Chapter 9: A View to a Death (by Joelle)

Simon, slightly discombobulated, wakes up and heads toward the hill. On his way up he sees the dead pilot with his waving parachute. Simon comes to the realization that everyone had misinterpreted this as the vicious beast. Seeing this he becomes nauseous and begins to vomit. After gathering himself, he takes the parachute out of the tree. Being so excited that he discovered the beast was fake he goes straight towards Jack’s feast. Ralph and Piggy go to the feast in the hopes that they will be able to control over some of the events. Everyone is laughing and enjoying the pig. Jack sits as of a king on a throne, his face painted like a savage, and being waited on by other boys as if his servants. Again Jack invites people from Ralph’s side to join his tribe, most of them accept. As it starts to rain, Ralph notices Jack has no shelter, and informs Jack. Now aware, Jack orders his tribe to perform its wild hunting dance. Piggy, Ralph and the rest of the boys get caught up in this frenzy. The boys again reenact the hunting of the pig and reach a high pitched of frenzied energy as they chant and dance. Simon starts creeping out of the forest, but the boys being in a different state of mind mistake him for the beast. All the boys descend upon Simon and begin 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. With the storm going on, his body drifts away into the ocean while the dead pilots corpse lands on the beach, sending the boys screaming into the darkness.