Simon's Murder

It is evident that Simon’s death was a murder because Ralph acknowledged what the boys had done was murder, proof that the boys knew what they were stabbing was not a beast but a human, and evidence supporting Jack and the boy’s previous desire to kill. Ralph admitted that what the boys had done was indeed murder. He admitted what everyone else refused to see. When talking to Piggy, who was reluctant to see the truth and thought Simon’s death was only an accident, Jack confessed, “That was Simon… That was murder” (Golding 156). Since Jack blatantly admitted that Simon’s death was no accident, it further proves that the boys knew what they were doing when they brought their spears down upon Simon’s defenseless body. With this in mind, it is clear that the boys knew

Ralph represents order and discipline, while Jack represents an unhealthy drive for power and savagery. In the beginning of the novel, Ralph is voted the leader of the group and attempts to make life on the island disciplined and civilized, like their life in England. However, throughout the novel Jack rivals Ralph’s leadership role, attempting to overthrow him. As the boys’ savage impulses increase, more of them begin to side with Jack instead of going with Ralph. As Ralph loses his hold over the boys, almost all of them begin to act violently and barbaric. An example of this is when the children of the island murder Simon for no justifiable reason. Even Piggy and Ralph partake in the murder, showing that the violent human impulse is in

Ralph explains that after Simons death, the young boys not only had to fear the chance of survival and fear the high probability that they would be there until they died also ended up fearing

He is often subject to harassment because of his weight. When taking roll call, Ralph introduces him as Piggy, so that “ a storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in” (Golding 14). As shown by this quote, even the youngest boys think they are better than Piggy because they aren’t chubby like him. He is much heavier than the other boys, which is one of the factors that sets him apart. He is never even given a chance to introduce himself; he is just given a nickname that exploits his weight. After this, Piggy never even tries to properly introduce himself. He knows that whatever name he gives will be rejected by the boys who view themselves as superior to him. Those who are isolated are also commonly made victims of. Once his tribe abandons him, Ralph is warned by Samneric about Roger and Jack. Eric says “‘They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you. They're going to hunt you tomorrow”” (170). At this time, Ralph is considerably weaker than he was at the beginning of the story. He has no tribe to protect him, aside from a few littluns. Piggy and Simon are both dead, and Samneric now are joined with Jack’s tribe. Because of this, Jack can more easily target and kill Ralph.

Despite the fact that Jack’s fear of not being chief ends badly, Ralph’s fear of not surviving has another whole level of bad endings. Ralph’s main concern when the boys crash into the island is being rescued, but because of this, he neglects other problems such as looking out for littluns. “’That litte’un – ‘gasped Piggy – ‘him with the mark of his face, I don’t see him. Where is he now?’” (Golding 46). Ralph is so blinded by the idea of being rescued that he forgets his priorities. He should be watching the littluns, but instead, he is being selfish and cares only about the fire. As a consequence to his poor action, an innocent life is taken away. Also when a ship comes by and Ralph realizes that the hunters let the fire out, he loses it and he yells at Jack, but “his voice was loud and savage, and struck them into silence. ‘There was a ship’” (Golding 74). This is the first time that Ralph shows any sign of savagery, which tells the readers that evil and savageness is

In this quote, Ralph seems to be denying the death of Simon. I believe that the author is having Ralph go through the stages of grief, though only time will tell. This quote shows me that, without followers, Ralph seems to be a vulnerable child. I could see this weakness leading to his demise now that Jack has gained followers and I do not see Ralph gaining any followers back.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel and portrays just how the society surrounding us can corrupt our once pure nature No one is born a killer, no one is born with an intense compulsion to kill, the island that the boys are stranded on has a very unusual, corrupting society; A society that erodes the boys innocence through the power struggle between Jack and Ralph, readers see the transfer from innocent to savagely through the hunting and Piggy’s death.

Ralph's character comes back stronger than ever before in the final chapters of the novel. At this point, like Simon had before him, Ralph becomes aware of the savagery existing within all the boys—including himself. "That was Simon," he admits to Piggy, recalling the barbaric act he took part in. Even upon Piggy's death, Ralph still manages not to let the savagery overwhelm him, only momentarily considering joining Jacks tribe for safety. His firsthand knowledge of his aptitude for sin builds his motivation to throw down the Lord of the Flies near the end of the novel. By the time he finally realizes the evil on the island is within the boys themselves, it is too late for Ralph to fight for anyone but himself.

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel about a group of boys stranded on an island with no adults and no rules. Golding believes that humans all have a capability to do wrong, and through The Lord of the flies portrays how certain situations make a human’s capacity for evil more prominent. Golding shows how the boys’ civilization deteriorates from being good British kids to murderous savage people. The novel can easily be connected to the Stanford Prison Experiment, and how what happened to the boys on the island can happen outside the realm of fiction. Golding shows the reader what the Lord of the Flies is in the book and how the namesake of the book is found in all of us.

In the beginning, Simon likes Ralph very much. He always accompanies and helps him with work for example watching the fire, building the shelters, carrying the messages and in many more ways. When Ralph, Simon, Jack, and Roger go to the mountaintop for pig hunting, Ralph remembers about his old life of warm food, proper grooming, and children’s books. As Simon watches him, he estimates that Ralph is thinking about his old life and rescue from this island just as everyone else. He sits beside him and tells him, “You’ll get back to where you came from … For a moment nothing more was said. And then they suddenly smiled at each other.” [Page: 121] His prophecy leaves a foreshadowing of the deaths of himself and everyone else’s except Ralph’s. He

Ralph had nothing to do with it. Jack had stolen piggies glasses and piggy was tired of it he was going to fight back. When piggy goes to fight back, Jack and his tribe of savages murder him by levering a boulder and dropping it on piggy and the conch. Piggy the fell 40 feet and his head busted open. This was murder according to document A. They did this through hatred, planned it out, and had thought about doing it before they did it. Document F describes the details of the murder. It proves that it was intent when jack takes his glasses and when they purposely dropped the boulder on him. This is plain out murder and they would all be sentenced with 1st degree murder in a court of law and may be put in a mental

Many times throughout the book, Piggy is the voice of reason and helps to guide Ralph along that same road if he loses his way. After scolding Samneric for being pessimistic about their fate, Ralph momentarily forgets the reasons why the signal fire is so important. "He tried to remember. Smoke, he said, we want smoke. Course we have. Cos the smoke's a signal and we can't be rescued if we don't have smoke. I knew that! Shouted Ralph" (Golding 172). Ralph begins to lose his initial cheerfulness and enthusiasm and replaces it with disinterest and pessimism. Piggy and Ralph separate themselves from Jack and his tribe and continue to maintain their "government". However, when Jack and his tribe kill a pig and invite Ralph and Piggy to join their feast, the two accept and cannot resist the temptation of the meat. Later on in the celebration, Jack and his tribe perform a ritualistic dance, in which Piggy and Ralph later join. "Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society" (Golding 152). They realize that the dance fueled the boys to murder Simon, and later deny their participance in it. "We left early, said Piggy quickly, because we were tired" (Golding 158). Ralph and Piggy recognize the evil in the dance, and know that if the others found out about their participance in it, then the boys would claim that Piggy and Ralph would be

Ralph needs more aggression. Ralph letting Jack step over him showed the other boys that respect wasn't a quality they needed to possess. Ralph often let the boys get away with not doing their jobs, not helping out, and running off freely. In the story Jack punches piggy and there are no consequences. Ralph should have set stricter rules so things like that did not occur. In the story there was a dialogue between Ralph and Jack. Ralph tells Jack “You’re breaking the rules!” (Golding,2006,p.91). Jack responds by saying “Who cares?” (Golding,2006,p.91). Afterwards Ralph backs down from Jack. That simple action let Jack know that he could walk over Ralph.If Ralph would have made Jack listen and obey his rules, Jack would know to respect

The death of Simon and Piggy were murders. They were not done by accident. Jack’s tribe is full of savages that commit crimes done out of their enjoyment. Most of the boys chose to join Jack’s group knowing that they would do bad things. Roger killed Piggy out of evilness and in defense of his tribe. He did not have to kill Piggy by shattering the conch and letting go of the boulder but he did because he did not like the idea of civilization which the conch and Piggy were showing. The boy’s were also fooled by Jack causing the death of Simon. Jack brainwashed them to think that Simon was the beast in disguise. They killed Simon out of fear. "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!"(152). The way they killed Simon was gruesome. They killed him with their bare hands. Even though the boys were ashamed the next morning, it was still not an accident and sympathy should not be shown towards

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, narrates the story of a group of English boys as they struggle to survive on an uncharted, uninhabited island. The boy’s airplane crashes into the island and kills any adults on board -- leaving the boys to fend for themselves. Ralph and Piggy meet each other first and, upon Piggy’s counsel, Ralph decides to call a meeting of all the boys by blowing on a conch shell. The boys quickly begin to form a society in which they elect Ralph as their leader. A boy called Jack quietly disagrees and believes that he should lead the group. As times passes, Jack and his choir become hunters for the rest of the boys and they begin to enjoy the ways of a predator. As Jack grows more savage, he becomes unhappy with the