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