Lord Of The Flies: Jack Merridew - Not Guilty
Beginning of paper
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I, Jack Merridew, the defendant,
stand here and speak the truth to prove that I am innocent of attempting to
murder Ralph, the plaintiff, and influencing the boys to kill Simon and
Piggy. By definition attempted murder is a conscience attempt upon another
person's ....
Middle of paper
.... together. ‘My spear slid down his spear and cut him
on accident.' (p.177) In a situation like this, Ralph's spear could have
easily slipped down and cut me instead.
An individual is not controlled by another individual. As for
influencing the boys to kill Simon and Piggy, the boys were uncontrollable.
On the night that Simon died, we were having a feast while "a thing came
crawling out the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly." (p.152) The boys,
especially the littluns, were so terrifie ....
------------------
Word count: 414
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
