Chapter 8 and 9

Chapter 8: Gift for the darkness
Brendan Rodisch

When jack runs away, I knew it would, but it was sad that it had to happen so dramatically. I wish not so many boys had gone with Jack. I wish some more had Ralph. I think this scene is scary because this shows that jack doesn't want to stay with Ralph's civilized lifestyle and would rather hunt things for meat and have fun. This also means that jack will eventually start to fight Ralph's tribe. Everyone still thinks Ralph should be chief, but when Jack leaves, he takes all the big kids that like to hunt and like to have fun. If everyone joined Jacks tribe, there would be no chance that the boys could escape. I think Jack will start to kill humans next. I think he will use a littlun in his dance. This event of Jack leaving also leads to make it impossible to keep Ralph's signal fire going. This means that the boys have no chance of being rescued. I wish jack had not left.

Chapter 9:A view to death
Brendan Rodisch

I think Jacks hunters are the ones that murdered Simon. “ The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed.” This shows that the hunters were throwing there spears at Simon since they are the only one that brought spears to the meeting. “ The beast struggled forward, broke the ring, and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water.” This shows that after the spears hit Simon, he fell down the cliff and into the water. The group of hunters is responsible for Simon's death, and they killed him out of fear. Fear is a very bad part of human nature.