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So, why does Simon insist on going up to the mountain? And why does he sneak away on his own? Tell us, Candela, tell us!!

“Simon saw a humped thing suddenly sit on top and look down at him…The flies had found the figure too…Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more.” “Simon…understood…the white nasal bones, the teeth, the colors of corruption…he freed [it] from the rocks.”

What does Simon do, when he frees the dead man from the rocks?

Simon knows that the Beast is “harmless and horrible.” So, he takes a chance and releases it, saving the boys from any further… (both internally and externally)

S I M O N is the SAVIOR