LOTF Importance

One of the most important scenes in the book is on page 89. It takes place while their is an assembly going on discussing the beast. It starts when Simon says " maybe, maybe there is a beast." He also says " What I mean is maybe it is only us." His comments on the subject end up offending everyone in attendee but they are very important to the book.

This scene is important because it shows people's thoughts about the beast and what Simon said. Ralph and Piggy are very offended by his statement's. They did not believe in the beast and took a logical approach and they assumed Simon would do the same. Jack shows that he does not care about the beast and only wants to have fun. This is probably the biggest foreshadowing moment in the book. The beast does turn out to be them which ends up taking multiple lives like Simon's.