Simon stands out among the other boys not just because of his physical weakness, as seen by his fainting spells, but also because of his constant expressions of care for the more fragile guys. A saintly or Christ-like figure follows him, and he chooses good fruit for them from places they can't reach. The pig's head on the pole, dubbed the 'Lord of the Flies,' has Simon spellbound. Simon had a seizure after imagining that the head speaks to him in the 'voice of a schoolmaster,' taunting and threatening him in a horrifying and weird experience.