Fearing that this instinct lies embedded within himself as well, Simon seems to hear the Lord of the Flies speaking with him, threatening him with what he fears the most. Unable to stand the sight any longer, Simon collapses into a very human faint. In all, Simon is a complex figure who does not fit neatly into the matrix framed by Jack at the one end and Ralph at the other.
Simon is kindhearted and firmly on the side of order and civilization, but he is also intrigued by the idea of the beast and feels a deep connection with nature and the wilderness on the island.
Whereas Jack and Roger connect with the wilderness on a level that plunges them into primal lust and violence, Simon finds it a source of mystical comfort and joy.
Lord of the Flies is deeply preoccupied with the problem of fundamental, natural human evil—amid which Simon is the sole figure of fundamental, natural good. In a wholly nonreligious way, Simon complicates the philosophical statement the novel makes about human beings, for he represents a completely separate alternative to the spectrum between civilization and savagery of which Ralph and Jack are a part.
In the end, Simon is both natural and good in a world where such a combination seems impossible. Ace your assignments with our guide to Lord of the Flies! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Who is the Lord of the Flies? What is the conch and what does it symbolize? How does Simon die? Why does Jack start his own tribe? Do the boys get rescued from the island? Why is Ralph chosen to be the chief?
Why does Jack think he should be the chief? Who is the first boy to die on the island? Why does Jack hate Ralph? Terrified and troubled by the apparition, Simon collapses in a faint. Additionally, what threat does the Lord of the Flies make to Simon? Essentially, the Lord of the Flies threatens Simon not to escape or try to prevent the other boys from having "fun," which is synonymous with acting like unrestrained, morally degenerate savages.
The Lord of the Flies hints that Jack, Roger, Maurice, and the boys will kill him if he attempts to ruin their fun.
Simon's conversation with the beast is imagined and comes from within himself, which is where, of course, the beast is in everyone. You knew, didn't you? Simon dies after his conversation with the Lord of the Flies, when he finds out the beast is inside all the boys. Excited by their hunt, the other boys kill Simon as he tries to explain his finding. The other boy who dies on the island is the boy with the mulberry birthmark. The Lord of the Flies refers to Simon as a "silly little boy" and tells him that he better run off and play with the others before they begin thinking that he is batty.
The Lord of the Flies proceeds to tell Simon that he is the beast and says, "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!
What does Simon's death symbolize? Simon's death is the beginning of the end in the novel. It signifies the end of civilization, and goodness. It is as if "good" is being destroyed. He actually dies as he is trying to explain the "beast" to the other boys. What is the problem with Piggy and Ralph's plan? In Chapter 8, Jack leaves Ralph's group to start his own tribe on the other end of the island. When he leaves, Piggy suggests that they build a signal fire between the bathing pool and the platform.
There are a few problems with this plan. The first being that they fire they eventually build it too large to maintain. Why does Jack leave the group? In chapter 8, at a meeting called by Jack, Jack accuses Ralph of being like Piggy and of being a poor leader. Golding gives this knowledge to an outsider like Simon to reflect the place visionaries or mystics typically hold in society: on the fringes, little understood by the majority, and often feared or disregarded.
Like other mystics, Simon asks questions the other boys cannot answer. His questions to them, "What's the dirtiest thing there is? In contrast to Piggy and Ralph's equating adulthood with knowledge and higher understanding, Simon sees the darker side of knowledge. For him, the staked sow's eyes are "dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life," a view of adults not defined by the civilized politeness and capability the boys imagine. Yet Simon soldiers on in his quest to discover the identity of the beast on the mountaintop because he sees the need for the boys to face their fears, to understand the true identity of the false beast on the mountain, and to get on with the business of facing the beast within themselves.
By courageously seeking to confront the figure on the mountaintop, Simon fulfills his destiny of revelation. He doesn't get to share his revelation with the other boys because they are not ready to accept or understand it.
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