Final blog entry for LOTF

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 12
"Cry of the Hunters"
Perspective: Ralph

Dear diary,
Jack and his tribe created a cordon to look for me all over the island. After they found me they were going to kill me. I hid inside the thicket at the bottom of the cliff near castle rock. I visited Samneric on top of castle rock. They gave me some meat from the feast with Jack. Samneric had to join Jacks tribe. I'm guessing that they were threatened and that they figured they would get beat if they didn't join his tribe.
Roger created a stick sharpened on both ends for me. I didn't understand what that meant at first. They tried to catch me first by pushing boulders onto the thicket from above. When that didn't work they tried to find where I was by poking their spears into the thicket. Last they lit the thicket on fire I had to get out so I sprung from the bush and stabbed at the boy in my way who could have turned me in to Jack.
I fled to the beach where I saw a man that had epauletts and white drill on him. He was a naval officer. He was just standing there on the beach. He looked as if this were a diddle. Jack and his boys were chasing me with a loud ululation so then we all ended up on the beach with the naval officer. The naval officer asked who the leader was and I said it was me. The naval officer was disappointed though. He was disappointed that we were so disorganized and he was disappointed that a pack of British boys couldn't keep it together. He was disappointed that we couldn't put on a good show. I tried to explain but I don't know if he really got it. He asked a few more questions then we went home with him.

Capter 11 Castle rock Q's

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 11
"Castle Rock"

1. At the beginning of this chapter Piggy tells Ralph to blow the conch and call an assembly. He also says that Ralph should give him the conch so that he can go talk to Jack with it.He thought it could be used as a talisman.
2. Piggy said he was going to tell Jack that he needs his glasses to see. He know that Jacks stronger and smarter then him but whats right is right and he needs his glasses back.
3. Ralph says their appearance should be clean like they were before. He said they ought to comb their hair and wash themselves.He didn't want to look truculently like Jacks tribe.
4. Roger challenged the boys when they first got to castle rock.
5. Jack had been out hunting before he appeared.
6. Ralph calls Jack a thief and this is what starts the fight between them.
7. After the fight Samneric are tied up by Jack tribe.
8. Roger had been throwing stones and leaning on the lever at the time during Piggy's plea for cessation of their savage behavior.
9. I believe that Roger is responsible for Piggy's death. Roger was the one who pushed the lever and made the rock fall on Piggy. He was not ordered by Jack at that moment to push the rock on to Piggy. He had only been ordered before to use the rocks to protect the fort from trespassers. It says in the text of the book that "Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever." This clearly shows that it was Roger who is responsible for Piggy's death.

Simons view

Lord of the Flies
Journal
Simon's Ghost

Dear diary,

I have been watching the boys after my death. Ralph and Piggy were talking about my death. At least Ralph recognises good and bad. He new that this was murder. Piggy said it was just an accident, and that it was somewhat my fault for crawling out of the forest. They said they were outside of the circle. Ralph saw what happened to me but Piggy said he only got an eye in here and there. They were on the outside of the circle. I'm disappointed that they had even been a part of all this. I am not happy that they killed me. It was murder. Why did it have to be me? I don't know what else to say about my death. It was sudden and no one could have predicted that it was going to happen. Things happen for a reason.

Jack has become a monster. He is tying his own tribe members up. He is going to beat poor Wilfred. But no one else in his tribe knows why. Jack wont tell anyone. I just know that he was mad and had him tied up. They talked about killing me. Jack and his hunters said that I supposedly was the beast in disguise. But I am not the only beast, the beast is in all of us. Jack takes Roger and Maurice hunting with him. They talk about stealing Ralph's fire. They also talk about meeting the beast again. I wish that I could have warned Ralph about this. If I had maybe Piggy wouldn't be dead.

I'm not surprised that Jack had his tribe attack Ralph's tribe. Jack never liked Ralph. Jack is a violent and evil person. He wanted fire so he attacked them and took Piggy's glasses. He could have just asked for fire, Ralph would have given it to him, but he didn't. Jack doesn't seem like the kind of person to ask for help or some thing like that. Jack always has to be the most powerful.

Sincerely,
Simon

Chapter 8 and 9 blog

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 8
"A Gift for the Darkness"

In this chapter I think that the scene in which Jack and his new tribe kill the pig and make the Lord of the Flies is the most terrifying scene. In this scene Jack and his hunters capture and kill a pig. They run after a nursing sow. They first were only able to get a few spears into her flank but after that it was easy to follow her because of the blood that left a path. When they caught up to the sow Jack jumped on top of her. He stabbed her over and over while Roger took his spear stuck it in her and pushed down with all his weight. Jack in the end killed the sow by cutting its throat. They then create an offering for the beast by cutting the pigs head off, and sticking it on a stake in the ground. Jack believes that this is a was they might be able to make friends with the beast, so that it wont bother them. I believe this is the most terrifying scene because of what Jack and his hunters are doing. They cut the pigs head off, stick that on a stake, and they also take out all the pigs guts and place those on the rock near the head. I believe this is very gory and terrifying.

Chapter 9
"View to a Death"

I believe that Jack and the Hunters were the cause of Simon's death. Jack says "Do our dance! Come on! Dance!" This is what starts all the hunters into their "dance." All the hunters use there spears to kill the "beastie." This is when Simon is killed. This is also how Simon was killed. So I believe that if Jack hadn't started the "dance in the first place this would've never happened. But also if the bays hadn't stabbed at some random thing they believed was the beastie Simon would still be alive. I do think that it is mostly Jacks fault for starting the dance in the first place. But it also was an accident. The hunters attacked out of fear that Simon was really the beastie.

Post #7

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 7 - Shadows and tall trees
"Hunting the Beast"
Perspective: Jack

Dear diary,

Ralph hit a boar today while we were hunting the beast. After this happened the dun expression on every one's face was gone. We found a boar and Ralph hit the tip of its snout with the spear. We all started to play a game of pretend. We pretended like Robert was the pig. We circled him and started poking him with the non-sharp end of our spears. We were all very excited after playing the game.

The boys and I all thought that we should have like a big bonfire colored nicely because of the brine that is soaked into the wood. We also said we should have a pretend pig, to play pretend that we were killing it again. But then Robert said that we needed a real pig so that we could really kill it. So I suggested because we didn't have a pig that we should use a littlun. I don't think this foreshadows much just maybe that a few littluns will be killed but never by me.

After we started back from the huge rock castle we decided to go to the mountain to look for the beast. But no one wanted to go up there. So I went by myself. I saw something. I saw something bulging out of the side of the mountain and it defiantly wasn't a rock. I ran back down the mountain to Ralph and told him that I saw a bulge. He said that I didn't really see thee beast. So I took him up the mountain to show him. When we got up there I showed him and he finally believed me. I believe the boys are so gullible because they haven't been in real society for a while now. Also they aren't very old and when your little you believe in those kinds of things. The boys are impervious to the reality that there aren't monsters.

I don't like Ralph at all. He is all about rules! He thinks that he is the best leader, but I would do better then him! I should be leader. Every one should have sagely chosen me for leader! I have had more experience with being a leader. I also have my choir boys hunting and keeping the fire going. I'm in charge of that why not be in charge of everything else. There is no point in talking to Ralph about this either because nothing will get resolved. I should say something with a bravado. I don't care what he thinks. So why not?

Blog #6

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 6 - Beast from Air
"There isn't a beast!"
Perspective: Simon

Dear Diary,

Today a grown up sign came from the sky. A dead aviator came floating down. There was an explosion, and then a dead aviator came down with a parachute.

None of the boys are aware of the explosion or the aviator at first because it is at night time. Also I doubt anyone was thinking of the war. We all have other things to worry about. Like survival and what we need to do next to stay alive.

Sam and Eric were scared because they thought they saw the beastie. They were watching the fire when Eric saw the so called beastie. Sam saw and then they ran through the forest. When they got to the shelter they looked so scared. It looked as if they had seen the leviathan or something. They shouted at Ralph to wake up. They described the beastie too. They said it had long claws, sharp teeth, and wings.

The boys wanted to figure out what to do next about the beastie. Jack always reacts by emotion. He doesn't think about what he is going to do, he goes off of impulse. Like with the beastie he said right away that they should hunt it down. He can get waxy too and that effects his choices. Ralph on the other hand likes to think thing through. He thinks about the consequences of his actions first. He created game plans and thinks things over first before making action. I think because these two are so different they often become embroiled.

I don't believe there really is a beast. I don't think so because it seems a bit ridiculous. Especially the way Sam and Eric described the beast. I really wish all the boys would stop all this nonsense about the beast but this idea seems very interminable.

I think that the boys hear noises from the wind. Maybe they see the shadows from the creepers and plants. Maybe they see the creepers flailing from the wind. I'm not quite sure exactly what they see, but I'm pretty sure there is no real beast.

-Simon

Post #5

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 5 - Beast from the water
"Is this beastie thing real?"
Perspective: Piggy

Dear diary,

Today Ralph called a meeting. I guess he must have called the meeting because no one was fallowing his rules. His authority was also being challenged by Jack. Jack isn't a very nice person. I will always be on Ralph's side when it comes down to those two.

During the meeting we talked about a lot. Ralph brought up some concerns. He first brought up water. No one had been bringing in water from the stream in the coconut shells. He said this was a problem because we had agreed on bringing the water from the stream and now everyone was drinking it from the river. Then he also brought up the huts. He said that no one had helped build the third hut, that all of us built the first, some the second, and only him and Simon had built the third. He brought up the fact that everyone is going to the bathroom wherever they want, even by the shelters and the food. He said that we are now only allowed to go by the rocks near the water. He went on about different rules like only building fires at the top of the mountain, and making sure that u keep control of your fire. There was one last thing he talked about and this was the beastie. He talked about all of us being scared. He talked of how the beast is fake and there is no beast. He was discursive and rarely stopped talking during his speech.

I think that these concerns did need to be brought up. They are important things that we need to remember. We all need to remember who we elected chief, and what our rules are. I also think that the whole thing about the beastie needed to be brought up. This fear isn't good. I said before during the assembly there isn't anything to be afraid of.

Things are definitely falling apart. Some people want Ralph to be chief and some want Jack to be chief. There is also the conflict between Ralph and Jack. Neither of them agree on what is the most important thing for them to do on the island.

The littluns are crying in their sleep because they have nightmares about the beastie. The one littlun named Phil said he saw the beastie in the forest after he woke up from his nightmare. But I dont think I believe him. All the boys were an effigy of this fear.

There is a littlun named Percival who believes that the beastie comes from the water. He said his name then lamentation rose out of him. He is scared of the beast just like all the other littluns. He is afraid of the beastie coming from the water because he thinks he saw the beastie come from the water.

The worst quality in humans is when people always want to be better then others. Everyone is equal some people may be smarter or stronger but I don't like it when people have to be better then everyone else. Jack is like this and I think it's ludicrous.

If I were the leader of the boys thingy would be different. I think I would do things pretty similar to Ralph. But if Jack was chief everything would change if I became chief. If I were chief I would change how much work we do, and I wouldn't have Jack in charge of so much. I think I would jeeringly lead the boys sometimes to bug Jack.

Blog #4

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 4-
Painted faces and long hair
"Rescue.... Nope!"
Perspective: Ralph

Dear, Diary

Adjusting to life on the island hasn't been very easy. Everything is different. Instead of having my parents to make dinner, put me to bed, make rules, and other things, I have to be impalpable and independent and do all this on my own. I think that is the hardest thing to adjust to on the island. All the boys have different jobs, which helps but after today I'm not sure how well this is going to work out.

The littleuns are cute but they don't do anything. All they do is eat sleep and play. They haven't helped out at all. I mean when we were building the huts they started to help but they all eventually just wondered off. Even the biguns wondered off after some time. I think that if the liluns really want to survive they are going to have to start helping out.

We don't all paint our faces just the hunters. They paint their faces so that they can blend in more with their surroundings while they hunt. Jack had said that he felt as if the pig could see
him. Painting their faces has seemed to work because they finally did catch a pig.

This foreshadows that the hunters should be able to catch more pigs, or other types of meat. I think this will be a good thing.

My face is never painted. If it was I would feel hidden with swarthiness. I think I might also feel more independent.

There was a ship that passed by the island today. But the hunters were all gone hunting at
the time and the fire died out. If some of the hunters had been at the fire like they were supposed to be, they would've kept the fire going and we could have been rescued. But because Jack blatantly took all the hunters to hunt, there wasn't anyone watching the fire, and it burned out. And as I walked up to the fire that was no longer burning it looked malevolently at me as i realized there was no hope.

The fire was allowed to go out because Jacks belligerence caused him to need all the hunters to surround the pig. He wanted to make sure he caught the pig. I don't think that Jack thought over the situation. He was the one who wanted his hunters to be responsible for the fire and the hunting so he should have been able to keep the fire going and fulfill his responsibilities.

To reassert my chieftainship I called an assembly. This gives me the power again because no one else can blow the conch. I am the one who brought everyone together with the conch and I called the boys together again for an assembly. I need to make sure that Jack knows who's in charge.

- Sincerely, Ralph

Post #3

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 3 -
Huts on the beach
"Hunting is way more important!!!"
Perspective: Jack

Dear Diary,

I don't get Ralph! He is all about shelter. It doesn't matter. Hunting is more important. If we don't get food then we will die. I think that hunting is way more important for the Lil ones then shelter. Although I do think we need shelter, we absolutely need food or we will all die. So I
guess I kind of think that shelter is important but I also feel that food is a bigger concern right now. After fighting with Ralph I feel a little contrite. I could have tryed to see his point a little better.

The boys all have a job. Me and my choir are the hunters. When we were hunting today everyone else was supposed to be building shelters. But when I got back there were only two shelters built and only Ralph and Simon were working on them. Ralph was very rapt in making the shelter. None of the boys really did there job except for me, Ralph, and Simon. These jobs weren't carried out because all the other boys decided to go do other things like, bathing, eating, playing, or swimming.

I feel the most important task for survival is to hunt. We need to make sure that we have food. We also really need meat for protein. We have fruit, but we will soon get tired of that and out bodies will need calcium, protein, and other vitamins and minerals. I do think we need shelter but that isn't as important as food. I have a great compulsion for hunting.

Simon is one of the choir boys. He is kind and helpful. But also very annoying. Like that one time when he stood up for Piggy. He is a very small boy and hes skinny too. He has black hair, he is tan, he has a pointed chin, and his eyes are bright. He also isn't wearing anything except for shorts. His feet are bare and so is his back. He is getting pink from the sun. But most of us are.

If we don't get rescued soon I'm sure that we will most likely die. We might even turn against each other. I wouldn't be very surprised if we did. Ralph and I definitely have our disagreements.

Recently Ralph and I haven't been getting along very well. Ralph started yelling at me for not getting any meat, but being out in the forest all day long. I also sent the rest of my hunters back to the beach which must have also upset him. I don't get it though I will get meat I know I will! He also thinks that since I didn't catch anything that I should have been back with them working on the huts. But I almost caught something and I am very impulsed to go hunt. The hunting was fun as I walked around the forest and saw all the tendrils wrapped around various plants. The sight of the traces. The inscrutible forest all around me.

Sincerely, Jack

Post #2

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 2 -
Fire on the mountain
"Rules rules rules"
Perspective: Simon

Dear diary,

I somewhat like the island were on, it is big. It has lots of fruit and other things too. But I would rather be at home with my mommy and daddy. A good thing is that we have established some order. Instead of all us boys running around like errant little kids we have rules.

There is a so called beastie on this island. Or that is what the little boy with the mark on his face thought. The beastie is supposedly a snake. I'm not sure if i believe that there really is a beastie or not. Right now I think we (the boys) have better things to worry about then beasties.

The beastie kind of makes me scared. I'm not sure if there really is a beastie as I said before. But why would a little boy make this up. Maybe there is a snake, beastie thing here in the forest. Maybe I should be worried.

I like the plan of using smoke from a fire to signal that we are on this island. I think that this gives us a good chance of being rescued soon.

To start a fire we used Piggy's specks. Ralph pinched Piggys specks then made a hot ray of sun shine onto the wood. Jack had said that piggy didn't do anything to help start the fire but we would never have gotten the fire started that quickly if Piggy hadn't been there. With out Piggy's specks starting a fire could have taken all day. I also stood up for Piggy and told Jack that it was Piggy's glasses who got the fire started. The fire didn't make much smoke, but after a bit the fire started getting out of control. The fire started burning up part of the forest!

I am not quite sure what happened to the little boy with the mark on his face. This little boy whom had to be induced to hold the conch to speak. I feel bad, I think he must have died. I'm guessing he went down into the forest before the fire had started to get out of control and when the fire did get out of control he was stuck. Another possibility is that he could have gotten eaten by the beastie. That is what some of the younger boys are thinking.

I am a lot different from the other boys. I am not mean like Jack, yet I am not a wimp like Piggy. I am in the middle. I faint a lot too. Which isn't a very good thing. I stood up for piggy too. I stood up to Jack! the leader of our choir, and now the hunters. He is like second in command next to Ralph. He is very officious but just because I think he wants his oppinion to be heard. I think I could be a good second in command just because I am nicer to people then Jack. I think I am full of more ebullience then the others also.

As I go to bed each night, I wonder when and if we will ever be rescued. I dont want anything to happen to me. I just want to get home and be safe. I am a little afraid of what is on this island. But I can only hope that we will survive.
Sincerely, Simon

Post #1

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 1 - The Sound of the Shell
“Where am I? Where are the grownups!?”
Perspective: Piggy

Dear Diary,
I am on an island. Or that’s what the other bays and I think this is. It’s got lots of dark forest type are. There is also a lagoon. There looks to be a coral reef out in the sea but in not sure. There is a long indent in the trees where the plane crashed. It is in the forest though. There are many intricacies on the island. I am on this island because of a plane crash. While I was flying there were some problems and we crashed on this island.

The first boy I met was Ralph. He didn’t seem very interested in anything about me at first. But he has become nicer to me. When I told him my nick name was Piggy he laughed. I told him I didn’t want anyone to call me that but he has already told all the boys on the island. At least he somewhat said sorry. There is also another person I met. His name is Jack. I don’t really like Jack, and I don’t think Jack likes me much either. I think he is full of enormity. He called me fatty. The choir has togs. They looked fancy each in a uniform. Jack is the leader of the choir.

I am worried because I think that all the adults have died. They must have died in the plane crash. Ralph is excited about this, but I am kind of worried.

While Ralph and I were at a small beach pool we found a conch shell. We picked it up. I knew that this conch could make noise if you blew into it. I told Ralph about the shell, I also told him why I couldn’t blow into the shell because of my asthma. We found a platform shortly after that, which was made of palm fronds. Where we got there Ralph started to blow on the conch. A sound came out of the conch, it was very loud. We wanted to call the other boys that were alive to the platform so that we could have a meeting about what was going on. The conch because of the loud sound that called all the boys made Ralph seem superior. The conch put a kind of glamour over the boys that were called by it. I think the conch Is a very powerful tool that can call everyone together.

The choir has a job. This new job is hunting. I’m not quite sure how I feel about the boys in the choir right now. But I do know that I don’t like Jack very much who is the choir’s leader.

I think I would be a good leader. I was with Ralph when he found the conch. I was also the one who found out everyone’s names. I am also very observant. But I guess if it couldn’t be me as leader I would like for it to be Ralph because he isn’t as mean as Jack.

- Piggy