Even after Jack's hunters stole fire from them earlier to set the blaze for this feast, even as Jack has bluntly rejected Ralph's society and rules, the two still both agree to go. Even as Piggy fears and hates Jack he is compelled to go to him once again, bearing the first signs of inconsistency in his behavior as well. It is the sow whose head was cut off and given as a gift for the beast that will be devoured here. Meanwhile, Ralph leaves to go to Jack's pig roast at Piggy's insistence, who wishes to satisfy his own rumbling stomach. Assuming this is where he'll find the rest of the boys, he descends to warn them there is no beast on the mountain. Staggering now from his ordeal with the Lord of the Flies, he sees in the distance the pig-roasting fire on the beach. Continuing up the mountain he alone has the will to actually stop at the sight of the bulging body all the others had feared and fled from-he sees "the beast" for what it really is, not a beast at all but simply a pitiful figure, a "poor broken thing," which, though the pilot's flesh rots, is still held together by a mass of rubber cords and cloth. Although Simon's face is encrusted with dried blood from the many times they have stung him, the flies which were buzzing around him have returned to the stinking pig's head on the stake. Simon awakens from his slumber after being confronted by the beast within, dubbed The Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies Chapter 9 "A View to a Death"
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