1) Ralph feels guilty about the things that he witnessed and expresses his guilt to Piggy: "Don't you understand, Piggy? The things we did-"(157). He is fully aware and accepts responsibility for what happened to Simon last night. However, Piggy believes it was an "accident". "It was an accident", said Piggy suddenly, "that's what it was. An accident". He is aware of what happened but only wants to forget it. On the other hand, Samneric deny the whole accident even happened and want to forget it all. "-we got lost last night" is what they had to say.
2) Two major differences in Jack and Ralph's explanations for Simon's is that Ralph realizes that what happened was horrible and he feels deep remorse for his actions. "Don't you understand Piggy, the things we did-" (157). Jack on the other hand feels no guilt about his actions and actually feels a little proud of himself for slaying the beast. "I expect the beast disguised himself" (160). Jack believes he did the right thing in killing the disguised beast.
3) We can draw the conclusion that Jack is now the unquestioned leader of the boys. He had Wilfred ordered to be beaten for absolutely no reason at all and now abuses his power as a tyrant. "The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red. The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background" (160). The boys also respect and believe that Jack should be leader. "He's a proper chief, isn't he?" Robert nodded. "He's going to take us hunting". We can tell that Jack is chief now because the boys listen to everyone of his commands and the author now refers to him as chief.
3.5) As the day grew older, the island darkened into a hopeless place that plagued the boys into savagery. Suddenly, out of the forest, Jack and Roger came like insane savages bloodthirsty for more flesh. Eric was afraid that he may feel Jack's wrath so he hid under a tree. Sam couldn't find his brother so he hid in the bush. Seeing that he was in the open, Roger attacked Piggy and began kicking him over and over again. Jack fought with Ralph, but he was losing and realizing this, he went to go help Roger and abandoned his fight with Ralph. There was only rage left in Ralph from the night Simon died.
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