What is the beastie in lord of the flies?

The beastie is a creature the boys claimed to have seen on the island. Jack and his hunter put a pig head on a stick as a sacrifice to it. However, during their feast Simon discovers the "beastie" is actually the dead body of a parachuter stuck in the trees. The pig head then tells Simon that the true monster is inside of the boys. This is the result of Goulding's (the author) metaphorical build up throughout the book. Examining it closely you can find a lot of symbolism Goulding wrote about the evil inside of man kind, how it builds or grows, and just what we are truly capable of doing to eachother.

question: which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt?

answer: both inform the reader that faryad and liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station

explanation: so as you see they were told to leave before they could tell there story

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(jacemorris)