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?