A scene that you should remember when reading this book is when Simon goes crazy and sees the LOTF for the first time. You should notice the LOTF is a pig on a stick because pigs are mentioned frequently in the story. For example, the pig being killed in the first story by Jack causes disorder to happen within the tribe. And raping the pig before they slice her head off causes insanity within Jack's new tribe. And finally, Piggy dying in the later chapters symbolizes all order and rules on the island vanishing and true chaos coming to take Ralph. So Pigs are pretty much the embodiment of insanity within the story. So for the title of the story to be the name of a pig on a stick is HUGE, because it foretold many other deaths to happen.
I believe the scene where Simon meets the LOTF is important because the pig says he will always be with him and the boys. Since he represents insanity, that's a bad thing. He also told Simon to NOT go and tell the boys of the truth on the island, or he will die. But Simon went anyways and he was killed by insanity, literally.
Meghan, I think you are right about the scene where Simon meets the LOTF, the pig head on the stick, it is a very important scene. I agree it symbolizes the insanity that is inside the boys. I also think it is interesting and sad that the pig head "tells" Simon not to tell the boys or he will die and then he did.
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