Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses

The chapter starts off with Ralph and Piggy talking about who is still in Ralph's tribe, and then the death of Simon. I agree with Ralph's opinion in this argument, which is that the death of Simon was murder. Even though it was dark and they could not see what or who they were killing, they could still hear. The cry of a beast would be different from that of a human. After Ralph and Piggy finish arguing they agree not to tell Samneric about what happened. While this is happening Wilfred is tied up, because Jack ordered it, and then beaten. "The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background." (160) When Bill asks how they will make a fire, Jack says that they will take it from the others at night. I think this shows that they really are savages. Meanwhile Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric are starting a fire. They go to get more wood and to get fruit. After that they all lied down to go to sleep. Ralph and Piggy talked for a little bit, and then that is when they got ambushed. Jack, Roger, and Maurice came and fought Ralp, Piggy, and Samneric, while they were in the shelters. The end result of this was that Piggy's glasses broke. I thought it was not really smart of Jack and his tribe to do this, because they could have just all cooperated, and got off the island much quicker working together. I thought this chapter was pretty interesting because there was a lot going on.