Chapter 9: A View to a Death-Entry

A Word Defined by Only its Own Title

Evil stripped an innocent boy from the privileges a life foresees. Evil turned a boy in a demon, and a group into a pack of savages. Evil turned many children from exactly that, children, to a pack of wolf pups, watching and learning as their parents hunt an innocent animal. Evil can only be defined by its own title. Evil is to blame for many of the hideous things that occur in our world every day; Simon’s death is one of them.
Evil is described as a shadow hiding a boy’s face; as evil enters your mind, your facial appearance changes almost instantly. The shadow is nearly visible in your eyes. Jack notices this shadow at first in Roger, at the same time, Roger notices it in Jack. The hunters have turned savage, so hunting has become increasingly more about the kill and the blood, as opposed to the luxurious meat itself. We find that evil overtakes the hunter’s minds, and when they get excited, they turn on their own kind and have no regards for if they are hurting their friend, or simply mimicking an event.
Ralph joins with Jack and Jack’s hunters in chapter 7(Shadows and Tall Trees), to hunt for the beastie, and to check out castle rock. Ralph is handed a spear which is originally meaningless, but when a boar storms out of the bushes and gallops toward Ralph like a tank, he throws his spear. The spear sticks into the boar’s nose as the boar’s tusk slashes Ralph’s arm and then veers hard right. The shadow appears in the background of Ralph’s eyes as he rants on about how he struck the boar and it stuck into its nose, the boys howl and start to reenact the scene. They throw spears at Robert, and strike him with the butt end of their spears. They chant ‘Kill the pig. Cut his throat. Bash him in.’, and as they cut and bruise the innocent boy, the shadow appears fully in Ralph’s face. He jumps into the circle and hurls a spear at Robert, joining in on the intense killing game. As the circle breaks off and the game ends, the shadow sneaks away.
In these 2 occurrences, you see evil enter boy’s bodies and grow inside them with excitement. Evil is and forcing them to do things they might not have done had they been wholesome and demure. As evil overtakes Jack, the hunters, and even Ralph’s mind, it must have done the same thing at the party; the party where they all murdered Simon. Another object of proof is that they didn’t just kill Simon with spears, the evil blinded their obscure minds, and they lost it. The pack of wild savages bit, clawed, choked, and kicked at Simon, as well as throwing spears.
As you’ve read throughout this accusation, evil has the power to overtake a person’s mind, and cloud their eyes. You see evil at its full force in this chapter. Evil is clearly strong enough to turn innocent 6 year olds, into a masochistic, savage, murderous, herd of permanently scared children. As an innocent and wholesome Simon is over thrown by these boys, good is overthrown by evil. Simon is attempting to warn and help these sick children, instead of listening to and giving in to evil, but he dies because of it. Evil murdered Simon for doing the right thing. Consider this: Would you ignore evil and put your life on the line, to potentially save your people to both your friends, and your enemies? Or would you listen to evil and save yourself?