Chapter 9: Simon's POV

I still can’t believe what happened. I have been thinking the whole day to understand what really happened. They, Jack’s tribe push me down the cliff. They hurt me a lot. But now I don’t feel anything. This is not what I had expected to see after death. Is there a heaven? I don’t know. Instead of giving up the hope, I prefer believing that the time hasn’t yet come for me to leave for the heaven. It is funny that man’s hopes never leave him, even after death. I can’t still believe that I am dead. But they killed me, didn’t they? After regaining consciousness, I felt as though I had been sleeping for ages. Then I encountered the ‘beast’. Poor boys! They didn’t know that the ‘beast’ was only a dead man in a parachute. Looking down from the mountain, the fire by the platform appeared to be out, or at least making no smoke. But in another place, I saw smoke and the boys were moving there. So I ran thinking that the beast was harmless and horrible and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. During the dance I tried to tell them, but they didn’t hear me. Seeing them dance together, I thought that everything was okay and that Jack had come back to the rest. But, now I realize that they have split into two. I went to the shelters to talk to Ralph or Piggy I was standing near them and they didn’t see me. They were talking about what happened to me. Well not talking, they were trying to avoid talking about me. Ralph said that it was murder but Piggy tried to placate Ralph saying that it was an accident. I was trying to talk to them but they couldn’t hear me. Then a littlun went running through me. I understand what I have become. I have become a ghost. Will others be sacred of me? Will others think that I am the beast? Then I went to the castle rock to see what is happening. They were plotting to steal fire from Piggy and Ralph. Jack asked Roger and Maurice to do their dance for Ralph and Piggy too. Jack said then if he comes we’ll do our, our dance again. I suspect they are plotting some sort of scheme against Ralph's group. I can not do anything, I can not help, I am dead.