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The Value of Death Kennedy Jasken

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding there were two deaths. One death was Piggy and the other was Simon. Both Piggy and Simon never deserved their deaths, while in Piggy's death he was stoned, in Simon's death he was speared. Their deaths were both tragedies of the novel. Although Piggy did a lot and helped the group out and also found out most of the boys names, he couldn't do anything to make the boys like him. Simon talked to the pigs head skewered on the wooden stick and the hunters thought he was the beast coming out of the bushes when they speared him. Though Simon nor Piggy could have prevented their deaths, they were the biggest tragedies in the story and Piggy had the worst because it was slow, painful and he also knew who was beating on him.

Death, is it something to be scared of or something to expect? Was getting picked on, making a friend and choosing to be on someones side the worst thing Piggy could have done to deserve death? Piggy died for the following reasons; he was over weight, on Ralph's side, he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and he disobeyed Jacks orders. For those reasons he was stoned and it was the worst death in the story.

Does getting speared just because a group of boys thought you were a monster, make it right to kill someone? Simon's death could have been prevented but, the boys were too frightened to open their eyes to see that Simon wasn't a monster and that there wasn't a monster on the island.

What would be the worst death, being murdered or being speared by accident? I feel that both deaths are tragic but, the worst death would be getting stoned. I feel that Piggy's death was the worst because you are feeling the pain of something smashing against your head. You also have time to think about whats happening and you know that you're going to die. I feel that Piggy's didn't deserve his death, just because he didn't want to be on Jacks side and that he wanted to be on Ralph's. In my opinion Piggy had the worst death and that it was more terrible. Although Simon's death was bad, at least it was instantaneous.