In your opinion, explain why Simon talks to the "Lord of the Flies" in the first place.

Simon comes face to face with the pig's head on a stick. It is the Lord of the Flies or manifestation of Beelzebub (Devil). The Lord of the Flies speaks to Simon in the voice of a Headmaster. It is an extension of the dark side that Golding thinks exists in all of us. Only Simon has the faculties to find it. The pig's head is a metaphor of the inherent evil that exists inside mankind. In the end, Simon has one of his epileptic fits and passes out.