Tuesday, October 20, 2009

LOTF Chapter 8 and 9

Lotf Chapter 8-9
Gift for the Darkness
A View to the Death
The scene when the Lord of the Flies talks to and threatens Simon.

Simon was running through the forest and he met up with this pig head on a spear. Jack cuts the pigs head off and puts it on a spear. He left it there for a sacrifice for the beast. Simon see's a illusion which makes him think that the pigs head was talking. There were a bunch of flies around the pig. Therefore the pig head is The Lord of the Flies. The pig head laughs at Simon. He also told Simon that they can't kill him because he was inside all of them. Lord of the Flies is the fear and evil inside everyone. Lord of the Flies actually told Simon that he will die. Simon found out that there wasn't really a beast and so he was going to tell the others. Simon runs off through the forest to tell the other but then Jack killed him.

Claim: I believe that Jack is the reason of Simons death.
Concrete Detail: I think that Jack is the reason for Simons death because he could of told his tribe to stand down but he didn't. As a chief he should of saw who it was instead of going off of instinct and killing it. Jack was also chanting kill the beast! cut his throat! spill his throat!
Commentary: I feel that the chant Jack was saying means that he was apart of the killing because first he was using his spear and stabbing Simon and since he is the leader he should of known.
Conclusion: I believe that Jack murdered Simon. He is guilty and needs to be punished for his sins.

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