Lord of the Flies, Cry of the hunters, Finally Home

Perspective: Ralph

Journal Entry #11

I'm finally home. I'm back to my home. I'm back to my old life of good hygiene and manners. The best part is that I don't have to deal with Jack anymore. This has been such huge journey. It's hard to believe that we could crash on an island and survive. I should probably tell what happened before I came home. My tribe was gone. I was the only one left. Jack captured Sam and Eric and forced them to be in his tribe. I wanted to see what was going on so I went by Castle Rock and guess who was on guard, Sam and Eric. They said Jack forced them to do it, and they said Jack was coming after me. So I talked with them about why Jack is coming after me and they told me to run. Out of good intentions Sam gave me some meat from Jack's feast. I could see all of them with their DISTENDED bellies sitting around a fire. Just then I see Roger putting a stick sharpened on both sides in the ground. I didn't realize it at the time but I knew, that's where my head would go. So I did what anyone would do in this situation, I hid in a near by thicket! I slept there in attempt to DIDDLE them during tomorrows hunt. I was hiding in this giant thicket for protection, but I heard Jack interrogating Sam and Eric asking where I was. I knew this was trouble. Sam and Eric told Jack that I was in the thicket so they started dropping boulders on me. That didn't work so Jack tried smoking me out by lighting the thicket on fire. That got me running out of the thicket. As I did the ULULATION kept going around the island. I keep running and I hide a few more times only to jump out of the jungle to find a Naval Officer. Everyone was so shocked to see a Naval Officer. Percival Couldn't even remember his own name. He asked us who was the leader of the tribe and I told him I was. We told him the whole story. We told him how we got here, how we lived, who died, and why the island was a mess. He said he was disappointed in us because he thought we would act better than this. I don't care, I'm just glad to be home. Well I'm going to go to school now so I will need to end this until next time.

Chapter 12 Castle Rock,Lord of the Flies

Journal Entry #10

Questions:

1)Piggy tells Ralph to blow the conch as loud as he can and call an assembly
2)Piggy is going to tell Jack that Jack is stronger than him, and since Piggy is weaker the most honorable thing to do would be for him to give his glasses back.
3)Ralph says that their appearance is going to be peaceful, He wants to be unpainted.
4)Roger challenges the boys when they get to castle rock.
5)When Jack appears he had a dead pig, so he was hunting before he came back to Castle Rock.
6)Ralph provokes a fight by calling Jack a thief.
7)Sam and Eric were tied up and taken somewhere after the fight.
8)Roger was throwing stones and he also was releasing the boulder while Piggy was standing there talking.
9)I think that Roger and Jack are responsible for Piggy's murder. The reason being is that they were DELIERIOUS. I don't think anyone sane would kill a boy while he is pleading his case, and while he's holding the most important TALISMAN in the book. Roger is responsible because he was the one that threw stones at Piggy and then he dropped that boulder on him. Jack went after Ralph and he ordered the tribe to kill them. So Jack is responsible for 3rd degree murder and Roger is responsible for 1st degree murder. The way I know Jack is responsible for 1st degree murder is that, one he wanted them dead in the first place, and two after Piggy was killed he said something like, “See, see! That's what you'll get!” There were very few moments with CESSATION. So as you can tell,Roger and Jack TRUCULENTLY killed Piggy.

Chapter 10, The Shell and the Glasses

Perspective: Simon

Journal Entry #9

Uhh...where am I? How did I get in the sky? Oh my gosh! I'm floating in the air! This is unbelievable! Is that...the island? Why am I here? What sort of magic could have caused this? I need to go see what's going on around the island. It looks like Piggy is talking to Ralph about something. What's wrong with Ralph? He's like shaking and laughing. I need get closer. I wonder why they can't see me? I'm floating in the air why do I need to clarify this? Let's see Piggy is talking about the feast last night. He says someone died. Wait...I'm the one who died. How could this happen to me?! All I remember is a dead body...then the tribe came after me...then I blacked out. I must have died. Why am I still here then? I must be here because I need to find something. Wait, Piggy is saying that at the feast there was a huge fight and a storm then all of a sudden the beast popped out which must have been me. I guess Jack and his hunters thought that I was the beast and they went after me.
I should go check on Jack and see what's going on with him. I see Roger and some other kids are talking about Jack. Wow this guy has no mercy. Why would he tie Wilfred to a tree for hours and beat him? Was it punishment or anger? I think the second choice is probably it. If this guy killed me, than I think he would definitely beat Wilfred. They are also saying they think I am the beast and it wanted to kill them. This is making no sense! They're all going nuts! Beasts inside of people is completely ridiculous! Well, except for what the Lord of the Flies told me. When you hear a pigs head talking to you, I think you might be going a bit insane.
I see a meeting going on. This looks important. Oh no! Jack is planning to steal Ralph's fire! This can't happen! He needs that fire to get home! If only I could warn Ralph. Wait they are leaving now. They must be after the fire. I need to follow them. Jack what are you doing? This isn't right. He's stepping into the beach huts. I see him walking out with something. It's Piggy's glasses! Oh no, Ralph can't make a fire anymore! That was a dirty tactic! I need too go follow them, but I'm so tired I should rest and continue later.

The Gift for the Darkness

Journal Entry #8

I think the scene where the hunter cut off the pigs head is the most disturbing. The reason is that the paragraph is so descriptive and gory that it has to make you feel a bit uneasy. One part that makes me feel queasy is when they describe the pig getting torn to shreds. They say that they are wrestling it to the ground and as they do so they are poking it with spears and ripping the flesh. After that They say Jack gets his knife out and he cuts it's throat while letting the blood spill all over the place. They cut it's stomach open and they gut it, leaving a steaming pile of pig guts in Simon's chapel. They lastly cut off it's head and put it on a wooden stake in the middle of the field. The whole reason behind this vivid scenario is the hunters wanted to give the beast a gift. The hunters believed that they had to make a peace offering with the beast to get it on their side. So they went out into the forest and they killed a pig, cut it's head off, and put it on a steak in the middle of Simons field. After that the hunters left leaving this entire mess. I think this is enough proof to help you understand why this is so disturbing. If it isn't, go read the book and read it in a much more detailed perspective.
I believe that Jack and his hunters are responsible for Simon's death. In chapter eight, page one hundred fifty two and one hundred and fifty three,there is a quote that goes like this, “The beast was on it's knees in the center, it's arms folded over it's face. It was crying out against the abominable noise, something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled forward, broke the ring, and fell over the steep edge of the to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down on the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.” This proves that the hunters intentionally went after Simon whether they thought he was the beast or not. My next quote is also from page one hundred and fifty two, “The littluns screamed and blundered about, fleeing from the edge of the forest, and one of them broke the ring of biguns in his terror. “Him! Him!” So as you can see they didn't even have time to think this through, they just attacked. In total, Jack and his hunters killed Simon because they thought that he was the beast even though he wasn't. I relate this to the humans thought process. The part of our thought process I'm thinking about is our reaction to act before thinking. In this case that made a huge mistake. I hope I've made this more clear to you than it was before.

Lord of the Flies, Shadows and Tall Trees, The Game

Perspective:Simon

Journal Entry #7

This...this game, that they are playing frightens me. When I see them playing the game it makes my mouth as dry as BRINE. Ralph has made a hit on a wild boar with a spear. He looks so proud. I don't get why this is all happening. Jack is starting to make everything worse. He is acting too quick to think. He is starting to take charge of things that aren't his job. On the outside he seems like an angry kid, but on the inside he is a cold blooded killer. Also like I was saying he acts without thinking first. When the beast was spotted the first thing he wanted to do was kill it. While Ralph SAGELY planned it out carefully and made sure everyone was safe. We don't even know what this beast can do! Sam and Eric told us it has long claws and teeth and wings! He also said that the beast was chasing them and it almost go one of them. I don't believe any of this. Every one else is so IMPERVIOUS to common sense. I just think what they saw in real life is being covered up by their imaginations. This is so frustrating, I might have to go to my secret place soon. All those MOORS calm me. Well back to what I was saying before. Jack and his friends were reenacting Ralph hurting the boar. Robert was laying on his back squealing while the others poked him with the but end of the stick. Jack Suggested that we should dress up a littleun in a pig costume and make it a big show next time they kill a pig. But I think Jack has different plans for that unlucky littleun. I think he's going to kill him. The reason is that he always says that he hates the little kids because they don't help with any of the others jobs, they are loud at night, and they go to the bathroom wherever they please. So I guess Jack has his own personal reasons to do it. I just fear the day he's going to go after me next. Also they have this chant that goes along the lines of, “Kill the pig, cut her throat, bash her in! I'm the only one that is completely DUN when I hear that chant. Anyway as much as I'd like to sit here and be lazy, I need to do my job.

Why doesn't anyone listen to me! Beast from air.

Perspective:Piggy

Journal entry #6
I hate this island. It's cold, I'm hungry and tired, plus my Auntie isn't here. I also have to be stuck here with that nimrod Jack. I don't have any respect around here either. When I try to talk the only ones that listen are Ralph and Simon. They are the only two people left with some decency. Also they are the only two people that don't fully believe this story about a LEVIATHAN that wanders out of the ocean and eats people. Also this so called beast with wings and claws that fell from the sky is probably a pilot that got shot down from the sky. An...aviator of some kind. I think it's a pilot because we were all asleep and the only two people that saw it were the two littleuns Sam and Eric. They are too young to realize that what they see in their heads isn't what reality is. We also aren't thinking about the war. Every noise and explosion isn't a beast haunting the woods. The last thing I want is Jack calling the shots. He just wants to storm out there and throw spears and knives at the beast when we don't know what were up against. For all we know it could be a bullet impervious beast that could eat us in one bite. Ralph has some common sense. He planned it out that I should watch the littleuns and make sure they are okay. He also wanted to approach it carefully and track it first instead of FLAILING knives around and trying to kill it. In my opinion there isn't a beast and there never will be. Oh also another thing about Jack is he assaulted me. I was talking when I had the conch and WAXY he got up and punched me in the stomach and broke my specs! We
got so EMBROILED that even a huge drop of GUANO landing in between us wouldn't stop us. Ralph eventually broke the fight up and Simon got my specs. Now only one eye has a good lens and I need both lenses to see! I think Jack is going to go mad one day on this island. I just hope he doesn't go near me. I have to go count the littleuns now so I will continue this journal entry later.

This is a Lazy Island: Beast from Water

Perspective:Ralph
Journal Entry #5
This is a lazy island. Everyone here is lazy. I don't know how much longer I can take this! Piggy and Simon are doing okay, but Jack is too over confident to realize that hunting isn't the only thing we need to do! I called an assembly to discuss these matters. All these kids sat down on the platform as Jack TEMPESTUOUSLY jumped on and started a major argument. It ended up with our group splitting in two. I need to solve this somehow. Anyway the concerns that I brought up are that No ones doing their job. The Cocoanut fillers got lazy. The fire keepers got lazy and a ship passed by us! Also everyone stopped building the huts so Simon and I were stuck building the last one alone. At least Simon still has some DECORUM. Since Jack has been challenging me lately our island group has pretty much split into two groups. I'm not very happy about that. But I am happy that Jack isn't all up in my face right now. One other thing that's gone a little haywire is the littleuns. There LAMENTATION in there sleep is getting worse and worse. The reason they are crying is they say that there is a beast that comes out of the water. Everyone says that's what got the boy with the mulberry birthmark. I say it's LUDICROUS. All this DISCURSIVE about that water beast. Someone needs to teach those littluns, especially Percival, there are no such things as beasts. I say the dirtiest thing about human nature is our selfish violent, competitive, minds. If our minds all worked the same then there would be no issues in the world. But were all different, and that's what's been tearing our group apart. As the leader I have to make decisions. Even though I don't like making all these decisions I have too. I feel I have grown very strong since we first got to the island. I have become more mature and I'm not afraid of most things I used to be. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go do my job.

I Killed a Pig! Painted Faces and Long Hair

Perspective: Jack.
Journal Entry #4

I am probably the luckiest kid alive! I can kill, I have power, and I can do whatever I want!
I managed to catch a wonderful meal today. It was a pig! A living, breathing, pig! And I did it I was the one to make the final move. I feel so proud. And to think I was actually scared to kill at one time, HA! I laugh just thinking about it. I love this island. Although it is very different from England. There are no cars, buildings, queens, castles, or adults. NO ADULTS! No one to control me or tell me what to do. Ha ha! Oh one other thing about this island is that there are all these littluns and I can't take it! They are so BLATANT! I can deal with these kids doing nothing all day but when they cry at night I just go insane. Ralph has to be on there side that kid just makes me mad. He took my spot as chief and he made me look stupid in front of everyone! Who cares about fire!? We want meat and that's what we went and got. Ralph thinks I have some BELLIEREGNCE in me. I think he's more stubborn. Well anyways back to the pig so my hunting group painted their faces because I think that the pig can see us instead of smelling us or hearing us. So we painted our faces and we circled the pig and got it. I think that this all foreshadows a great way to get meat. Or any other living thing we want. If we can camouflage than we can catch food. I killed that pig MALEVOLENTLY and when I cut it GOUTS of blood came out. Although I might need some BALM for my scratches I got a good catch. When my face is painted I feel like a real hunter, and I feel stealthy. Ralph is getting all mad at me because a little dot in the ocean that was supposedly a ship passed by and didn't see us because our fire was out. Again I have to tell this kid that we needed meat and we needed it now. So I gathered up everyone and we caught the pig. Oh oh! I also feel happy because I got everyone to do this chant that went like, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat.” It was the coolest thing ever! All this came from me killing that pig! I have such a desire to kill and I think it came from somewhere inside me. Somewhere inside me I was trying to prove Ralph wrong. And I did. Shows what he knows. Anyway I need to gather more firewood. I will pick this up another time.

My Meadow
Perspective: Simon
Huts on the Beach
Journal Entry #3

Today I had such a great day. It's been at least a week on the island and I'm making great progress. Today I helped Ralph build two little huts on the beach for shelter. I feel so accomplished! I wish I was more like Ralph he's so, so, leaderish! To me it's inscrutable how good he is. Well anyways I was building this hut on the beach for the little ones. The reason Is that their scared of the beastie that lurks around. I think that this island is so big that the snake thing wont even come for us. All those kids up at night just makes me so sad so I figured there had to be some way to help them and I think this was it. I'm glad I wasn't assigned a certain job. All the other boys got a specific job and I didn't. It makes me feel left out and relaxed at the same time. I think all of us were assigned a job though because we all need to do our part in keeping this island going if we want to live. Some people got fire watcher, some got to be hunters, and the rest of the kids just go and get water and fruit. But still none of them are doing it they are just slaking off. I agree with Piggy were all just acting like a bunch of kids. Were going to have some vicissitudes if we don't get up and do our jobs. I just think every ones to lazy to do their job. But one task I think that's key for survival is food and water gathering plus ship look out. The reason I think that is we need food and water but we also need someone looking for planes and ships. Oh well I guess if your reading this you might want to know what I look like. I'm short, skinny, and tan colored. I have black hair sparkly eyes. And I'm currently wearing no shoes and tattered shorts. I think I'm very helpful and I like making people happy. I hope we get rescued soon I think some people will start to go mad if we don't hurry up. We all know that Jack has that knife and I don't want to be around him when he gets the urge to kill. That is once he stops wimping out and does it already. The kid hasn't caught anything all week. I'm glad I have my secret spot though. It's covered with thick tendrils and vines so no one can see it. It's so opaque that the whole area is just a shadow. Whenever I get bored I have a strange compulsionto go there. As a matter of fact, I think I'll go there right now.

Stupid Jack!: Fire on the Mountain

Perspective: Piggy
Journal entry #2
Hello Journal,
I'm glad I have you if I didn't there would be nothing to do on this island. So its around the second day here on the island and I don't know where to go from here. That one boy Jack is really getting on my nerves. His errant behavior makes me want to come out in recrimination! He makes fun of me, he pinched my specs. And now hes interrupting me even though I have the conch! How does this fool think were going to survive if he can't even respect his own teammates! If only my Auntie were here...she would straighten him up for me. Well I'm starting to enjoy being on this island a bit. Everyone seems to be capering right now. I don't know what it holds in store for us though. I think there is something about this island that isn't going to go well. If my Auntie a\hadn't induced me to go on that plane I wouldn't be in this mess. There was this one boy with markings on his face that said there was some sort of beastie on the island. He said it was a snake like creature and I have a hard time not believing that after he disappeared. I think this beastie represents some sort of demon of fear that's coming from the island. Personally I have to admit that I am not a brave person. I am quite shy and I don't think that I will be able to sleep some nights thinking about that snake thing. Well I guess I should start to think about ways to get rescued. We built a fire on top of a mountain to make a smoke signal but we couldn't keep it going for long. The problem was that everything was so dry like the branches and leaves it didn't burn for long. I think we should build rock S.O.S signs and make colorful flags in high areas. I want to go back home as quick as possible and be safe again. I don't like being alone. I also don't like being excluded. All these boys are skinny and well in shape. I'm fat and I don't think I have enough strength in my body to do hard labor. But I think I am much more intelligent than all of them. It makes me feel proud that I am so much more mature and smart then all of them I don't need to be in great physical strength to be one of the best boys. But when I go to sleep at night I only can think of what adventure will come tomorrow. I just hope I can get off this island soon.

Lord Of The Flies

The Sound of the Shell
The Island and the Kid
Perspective: Ralph
Journal entry #1
Okay well I've never written one of these journal things before but seeing how there's nothing to do on this island I'll give it a shot. So I guess a lot has happened in the first couple of days. I became the leader of a tribe and I almost got meat for dinner. I wish jack would have just killed that stupid pig and we would have ad a nice dinner. So much for being the hunter. Anyway we crashed on this beautiful island a few hours ago. There is blue clear water everywhere and great fruit and rocky landscapes. The mountains are tall and the forest is greener than any other forest I've seen. Also on the beach ther are many palm fronds and palm trees. I think that this island is at least two miles around and in the center there is nothing but forests. All these little intricacies are what make this place cool. I've got to admit that this isn't such a bad place to crash. Well that's what I think. Well I guess whoever is reading this might want to know why I was on a plane. It's currently world war two as you may know or not and we had to find safety. So I was put on a plane and I was headed to the north part of England where there is no war at the time.
We were hit by some sort of shell or missile and our plane crashed on this island. Oh yeah my name is Ralph. I guess I should have mentioned that first. My other friend is Piggy. He is kind of chunky but I think he has a very bright mind and it shouldn't be put to waste. Then there is Jack. The guy is a jerk to everybody. He has a knife so he seems a little specious. He also doesn't even have a use in the tribe yet so I'm thinking about banishing him. Okay maybe not that's a little harsh. But still he's a jerk. Then there is Simon I don't know this guy a lot. All that I know is that he faints every time he gets nervous. Some good that's gonna do us. I think there aren't any adults on this island because when we crashed the only people that came were kids. Oh another thing is that I found this super awesome conch shell and it was the perfect shape and everything for a horn it even looked tow like me. I blew it and that's what attracted all the people. I feel so powerful. When I blew the conch shell I think that was as spark of effulgence. I think I got to be leader because I got the conch shell and I'm much nicer than Jack. I think the choirs job should be hunting because there all used to being a team and I think being a hunter requires teamwork so hopefully that will work out well.