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Chapter 8 Lord Of The Flies Dialectical Journal

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Krisel E.
Journal #3

So many tragic events happened in the last four chapters of the novel, and some would probably consider it as a happy ending, but I don’t. After all, the violence between the boys have gone way too far. For some reasons, I found myself dissatisfied about how it ended because I feel like it was very open, but somehow, I think that this is how the author wanted to conclude the novel.

In chapter nine, Simon died. I kind of expected that there will be more deaths as we are reaching the end of the novel, but I didn’t expect it to be Simon because I thought that he was one of the significant characters of the story that will survive. I just felt like his death was a huge turning point in the story because …show more content…

This is why I felt like they really didn’t care. Jack and his hunters were also unaware about the fact that they’ve killed a person, for they still believed it was the beast so there is no way that they will be affected. In addition, Simon was the only person who knew the truth about the beast, so if he was just able to tell the others the truth, things would have not gone downhill. It’s ironic how the boys thought that Simon was the beast, when in fact, it is they, who has qualities similar to a beast. I also think that at this point of the story, the hunters really became savages and lost their …show more content…

Here we see that the hunters have already forgotten about the importance of life, and just went on to do what they do best-- to kill. They are even willing to burn the whole jungle down in order to kill Ralph, which is insane. Even as Ralph struggled to fight for his life just like the other preys that the boys used to hunt, he was still able to retain his civilized self and think rationally, unlike his predators who will kill him the moment they got a hold of him. In times of desperation, finally, an adult appeared. For me, it’s cliche, just like in the movies where police comes after everything is done, but I saw it coming. On the other note, It’s ironic how the fire that was meant to kill Ralph was the reason he was

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