Chapter 7
In chapter 7 the boys go to the mountain along the shore on the other side of the island. When they stop to eat some fruit, Ralph wines on his hair and he wants a soapy bath, a haircut, a toothbrush. He realizes that the boys' dirt has become normal for them. At one point Ralph looks out to the sea and has a sense that they are lost and remote than he had thought previously. Simon seems to know what he's thinking and tells Ralph that he believes he WILL be saved. He does not suggest that all the boys or even he will be saved. The boys discover poop of a pig. The pig gets away but not without being hit by Ralph. His success at hitting the pig fills Ralph with pride about the hunt. . Robert pretends to be the pig. It gets out of hand and turn violent. Robert is terrified but it ends before he gets seriously hurt. They talk about doing it to a littlnu. It is late in the day and they will not get back to the camp until after night. Simon will go through the jungle on his own to the side of the island where Piggy and the littluns are. The rest of the boys keep going to get up the mountain. Jack evidently sees the dead pilot in the darkness but does not know what it is. Freaked out, he comes back to the others and tells them he's seen something. Ralph goes forward to inspect, still not believing that there is a beast. In the darkness Ralph too sees the pilot and is unable to recognize the figure for what it is. The boys flee the mountain and race back to the camp.
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