Part one of term paper
References to various religions in novels are made to help the author illustrate to the reader the situation in which he has placed his characters. In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses biblical allusion to enhance the reader's perspective on the story. In events and metaphors, the character Simon stands out as the Christ figure, ...

Part two of term paper
... the roar of the 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 to the endless outstretched hands. When he had satisfied them he paused and looked round. The littluns watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit. (56) In giving them the fruit until they are satisfied, Simon recreates the event in which Christ multiplied the loaves and fishes to feed the poor until they were contente ...