Simon

      In chapters eight and nine, the beast has become something real. Though it may truly be a pilot on the mountain, the boys think it is truly the beast. Jack and his hunters, along with Ralph have already come back from the mountain after seeing the beast. They begin to report there tale, and during this, an argument is struck between Jack and Ralph. This argument ends with the withdrawn of Jack and his hunters, who become there own tribe. This is where you witness the killing of the sow. After the hunters kill the sow, they place its head on a stake, as a gift for the "beast". Simon then finds this head, surrounded by flies, in the midst of his covert.

      Tired and thirsty and in the hot sun, Simon begins to talk to the "Lord of the Flies", which is truly the rotting pig head. He is told by the Lord that there is no beast, that the boys are the beast.
While this is happening, back on the beach, a feast is taking place. Jack tries to bring others to his tribe with food. This draws the others to him, where they eat and dance. The lord has told Simon to go to the mountain. Simon struggles to the summit, where he finds the pilot, and realizes there truly is no beast. He untangles the lines, ended the puppet like motion on the body. He the stumbles down to the beach, where he finds the boys in the dark, around the fire, in the middle of a storm. Its dark and stormy, and Simon traces out of the jungle, crawling out of the mud. This is where the boys mistake him for the beast, and kill him, while he shouts about the figure on the mountain. There was no noise but the sound of the beast that the boys had become. After the boys disperse, the figure from the mount floats away from the island, now free from the rock it was tangled in, and Simons lifeless body floats out to see, taken by the soft tide on the beach.