In The Lord of the Flies, Jack explains Simon's death to the boys who are with him by convincing them that the beast killed him. He even tries to make himself believe this lie.
Jack claims that Simon's death was an accident, attributing it to the chaos and confusion of the dance and the storm. He deflects blame away from himself and his followers by insisting that they mistook Simon for the beast in the darkness.
He convince them that they killed the beast and not Simon.
Simon becomes the "pig" during the hunt in Chapter 8 of "Lord of the Flies." The boys, caught up in their frenzy, mistake Simon for the beast and unknowingly contribute to his tragic death in their violent hysteria.
In Lord of the Flies, Piggy and Simon are tragically killed. Simon is stabbed to death by the boys and Piggy is sadly hit by a massive rock:(
Simon is the Christ-figure in Lord of the Flies. He disappears to private clearings in the island to appreciate and commune with nature. Later in the novel, he goes alone to the top of the mountain to investigate the parachuter. After his death, his body is surrounded by a glowing halo of sea life and drifts away.
In Chapter 9 of "Lord of the Flies," the boys are caught up in a frenzy during Simon's murder. They mistake him for the beast and viciously attack him, eventually leading to his death. The boys are swept up in the chaos and violence of the moment, illustrating their descent into savagery.
In chapter 7, Simon predicts that the boys will be rescued and return back to the world of adults. He believes that they will be saved from the island and the chaos that has consumed them.
Simon's death
Ralph and Simon were attempting to build a third shelter on the beach. Ralph was standing outside it placing branches and leaves onto it, while Simon was inside trying to arrange the branches.
In Chapter 9 of "Lord of the Flies," Simon is killed in a frenzied dance by the other boys on the island, who mistake him for the "beast" in the darkness. The boys, caught up in a savage ritual, beat Simon to death in a primal act of violence.
Piggy dies on the same day as Simon, in chapter 11 of "Lord of the Flies". The date is not explicitly mentioned in the text.
In "The Lord of Flies", Simon finds the body of the dead paratrooper and becomes sick at the smell of the rotting corpse. He frees the parachute line and runs to tell the others about the body, but they mistake him for the beast and beat him to death.
In chapter 9 of "Lord of the Flies," Ralph and Piggy disclaim their parts in Simon's death by suggesting that they didn't participate in the killing intentionally and by arguing that they were caught up in the frenzy of the moment. They claim that they were swept away by the group's madness and didn't mean for Simon to be harmed, shifting the blame to the collective actions of the group.
The weather on the night Simon died in "Lord of the Flies" was stormy and chaotic, with strong winds and heavy rain. The storm added to the sense of darkness and confusion surrounding Simon's death.