In chapter 9 of the book The Lord of the Flies, Simon finds the dead parachutist's body and decides to let Jack and the rest of the boys know that it is a man not a beast. He tries to make his way back to the campfire, where a huge feast is about to take place. A storm is blowing in and the darkness is falling fast on the island. Simon stumbles his way towards the camp with the parachute with him. Ralph, Piggy and the other boys go and join Jack, to try to keep things under control. Things get wild at the feast and all the boys start dancing and chanting around the fire, even Ralph and Piggy. When Simon comes in, the boys think he is the beast and jump on him and kill him.
Ralph and Piggy have a hard time coming to terms with their part in Simon's death. It means that they are now becoming like Jack and the other boys. Piggy can't handle his part, so he says it was a terrible accident. They say it was dark and didn't realize it was Simon. Ralph knows that with the death of Simon, it is an end to his innocence. All the kids' innocence is lost.
"Surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea."
The death of Simon is the end of everything the boys knew. Simon was a complete innocent and the boys killed him savagely. The real question is rather the boys will ever be able to be what they once were.
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