LOTF Scene

The scene that I chose is found on page 89. This scene takes place during a meeting about the beast and Simon has the conch. He says, "Maybe, maybe there is a beast." The reaction to this is described as a "savage cry" The reader then hears Ralph stand up in disbelief to Simon's betrayal and the boys are still going crazy as a storm broke. Then Simon says, "What I mean is.....maybe its only us." And the first person to say something is Piggy, "Nuts!" Simon tries to convey what he means, but dies not take the right approach and asks, "What's the dirtiest thing there is?" Jack responds to this with a word that the boys never hear. And this is where the scene ends.

Things to note:
Simon thinks the beast is them
Ralph feels betrayed by Simon's disagreement
Piggy doesn't want to accept people can be bad
Jack takes everyone's thoughts away from reality and makes them have fun

This scene is important to the book because it is our first look at the basic cycle of the events in this book. Throughout the book "the beast" has caused something awful to happen, Ralph and Piggy are either betrayed, don't believe it, or both, and then Jack makes fun out of it. Also, this scene is major foreshadowing for the book. As we found out that Simon was right, Piggy and Ralph couldn't believe it, and Jack is taking the boys, or rather, savages to have fun. The boys really are the beast and Simon knew it would destroy them and it did.