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he offers his tribe his protection from the beast om the jungle
Ralph states quite clearly, on several occasions, that "there is no beast." Jack, while appearing to agree with Ralph, then adds, "but if there were a beast my hunters would hunt it down and kill it." Later Jack leaves offerings from his kill to appease the beast.
because they saw the beast and he wants to hunt it down and thought Ralph said that his hunters were not hunters
The author William Golding uses this analogy as having Piggy from going on the hunt for the beast as a symbol of Piggy becoming in danger himself, showing that Piggy is smart but not a leader.
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.