what chapter does simon die in lord of the flies

Simon dies in Chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies. In this chapter, Simon awakens and begins his journey up the mountain. He finds a figure of a dead paratrooper with his parachute in the woods. Simon realizes that the boys have mistaken this harmless object for the deadly beast that has plunged their entire group into chaos. When Simon sees the corpse of the parachutist, he begins to vomit. Later, he tries to tell the other boys that the "beast" is harmless, but they mistake him for the beast and kill him with their spears.