Simon Rising

Simon is rising to more of a leadership position. When Ralph is staring out at the ocean and thinking about how the boys will never leave, Simon reassures him about how they will all return home. He also volunteers to go back and see Piggy and tell him they will not return for a while. This may not seem like much, but I'm sure that Simon is curious about the beast and instead he decides to help the group by causing all the others not to worry. Ralph's strength as a leader is also falling. He is starting to become more like Jack. He was wrapped up in the chase of the boar. The grop of bigguns in general is becoming more savage. They almost accidentally killed one of their own.