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media type="youtube" key="qzVKZ4LdDvg" height="405" width="500" I choose to use the song "Paranoid" by Kanye West.

" Why are you so paranoid? Don’t be so paranoid. Baby don’t worry bout it Hey there don’t even think about it You worry bout the wrong things The wrong things Tell me right now you really wanna spend your whole life alone? A little time out might do you good, might do us good fore we be done for good. "

This relates to Simon in the novel because Simon is the one who realizes that the pilot is not a true beastie. He believes that the beast was made up in their own minds and that it was just themselves creating something that truly wasn't there. Simon is seen to be crazy because none of the boys believe in Simon's accusation that the beast is not a real beast. The song is in point of the boys towards Simon because the boys believe that Simon is crazy in not thinking that the beast is really a beast. also that song states "don't worry about it, hey there don't even think about it" which is the boys' reactions to Simon saying that the beast is just made up in their own minds. Lastly, when the song says,"You really wanna spend your whole life alone? a little time out might do you good, might do us good" it is the boys telling simon that if he keeps supporting the idea that the beast is not a beast, he will be alone because no one will follow him. Also that with him in solitude might do the boys good because then no one would have to worry about him or he won't be able to try to persuade others. Simon is very insightful, mature, and wise compared to the other boys. - Jasmin Lee

media type="youtube" key="Qe500eIK1oA" height="405" width="500" I choose to use the song "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley.

"And when you're out there Without care, Yeah, I was out of touch But it wasn't because I didn't know enough I just knew too much Does that make me crazy x3 Probably And I hope that you are having the time of your life But think twice, that's my only advice Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are, Ha ha ha bless your soul You really think you're in control Well, I think you're crazy I think you're crazy x2 Just like me Maybe I'm crazy Maybe you're crazy Maybe we're crazy Probably"

I have chosen this song because the lyrics in this story closely resemble the character Simon, in the novel. From chapter 6, when the dead man with the parachute is found in the trees, everyone believes that it is a “beastie,” but Simon is the only who truly believes that it is not possible and believes that it could possibly be a man. When the lyrics say, “Yeah, I was out of touch But it wasn’t because I didn’t know enough I just knew too much,” it can resemble Simon realizing that he is the only one who has a sense of reality that there is no “beastie.” At the end of chapter 8, Simon starts to go a little crazy, as the head of the pig starts to talk back to him. When the lyrics say, “Does that make me crazy, probably,” it shows that Simon starts to doubt himself and is losing his sanity, because he is left on an island with everyone else, who chooses to believe the impossible. In a way he has given up because he starts to question what’s more important or not. Also, as Ralph and Jack take turns winning the attention and respect of the boys on the island, Simon realizes that the boys are too focused on enjoying their freedom, to realize the major issue, which is to get rescued. When the lyrics say, “And I hope that you‘re having the time of your life But think twice, that‘s my only advice,” it shows that Simon is the only sensible one left, and tries to remind the boys not to get too caught up in all the freedom. When Simon does figure out the truth about the man with the parachute and he tries to tell the other boys, this just goes to prove the lyrics even more that the boys need to focus on the bigger issue of getting rescued. With this song, it really brings out Simon’s character in that he is the only one who is thinking realistically, and because of that, he starts to lose his mind and questions himself, while everyone else are too focused on enjoying the island to focus on the bigger issue of getting rescued. - Joy Chuang

media type="youtube" key="XbI1FpLd4Vk" height="385" width="480" I choose to use the song "Clocks" by Coldplay.

"The lights go out and I can't be saved Tides that I tried to swim against Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead singing

Come out upon my seas Cursed missed opportunities Am I a part of the cure? Or am I part of the disease?"

I chose to use this song because I think that it represents Simon's character and role in //Lord of the Flies//. Simon seems to be the only sensible, wise, and reasonable character from the group, but in the eyes of the other boys, he is viewed as insane for stating that the "beastie" did not actually exist. Simon comes to the realization that there is no "beastie", and in actuality, it is only themselves. When he tries to tell the other boys, he gets murdered. Although he is the only sensible and naturally moral one from the group, human nature's corruption and evil tendencies outweigh Simon's good nature as he gets murdered by the tribe. This can be represented in the part of the song where it goes "the lights go out and I can't be saved", which can show the hopelessness of Simon's situation when it comes to his good nature overpowering the corruption in the tribe. When the lyrics state "tides that I tried to swim against", the tides can be analyzed to represent the opinions of all the boys and their belief that a "beastie" physically existed. Simon was going "against the tides" in the way that he was the only one who reasonably believed that a "beastie" could not have existed on that island. "Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead singing" can represent Simon's helplessness in getting the group to believe in what he was saying. The line "Am I a part of the cure? Or am I part of the disease?" can represent the part of the novel where Simon begins to lose his sanity and begins to doubt and question himself. He even turns a little crazy, as seen with his hallucinations. -Kristine Dizon

media type="youtube" key="7xxCD8uHP8w" height="385" width="480" I choose to use the song "Only Human" by Jason Mraz.

"Murderous crow, hey what you know What you reading about, what you hold in your toes Is that a twig, are you a dove of peace A black dove undercover, with another puzzle piece Are you a riddle to solve all along? Or am I over thinking thoughts of human after all

Only human Made of flesh, made of sand, made of you and me The planet’s talking about a revolution The natural laws ain’t got no constitution They’ve got a right to live their own life But we keep paving over paradise"

I thought this one would be one of the songs to express Simon's feelings of paranoia and confusion. In the first stanza, the crow/dove is used to symbolize the changes on the island. In the beginning, Simon and the other boys arrive on the island where they are relieved, free and peaceful. As the story progresses, they realize that this island they thought was "a dove of peace" is actually a "black dove undercover" and it creates more conflict and tragedy for them to resolve. The second half of the first stanza expresses his thoughts towards the Beastie. Simon thinks he knows what the Beastie is, but is influenced by the other boys and grows to consider whether or not he might just be "over thinking thoughts." The second stanza represents Simon's connection with nature. The quote also shows how all the boys are turning against each other and how he's allowing it to happen because he knows he cannot control them and knows they have the right to do what they want with their lives although in the end, it ends his. It also shows how he wants the problems to be resolved, but due to their own selfish desires, they are not able to maintain peace on the island and they are simply "paving over paradise" they could have on the island when they are away from the problems at home. -Lidia de Leon

media type="youtube" key="lBzSdGM1H1I" width="425" height="350" I choose to use the song “Forsaken” by Within Temptation.

"The sacrifice was much to high Our greed just made us all go blind We tried to hide What we fear inside Today is the end of Tomorrow"

I thought that this related to Simon because since it seems that he is the most mature out of all the boys on the island, I assumed that this would be somewhere along the lines of what he was thinking. The first line would mean that the sacrifice of losing ones sanity to savagery is almost basically losing everything you have and because Jack and his hunters don’t want to listen to Ralph anymore due to Jack’s greed of always wanting to be the leader, where he thinks he rightfully belongs, Simon decides to go check out and see what the “beastie” everything is so afraid of actually is. The next two lines show that even though Jack and his group has turned to savagery, they are still human in some aspects because all humans are to prideful to show when they are afraid so they hide it inside them. Jack has always been afraid of losing his face to Ralph because he thinks he deserves to be the leader but never gets to so he decided to make his own clan. Finally the last two lines show that, Simon himself knows that his day will come soon and that he won’t make it off the island alive; although he is not entirely sure as to what the exact day it is that he will die. This is why he says I know you’ll be ok, rather than we towards Ralph. -Alyssa Kao

media type="youtube" key="jzRMG9lUS0U" height="385" width="480" I choose to use the song "Awakening" by Chris Tomlin and Passion Band

"Like the rising sun that shines From the darkness comes a light I hear Your voice and this is my Awakening

Like the rising sun that shines Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing From the darkness comes a light Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing"

In Christianity, a person lives in a world constantly surrounded by evil, and is expected to be open to God and his bidding to do and be good. Simon appears as the most spiritual of all the boys, shown through his kindess to the littluns and his discover of the peaceful bathing pool. However, all the boys unknowingly battle their own demon while on the island: the human instinct of savagery. Simon is the only character within the book who realizes this, that the terrible "beastie" haunting the boys on the island is not tangible, but is in fact one's own humanity. "From the darkness comes a light/I hear Your voice and this is my/Awakening" represents Simon's conversation with the Lord of the Flies, i.e. the impaled pig's head in the clearing. The Lord of the Flies parallels Satan, and the evil he brings out in the boys after some time on the island; it is ironic that the "light" revealed to Simon--that the beast was not "something you could hunt and kill" (Golding 143) but a part of everyone--is given to him by the embodiment of evil in the novel. The awakening sung about in the song is Simon's realization, and the the need to "sing" is Simon's need to tell the other boys about this. The biblical parallels within Lord of the Flies present Simon as a prophet martyred before he could deliver his message of the true identity of the "beastie" to the others. -Kelsey Klocksieben 6/4/2010