After reading chapter 6, we find out that Sam and Eric’s story about the beast had caused a negative impact on the boys. In the darkness of the night, military planes battled above the island. Which, none of the boys had seen the explosions and flashes because they had been sleeping.
The --- boat crashes into the water and begins to sink. Ralph swims to the island, on the beach part of the island he meets another boy who goes by the name of Piggy. Ralph finds a conch shell, Piggy tells him that he should blow into the conch as a trumpet to tell any other survivors that they are on the island too. After he blows into the conch boys from the age of 6 to the age of 12 came out of the jungle part of the island and on to the beach part. The boys talk about what happened to the plane and decide that they need a chief, they vote Ralph as the chief.
In chapter 9 of “Lord of The Flies you will see the savagery and uncivilness of the boys start coming in. From the murder of Simon, to the chant “Kill the beast!” Cut his throat!” Spill his blood!” Do him in!”
In this passage, Ralph and the others realize what they’ve done and they go into denial. They try to make themselves feel better by saying they were on the outside and couldn’t have killed Simon. This is probably the lowest point Ralph, Piggy, Sam, and Eric have sunken to. They are struggling for their humanity in the midst of the murder. Like before when they were attacking Robert, Ralph had gone to far and only after the event ended had he realized it.
After this event takes place Piggy tells Ralph that “It was dark. There was that–that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!”(156). During this scene Piggy is talking about the murder of Simon.
Though a strong friendship exists between him and Piggy as well, Simon does not say the same to him. As a result, Piggy becomes one of the three boys who does not live to see rescue. What's more, Golding also foreshadows Ralph’s survival as the tribe tries to take his life through Simon. Stylistically, this not only effectively provides dimension to the plot by building suspense, thickening it to better prepare for the falling action in the last chapter, it also contributes to the meaning of the text as it further highlights the tragedy and desperation in the scene of Simon’s death. Much like Christ preaching the Christian truth to the multitude only to be betrayed by Judas then crucified, when Simon attempts to inform others of the truth behind the beast from air, he is brutally murdered by the boys-including Ralph who he considers to be a valuable companion.
At the end of Chapter 5 in Lord of the Flies there is an event where all the boys start comparing themselves to adults and what they would do, but in real life they would do those things. At one point in the chatter, Ralph says, “They wouldn’t set fire to the island. Or lose- “(94). This is ironic because if they were on the island they would probably set fire to something in the time that they’re there. In addition to that they lose kids a lot.
Astonished by his findings, the naval officer stood quietly as the boys finally got control of themselves. Curious as he was, the officer found it best to refrain from too many questions after just witnessing the boy's obvious unstable states. All of the boys scrambled onto the cruiser while most of their heads hung down as if they were too heavy to lift. Ralph imagined his life before the island, telling himself he should be relieved that they were rescued, but he could not help but worry about the new life ahead of him. Ralph observed each of the boys surrounding him, wondering if they were nervous to go home like him.
As the book begins the first two characters to come into play is the one they call “piggy” and the other is Ralph. They both realized that their plane has crashed and there are no adults around. They ask each other a couple of questions and the Ralph headed for the beach him and piggy decided to go for a swim as they were getting out, a few other boys off the plane came out of the woods. Piggy asked the new boys their names, Johnny, Sam, and Eric. The boys find a conch shell and they used it to call the other boys if there were any left, after the boys blew the shell more began to show up.
a. Civilization a word that well describes the environment the boys are attempting to create. The stranded boys are clinging to the idea of civilization and at a point in chapter 3 they did just that. Jack says, “ When I’ve had a bathe and something to eat ” Goulding pg. 55. When Jack entails bathing and eating before he goes to do something, he is relating to the subject because this is what all the boys are used to do before the accident.
Joshua 5: 13 "Neither," he replied, "but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, "What message does my Lord have for his servant?" The man who says these words says that he is the ‘commander of the army of the Lord’. This is the first time that God has appeared to Joshua until now.
Book Theme The main theme of the book is the fight between savagery and civilization. How that relates to today is, when you take the civilization away from people they can start forgetting and start having impulses towards savagery. Eventually they might give in to the impulses, but it can depend on the person. The boys on the island started off well by making rules, they all had their number 1 priority of getting saved. They had their clothes, rules, and the conch to remind them of civilization and home.
Back at the beach, Ralph blows the conch to call another meeting. Ralph announces that they're on an uninhabited island. Jack interrupts to say that they still need an army in order to hunt pigs. Ralph says that without adults, they'll have to take care of themselves.
The fear within us can contribute to the actions we take, whether it be particularly good or bad. Lord of the Flies shows that this can happen to us all. Lord of the Flies is a book written by WIlliam Golding who shares with us the end of school boys’ innocence and the beginning of savagery within them all. Chapter nine, which holds many details to support Golding and this theme, is about Simon realizing who the “beast” really is and in the heat of the moment the tribe of boys brutally murder Simon when he comes bearing news about such topic. However, chapter nine is so much more than just the plot of a story.
When put in dire circumstances anyone would do what it takes to survive, even children. The day after Simon was killed the boys don't want to believe it's true. They enter a stage of denial. Not wanting to believe they have become so barbaric that they would kill a friend for survival. Piggy, Ralph, and Samneric are disgusted with what they have become.
