Chapter 9: A View to a Death

In chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies, "A View to a Death", a tragedy occurs at the end. However, there were many events leading up to it.
The chapter starts with Simon who has just waken up from passing out (after seeing the Lord of the Flies in a hallucination in the previous chapter). He gets up and decides to go up the mountain to prove to the others that the beast is not real. When he arrives at the top of the mountain, he sees the dead pilot attached to the parachute, rising and falling in the wind. Simon realizes that all along, the others have thought that the dead pilot had been the beast, so he frees the parachute and runs down toward the fire where the others are having a feast.
Meanwhile, Ralph and Piggy head toward Jack's tribe where he has invited everyone to his feast. Most people accept his invitation, and they all laugh and enjoy the cooked pig. Ralph and Piggy hope that they can persuade the others that they all have to keep order.
Soon after the dinner, it starts to rain. Ralph challenges Jack, asking him how he will keep the fire going and how his tribe will be able to build shelters against a storm. In response, Jack tells everyone to start dancing and chanting.
As the energy of the dance builds up, the boys get more excited. Even Ralph and Piggy get caught up in the chant, and they both participate in it. The island gets darker and stormier, and suddenly, the boys see a dark, shadowy figure. Little do they know that it is Simon.
Unfortunately, the boys think that Simon is the beast. As a result, all of them, including Ralph and Piggy, dance and chant around him. Simon desperately tries to tell the boys that the beast is not real and that it is just him, but his attempt fails. Ultimately, the boys descend upon him and violently kill him.
In the end, the boys, thinking that they just finished killing the beast, run for shelter from the storm. Simon's corpse drifts out into the sea.
This chapter displays that social order and civilization on the island no longer exists, now that Simon has been brutally killed by the boys. The fact that even Ralph and Piggy participated in Simon's murder shows this more clearly. Now that Jack's tribe is full of savages, Ralph and Piggy's hopes of control and order are gone, only having very few people on their side, some considering joining Jack.
In conclusion, the significance of this chapter is made clear- Simon's death symbolizes the last straw of civilization on the island. And everything following his tragic death just foreshadows even further barbaric, uncivilized behavior to come.