When first arriving on the island, the boys still hung on to their childhood by remembering their homes and the people the most depend on. Ralph bets on the facts that his father is “a commander in the Navy” and that “when he gets leave he’ll come and rescue [them]” (Golding 13). Piggy reminds himself every time he is in a hard situations what his “auntie” …show more content…
The beast tells Simon “there isn’t anyone to help [him]” and the only thing that is there for him is the beast himself (Golding 143). Through this the reader can see the parallel Golding is making between the beast and the dark side. The beast says he is the only one there for him which means the only way of Simon surviving is to become a savage like the others, foreshadowing his death. When Simon attempts to warn the others of the terror of losing their innocence, they mistake him for the beast and end up murdering him. During Simon’s murder, the boys are chanting to “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!,” when they think that Simon is a beast but they are wrong and their savage tendencies have taken over. The boys do not want to just kill the beast they want to brutally murder him. Simon’s death shows that the savage children care more about brutality than