Lord of the Flies

who was responsible for simons death

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On a literal level, most of the boys on the island are responsible for Simon's death. They kill him when he comes down from the mountain to tell them about the dead pilot. On a metaphorical level, it is the evil inherently inside the boys, the beast, that compel them to kill Simon.