Roger Smith And Jack Guilty Analysis
In the state court case verse Roger “The Dodger” Smith and Jack Merridew was a very intriguing case. I have decided that Roger “The Dodger” Smith is guilty for both accounts of murder. In addition, Jack is also guilty, for the murder of Simon, but not the murder of Piggy. Murders should never be taken lightly, even if its accidental, you must fully investigate what happened on that day. Roger was found guilty for both accounts of the death, because he purposely leaned on the lever to push the boulder onto Piggy, which killed him. A couple of lawyers had evidence that caught my attention, a particular one had asked Roger why he pushed to boulder over the cliff. Roger said, “I was trying to stop the conflict between them”, but the
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Jack acted as if he was getting tired of Simon’s complaining in the beginning of the story. Whenever Simon would faint Jack would shrug it off as if it was nothing, this could imply that Jack didn’t really care for Simon and was becoming an annoyance to him. Jack was at first a nice child, but after living on the island for so long turned into a savage. Jack took advantage of everyone being young and tried to take control over everyone by becoming somewhat a dictator. Jack would soon lead all of the children into savagery. Jack teaches the children how to jab with a spear using Robert as an example. This foul example leads the tribe into killing Simon without even noticing because their mindset is on killing and blood. When Piggy had been smashed by a boulder Jack was the most surprised out of the group, implying that he had nothing to do with it and was just so shocked he didn’t know how to react. Jack was also never close to Roger to begin with, Jack had said in the court case that they were just acquaintances. Jack however was the sole reason Simon’s death had occurred. Jack got all the children riled up with a dancing chant prior to the killing of Simon. If Roger was guilty for guilt by association there is no reason Jack would also be guilty for the same reason. Jack also had many violent incidents that were excused, yet he is not being put on trial for those actions. During
Jack acted as if he was getting tired of Simon’s complaining in the beginning of the story. Whenever Simon would faint Jack would shrug it off as if it was nothing, this could imply that Jack didn’t really care for Simon and was becoming an annoyance to him. Jack was at first a nice child, but after living on the island for so long turned into a savage. Jack took advantage of everyone being young and tried to take control over everyone by becoming somewhat a dictator. Jack would soon lead all of the children into savagery. Jack teaches the children how to jab with a spear using Robert as an example. This foul example leads the tribe into killing Simon without even noticing because their mindset is on killing and blood. When Piggy had been smashed by a boulder Jack was the most surprised out of the group, implying that he had nothing to do with it and was just so shocked he didn’t know how to react. Jack was also never close to Roger to begin with, Jack had said in the court case that they were just acquaintances. Jack however was the sole reason Simon’s death had occurred. Jack got all the children riled up with a dancing chant prior to the killing of Simon. If Roger was guilty for guilt by association there is no reason Jack would also be guilty for the same reason. Jack also had many violent incidents that were excused, yet he is not being put on trial for those actions. During