Later, Tommy convinces Emily to play soccer with him and they talk for a little bit, this helps Emily and Tommy realize that they can be happy and have a good time even though their dad is gone. Tommy finally got back to being the football player that he was before and his team starts to win. Tommy’s team, the Brighton Bears end up making it to the championship game. During the first quarter of the game, Tommy injures himself making a touchdown saving tackle.
Then, she was at Jack’s house to party some more. A driver who delivered liquor and cigarette on a Saturday morning saw a group of drunk people including Alberta, Kathy, Ken, and Jack. Alberta was seen in Terrace later that night with only Jack and Ken. They are the main suspects in this case due to the fact that they were the last people seen with Alberta and also, their statements were illogical. Jack denied that he hosted a party at his house; however, his nephews, Brad and Doug, who stayed at Jack’s house over the summer, heard voices that night.
Walking down the street, Wes notices that the same police car has been following him on more than one occasion and hopes it is just a coincidence. Tony says he is going out,
Garraty and his mother arrive in a guarded parking in a blue Ford that looks like a small tired dog after a hard run. The guard gets Garraty's information in order for them to enter. His mother questions why the guard did not give it back. Garraty realizes that he's actually near the field of walkers, but for the first time, the thought weighs him down. His mother asks him to change his mind about being a walker, but Garraty says
They go on and on and Jack finally decides to enter the courthouse in order to hear the “truth”. When he arrives he finds the Sheriff, the Commissioner and Dolph Pillsbury. He begins to ask them questions about J.H. Moore Co. and
Wilson finds out that somebody is having an affair with his wife but he does not know who. So he decides to move and locks myrtle away in a room and will not let her leave. Myrtle gets hit by a car because she runs out into the road trying to get someone to help her get away from Wilson. Myrtles death leaves Wilson in an awful state he freaks out at first but then goes into a deep silence for a long time. Then he goes trying
Jack also engages in fights with his best friend, which at first is truly disheartening and unfair from the reader’s perspective, is later sympathized with the knowledge and understanding that it is Jacks true best shot at gaining the approval of his abusive stepfather Dwight and protecting himself. Jacks life is driven with emotional neglect and constant abuse; Dwight being the largest cause. Jack is desperate to transform himself into the masculine and happy person he wants to be, a deluded image and way of thinking that he believes will solve all his problems and hardships. Readers eventually gain the knowledge that his lies and deceit are his way of achieving this and providing him with comfort and hope as well as relief and escpae from his currently tortuous youth. ‘I couldn’t help but try to introduce new versions of myself as my interests changed, and as other versions of myself failed to persuade.’
Nate also warns the empresario Buckley of the attack. Then the empresario enlists Hays and Bigfoot, who are being held as prisoners at the moment, to protect the town. Also Emily is trying to get out of a bad situation at that time because Santa Anna finds her pistol in their bed, and he thinks that she is trying to kill
This action causes the boys to go into a savage frenzy , screaming, yelling, and mass chaos, all because Jack told them to do their dance. Their dance turned into ritual killing where all the boys, including Jack, ruthlessly stabbed and beat Simon repeatedly to death. Jack had caused the mass chaos and if he had never done that, Simon would still be alive and not a corpse at the bottom of the ocean. Jack and his tribe committed murder and only Ralph recognized it for what it was: “that was murder…. I wasn’t
The boys divide into two major groups as the story goes on. the hunters, led by Jack, and the "civilized" group led by Ralph. Each group strengthens its commitment to its core motives as they come to agree on actions and choices. In the end this mob mentality and groupthink result in hostility and violence between the two groups.
Once there, Katie works to keep what happened hidden while trying to build a trusting relationship with Alex. Throughout the summer, they develop a close relationship and Kyle and Julie start to take interest in each other. Summer eventually ends and they decide to keep the relationship going, but when the boys who raped Katie come
Telling them to stop and standing up for Dolly, the girl who was raped, Israel and Tommy threaten that they are coming after Jeremiah and his family. Unfortunately, they were not lying. They perform multiple serious crimes including tarring their door, kidnapping Reubens sister for a short period and finally, breaking into their house with a baseball bat in the middle of the night. This was the last straw for Davy. After all, that they had done to Jeremiah, Reuben, Swede and Davy, and considering the police have barely been involved, he has to use self defense because now he feels like no one is on his side.
With this conveyance of fear at the animalistic side of himself, Jack proves that he still has some humanity that he will later lose. After Jack says this, he gets in a fight with Ralph over what should be done for the betterment of the tribe.
When Ralph declares Jack the head of hunters, Jack takes this power to another level of jealousy and greed and becomes savage. After he kills his first pig he puts blood on his face and creates a mask. Jack's hunters immediately follow his footsteps creating what appears to be an army with Jack as the general. Having an army eventually leads to having a war which happens towards the end of the book. This represents a futuristic nuclear war which is happening while the boys are stranded on the island.
About a monster I remember hearing a gunshot, and thinking, "This wasn't happening; this couldn't be happening. My best friend, gone. Why her? Why not me? I'm of no use to this planet."
