1. Ralph knows that Simon was killed that night and that he was killed because the boys that went with Jack did it thinking it was "the beast". However, Piggy doesn't want him to say anything about it. "'That was murder.' ' You stop it!' said Piggy, shrilly. 'What good're you doing talking like that?'" (Golding 156). Piggy says "'that's what it was. An accident'"(Golding 157)Piggy is trying to convince himself and Ralph that they don't have any fault in the death of Simon and he wants to believe that the others did kill him but it was just an accident. Samneric don't want to mention or even remember what happened that night. All they kept saying was '"We were very tired so we left early"' (Golding 158).Although, they do mention the feast and the dance, but ignore it and try to change the subject.
2. Ralph and Jack have different feelings and thoughts about the death of Simon. For one, Ralph feels guilty that the boys beat Simon to death and he keeps saying "'That was murder'" (Golding 156), while Jack tells his hunters "'He came-disguised'" (Golding 160). Jack doesn't even care that they murdered Simon, in fact, he thinks that it was the beast coming as Simon just to catch them of guard while Ralph is overreacting about the situation.
3. Jack is becoming more and more savage each day. He is now also becoming ruthless. Jack is probably losing control of his anger and letting it get to him. One of the boys says "'He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up.'" (Golding 159). I am starting to feel that whenever Jack gets mad from now on, he will resort to violence and become an abusive leader. In the book, it says," The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffling noisily in the background." (Golding 160) This shows that even though Jack and the others beat Wilfred up, they don't care that he's in pain and don't feel guilty. They think it's actually funny that Wilfred was tied up and beaten.
• Jack is the new chief because he is the one that the other boys listen to now. They even call him 'chief' instead of 'Jack'when referring to him.
Piggy: He tried to avoid everything due to his asthma.
Ralph: He was being attacked so he tried to fight to fight back with them.
Sam: He hid himself in a corner and avoided fighting.
Eric: He thinks he was fighting with someone but was actually fighting with Ralph.
Jack: Invades Ralph and leads the other boys away carrying Piggy's glasses.
Roger: Helps invade Ralph and marches away chanting and doing cartwheels.
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