What happened to the parachutist in Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

After Simon had freed the tangled parachute lines from the rocks the body of the parachutist was eventually moved by the strong wind during the storm and was carried over the jungle, across the beach and the lagoon and finally out to sea. Simon's body was lifted from the beach by the incoming tide and it too eventually drifted out towards the open sea, accompanied by 'inquisitive bright creatures.'

Answer 2

After Simon had recovered from his epileptic fit he made his way to the top of the mountain to find out what it was that Samneric had mistaken for 'the beast.' He discovered the dead body of the airman and untangled the parachute lines from the rocks which had caused the body to move when the wind blew. Later the strong storm winds filled the parachute and lifted the body clear of the mountain top. The body drifted down over the jungle, across the beach and the lagoon and out to sea. The dancing boys who had killed Simon, mistaking him for the beast, glimpsed the dead parachutist as he drifted over the beach and ran into the jungle screaming in fright, presumably thinking that it was another beast.

Answer 3

Simon disentangles the parachute lines from the rocks on the mountain top and the wind carries him away, across the lagoon and out to sea.

Answer 4

Simon's body is lifted from the sand by the incoming tide and slowly difts out towards the open sea accompanied by 'inquisitive bright creatures.'

Answer 5

The parachutist is blown by the wind into a river that carries him out to sea. This happens at the same time that Simon dies and goes into water to be carried out to sea.

Answer 6

The dead parachutist was washed into the sea just after Simon died so that the boys never discovered the true identity of what they thought was the beast.