Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten was titled The Shell and the Glasses.  Ralph, Piggy, and SamnEric sort of silently agree that they shouldn't speak about Simon's murder, and they also try to sort of act like they didn't take part in it.  They totally did.  On Jack's side of the island, he is plotting to have another pig roast, and he realizes that he needs some fire.  Instead of being civilized about it, he decides to steal Piggy's glasses and start the fire for himself.  Jack really is power hungry and mean, and I feel like I could even compare him to those stereotypical business men who do just about anything to get on top.  Pretty ruthless, I'd say.  Jack having the specs most likely feels like a new power to him, and he's already proven he'll do just about anything to have his precious power.
By now, the descent from well-mannered, proper English schoolboys to complete and total savages is basically complete.  We can clearly see how each boy in the book represents something, and how the island as a whole is like a mini-society.  Now the boys are REALLY behaving like adults, as they are practically waging war on each other. 
I also find it incredibly ironic that Jack and Ralph were once friends.  In the beginning of the book, when Ralph, Simon, and Jack went on the little exploration together, Ralph totally ditches Piggy to be with Jack, who is obviously the more socially dominant friend.  Even through this Piggy sticks by Ralph's side, going so far as to yell at people when they don't listen to him.  And then, when Jack ditches Ralph, Piggy is STILL Ralph's right hand man, always quick to give him a bit of wise advice.  Personally, I've seen relationships like this before, and it's obvious the Piggy-type person who is the true friend in all of it.