Simon is the strangest of the boys. Simon is extremely shy and kind. He is an honest person and has a positive mindset. Simon in the story is unable, to tell the truth about the island, the beast, and human nature. He is kind.Simon is the only member of Jack's group who does not become a hunter. He picks fruit for the littluns and gives Piggy meat. He enjoys wandering off by himself. In chapter seven, he goes to find out the truth about the beast. He sees a pig's head on a stick that Jack had left for the beast that the pig's head is talking to him. Simon awakes and discovers the beast is actually a dead parachutist and tries to inform the others. As he wanders out of the jungle, the other boys, acting out the pig hunt, surround him and kill him. …show more content…
Other than Piggy and the littluns, they are the only boys that stay with Ralph. The twins let the fire go out when the boat passes in chapter four and was the first to report the sighting of "the beast" in chapter six. Their presence in the story is funny because they play fight each other in the dark during the hunters' raid in chapter ten for example. In chapter eleven, they are kidnapped by Jack's tribe, tied up, and tortured. Even though they sympathize with Ralph, they are forced into giving away his location during the final hunt. Ralph is elected chief soon after the boys' plane crashes on the island, Ralph struggles to maintain order, He understands things the other boys do not: the need to keep the rescue fire going, the necessity of building huts, and the need for work. Ralph is tired of thinking about an adult and the other boys rebelling against him. Ralph senses himself, at times, falling into the same savagery as the others. By the end, Ralph stands alone with his friend Piggy while he is murdered and the twins are captured and Simons