Chapter 8- A Gift For the Darkness
I believe that the part where Jack and the other hunters put together the "Lord of the Flies" is definitely the most disturbing. This part is in Chapter 8 when they go hunting and find a large mother pig. They chase her all about the jungle, finally cornering her in a clearing. The ironic is, this clearing was absolutely gorgeous. There were butterflies flitting around and flowers everywhere. They brutally murder and decapitate the sow in the middle of it. There were gouts of blood and insides gushing out of her poor body. Jack stuck a stake in the ground and smashed her head on top of it, making it look like a huge pig-head lollipop in the earth. He says that it is a gift from his tribe to the "beastie", in an attempt to get on its good side. The swine's guts were all around her stake and the flies absolutely loved it. This, of course, made her the Lord of the Flies. The thing is, Jack and the others think this is nothing out of the ordinary at all. That is an especially disturbing contributor to this section because you would think boys of their age would be at least a little frightened or something, but they aren't. That is a part that stuck to me.
Chapter 9- A View to a Death
I believe that World War II killed Simon. There are no specific examples of this in the book, but let me explain. The boys were on a plane to school in the middle of WWII. If the war was not happening, they would have easily been there a while ago and everyone would still be alive. But since that didn't happen, the plane was shot down and crashed on the island. Then, if Ralph and Jack had gotten along, Jack probably wouldn't have founded his own tribe. Since he was going insane, him and the hunters did a get-together around a fire, where they all started going a little crazy. Then Simon happened to stumble into the mix while trying to tell the others they were safe from a beast. That was definitely a mistake on his part, because he should have noticed the mood from afar. In that ring, Simon was murdered. No part of this ordeal would have occurred if World War II had never started, so I blame the war for Simon's death.
I believe that the part where Jack and the other hunters put together the "Lord of the Flies" is definitely the most disturbing. This part is in Chapter 8 when they go hunting and find a large mother pig. They chase her all about the jungle, finally cornering her in a clearing. The ironic is, this clearing was absolutely gorgeous. There were butterflies flitting around and flowers everywhere. They brutally murder and decapitate the sow in the middle of it. There were gouts of blood and insides gushing out of her poor body. Jack stuck a stake in the ground and smashed her head on top of it, making it look like a huge pig-head lollipop in the earth. He says that it is a gift from his tribe to the "beastie", in an attempt to get on its good side. The swine's guts were all around her stake and the flies absolutely loved it. This, of course, made her the Lord of the Flies. The thing is, Jack and the others think this is nothing out of the ordinary at all. That is an especially disturbing contributor to this section because you would think boys of their age would be at least a little frightened or something, but they aren't. That is a part that stuck to me.
Chapter 9- A View to a Death
I believe that World War II killed Simon. There are no specific examples of this in the book, but let me explain. The boys were on a plane to school in the middle of WWII. If the war was not happening, they would have easily been there a while ago and everyone would still be alive. But since that didn't happen, the plane was shot down and crashed on the island. Then, if Ralph and Jack had gotten along, Jack probably wouldn't have founded his own tribe. Since he was going insane, him and the hunters did a get-together around a fire, where they all started going a little crazy. Then Simon happened to stumble into the mix while trying to tell the others they were safe from a beast. That was definitely a mistake on his part, because he should have noticed the mood from afar. In that ring, Simon was murdered. No part of this ordeal would have occurred if World War II had never started, so I blame the war for Simon's death.
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