?
Piggy is socially awkward.
He clings to Ralph and fishes for responses from him without being assertive enough to simply state what he wants
. He often refers to his “auntie,” which makes him sound childish.
What is wrong with Simon in Lord of the Flies?
Simon is mesmerised by the pig's head on the stick, called the ‘Lord of the Flies'. He imagines that
the head speaks to him in the
‘voice of a schoolmaster', and it taunts and threatens him in a terrifying and bizarre encounter, which causes Simon to pass out into a seizure.
Who Killed Simon in Lord of the Flies?
With the brutal, animalistic murder of Simon, the last vestige of civilized order on the island is stripped away, and brutality and chaos take over. By this point, the boys in Jack's camp are all but inhuman savages, and Ralph's few remaining allies suffer dwindling spirits and consider joining
Jack
.
How old is Simon LOTF?
The novel's protagonist, the
twelve-year-old
English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island.
What is evidence of Simon's empathy?
haircut, proper wash with soap, brush
his
teeth/cut his nails. evidence of Simon's empathy. When Simon talks to Ralph, he tells him that He'll be rescued.
Why do you think Simon is so eager to volunteer to go across the island to tell Piggy and the little ones what they are doing?
Simon volunteers to go across the island in the receding dark to tell Piggy and the littleuns what they are doing. I think he is eager to get away because as we know,
he believes that the beast is the boys themselves and he has been previously into the forest alone to his secret place
.
Who takes the message to piggy about the boys staying after dark Why does he volunteer?
Who volunteers to take “the message” to Piggy about the boys staying out after dark and what does this show us about this character?
Simon
. it shows that he is helpful.
Is Simon a Littlun?
The bigguns are the group that most of the story revolves around and includes Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Roger, Sam, Eric, and Bill. Simon, Robert, and Maurice are
a little younger
, and so their grouping is more difficult.
Why does Piggy conclude that no one will know where they are?
When Ralph comments that his father will surely find them on the tropical island because he is a commander in the Navy, Piggy logically concludes that no one will know their exact location because
of the “atom bomb”
and that they will be left on the island to fend for themselves.
Who is missing at the end of chapter 2?
Answers 1.
The little boy with the birthmark
goes missing after running away with the other children. He never reappears and is assumed to have died in the fire. “That little ‘un–” gasped Piggy–“him with the mark on his face, I don't see him.
