What is Simon doing in the jungle?

What is Simon doing in the jungle?

Simon treks through the jungle and helps the younger kids get some fruit from a tree they can’t reach.

What does Simon think of the jungle?

Simon appreciates both the beauty and the limitations of nature. While many of the other boys think him odd, he is insightful about human nature. Walking along, in the midst of the jungle, Simon finds an idyllic glade where some of the vegetation has formed a bower where he can go to think.

What does Simon find in the forest?

Simon discovers a fallen fighter jet pilot who has gotten tangled in the trees when he climbs the hill. Since the wind periodically fills the parachute dangling from the branches, the other boys thought this was a beastie expanding in preparation for attack.

Did Simon go crazy in Lord of the Flies?

Simon is not hallucinating; he is having a vision. The vision is his nsight about the beast. The Lord of Flies tells Simon that Simon knew all along who the beast was. It is “not something you can hunt and kill.” It is the savagery that lies within each of the boys.

Who does Simon talk with in the jungle?

During Simon’s hallucination, he speaks to the Lord of the Flies, who confirms his beliefs regarding the true identity of the beast. The Lord of the Flies tells Simon that the beast is not something he can kill and says that it is the inherent wickedness in each boy on the island.

What is ironic about the forest fire Jack starts?

As Ralph hides in the jungle, he realizes that Jack has set the jungle on fire to smoke him out. It is more the irony of the entire circumstance involving the fire there. Early in the book, the fire was two things: it was a way to signal for a rescue, and it was a tool to cook food and keep them warm.

Where does Simon go in Lord of flies?

He stands up for Piggy and helps him get his glasses back when Jack knocks them off his head, another allusion to Simon’s visionary bent. In addition, he has a secret place in the jungle, where he spends time alone.

Who is the bravest in Lord of the flies?

Simon is also the most insightful and in many ways the bravest of the boys. Only Simon recognizes that the boys carry the beast within themselves; only Simon suggests that they confront the “beast” by climbing the mountain; and only Simon is unafraid when alone in the jungle.

Why does Simon want to find the Beast on the mountain?

Yet Simon soldiers on in his quest to discover the identity of the beast on the mountaintop because he sees the need for the boys to face their fears, to understand the true identity of the false beast on the mountain, and to get on with the business of facing the beast within themselves.

Why did Simon volunteer to walk back to the beach?

Simon volunteers to walk back to the beach from the mountain top to tell Piggy where the others are. It would be night time but Simon prefers the solitude and is not afraid of the jungle or a “beast”.