Research Paper On Simon The Beast

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Furthermore, nobody checked to be sure that Simon was not the beast. As the text states, “A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly….The beast stumbled into the horseshoe.” (Golding 141). This proves that no one checked to be sure that the beast was not Simon or anybody else. In their fear and madness the tribe assumed that Simon was the beast. This supports the fact that this is nothing but involuntary manslaughter on the part of the tribe because of their inattentiveness in not checking to be sure that the beast was not Simon and this supports the fact that they were not in their right minds at the time. If someone, whether it be Jack or the tribe, had checked to be sure that the beast was not Simon this entire event

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