-Religion
Through the story Simon acted as the Christ Figure. The death of Simon symbolized the loss of religious reasoning. As the boys killed Simon they had let out their savage urges and acted in a cannibalistic manor. Even after the death of Simon Jack and his tribe did not feel any penitence to what they had done, killing to them had become second nature. The circle became a horseshoe. A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe.“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Golding 152). In this quote a figure had crawled out of the forest and the ring had opened to let it inside. Mistaken as the beast by the Jack’s tribe, Simon was beaten to death. After the group disbanded for shelter from the storm. The storm subsided and the tides moved in and out, Simon’s body was washed to sea. Here because of the storm, the darkness and fear the boys became hysterical. They acted savagely not knowing what they were doing. The boys did not take a second look to what their actions were. They had let their malicious urges control them. He cam-disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch; and be careful (Golding 160). Here Jack is warning his tribe about the beast. Not caring or taking any notice to what had taken place with Simon. Jack or his tribe does not feel any remorse for the murder they had committed, whether they realized that or not. To Jack and his tribe what they had done was a pretentious accomplishment. A death could go by their eyes blindly.

-Psychology
The beast, which lied within the boys, represented the evil which dwelled inside humanity. William Golding believed that savagery was always in mankind, but need the proper situation to come out and cause a transformation of even the most innocent of us. For the boys the fear of the unknown on the island caused the terror of the beast. That fear was allowed to grow because they could not fully accept the notion of a beast, nor could they let go of it. Their attempts to resolve their fears were too feeble to convince themselves. Soon the boys had whipped themselves into hysteria. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hatitus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. The pause was only enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Then the piglet tore loose of the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. They were left looking at each other and the place of terror. (Golding 31) In this quote Jack was hesitant to kill the pig, and what other boy would not have been? This showed how when the boys had just landed on the island they could not let go of the rules society had taught them. “Look! We’ve killed a pig-we stole up on them -we got in a circle” (Golding 69). Once the island’s surroundings had taken it’s toll on the boys Jack and the others before long had bloodlust. They had killed a pig and were proud of that. Jack and the other boys shortly carved the challenging hunt. The freedom of the island had allowed them to further develop the darker side of their personalities which had always been within them.

-Government
”Him with the shell” ”Ralph! Ralph!” “Let him be chief with the trumpet thing”(22). With those words Ralph's society becomes a symbol of a democratic society, where everyone has their rights and an equal say. He assigned the choir as hunters and Jack the position of being the leader of them. The conch becomes an important symbol for authority and civilization, anyone who holds it has the right to be heard. In Ralph's society everyone works for the benefit of the whole group. Building shelters, looking for food and keeping the fire alive are the three most important issues. After a period of time this society starts to brake up. With the fear of the 'beastie', the boys have become terrified of this 'creature' which lead up to the death of Simon and then Piggy. But there is a difference between these two deaths, as Simon's death was accidental and Piggy's death was deliberate. This shows the darkness inside man's heart, which is released when mankind becomes savages. Fear is what provokes savagery, as Roger lost control of his actions because of fear. With the destruction of the conch along with the death of Piggy, it also shows the destruction of authority and civilization