Response #5

4. What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?

In my opinion, I feel like the climax is when the boys split up and Jack plans to take Ralph down and kills Simon. Simon was going to tell that there was no such thing as a beastie and he had realized that it was the evil side inside them that was emerging. They were the beasts. If SImon had gotten a chance to actually tell the boys, the story might have different. However, that wasn't the case and he was killed. WHen I read about this scene, I felt really angry and felt hopeless for the boys because if they didnt have SImon to tell them the truth, they were just lost in their own flaws. It irritated me because just when they could've been informed about the beast, they killed Simon. It's like when things are about to turn right and then one bad thing happens and you're at the same place you started again. The reason I believe that the death of Simon is the climax is because after that incident, the boys are starting to realize thigns. For Jack, killing becomes an easier obsession for him and eventually plans to evne kill Ralph. Ralph is beginning to realize how corrupted they are and is willing to do anything to make the whole situation better.