Both boys feel extreme guilt, but they deal with it differently. Ralph is shocked by the role all the boys play in killing Simon. At the beginning of chapter 10, he is ridden with guilt and tells Piggy that it was murder. Piggy seeks to explain what happened and why. He attributes the death to the boys' fear and calls it an accident, then he attributes responsibility to Simon for creating the fear. Piggy tries to end the conversation, while Ralph cannot help but talk about the savagery that has taken over.
Answer: I would define commendations simply as “praise” and it would be a noun. Breaking down commendations into “commend” and “tion” allows me to see the definition of the root and then be able to apply the rule of the suffix, in this case, being that it forms nouns of action.
