Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26308279-20150413133602/@comment-24101790-20150413232046

Besides that plot hole, there is this one as well.

You would also think a boy would be able to differentiate bread and flesh as well: "The next day, as Simon was walking to the dining table to get his breakfast, he was suddenly mesmerized at the smell of his favorite dish, bread." Especially considering this: "Simon was always fed bread his father gave him since that was the only kind of food he knew at the time but he knew bread when he tasted it, he was blind after all."