Is Simon afraid of the forest give evidence to support your answer?
Simon is the only boy who doesn't seem to be afraid of the forest—probably because he knows he's safer alone than with the other boys. Smart choice.
Simon goes into the forest probably to find the beast.
In chapter nine as Simon is roaming the mountains/forest after he encountered the Pig's head, finds the dead body of the parachutist, he is sickened by the sight of the dead body. He manages to figure out that dead parachutist's body was the beast that the boys feared.
Chapter 3 Simon helps Ralph build huts. Ralph describes him as “queer” and “funny”. He is small and thin with dark hair and eyes, and he helps the smaller boys reach food. He has devised a secret place to hide under vines in the forest.
What does Simon find when he finally reaches the Beast? He discovers the truth that the beast is actually a dead pilot.
Simon attempts to explain that the boys themselves, or something inherent in human nature, could be the beast they fear. His unsuccessful explanation leads to talk of ghosts, so Ralph holds a vote to see who fears ghosts. This vote sparks an outburst from the rational Piggy with a corresponding reaction from Jack.
In Chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies, Simon goes off alone to alert Piggy that they would be returning after dark.
Now, however, he finds the sow's head impaled on the stake in the middle of the clearing. Simon sits alone in the clearing, staring with rapt attention at the impaled pig's head, which is now swarming with flies. The sight mesmerizes him, and it even seems as if the head comes to life.
In the meantime, Simon wanders through the jungle alone. He helps some of the younger boys—whom the older boys have started to call “littluns”—reach fruit hanging from a high branch.
At the top of the mountain remains the pig's head, which Simon has dubbed the "Lord of the Flies." Simon believes that the pig's head speaks to him, calling him a silly little boy.
Why does Simon wander off into the jungle?
The sun is setting and Simon volunteers to go off through the jungle to tell Piggy that they won't be back until after dark (the rest of them are too scared to walk around in the jungle at night by themselves).
Summary and Analysis Chapter 9. As a storm builds over the island, Simon awakens from his faint and makes his way to the beast sighting on the mountain. He finds the paratrooper's body, inspects it, and realizes its true identity.
"I'll go if you like. I don't mind, honestly." Simon is the only boy who doesn't seem to be afraid of the forest—probably because he knows he's safer alone than with the other boys.
He finds a figure of a dead paratrooper with his parachute in the woods.
Simon embodies a kind of innate, spiritual human goodness that is deeply connected with nature and, in its own way, as primal as Jack's evil. The other boys abandon moral behavior as soon as civilization is no longer there to impose it upon them.
In Chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies, Simon goes off alone to alert Piggy that they would be returning after dark.
Simon seems to believe that the boys have a real fear, but that the thing they should fear is not a beastie, but the darkness within each of them.
Summary and Analysis Chapter 9. As a storm builds over the island, Simon awakens from his faint and makes his way to the beast sighting on the mountain. He finds the paratrooper's body, inspects it, and realizes its true identity.
Why was Simon willing to go through the forest alone? He doesn't believe in the beasts physical existence.