The longer the boys remain on the island, the
more evil pours out of their actions and speech. In this chapter,uses his moment of leadership
with the conch to try to overthrowby lying about him and trying to destroy his leadership
qualifications.
However, his rant shows that the boys are still capable of
goodness. After he makes a case for why Ralph doesn't deserve to be leader, he forces the boys
to vote on it. When no one raises his hand, he asks again for a vote. The boys remain true to
their original loyalty, standing behind their original determination that Ralph should be their
leader.
Jack is humiliated and refuses to "play" with them
anymore.
A while later,and Ralph realize that a few of the boys (Maurice,
Bill, and ) have snuck off to join Jack, thereby abandoning their pact. Jack's group kills a
pig, and the manner in which they do it shows evil intent. The sow's death is slow, with her
staggering in front of the boys throughout an entire afternoon. After they kill her, they giggle
and then explode into laughter about how one spear found its way right up her backside. There is
no respect in the kill, and the boys cry with laughter, showing their lack of respect for life
itself.
Meanwhile,has escaped to solitude with nature, seemingly searching
for peace within the increasing chaos of the island. He watches "butterflies [dancing] in
the middle their unending dance" and feels the warmth of the "arrow" of the sun.
Standing apart from the violence, Simon's goodness is that he respects the life on the
island.
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