I know what you are, and I know what you have become. The littluns believe you come from the forest or the water. Jack believes that once he finds you, he will hunt and kill you. But me and you both know you are not something that lives and dies. You are not a beast in the forest that can be killed. I know you are the savagery and evil that lies within all, and now, away from the guidance of society, you are shining in those who I’ve grown to know. Through you, Jack is no longer Jack, but a power-hungry beast, similar to you. All he wants is to be the leader of the group, and the things he is willing to do in order to accomplish this are evil. They are not things an average 12 year old boy should be thinking about, rather a 12 year old boy with the savagery and cruelty as their prominent …show more content…
No amount of sorrow will ever make up for the death of an innocent child. I know you’ll never be able to read this but I want you to know I’m sorry. The fear of the island overtook us, and the savages we had become went into full effect. I read your letter that you wrote to this “Lord of the Flies,” whatever that is, but I like to think you were coming to help us and warn us. I do not know what happened, but the second I saw you, I wasn’t Ralph anymore; rather, the ferocious beast I had become. We are on our way back to safety but I don’t think I’ll ever recover from what we did on that island. I killed you Simon. I’m done trying to convince myself you were the beast, or that the beast had taken you over, because I know what I did. But it wasn’t me that killed you Simon. I promise, it wasn’t me. In your own words, it was the “savagery and evil that lies