He is one of the fewer boys not part in the conflict between Ralph and Jack. After Jack hunts and cooks a pig and refuses to share any of the meat to Piggy , Simon shares some of his own to the fat boy. Simon was part of the meeting organized by Ralph, who informs the boys about not working together to build a civilized society.
When they discuss about the beast, Simon claims that he was walking in the jungle at the time when one of the boys Phil said he had a nightmare where he saw the beast.
When he is given a turn to hold the conch, Simon says that all the boys themselves are the beast, while Piggy doesn't take him seriously and the boys think the beast is a ghost. The meeting goes out of control when Jack grabs the conch and declares that he will hunt the beast himself.
All the boys join him in the hunt, but only Simon, Piggy and Ralph stayed behind. They now wish they had adults with them. Simon and the other boys were fast asleep when an aeroplane battle raged in the sky and a dead parachutist's body lands in the jungle vines below. Early the next morning, another meeting was called and Simon watched and listened as Jack rants about wanting to be a leader and not using the conch shell. He calls for a hunt to kill the beast immediately. Simon was among the boys who joins the hunt with Ralph, mainly because he wanted to be accepted.
But as they searched around and found nothing, Simon sits with Ralph on a hill. When the chief sees that the island is unescapable, Simon assures him that they will be found and rescued.
When it becomes dark, Simon was the only one who volunteers to go back to the beach to inform Piggy that the boys won't be returning tonight. The next day, he again takes part in the meeting arranged by Jack, who wants Ralph to be removed from power. Simon and the other boys don't vote for Jack, causing him to storm off. As the meeting continues, Simon suggests they go up the mountain to continue searching.
But he ends up helping the others build a new signal fire on the beach. Afterwards, Simon sneaks back into the forest and goes back to his favourite quiet spot and begins to relax, despite being thirsty.
He then spots the pig's severed bloody head left by the hunters, now swarming with flies. Simon is so thirsty and exhausted, that he hallucinates. He sees the head speaking to him, dubbed "The Lord of the Flies". The head laughs at him, saying that he is the beast, and is not something the boys can hunt and kill because he lives in all of their hearts. He even comments that he will "have fun" with Simon on the island.
He passes out in terror and has a seizure. When Simon wakes up, the air is dark and humid. He staggers up towards the mountain and sees the body's parachute flapping up and down from the wind and that he realizes that it had been mistaken at the beast the whole time.
Simon vomits in disgust when he sees the corpse, but he untangles the vines holding the body in place and decides to report it to the others. Meanwhile, Jack and his hunters are hosting a feast, and even Ralph and Piggy attend. It starts to rain as Simon approaches the tribe.
Instead he dies as a result of being made the scapegoat for the boys' unshakeable fear. When Simon's body is carried off by the tide, covered in the jellyfish-like phosphorescent creatures who have come in with the tide, Golding shifts the focus from Simon's body's movements to the much larger progressions of the sun, moon, and earth because Simon represented a knowledge as fundamental as the elements. Previous Piggy.
Next Samneric. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. Lord of the Flies William Golding. Why does Jack hate Ralph? What is the beast? What does Simon want to tell the other boys? How does Piggy die? Does Ralph survive? Why is the backdrop of the war important to the story?
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