Simon wants to tell the other boys that 'the beast' on top of the mountain is not an animal with teeth, claws and wngs but simply the dead body of an airman wearing a parachute
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This is found in Chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies. Simon tells everyone that they need to go climb the mountain. He is saying this in response to the discussion by blowing the conch..
Simon suggests that Ralph should hold another meeting to tell the little-uns (little boys) Pg.51
Yes he was. He had just found out that the beast lives within and was going to tell all the boys. But the boys were having a feast and partying. When he comes out of the jungle, the boys think he is the beast and stab him to death, everyone takes part. The next day everyone realizes it is Simon; yet no one will admit it was. :)
-spoiler warning- He realized that the beast is real, but it's the savagery within us, as shown by, "Maybe there is a beast...what I mean is...maybe it's only us."(pg.89). Then, in chapter nine, Simon tries to tell the boys that the beast that Sam'n'eric had seen was just a dead parachuter before being murdered.
He's trying to tell the others that he found the beast, but ends up being mistaken for it in the dark and they kill him on accident