none of the characters were the beast. the beast was formed from their fear and imagined by all of the boys. as they got more fearful, the beast got bigger and scarier, but was never truly there.
In "Lord of the Flies," the character named Piggy finds the conch.
piggy
Simon is the boy in Lord of the Flies who has the spiritual encounter with the "Lord of the Flies". Simon has an epileptic fugue and holds an imaginary internalised converstion with the Lord of the Flies, which is simply a projection of the evil within himself.
Jack Merridew
Jack
Piggy
The first character to be mentioned in Lord of the Flies is simply referred to as the boy with fair hair, he later reveals that his name is Ralph.
Piggy is the character in "Lord of the Flies" who mentions his overprotective aunt. He frequently references her throughout the novel.
Roger
there is no character named john in the book
He is a littlun and is a minor character in the book
Yes, Simon is a character in the novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. He is not fearful, but rather he is portrayed as a kind, sensitive, and introspective character who often seeks solitude in nature.