May it please the court,
I Maya Goldberg, along with my co-counsels, Mr. Foote and Mr. Rogers are here today to argue the tragic event of Nov. 21 1932. On Nov. 21, 1932 Simon’s life was taken away from him due to Jack’s lack of concern for human life. Simon was not only killed, but killed by dangerous conduct in a ruthlessly and unforgiving way. Jack, along with his kids, were unaware of what they were doing but that isn’t an excuse to the action they have committed. In Lord of the Flies, Jack Merridew is guilty of second degree murder; a killing caused by dangerous conduct and the offender's obvious lack of concern for human life, for the death of Simon. Simon was killed in the dark mistaken for a beast. Minutes before the incident Simon had figured out the beast they saw the night before was really just a dead man on a parachute. Simon was excited to tell the group about his findings. In the dark of night, while approaching the group in a horseshoe formation. …show more content…
At Jack’s feast the boys are laughing and eating roasted pig. Next, they reenact the hunting of the pig. “Roger became the pig, grunting and charging at Jack” (151). This is evidence that they were in a state where there was a lack of concern for human life. Moreover, Jack and his tribe mate started a fire dance exciting them more. They chanted “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!". In the boys earliest edition of this chant it read “Kill the pig! Cut his Throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (Golding114). Now they replaced the word pig with beast applying this killing cheer to anything they fear. These boys were obviously lacking concern for human life, when Simon came up from the forest they didn’t inspect what was going on. As well as being caught up in there fire dance and chant. All of these examples led to a lack of awareness causing Simon’s
I Maya Goldberg, along with my co-counsels, Mr. Foote and Mr. Rogers are here today to argue the tragic event of Nov. 21 1932. On Nov. 21, 1932 Simon’s life was taken away from him due to Jack’s lack of concern for human life. Simon was not only killed, but killed by dangerous conduct in a ruthlessly and unforgiving way. Jack, along with his kids, were unaware of what they were doing but that isn’t an excuse to the action they have committed. In Lord of the Flies, Jack Merridew is guilty of second degree murder; a killing caused by dangerous conduct and the offender's obvious lack of concern for human life, for the death of Simon. Simon was killed in the dark mistaken for a beast. Minutes before the incident Simon had figured out the beast they saw the night before was really just a dead man on a parachute. Simon was excited to tell the group about his findings. In the dark of night, while approaching the group in a horseshoe formation. …show more content…
At Jack’s feast the boys are laughing and eating roasted pig. Next, they reenact the hunting of the pig. “Roger became the pig, grunting and charging at Jack” (151). This is evidence that they were in a state where there was a lack of concern for human life. Moreover, Jack and his tribe mate started a fire dance exciting them more. They chanted “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!". In the boys earliest edition of this chant it read “Kill the pig! Cut his Throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (Golding114). Now they replaced the word pig with beast applying this killing cheer to anything they fear. These boys were obviously lacking concern for human life, when Simon came up from the forest they didn’t inspect what was going on. As well as being caught up in there fire dance and chant. All of these examples led to a lack of awareness causing Simon’s