WE WERE ALL CHANTING AND DANCING

Chapter #9 & 10

We were all chanting and dancing in several separate circles along the beach, the boys are caught up in a kind of frenzy. Even Ralph and Piggy, swept away by the excitement, dance on the fringes of the group. All of the boys again reenact the hunting of the pig and reach a high pitch of frenzied energy as they chant and dance. Suddenly, we all see a shadowy figure creep out of the forest—it is Simon but we didn't knew that it was him. In their wild state, all of the us didn't recognize him. Shouting that he is the beast, the boys descend upon Simon and start to tear him apart with their bare hands and teeth. Simon tries desperately to explain what has happened and to remind them of who he is, but he trips and plunges over the rocks onto the beach. The boys fall on him violently and kill him.

At the Castle Rock, I rules with absolute power. Boys are punished for no apparent reason. I ties up and beats a boy named Wilfred and then warns the boys against Ralph and his small group, saying that they are a danger to the tribe. The entire tribe, including me, seems to believe that Simon really was the beast, and that the beast is capable of assuming any disguise. I states that they must continue to guard against the beast, for it is never truly dead. Then I said "me and two other hunters, Maurice and Roger, should raid Ralph's camp to obtain more fire and that they will hunt again tomorrow."

The boys at Ralph's camp drift off to sleep, depressed and losing in the signal fire. Ralph sleeps fitfully, plagued by nightmares. They are awakened by howling and shrieking and are suddenly attacked by a group of Jack's hunters. The hunters badly beat Ralph and his companions, who do not even know why they were assaulted, for they gladly would have shared the fire with the other boys. But Piggy knows why, for the hunters have stolen his glasses, and with them, the power to make fire.