Thursday, February 21, 2013

Chapter 8 Summary

The news of the monster has the boys going crazy, as they meet on the beach. Piggy is surprised of the boys' claims to have seen the monster. Jack takes the conch and blows it to call an assembly. Jack tells the others that there is definitely a beastie on the mountain, and he goes on how Ralph is a coward and should be removed from his leadership role. The boys refuse to vote Ralph out of power. Upset, Jack walks away from the group,saying that he is leaving. Ralph does not know what to do. Piggy is happy to see Jack go. Simon wants to go back to the mountain to search for the beastie. Ralph gets depressed, but Piggy cheers him up by the idea of building a new fire on the beach. Many boys sneak off at night to Jack's group. Simon slips away to the secret place in the jungle. A sow's head that Jack had put on a stake talks to Simon and says he is always inside him, scarring him. Very afraid, he faints.


Daniel VanGilder

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