1.The morning after Simon's death, ralph came out of the forset and started talking to piggy about what the boys should do, shortly after "samneric" joined them. their conversation: After coming out of the forest, ralph was the first to mention what had happened the day before as is shown when he said "simon" (goulding 156). piggy sort of just ignored it and moved on. Ralph in deseration and confusion asked piggy what they should do but after piggy's suggestion of calling an assembly ralph just begins to laugh hysterically at the thought of him still being considered chief. He then stopped and resumed blaming himself for what had happened to simon. he told piggy, who was trying to convince Ralph that it wasn't his fault, "Don't you understand, Piggy? The things we did--"(goulding 157) piggy again getting more and more relentless at trying to convince Ralph said, "It was an accident... that's what it was. An accident... coming in the dark-- he hadn't no business crawling like that out of the dark. he was batty. He asked for it... it was an accident"(goulding157). The boys then began to yearn for home. they agreed that they would not mention their involvement in the dance to sam or eric. The boys returned from the forest with wood for the fire. they mentioned the dance. all the boys had to say was, "we left early" (goulding158)

2. One difference between the perceptions of Simon's death on behalf of Ralph and Jack is the very acknowledgement that it was him that was killed in the first place. Where Ralph continuously throughout the chapter blames himself for the murder of Simon(quote in the section above). Jack never even referred to Simon by his name. another difference was the perception of what happened when he died. Ralph was fully aware and frankly scared that Simon was killed. where as jack claimed the the beast was disguised as Simon and that he was still alive and well. not that Simon was alive, the beast was apparently still alive.

3. Based on jacks order to have Wilfred tied up and beaten for no apparent reason as is stated by Robert "i don't know. He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up..." (goulding159). i can say that jack is getting more and more insane as time goes by.Jack still believes in the beast regardless of the fact that he killed it/simon and he even urges the savages to, "keep on the right side of him, anyhow. you can't tell what he might do" (goulding161). He's managed to open my eyes to the reality that evil can and does exist in humans regardless of how young a person is. the only question that remains is why? why did jack and Ralph develop completely separate in regards to their moral standings. Is it something that was decided when they were born? or is it something that you develop into?

4. honestly at this point ralph although logical, has been completely undermined by jacks persuasive abilities. Thus the power has now shifted from the unsure phalanges of ralph unto the unforgiving grasp of jacks tyrannical fist. we know this because on more than one occasion ralph has totally gotten his ass handed to him. on one occasion where jack totally took most of ralphs "loyal" underlings right from under his self-righteous nose, and another where ralph had no other choice but to go reap the glorious rewards of what jacks hunt had brought to the table.

The ambush??:
Piggy: breathes heavily, he cant see, he cant breathe, he gets stepped on.
Ralph:accidently punches eric in the face thinking hes the enemy
Sam: gets trampled by the fights going on all around
Jack: hones in on the sound of the heavy breathing, finds meatiest feeling kid, takes his glasses
Roger: probably outside waiting while he strangles a small animal.
Eric: "kicked" in the face (probably punched by ralph not gonna lie.)
Maurice: long forgotten