The final speaking component for our Lord of the Flies unit involved all students in different mock trial roles. With a strong prosecution and defense team, characters from the book giving testimonies, and an impartial jury taking notes and reaching a verdict, the class was able to bring one of the biggest and unanswered dilemmas in the novel to a final conclusion. Jack Merridew, the antagonist of the story, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to 3 years in jail.