Simon makes attempts to enlighten the boys and each time, they resisted. Nevertheless, Simon continued to aspire to reach them, leading to him being seen as the enemy to the boys when in actuality, he only wanted to help. The boys kill Simon, not out of fear, but in the interest of another desire, that had been to break free from the “civilization that knew nothing of [them] and was in ruins” (62), which Simon tried to hold onto. They had referred to him as the beast, in order to dehumanize him which allowed them to kill Simon. The boys did not want to be good or civil, instead, they wanted to cut the last tie to civilization that they had. Rather then allowing themselves to be positively influenced by all the good Simon has done, they kill
