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The Lord of the Flies talked to Simon because he was starting to go crazy. First he said that the beasts were the kids themselves. He was symbolically right because the kids were becoming “uncivilized.” This means that Simon was able to see the truth. Even though it sounds a little unrealistic, the sow head chose Simon to warn him about his future. It was like a foreshadowing of what happens to Simon.
I agree with Ahra. The Lord of the Flies only talked to Simon because he suffered from delirium. But out of that delirium, his subconscious was creating the Lord of the Flies to guide him through the truth. Although Simon may not admit that, it was a part of him which saw the entire picture of what was going on, not only the fire or the shelters or the beast.
The other boys did not talk to the because none of them went to the Lord of the Flies except Jack and Ralph. Jack didn't see the Lord of the Flies or talk to him because he was offering the pig's head to the "beast", although the "beast" was the "pig's head". Ralph didn't talk to the Lord of the Flies either because he saw the stick that was holding up the pig's head as a weapon, a self-defense weapon. And at the time, the boys had their minds on something else, not on the whole picture. None of them were delusional and calm enough to see the Lord of the Flies.
I agree with Segio that The Lord of the Flies talked to Simon because he was in a state of insanity. He was a victim of the hopeless situation they were at. This discouraging situation had many negative effects on him. Some applied by his metal disorder. Referring to other characters in this novel, Jack, for example, had evolved to savagery as a result of this situation.
However, I also believe that Simon was capably of speaking to The Lord of the Flies because he was the only one able to face the immense fear.
Despite how crazy and disturbing a severed hog's head impaled on a stick is, Sergio is right. Simon had become so delirious that he actually relied on a fiendish figure for guidance. However, what could be the case is that a small shred of actual savagery had conquered Simon and led him to believe a talking head, literally.
Simon, however, was smart and realized what was going on before he became crazy, too.
The other boys were completely oblivious to the fact that there was evidence that they had become their own monsters, and that evidence was the Lord of the Flies.
When Simon discovered this, he sought the truth and ended up paying for it with his life.
The Lord of the Flies didn't talk to Simon at all. He went a little too crazy and pictured it all.
But this happened to Simon, because he is very vunerable, and at the moment he's probably dehydrated and tired.
If the head were to ACTUALLY to talk, then the reason would not be very different. Simon just is in a very fragile state of mind and physical health.
The reason that the pig´s head talks to Simon and to no one else is because in the beginning you would know that Simon was just the kid that fainted. After a while of getting into the book, you knew that he was a mysterious boy that was bound to have something amazing happen to him. Then when he makes the comment of the beast being in everyone, he makes a point but we notice that he is talking strangely and the island is stuffing his mind with conclusions and things that should not be there.
I agree with Ahra. Simon started talking to The Lord of the Flies because he was going insane. He also could see things that the other boys could not see. For instance, when he said that perhaps the beast was within them he was partially correct. He thought he was the only one that could connect with nature. In my opinion the talking of the Lord of the Flies was actually all in Simons head.
The conversation between the "Lord of the Flies" and Simon, symbolizes insanity. It shows the reader how the mind of a child was being affected by all the problems and stress that were surrounding him.
Simon had previously mentioned the fact that maybe the beast was inside of the children, and it did not exist.
By these thoughts and actions, the sudden changes in Simon's mind can be associated with insanity.
The reason why the Lord of the Flies only spoke to Simon was because first of all, Simon represented Christ because he was the searcher of the truth. In the book, the Lord of the Flies kind of represents the only religion that they had in the island. Simon was truly the only one who went to it and spoke to it, like if it were for worshiping or something else.
The Lord of the Flies didn't really speak to Simon. That is just all part of his own imagination were he hallucinates nad his subconcious takes over. The reason he is the only one that thinks that is because he is very observant and even if it doesn't seem to be the thing on his mind, the things that the Lord of the Flies says prooves that he payed close attention to everything that happened, so that when he began to hallucinate, his subconcious spoke to Simon by making him imagine that the pig's head was actually speaking to him.
Well i believe that Simon´s encounter with the head basically opened his eyes to the truth. This encounter was a disaster and a success. Simon finding out in that exact moment led him to his death. On the bright side, at least one of the boys discovered the truth, and then died.
The Lord of the Flies spoke to Simon because it was the only one that understood Simon since it was Simon himself through a subconscious level. It was talking about his fears, how he was mistaken and how everyone was evil, which is what Simon already knew.
Simon was the only one who could differentiate between the evil developing on the island and good. He was the only one with insight to what the beast really was, and he realized first what was happening, and what was going to occur later on in the book. The pig head "chose" to talk to Simon because he knew the cruelty and savageness growing with the boys, and he wanted to stop it.
The Lord of the Flies spoke only to Simon – well actually he was just hallucinating – because Simon is the only one who has been able to see the truth about all the boys and why they act in such evil ways - yeah, I agree with Amy. So basically the reason it talked to Simon was, because of his abilities of being able to understand anything that happens around him. Being able to talk to the Pig’s Head was a way to say and show that Simon actually felt what the Pig’s Head was feeling. Also at that moment the portrayed of that conversation was to show what the actual truth was going on in the island because of everyone’s fault – especially Jack who was the one that really portrayed the evil in his way of ruler ship and Roger who had an evil mind since the beginning of his existence.
Thanks you guys, you all helped me finish my assignment. Reading all of your comments made me think differently about the book. I may actually really read the book instead of looking up the summary for each chapter.
Thank you guys so much you guys helped me with my assignment. You guys are all right about about what has happened here and explains it really well.
I think that Simon represented a "saintly" figure. He was the only boy who, like other (commentors) said, realized what was going on in the island. In a way he can be paralleled to other people in history like Jesus, during the 40 days Jesus fasted in the desert he was tempted by the devil. The devil is represented in many forms in the book as such as the pigs head. Simon's death is symbolic because everyone had contributed as well as everyone had contributed to Jesus' death
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