Chapter 8
What
is Simon doing? What is he becoming?
Simon is talking to the lord of
the Flies, which appears to him in the form of the pig’s head. The Lord of the
Flies tells Simon that he lives inside each human being and that he cannot run
away from him. He leaves off by saying that he will have fun with the boys.
Simon is becoming corrupted. He isn’t the pure apostle like figure he used to
be and now believes in superstition.
What
does Jack propose to deal with the beast? Will that be successful? What is he
telling the kids to do? Why is hunting more important than then fire?
Jack proposes to leave the head
of the pig as an offering to the beastie. This is not successful because latter
the Lord of Flies appears through the pig’s head and tells Simon that he will
have “fun” with the boys. A demonstration that the offering Jack gave The Lord
of the Flies wasn’t enough for him to leave the boys alone.
Jack is telling the kids to join
his hunting party and leave the fire. He promises them food and protection with
his hunting skills. At this point in the book food and protection from the
beastie are more important for survival of the boys than the reliance on the
survival boat that is never going to arrive.
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