14. (favorite character)

My favorite character in the book is definitely Simon, as you may have gathered from reading my previous blogs.  Unlike most of the other characters in the book, who generally have at least one large societal flaw, usually violence, Simon contributes positively to the boys' society.  He helps out Ralph in his ventures, while preserving, or at least attempting to preserve, the boys' society.  Although people usually think of Simon as odd or unusual, I think he is a very interesting character, who has very interesting and often very valid opinions.  The best example of that I can think of is his opinion on the beast, which is actually the opinion I believe to be true.  One of Simon's most beneficial traits in this book is the ability to think things through.    He is more like Piggy than anyone else in that sense, and is less impulsive than the rest.  He is also the only boy among the group that really seems to appreciate the island.  The others are mostly just focused on killing things, or having fun.  Lastly, I think Simon's priorities are in order, much more than the priorities of Jack, who appears like he couldn't care less if they never got rescued, so long as there were pigs to kill.