Chapter 11

Today is a new day but is no better. We are trying to light a fire but its useless without Piggy's glasses. Piggy suggests that I should hold a meeting. I thought it was silly since there are barely any of us left because the rest of the boys joined Jack's group. So I call for a meeting and the only thing we can do at this point is go to castle rock and try to reason with Jack.

I decide to take the conch because maybe it will remind Jacks followers of my former leadership. Once we get to the entrance of castle rock there are two boys guarding it. I blow the conch shell but the boys tell us too leave and they also start throwing rocks at us. Jack and his hunters come back from the jungle with a pig. As soon as Jack and I saw each other we start fighting immediately. Once we are done Jack tells us too leave the island but I command he gives us back Piggy's glasses. I try to tell Jack how important the signal fire is because it is our only chance of being rescued. Jack does not listen and orders Sam and Eric to be tied up. This made me so mad I just lunged right at Jack.

So Jack and I start fighting again. I can hear Piggy in the background crying and yelling. While Jack and I are fighting we hear a pig roaring sound coming down the mountain. It is a bolder. I dive out of the way of the bolder. But Piggy is hit by the bolder and the conch shell is also destroyed. Jack starts to throw his spear at me and the other boys join in. I escape into the jungle. I am shaken by what has happened to me. I now fear what Jack and his tribe will try to do to me. Will they kill me? I guess I will just have to hide in the jungle from now on...

Chapter 10

The next morning we woke up was terrible. We were so sore and bruised from head to toe. But worse than that, we are ashamed of what we did to Simon. I can't believe this! I was a part of a murder! I am so upset with myself! Worse than that Jack has more boys in his group than me and he is now taking over. He rules at castle rock and he punishes the boys for no reason.

He ties up a littlun named Wilfred for absolutely no reason at all. He then warns his boys about me and my small group, he says we are a danger to him and his tribe. I think really has lost it. He believes the beast really was Simon and it can take different forms. They say they need to continue to guard against the beast.

But we need to get some rest. So the boys and I decide the settle down for the night and wait for what the next day has to come. I can't sleep very well, I keep having these bad nightmares. We were all woken up by loud shrieking noises. All of a sudden we are attacked by Jack and his hunters. We are not sure why we are attacked because we have done nothing. But we are badly hurt by his attack. I just fear that Jack will try to do more than hurt me at this point...

Chapter 9

Piggy and I go to the feast Jack is having. We are going to try to keep control over the events. When we arrive they look like complete savages. They are sitting their eating the pig like animals. And Jack is sitting there looking like a king. Thinking he is all in charge.

He is painted from head to toe. Commanding all of the boys to do things. Then he requests for more of my group to join him. And most of them do. I guess Jack really is starting to take over. But he has a problem. There is a storm coming. Jack has not requested the boys to start making shelters. When I ask him if he will make them build shelters he just commanded them to do their wild hunting dance. I think he has lost his mind, literally.

As they are dancing we see a shadow coming around the corner. We jump on top of him and start destroying him. HAH the beast will not scare us anymore. It then falls over rocks and onto the beach then we brutally kill it. The storm then comes and we are freaking out. We don't know what to do. All of a sudden we see a giant shadow thing with big wings. We think it is the beast so we just ran for our lives till the next day...

Chapter 8

Today is not going well. All the boys are afraid of the beast. We think it may come after us since we have seen it now. Jack takes the conch shell and calls for a meeting but he is not a very good conch blower but that's besides the point. He tells the boys that the beast is definitely real and he also tells them that I am a bad leader and he should be leader.

But the boys stick up for me and tell Ralph that they want me to stay a leader. I was surprised since they normally will not listen to me. So Jack gets mad and storms off and says whoever wants to join him may. At this point I don't know what to do anymore. Simon suggests we should return to the mountain and search for the beast. But everyone is too afraid to go.

Overnight we find that many boys have left. We think that they have gone to be a part of Jack's group. Later Jack returns with his group and they are chanting and yelling and try to convince more boys to come join his group. I think some may join him since they have a pig to eat. Things just keep on getting worse and worse.

Chapter 7

Another day gone by. Nothing going well. The boys still disobeying seeming like the want Jack as a leader more than me. I am also sad because when I look out at the ocean all I see is blue and nothing else like I am completely trapped here and no way to get out. But Simon made me feel better, he told me that we would eventually make it home.

But I did have a great day. A FANTASTIC DAY! Jack and I with the hunters went on a hunt. I had my spear ready. We found pig droppings that tells us there is a pig nearby. We went on a wild chase. We see the bear. As soon as I could I threw my spear at the boar and I hit it's snout. IT FELT GREAT. I felt like I had so much power! So much strength! I think I want to do this more often!

The boar escaped us though. But the boys wanted to play a game and reenact the chase. They used a boy named Robert to play the boar. All the boars started jabbing him with their spears. They nearly killed the kid. I had to remind them it was only a game. Then Jack had an even dumber idea. He wanted to use a littlun. We all disregarded that idea.

I told the boys we should wait till morning to climb the mountain and hunt the beast. But Jack kept taunting me and trying to get me to go and hunt anyway. So Jack, Roger and I went on the hunt. We wait near the top while Jack climbs to the top by himself. We see Jack running down saying he saw the beast. Roger and I wanted to see ourselves. So we climbed to the top. We saw a GIANT creature thing that was making these scary noises. We immediately ran back to the rest of the boys to warn them quickly. Hopefully everything turns out okay...

Chapter 6

Today was a crazy day. We saw things that scared everyone on the island. But let me start with what happened before this. It was late at night, Simon and I were carrying a littlun back to his shelter before going to sleep. While sleeping we woke up to planes shooting at each other in the sky. But none of us could see the explosions because Sam and Eric were supposed to be watching the signal fie but fell asleep.

Then we saw a man parachute from a plane. but he was dead and he fell into a tree. The next morning Sam and Eric woke me up saying they saw the beast. I call for a meeting at once. I call that we go out to hunt this beast down and KILL IT. All the boys go out with our wooden spears. The only boys who stay back are Piggy and the littluns.

I allow Jack to lead the group as we set out. We wanted to search a part of the island we never searched before. All the boys were scared so I had to go by myself. I wasn't scared anymore once I started exploring. Then all of a sudden Jack is right next to me. Now all of the boys started to play games and be reckless. I had to do something before thing got out of hand. The obeyed but obviously didn't want to listen. I just want people to listen to me again...

Chapter 5

There are some things that bother me. But they are not major things. For instance my hair has been growing and growing but I cannot cut it or anything and its really annoying. But anyway I decided to call for a meeting to get things back in line. People just will not listen to me anymore!

 

When everyone is gathered I start to yell at them for not keeping up with the rules. They do not do anything that is required of them. Don't work on building huts, getting water, and also neglect the signal fire. I I tell them how important it is because of the beastie. And now the littluns are scared and have nightmares and stuff about it.

 

Now some little kid stands up and speaks. He says that he saw a beast. I was shocked when he said this. But also made me very upset because now the boys are frightened about there really being a beastie. And now of course Jack being the dumb-dumb that he is stands up and says how he will kill the beast. Oh well, I guess it seems that everyday things keep getting worse…

 

 

Symbols

There are many things and or objects in the book Lord of the Flies that are used as symbolism. Today I will state three.

1. The Fire - The fire is just a small pile of sticks used to try and get the attention of passing by ships or planes. The people in the story who use it are all of the boy. The fire symbolizes hope. Hope meaning their hope of being saved from the island. But when the fire goes our due to Jack's irresponsibility, all the boys loose their hope. I think that the fire does symbolize hope for the boys on the island.

The Beast - The beast is supposedly a creature that lurks around the island. All of the boys, well most of them are afraid of it. Ralph is half and half, Piggy just does not believe in it, Simon thinks its them the boys, and Jack doesn't care what it is he just wants to kill it. The beast symbolizes the fear that all the boys have. Meaning that the fear of what may be on the island. Or even fear of not ever getting rescued and being able to get home. I think that the beast symbolizes the boys and how they have the potential to be evil.

The Conch Shell - The Conch shell is a shell that Ralph and Piggy found on the beach. They decided it was going to be used to call for meetings and also during meetings no one can speak except the one who holds the conch. The conch symbolizes civilization between the boys and how they communicate with each other throughout the story. I think that the conch shell does symbolizes the boys civilization.

Chapter 4

Today has been a total nightmare. Before I get into what happened let me tell you the little problems so far. The Littluns are really the main problem. They are always complaining and crying about how there is a beastie on the island. The is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!

But now the main problem. Today the signal fire was thriving burn big and bright. Until Jack had to go hunting and he took along with him Sam and Eric. Sam and Eric were the boys in charge of keeping the signal fire lit. Since they were gone the signal fire went out.

That's not the worst part... the worst part is right when the signal fire went out, we saw a ship. A ship that could've rescued us. A ship that could've brought us home. A ship that could've brought us back to out families. But no, Jack had to have everyone with him on the hunt. I couldn't confront Jack since he was out hunting.

When Jack came back he brought back with him a pig but it was dead. They were acting like idiots dancing around and chanting something stupid. When I confronted him he seemed not to care what I had to saw at all. Then Piggy stepped up to confront him as well. Jack thought it would be a good idea to give Piggy a good punch in the face and the stomach.

That was probably the worst thing he could've done. First, Piggy's glasses are now broken. WE NEEDED THEM TO START THE FIRE! It is not all that bad since we do have the other lens from his glasses. But Jack needs to stop and think about what he does before he acts. If he continues this behavior he is going to cause a lot of problems for us in the days to come...

Beastie

          In the book Lord of the Flies the boys are worried about a monster called beastie. The characters in the story have different opinions on what they think it is. The Littluns think that it is a snake. But Ralph just thinks that it is their imagination or it is from their nightmares. Piggy being the big science nerd knows that their is no monster and just does not believe in it. On the other hand Simon thinks that the beastie is all of the boys meaning everyone have an evil side to them. And then Jack of course just does not care what it is, but he tells the boys that he will kill it.

Chapter 3

          Today was a rough day. Simon and I were trying to build huts for the younger boys to live in. They kept on falling down though. And it is really frustrating because no one else wants to help build these stupid things. They would rather play in the lagoon.

          It is also annoying because the boys will make plans to work but never actually do. I also stated to the boys how Jack and his hunters can't even catch a single pig. But Jack says he will be more successful and try harder. I am also worried about the little kids who aren't able to sleep and are having nightmares. I told Jack about this but he really doesn't care at all.

          I honestly think Jack is using being a hunter as an excuse to get out of doing work. Jack and I are just real upset with each other right now. We went swimming in the lagoon together trying to calm us down but we still bicker at each other. Hopefully things will start to look brighter as we move on. But I guess we will see....