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