The title of chapter 5 corresponds to Percival’s observation regarding the location of where the beast supposedly resides. At the beginning of chapter 5, Ralph holds an assembly to discuss the necessary tasks that the boys are continually neglecting.

In this chapter, the fear of the beast finally explodes, ruining Ralph’s attempt to restore order to the island and precipitating the final split between Ralph and Jack. At this point, it remains uncertain whether or not the beast actually exists.

Some examples of foreshadowing in Lord of the Flies are: Roger throws stones towards Henry (though not actually at him). Therefore the game foreshadows Simon’s death. It also foreshadows the final hunt to slaughter Ralph.

Piggy’s Death The death is foreshadowed in the early pages, when Piggy tells Ralph he has asthma, can’t swim, needs his glasses to see, and is sick from the fruit. That his death comes through an act of violence, instead of his own physical condition, defies the expectations set up by all the previous foreshadowing.

In The Lord of the Flies, Simon learns that the beast the children on the island fear is actually a dead paratrooper and his parachute. When he tries to bring his new knowledge to the other boys, he is murdered by them in a ritualistic style. This is because the children follow him for protection from the beast.

Simon tries desperately to explain what has happened and to remind them of who he is, but he trips and plunges over the rocks onto the beach. The boys fall on him violently and kill him.

Simon discovers that the so called beast of the island, in really nothing more than the body of a dead airman. His parachute had become tangled and stuck in the trees. Simon cuts the lines of the parachute and allows the body to slip away. He realizes that he has to go and tell the other boys that there is no beast.

As a result of the storm with its high winds and tides, what happens to the bodies of Simon and the parachutist? They are sucked out into the sea, never to be seen again.

Piggy’s real name is Peterkin (or at least just Peter). Lord of the Flies is clearly based on The Coral Island in which the three main characters are Ralph, Jack and Peterkin.

Piggy’s real name is never revealed. Instead he is treated as though he is one of the pigs on the island – also like one of them, he is brutally killed. Piggy remains an outsider and a victim throughout the novel, though Ralph does come to respect him.