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.