"I think we ought to climb the mountain."
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Ralph didn't directly kill Simon, but he didn't stop Jack from doing it.
he finds them bulding shelter
Simon suggests that Ralph should hold another meeting to tell the little-uns (little boys) Pg.51
Simon suggested it because, in his own words, "What else is there to do?" Simon could not bring himself to believe in the existence of a winged creature with teeth and claws that was unable to catch Samneric. To Simon the whole story made no sense and the only sensible option was to go to the mountain and discover just exactly what it was that Samneric had really seen.
Simon is doing community service for attempted arson. He tried to set fire to a childhood bully's house. He set a tissue on fire and put it through the letterbox. On realizing that an innocent cat was still in the house, he tried to put out the fire by urinating through the letterbox. Only to be caught by the bully's mother. He panicked and couldn't stop, thus doing community service.