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