When Ralph, Simon and Jack first climb the mountain they see a dip in the ground filled with blue flowers. The view from the mountain top reveals that they definitely are on an island. The island is roughly boat shaped with the mountain at the blunt end. The island slopes down through jungle to its pointed end, where it terminates in a rocky outcrop connected to the main island by a narrow causeway. Ralph points out that he can't see any smoke or boats and they assume from this that the island has no other inhabitants. On their way back to the beach the boys discover that there are pigs on the island.
Later in the book Ralph, Roger and Jack climb the mountain looking for the beast, which Samneric claimed that they saw there. In the darkness they see the body of the dead parachutist and mistaken believe that it is the beast.
Samnericfirst saw and reported the beast on the mountain to the boys.
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
Simon's death is ironic because he is on his way to tell the rest of the boys that the beast on the mountain top is simply the dead body of a man when he himself is mistaken for the beast and is savagely beaten to death.
When searching for the beast the boys get distracted by the rock formation, "Castle Rock", that could be a fort for them
The imaginary beast that frightens all the boys stands for the primal instinct of savagery that exists within all human beings. The boys are afraid of the beast, but only Simon reaches the realization that they fear the beast because it exists within each of them. As the boys grow more savage, their belief in the beast grows stronger. By the end of the novel, the boys are leaving it sacrifices and treating it as a totemic god. The boys' behavior is what brings the beast into existence, so the more savagely the boys act, the more real the beast seems to become.
Samnericfirst saw and reported the beast on the mountain to the boys.
When searching for the beast the boys get distracted by the rock formation, "Castle Rock", that could be a fort for them
I assume that you are referring to the three boys who climbed to the top of the mountain in chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees. The three boys were Ralph, Jack and Roger. They saw exactly the same thing that Samneric had earlier seen, the dead body of an airman still attached to his parachute. Just like Samneric, in the fading light of evening, they mistook the body, which moved as the wind caught its parachute, for the beast.
Simon!
In "Lord of the Flies," it is Simon who is tending the fire when the boys' fear of the beast emerges. As the boys mistake a dead paratrooper for the beast and flee, Simon remains at the scene and discovers the truth about the figure on the mountain.
They thought that Simon was the beast when came running down the mountain and stabbed him to death...=( great kid by the way
The boys mistakenly kill Simon, a member of their group, mistaking him for the beast during a chaotic and frenzied moment. Simon had come down from the mountain, where he had discovered the truth about the supposed beast, but the boys, caught up in their fear and mob mentality, attack and kill him.
The beast form in the air is actually a dead pilot whose parachute catches on the mountain and moves in the wind. The boys mistake it for a beast due to their fear and imagination. This connection with the boys mistaking a harmless object for a beast highlights the theme of fear and the power it holds over the boys, leading to societal breakdown and chaos. The dead pilot symbolizes the destructive consequences of human nature when driven by fear and the unknown.
the "beast" is actually a dead parachuter that died fighting in the war in planes over the mountain. he landed on top of the mountain and his body sways back and forth from the wind and the boys samneric believe it's a beast after seeing it's shadow.
Ralph, Jack and Roger search the island and climb the mountain in their search for "the beast."
in a tree on the far side of the island.
Simon discovers that the apelike beast the boys fear is actually the rotting corpse of a dead paratrooper, whose body has become entangled in the rocks and vines on the mountain. This realization causes Simon to understand the true nature of the beast as a manifestation of the boys' own inner darkness and fears.