In Chapter 10, on the morning after Simon’s death, Piggy and Ralph reconvene to discuss the events of the past evening. While Ralph admits to participating in the murder of Simon, Piggy insists that they didn’t see or do anything. Unlike Ralph, Piggy tries to maintain his sense of humanity and dignity by lying to himself about his culpability. Because Piggy can reason and think much better than Jack, they both start to arrive at different ways of how they should run their little society. The only reason Jack rivals and eventually overpowers Piggy’s reasoning is because of the way he presents himself; which is powerful and knowledgeable. As the voice of logic and intellect, Piggy is ridiculed and ignored, and when he asks this legitimate question during an assembly, Jack immediate stands and calls him names, proving Piggy’s concerns about savagery on a small scale. [Jack] hates you too, Ralph...You got him over the fire; an’ you’re chief an’ he isn’t…Jack represents anarchy. His rejection of Ralph's imposed order--and the bloody results of this act--indicate the danger inherent in an anarchic system based only on self-interest.
