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Friday, April 23, 2010

Even More Confusing

**WARNING**
Unlike the last post, I can't give you an excerpt to explain things. It makes it a lot easier if you have read this book. I will try my best to explain because even I, yes I, am confused at this conundrum story.

Simon is the guy who kind of revealed a lot in the book. First of all, after a scene with Ralph and Piggy, the story turns right to Simon who is by himself in the middle of the jungle. He is talking to the Lord of the Flies. For one thing this is the first time in the entire book that mentions anything about a Lord of the Flies. Second of all it doesn't explain what the Lord of the Flies looks like or where he/she/it came from. I will correct myself from the warning above. I will give you an excerpt of their conversation. Here is where it immediately starts after Ralph and Piggy:

"You are a silly little boy," said the Lord of the Flies,"just an ignorant, silly little boy."
Simon moved his swollen tongue but said nothing.
"Don't you agree?" said the Lord of the Flies. "Aren't you just a silly little boy?"
Simon answered in the same silent voice.
"Well then," said the Lord of the Flies, "you'd better run off and play with the others. They think you're batty. You don't want Ralph to think you're batty, do you? You like Ralph a lot, don't you? And Piggy, and Jack?"
Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space above him.
"What are you doing out here all alone? Aren't you afraid of me?"
Simon shook.
"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast."...
"Come now," said the Lord of the Flies. "Get back to the others and we'll forget the whole thing."...
"This is ridiculous. You know perfectly well you'll only meet me down there-so don't try to escape."...
"This has gone quite far enough. My poor misguided child, do you think you know better than I do?"
There was a pause.
"I'm warning you. I'm going to get angry. D'you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don't try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else-"
Simon found he was looking into a vast mouth. There was blackness within, a blackness that spread.
"-Or else, " said the Lord of the Flies, "we shall do you? See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph. Do you. See?"
Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness.
(end of chapter)
After this Simon wakes up and goes to the top of the mountain by himself. There he finds what everyone else thought was the beast because they saw it at night. Simon sees it in daylight. It is a dead man in a parachute. I don't know who it is or how it got there. It just floated down at the beginning of one chapter. What happens next is confusing, sick, savage, and...I don't know what. I'm not going to reveal to you what happens if you want to read this book. By the way, i recommend this book greatly.

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