During Lord of the Flies the boys externalize their fears by creating a beast. This beast haunts them even though there is nothing physically there. According to document A, the little boys are the first to “people the darkness.....with spirts and demons.” Which means to populate the darkness with their fears. The children are convincing themselves that there is a best
but really it is just themselves and their fear of being alone, and no chance of rescue.
Evil in Humanity uncovers in many obstacles the boys go through in the book. From when Jack and his hunters killed a mother pig that had piglets, to when they killed two of their own. According to document F “Simon suggest that the beast is actually themselves.” In the end they turn out to be their own beast.