Chapters 9 and 10 were an intense read. We experienced the death of Simon. His death was compared much to the death of Christ. He was brutally killed by Jack and others in his group. Some of them were kind of shocked that they had just killed Simon. Along with his Christ-like features and characteristics throughout the book, his death and his whole character are very similar to Christ.
At the end of Chapter 10, Jack was holding onto Piggy’s broken glasses. The thought of the broken glasses proves that civilization is broken and intelligence is basically gone since Piggy represented those two topics.
I found it somewhat interesting and kind of a coincidence that Simon was the only person that realized there was no beastie. He also knew that each and every person has evil inside themselves. He knew that the evil wasn’t in the beastie, but yet he was the first character to die. It was as if his own evil attacked him.
Towards the end of this reading, we can assume that the boys do not have any hope left. They don’t think they have any chance to be rescued. We can assume this because Ralph makes the final decision to let the fire go out. Without the fire, they have a tiny chance of being seen and rescued. I thought that Ralph is slowly turning into a savage and giving up hope if he lets the fire go out and does not care about being rescued.
Unknown words:
Haste (pg. 163) – unnecessary quick action
Beckoning (pg. 162) – gesturing or signaling something
Befouled (pg. 156) – dirty or filthy
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