Although he had no disciples, was not thirty-three, walked on water, or rode a donkey, the message he carries and the opposition he faces are similar to those of Jesus. This is the most important and determining requirement of the archetype. Ultimately, he feels it is his duty to reveal to the other boys that the beast they fear is actually just the evil side of human nature that resides in them all. The duty and obligation to bring the message of sin and salvation to the masses is his most important and perhaps greatest similarity to Christ. Towards the end of the chapter, Foster talks about the death of Jesus and states that "the parallel deepens our sense of the character's sacrifice if we see it in any way similar to the greatest sacrifice we know." This reminded me of Simon once again, as his death becomes almost sacrificial, to the point where the reader can fully appreciate the killing as Simon's sacrifice to goodness, and the other boys' act in killing as a sacrifice to goodness. devil. Simon becomes a sacrifice to the "beast", the evil in the human being