Lord Of The Flies; Chapter 10 – The Shell And The Glasses


Dear Journal,

Simon’s death, there are many different perspectives on it. Like for an example, Ralph thinks it was pure murder. Simon agrees with him. He thinks that it was Jack’s fault. Simon thinks that Ralph has a good sense of what’s good and bad. Although Ralph thinks its murder, Piggy keeps saying it was an accident. How could it be? They stabbed and bit Simon for at least 5 minutes, enough to realize that it wasn’t anything else but Simon.

On the other side of the island, Jack was being a bit mean to his tribe. Although there is no explanation for why, Jack has had Wilfred tied up. They kept arguing about what happened at their feast. Jack kept saying that Simon was the beast in disguise. Simon though this was ludicrous. It was impossible that he could be the beast. Then he thought again about what the Lord of the Flies told him. He remembered the pig’s head saying that it was the beast and the beast was human nature. After thinking this through, Simon decided that Jack was partly right. The beast was in all of them, but like the Lord of the Flies said, “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt or kill!”

He noticed Jack talking with Maurice and Roger. They were talking about fire, and how to make it. Jack started talking about invasion of Ralph’s tribe. Simon wished he could talk to Ralph and warn them about the upcoming attack. Unfortunately all he could do was watch. He watched as the three savages moved through the forest, stealthily, in the night. He gasped in horror when they arrived at the huts. Jack was grinning at the thought of disabling Ralph’s tribe to make fire. His goal was to snatch Piggy’s glasses then retreat. Simon was watching as Jack, Maurice, and Roger fought Ralph, Samneric, and Piggy. Simon was laughing and frowning as he saw Ralph beating Sam, because it was too dark to see who was who, and Jack and his group running away with a pair of broken glasses hanging in his hand.