... one else was allowed to go up. "And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount" (Exodus 24:15). On the mountain, God goes on to tell Moses the basic Ten Commandments and other laws he wanted the children of Israel to follow. Shortly after the first meeting, God calls Moses back to the mountain once again. This time, Moses stays on the top of the mountain with God for forty days ... the boys that the beast is not real and it is a parachutist, he is brutally killed by the savagery that has taken over some of the boys. The narrator states, "The sticks fell and the mouth of...

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... ;' said Jack with simple arrogance, because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp."" (Golding 18) The first project by the boys on this island is to build a fire on top of the mountain. The fire accidentally spreads outside the fire-pit, leading to the burning of a considerable piece of the mountain. Piggy condemns the others for this, calling them "little kids." (Golding 45) He continues, "How can you expect to be ... 't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (Golding 156) Simon becomes beleaguered. Simon ...

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... . Simon, Piggy and I just got done sitting on the assembly platform listening to the cries of the littluns nightmares. Chapter 6: The world is at war as I write this, and there is nothing that I can do about it. There is a rotting pilot on the island who flew from the air with his parachute dead. The twins were on fire duty, and they found him on the mountain rocks. Now all of these kids are scared ... that they are in some danger. So the hunters, Simon, and I all went to go hunt the beast. If the beast is not at castle rock, then we ... can leave. He stole some of my stuff, and I can't...

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... shook." After Simon has confronted the beast he goes to the mountain, just like Moses, and learns the full truth about the beast; that it is only a dead pilot which all the other boys has made into something fearsome and evil. The irony of the book, and what also has happened a lot through history, is that Simon is killed when he returns to tell everybody about what he has learned ... understand him. Simon is also the prophet in the book. He foresee that Ralph will get back. "You'll get back to where you came from." Another thing is that Simon is the only who sees the real beauty in the...

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... Piggy." "That was murder." "You stop that!" said Piggy shrilly. "What good"re you doing talking like that?" He jumped to his feet and stood over Ralph. " It was dark. There was that-that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!" " I wasn't scared," said Ralph slowly, "I was-I don't ... person who is willing to give up his spare time to help Ralph build the huts. He is also the one who helps the littluns get fruit, and the one who volunteers to go down the mountain by himself to tell Piggy that they would not be back until morning. And in simple ways, Simon ...

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• Grade Level: High School