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Summary- The chapter starts with Simon waking up and Ralph and Piggy joining Jacks party. At the party they see that everyone is having fun and Jack gives them some meat to eat. When everyone is done eating, Jack asks who wants to be on his tribe but Ralph clearly states that he is the chief and that he has the conch. Meanwhile Simon is on the mountain to see what the beast but he realizes that beast is just a dead guy in a parachute which makes him throw up. When Simon is rushing down the mountain, it starts to rain and all the kids don’t realize it it's Simon so they kill him thinking he is the beast. Than sadly it get windy and the other beast which is the guy in the Parachute get notice and all the boys start screaming and running. In the end of the chapter Simons dead body moving toward the sea. Analysis: Reflective response- I didn’t think the way Ralph acted when he decided to go the party was right because even though he said that meat isn't important it still complied him to go to the feast. He should have stuck with what he said was more important which is the fire and shouldn’t have proven Jack right. I agree with the Authors perspective because he thinks that when we are scared, we don’t think and just react. This is also an issue in …show more content…

nature- This chapter was filled with conflict but one the external conflicts that caused a lot of problems was the rain and wind. The rain makes the tribe do a weird dance that made them all excited which also made them not think before killing Simon. It also made it hard for them to see Simon which made it think that it was the terrifying beast. This hasn't affected the character yet but once they realize that they killed Simon I don’t think they will be able to live with the guilt. The plot on the other hand has been affected a lot because Simon was the only one who that the beast was just a dead guy in a parachute. So now that he is dead no one will know that and they will think the beast is

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