Best Answer: From Shmoop Lit on Quotes and Thoughts in Lord of the Flies:
2 ways to go here.
On Theme Religion:
Thought: WHOA. There is some heavy religious stuff here. Check out images like the “great bulging towers” in the sky and the “pearly stillness” everywhere. That sounds like Heaven, sort of. And then there’s the “tormenting heat,” and the fact that “Lord of the Flies” is another name for Beelzebub, and that sounds like Hell.
On Theme Wisdom and Knowledge:
Thought: Simon is able to see things and have insights that the other boys are not capable of. In this case, he sees fear, violence, death – in other words, himself, and all other human beings – captured in the grinning face of the pig.