Fighting the urge of giving in....

The boys on the island have completely gone mad. They murder a pig (brutally and in a very disturbing manner), kill Simon who has done absolutely nothing wrong but try to keep some kind of sanity on the island, and are after to kill one another. I slowly see Ralph, the boy who we looked to for some civilization, slipping into the violent person that Jack is. I believe that the author is showing how no matter how civilized and composed a person can stay in desperate times, we all have inner evil that can take the best of us in taking desperate measures. This is showing that Jack decided it would be easier to feed his inner evil and become violent in hunting for the "beast" and having dominance over the boys. At this point in the book, I think Ralph is fighting the urge to giving in to his inner evil and is giving up on the hope of survival and rescue. Ralph seems like when he acts like a savage he doesn't realize it, but when he looks back on it he questions and looks for excuses on why he acted the way he did. Everything was taken to a next level when Simon was murdered. The boys were so preoccupied and caught up in the thought of killing and being blood thirsty, that I think that some of them knew it was Simon while in the process but still didn't say anything because they were desperate for that rush of killing. They are all concentrated on killing this beast, that is not even real, that the boy who actually knew the truth about it was murdered by themselves! Can they not see that they are the beast themselves! According to www.dictionary.com, a beast is a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise inhuman like person. This definition perfectly describes Jack and his little followers. Ready to kill at any moment and does not have any guilt for it. They are the beast. Not the man trapped in a parachute. This book has gotten me quite worked up! I am furious as Jack and am dreading the death of Piggy :(! I still believe that Jack will kill off everyone off on the island due to paranoia or command of the Lord of the Flies. I can't wait to see what will happen!
Sydney:)