Though, the information stated in (document a) implies the death of Simon,”The Lord of The Flies” is a second-degree murder. Specifically, meaning murder was not planned in advance, nor, was it purposely done. Simon was not planned to be killed by his fellow acquaintances. That night, the group of boys were all gathered together by the fire, where they had a roasted pig they were feasting on. Afterwards, it began to storm all of the sudden, Ralph had asked Jack how they were going to make it through the storm without shelter available. Therefore, Jack told the boys to dance and chant to forget about the storm, which distracted the kids. However, all of a sudden they saw a shadow start to come out of the woods towards them. Suddenly, the kids
