LOTF Response

[Piggy:] "I don't agree with all Jack said, but with some.  'Course there isn't a beast in the forest.  How could there be?  What would a beast eat?"
"Pig."
"We eat pig."
"Piggy!"
"I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly.  "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they?  You shut up, you littluns!  What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear.  Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest.  Why--I been there myself!  You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next.  We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right."
He took off his glasses and blinked at them.  The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...]
"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is.  In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back.  I know there isn't no beast--not with claws and all that, I mean--but I know there isn't no fear either."
Piggy paused.
"Unless--"
Ralph moved restlessly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless we get frightened of people." (83-84)

     This passage is a very important passage because this foreshadows simon's death later on in the book. In the passage they are talking about the beast which has been a key part in the story. At the end Piggy brings up the idea that the beast is a human. When Simon is killed they think he is the beast because it was raining and it was hard to see. Also Simon constantly says the only beast on the island is people. This links in all the other clues of simon's death and makes them make sense when he is killed. 
     Another reason this is significant is because this is one of the last times they are together before they split apart. This shows how they've been fighting a lot and why they split up. Piggy is still trying to use logic while everyone else dose not care. This also shows the split in the groups happening. This foreshadows the split in the groups and why it will happen.