Golding shows the good that is present in Simon’s character throughout the novel by caring for the littluns and putting their needs before his unlike the other boys. Unfortunatley, Golding also uses Simon to show how evil is present, not in Simon, but in the other boys. In chapter 9, Simon is to deliver the news on his findings about the Beast, which is a dead man with a parachute who had been fighing in the air war above them. Simon approached the boys while they were in a circle doing the dance and chanting “Kill the Beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”. The boys that were participating in the dance had misinterpruted Simon as the Beast on the island coming to get them. All the boys had “leapt on to the beast [Simon], screamed, struck,
