The hunters set out to search for the "monster." They see something that looks like an ape or some other monster. Actually, it's the body of a military pilot who ejected from his plane. The hunters decide to search for the monster, but instead, kill a sow in a violent, ritualistic manner. The sow's head is placed on a sharp spear and planted in the jungle as an offering, of sorts, to the beast. Later, Simon discovers the head, bloated and covered in flies. Simon mistakes the buzzing of the flies as the voice of The Lord of the Flies--which is a name often given to Satan. Simon identifies this as the real "beast," and that the beast dwells within each of them. Later, Simon finds the body of the parachutist the only one of the boys to recognize that the "monster" is a dead body.
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