At first, as "a spasm of terror set him shaking," Ralph
cannot grasp "the fatal unreasoning knowlege that comes to him again." He wants believe
that the hunters have just had an accident in their killing of Simon. But, he knows now
intuitively as Simon has known that the beast is in them. Ironically, Ralph finds the
same clearing that Simon has used, and he discovers the pig's head. The knowledge,
then, comes to him that the boys are truly savages, but they are human.
He hides in the thicket near Jack's camp after talking with
SamnEric, telling them the hunters will not think to search for him so close to their
camp. However, in the early morning, Ralph awakens to voices and the cries
of SamnEric who are made to reveal Ralph's hiding
spot.
Then, the savages climb to the top of
Castle Rock and heave two huge boulders down from the top. When one gigantic one comes
with such force that Ralph is thrown into the air momentarily. After he lands, Ralph
hears whispering, so he thrusts his spear through the growth and wounds someone. Having
done this, he knows he must run as he is being pursued. For, the savages are smoking him
out by setting the entire island on fire. Ralph runs, "hopeless fear on flying feet,"
until he encounters the British naval officer, who rescues him and the others who appear
on the beach.
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