Lord of the flies 8&9

At this part I really am not liking Jack more and more. I'm glad that he chose to walk away from the group because nobody wanted to take Ralph's position away from him. I thought the idea of the fire was a good idea. I believe that it could help them be rescued. I was really shocked at the end of chapter 9 though when Simon was killed. I believe that the reason he was killed was because of the lack of civilization, and the boys have lost all their morals and become beasts themselves.