Simon is a type of Christ-like figure. He represents
goodness:
Among all the boys, it is Simon whose behavior is
perhaps the most exemplary during the first part of the
story.
Simon picks fruit for
the littluns who are too small to reach it. He meditates on things to help all the boys.
He learns that the beast is a only parachutist. With that new knowledge, he can hardly
wait to share his good news. He comes rushing out of the forest only to meet his
sacrificial death. He is killed most barbarically. His death can be compared to the
Crucifixion scene of Christ. The boys kill him with their bare hands and teeth. His
death reawakens Ralph's sense that civilized order is a necessity in order for them to
survive.
Roger represents evil. He is demonic. He treats
everyone with hostility. He cruelly probes the sow's rectum with his spear and twists
with all his weight until the sow screams in agony. Roger is
merciless:
They corner the wounded pig, and when she falls
they are on her. Roger is particularly cruel, driving in his spear slowly by leaning his
weight upon it until the sow screams in
agony.
Likewise, Roger kills
Piggy with no remorse. Also, he is preparing to kill
Ralph:
He
prepares a stick, with points sharpened at each end, on which to mount Ralph’s
head.
Roger is definitely
savage in his ways. If Simon represents a Christ-like figure, Roger represents the
anti-Christ or Satan. Truly Simon and Roger are extremely opposite one another in
actions. Simon represents goodness in Roger's evil world.
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