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In Lord of the Flies what does Simon mean when he says what I mean is maybe it's only us?
Simon's comment was about the beast. He suspected that the beast was not an animal and obviously didn't believe that it was a ghost. This left only one remaining possibility, that there was no beast. Simon believed that the beast was simply a product of the boy's own imaginations. The beast only existed in their own minds. However there was a deeper reasoning to Simon's comment. Simone suspected that the beast wasn't just a product of the boys' own imaginations but was actually the boys themselves. It was the boys themselves who were the 'beast,' capable of hurting, of killing and of committing acts of evil.
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Steveyes, in chapter 5, Beast from water, the boys discuss the 'beast' and this is when Simon says "maybe there is a beast" and after the others argue and shout, Simon says, "What I mean is....maybe it's only us."
Simon acknowledges that the 'beast' is infact the boy's own inner darkness and evil.
The above happens near the end of the chapter!
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During his internalised conversation with 'The Lord of the Flies' Simon is really just talking to the darkness within himself, the part of himself that has the capacity to do evil. Essentially he is simply arguing and talking to himself during an epileptic fit. His inner evil tells him that, and I quote... "Fancy thinking that the beast was something that you could hunt and kill!... You knew, didn't you? That I'm part of you?" This was essentially just Simon confirming in his own mind what he's earlier said during a meeting, and I quote... "Maybe there is a beast... What I mean is... maybe it's only us."
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