The beast in Lord of the Flies is the boys external fear of the savagery within themselves. Simon understands this and is therefore excluded in the group of the boys ignorance. This fear against themselves propells them to act out in animalistic ways against other members of the group, turning them from a group of well-mannered English boys to a group of painted savages.
Simon meets the beast in chapter 8 on page 137.
To the mountain to search for the beast.
Simon is an epileptic and during an epileptic fugue he has an internalised conversation with the evil which he knows dwells within us all. He mentally projects this inner beast onto the pig's head on a stick which Jack has left as an offering for the imagined beast.
That quote comes from the internalised conversation that Simon has with the beast within himself, during an epileptic fit. It is from chapter 8: Gift For The Darkness, a couple of paragraphs from the end, on page 158 in my edition of the book.
Jack called the meeting under the pretence of discussing the encounter with the beast on the mountain top but really with the intention of attempting to depose Ralph as leader and installing himself as the new leader of the boys.
Simon meets the beast in chapter 8 on page 137.
To the mountain to search for the beast.
Simon becomes the "pig" during the hunt in Chapter 8 of "Lord of the Flies." The boys, caught up in their frenzy, mistake Simon for the beast and unknowingly contribute to his tragic death in their violent hysteria.
In chapter 8 of "Lord of the Flies," the boys hunt and kill a sow. They cut off its head and place it on a stick as an offering to the Beast. This act symbolizes the boys' descent into savagery and their increasing detachment from civilized society.
In Chapter 8, Simon discovers the "real" beast is a pig (sow) head on a stick, which is the Lord of the Flies... the lord of the flies also claims that the boys created the beast and everyone of the boys is a beast in himself.... In Chapter 9, the so called beast Samneric saw in earlier chapters and the same so called beast on top of the mountain that Roger, Ralph, and Jack saw is just a dead body of an airman in a parachute (Simon's discovery)... he then untangled the parachute lines...the wind caused the body to move like a puppet
Simon is an epileptic and during an epileptic fugue he has an internalised conversation with the evil which he knows dwells within us all. He mentally projects this inner beast onto the pig's head on a stick which Jack has left as an offering for the imagined beast.
The quote "I don't believe in the beast" appears in William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies." It is said by Simon in Chapter 8, but the page number can vary depending on the edition or format of the book.
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In chapter 8 of "Lord of the Flies," Jack wears his black cloak and mask to the fire, signifying his transformation into a savage and showing his detachment from the rules and order represented by the choir uniform he used to wear.
When Simon goes back into the woods in chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies, he encounters the "Lord of the Flies," which is a severed pig's head mounted on a stake. He has a hallucination where the head seems to be speaking to him, and in his delirious state, he realizes the evil within himself and the other boys.
Jack says they will leave the head of a sow for the beast as an offering in Chapter 8. He believes it will appease the beast and prevent it from attacking the boys.
That quote comes from the internalised conversation that Simon has with the beast within himself, during an epileptic fit. It is from chapter 8: Gift For The Darkness, a couple of paragraphs from the end, on page 158 in my edition of the book.