Chapter+9+and+10

A View To Death (9) and The Shell and the Glasses (10)

1. We think that the high point in the story between these chapters is when Jack's group of hunters murder Simon. They are doing their dance and acting out killing the pig when Simon stumbles into the circle trying to tell them about the Pilot. The boys, thinking it is the beast (or maybe not) start to claw and scratch and bite him to shreds. This is a the high point in the story because many of the boys are in utter shock of what they did. Also, the fear of the beast increases because Jack's group thinks it disguised itself as Simon. Since someone just died, everyone is fearful about everyone else, and Jack's power will most likely increase.

2. Simon's death may be considered ironic because in a weird sort of way, simon is sort of the beast since he hallucinated the Lord of the Flies talking to him and "telling" him what to do. His death may also symbolize how much the boys have changed and become savages more and more. After all, Jack's group didn't really care that they killed Simon. It also may symbolize the darkness and evil that comes out of man when put in a certain situation.

3. The significance of the title "A View to Death" is very big. It may symbolize the different views of the two groups about Simon's death and their reaction to it. Ralph and Piggy are in shock and saying it was just an accident, but Jack and his clan don't really care about the fact that they just murdered someone. Also, the title may hint to foreshadowing what will happen in the next chapters like more death or savagery.

4. Piggy thinks that his death was accidental ans that Jack and his hunters didn't mean to actually murder Simon. He also denies the fact that him and Ralph were part of the whole mess because they were on the "outside ring". But Ralph says that they were practically a part of it and they indeed did help with the murdering.

5. Piggy believes Simon was going crazy and had lost his mind. Also, he says that it was Simon's own fault that he stumbled out of the jungle in the night. Also, he got himself into the circle of dancing hunters. We do not agree with Piggy when he said this because we think that Simon could not possibly have known what was going on. Along with that, he was just trying to tell them that the black thing they saw was a dead man, nothing more.

6. At the end of chapter 10, Ralph prays "that the beast prefers the littlun's". What does this show about Ralph? It shows that he does not really care about them. He only really cares for Samneric and Piggy at this point in the book. He thinks that the littlun's are not good for anything. He believes that the biggun's have more power and are the only important ones on the island.

7. Having the glasses taken and the conch not taken signifies a transfer in power on the island. Jack and his tribe are now at the top of the food chain. They now have the power to create the fire to have heat and be rescued. Although it was Ralph's idea initially, Jack now has the power to create it.