Beastie
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?”
-The Lord of the Flies, chapter 8
The beastie is an imaginary beast that the boys are terrified of. The beast represents the violence and savage behavior that all the boys have within them. The only person who realizes the beast is imaginary is Simon. He sees that the only reason the boys are afraid of the beast is because it exists in each of them. They would rather believe in something that isn't real rather than face the reality the situation. The more time they spend on the island, the bigger the beast becomes. The bigger it becomes, the more unruly and violent the boys become. By the end of the story, the boys sacrifice the beast and look at it as if it's a god.