Probably that the society of which he and the boys are a part is also dead or dying, and like the corpse of the pilot rotting slowly away, held together only by bits of string and material things. Afterall a war is going on and wars tend to usher in change that sweeps away old orders.
In The Lord of the Flies, the boys come upon what they call a grotesque dead thing near a large rock. It tuned out to just be a pile of rotted wood.
The Naval Officer
In chapter 1 Ralph and Piggy discuss whether anyone knows that they are on the island. Ralph suggests that his father will come and rescue them as soon as he can, telling Piggy that the people at the airport will tell him where they are. Piggy replies, and I quote... "Not then. Didn't you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? they're all dead."
They thought the beast was the thing that fell from the sky referring to the parachutist who was dead when landed on the top of the mountain.
He climbs the mountain after an epileptic seizure to seek the truth. He does finds out that the 'beast' is actually just a dead parachutist.
The only "man" in the novel "Lord of the Flies" was a dead pilot who landed on the mountain top.
There are no adults present in "Lord of the Flies" apart from the dead body of the pilot. The upbringing of the boys is not responsible for their actions, the problem lies deeper than that, with the primal presence of the beast within.
He unties the parachute from the pilot. Than the pilot is blown by the wind into the surf. Then, as is Simon's body, it is carried out to sea by the tides, but not before it again terrifies the boys.
page 152 when Simon crawls out of the forest to tell them that the "beast" is actually just a dead pilot. then they kill him
At the end of "Lord of the Flies," the boys discover the dead body of a fighter pilot whose parachute becomes entangled in the trees on the island. The boys mistake the body for the mythical "beast" they have been terrified of, deepening their fear and paranoia.
Chapter Seven ends with Ralph, Jack and Roger climbing to the top of the mountain, where they see the dead body of the pilot but in the darkness they mistake it for the beast.
Simon.
Golding, the author, refers to a dead pig's head which has been stuck on a spike as the symbolic "Lord of the Flies." It also represents the evil in everyone.
"What is the symbolism of finding a dead caterpillar?"
The boys are stranded on the island because their plane crashes and the pilot dies, leaving them without any adults to guide them. The presence of the dead pilot is also a reminder of the adult world they are now separated from, symbolizing the loss of civilization and order.
Hook, and the Dead Poet Society.Also Lord of the Flies (not lord of the rings).
In chapter six of "Lord of the Flies," a pilot has ejected from his plane and died in the air battle above the island. His body has landed on the mountain, carried by his parachute. The boys mistake the dead pilot for a "beast" due to the empty parachute fluttering in the wind, creating fear and confusion among the group.