Simon's Death

I feel that Simon's death was very interesting and I don't think that the author should have killed Simon. Simon climbs to the top of the mountain and he is looking at the great beast because a pig head told him to. He discovers that it isn't a monster and that it is just a human, he has to go tell the other kids. He stumbles down the mountain to go tell them. Meanwhile the other kids are practically feuding over who is the leader and they are chanting about killing pigs. They are gathered around the fire and they started chanting and they got caught up in the moment. Simon comes through and they think he is a pig and they attack him. They stab him and hit him and bite him because they think he is a pig or the beast. Simon ends up dying and they float him out on the water and let it drag him away.