Part one of term paper
If this novel were to be interpreted as a dream, then Ralph would represent himself while Piggy, Jack, and Simon would represent an exaggerated personality trait of Ralph. Piggy representing Ralph's conscience, (good within Ralph) Jack representing Ralph's selfish greed, (evil within Ralph) and Simon representing truth (The median between go ...

Part two of term paper
... evil within everyone). When Simon returns from his journey (of finding the beast) to reveal the truth to everyone about the beast, everyone (who mistakes him for the beast) attacks him. The result being Simon's death. (Mind you, everyone includes Ralph (representing himself), Jack (evil), and Piggy (good)) Now you may interpret the reason everyone attacked Simon in 2 ways. One may interpret this death as 'it was dark, they misplaced him for the beast.', or one may look at Simon's death on a ...