Lord of the Flies

Simon arrives at the beach in the middle of the storms raging both in the boys and in the skies. What happens to him? What does it symbolize?

chapter 9, page 175-177

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Simon is "mistaken" for the beast and is savegely murdered. Simon's death symbolizes the death of Christ and all that is good in the boys.

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