The trial is over, and the decision is final. Jack Merridew has been found guilty. As an observer of the courtroom case, and an interpreter I was really able to form opinions by the end of the trial. As a spectator I felt that I wanted to jump in and control what was taking place in the courtroom. As the prosecution questioned its witnesses I was disgusted by the leading of each witness. The disorder in the courtroom made me want to get involved. As the sketch artist all I could do was portray. I had no impact on the trial I was watching. This allowed me to make some conclusions.

Observing the shouting back and forth between the judge, the lawyers, and the witnesses, I felt that nobody in the courtroom was anymore civilized than the boy that was on trial. As objections were made, voices rose to an argument. Being that I could not interrupt, I had the chance to realize how the human nature that was being debated in this trial was real, and hardly exaggerated. There was no violence in the room, so it was a step down from the chaos on the island. However the argument continued while under the authority of the judge.

I came to recognize the importance of a judge. Without the authority presence of one, a situation similar to what happened on the island could arise in the courtroom. If you confine people with different opinions in a room together, with no set authority, all hell breaks loose. Each person talks over each other and nobody is heard.

Noticing this from the side of the room allowed me to come to the realization that I shouldn�t always be involved. Without the opportunity to take a step back and look around me at everything, I blindly do things that I find detestable. Feeling the urge to raise me voice among the others and state what I thought was right, disgusted me as I watched.

Despite my disgust for our own nature. Many good arguments were brought up in the defense of Jack. Does Jack being a child justify his actions? This was a question I asked myself while observing the trail. I came to the conclusion that it does. Children are the purest form of humans. After thought, I decided that Jack�s behavior was what I would expect from a child. We see everyday in our school lives, that children are cruel. It is only through the teaching of adults that we learn what is right from wrong.

I have seen so many kids including myself be tortured by their peers. As I moved from middle school, to high school, I noticed a change. In high school more people are accepted , and are teased less by others. This is most likely due to maturity. There is a large range of that in our school. I see a relationship between maturity, civilization, and experience. As we grow up, civilization becomes more evident, and we become a part of it. We experience what it is like to be made fun of, and we make the connection that we do not like it, and neither does anyone else.

I believe that there was a lack of maturity on the island with these boys. Jack, and the other boys cannot be blamed for this. The chaos on the island was not any one of the boys fault. Perhaps we see that Jack was the instigator. If Jack was not there, I believe the outcome would not change.

As an observer in this trial I learned a few things. I learned that as young people, it is instinctual to behave immaturely, and irrationally. I also learned that if we do not take each experience and learn from it, we will not mature, and will not grow as people. The conclusions that I have made, are not my own. They were evolved and personalized from the points that William Golding tried making in The Lord of the Flies.