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Is Justice Served In Lord Of The Flies

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Yesica Ayala 1st period April 2nd, 2018 Mrs. Hewitt Justice Served Essay draft Title There is a very low probability of a plane crash, in fact according to curiosity.com there is a one in eleven million chance of an actual plane crash. The Lord of the Flies is about a group of only young boys who were on a plane that crashed on to an island. The boys had to survive on the island on their own with the little knowledge that they had about surviving. On the time of the island two boys were murdered, Simon Smith II and Piggy. I believe that justice was not served for the case of Jack Merridew vs. Lord of the Flies because he was only charged for one murder. Yes, Jack Merridew was found guilty for the aggravated murder and 2nd degree murder of Simon Smith II, but he was only given 10 years, he was not charged for the murder of Piggy, and Jack was charged as a juvenile. …show more content…

For instance, In trail Jack Merridew claimed that they thought Simon was the beast because of the littluns and that they all attacked Simon to protect one another. Whereas in the book Jack said “There isn’t a snake-thing” (Golding, 36). While he never believed there was a beast in the island, he kept referring to the beast. Yet on page 152 Jack demands the boys to say a chant, “Kill the beast! Cut the throat! Spill his blood!”. Jack himself never believed that there was a beast but he continued to support the idea of a beast. He knew what he was doing, he knew he could use the idea of the beast to his benefit by saying he could protect them. Simon was on his way to warn the other boys but instead got brutally murdered, he knew there wasn’t a beast but he still took part in the murder of Simon Smith II. Jack was charged with second degree murder which was that the murder was on the heat of passion but he was very aware of his actions and deserved more

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The Case of Jack Merridew The murders of Piggy and Simon have not gone unnoticed, and the kids from the island are all under question for their untimely deaths. The main suspect for their murders is Jack Merridew, one of the older boys on the island. The story originates in a book called The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, about young boys who are stranded on the island. Jack is one of the older, more savage of the bunch, but he seems to be ill in the brain.

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Up until this point we knew that the beast normally didn't speak. From this we can assume that Jack's group really didn't fully know if Simon was the beast but rather they were so bloodthirsty they decided to kill him, proving how evil people are at heart. Second, Ralph and Piggy are also not clean. Ralph and Piggy are known to be more civilized and structured. They were also near Simon at the time of his murder but did not try to intervene.

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What does it take to survive a deadly plane crash on a seemingly deserted island? The boys have to fight for survival and remain civilized during their stay at this island. The thought of not being rescued caused conflict within the group of British schoolboys. This conflict led to the murder of the smartest kid in the group. In William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”, Jack is responsible for Piggy’s death for many reasons: Jack disliked Piggy because he was different, Jack became leader of a new group based solely on his hatred for Piggy, and Jack was jealous of Piggy’s relationship with ralph.

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After a pig run with the hunters and Ralph, things seemed to fall apart quickly. Jack and Ralph have an argument which makes the kids choose between Ralph being leader and Jack being leader. This is where the strict bold lines of civility and savagery appear. The kids in Jack’s tribe were chanting and making a dance around the fire, they accidentally kill Simon thinking he was the beast. Ironically, Simon was going over to them to tell them there is no beast, since he just finished having a hallucination of the pig head speaking to him naming himself ‘The Lord Of The Flies’.

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Ralph and all the boys were deciding who was going to be in jack and ralph's tribes when simon came to tell them the beast wasn't real. “the beast broke the ring, struggled forward broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of a rock by the sand on the edge of the water. at once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leaped onto the beast screamed struck bit tore there was no words, no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws” (pg 152) this scene depicted the murder of simon. Even though the kids knt was simon they still tricked themselves into believing that it was the beast. They did this so that they could give themselves a right for “mistakenly” killing simon so they didn't seem so barbaric.

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Because of this urge for authority, Jack perverts the minds of the kids around them and gets them to attempt to kill and murder. This is proved by Jack getting all the boys to chant “kill the beast! cut his throat! spill his blood!” (Golding, 186).

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Upon this revelation, Simon saw the “Beast” was only a harmless figure and sought out to inform the others. Within the excitement at camp of the storm, Jack’s group began to dance and chant, getting out of control quickly. Simon then came stumbling out of the forest and the group and he tried to tell them of the “Beast,” but they would not listen. “There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.” (Golding 153).

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