Blog post # 4

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 4 – Painted Faces And Long Hair

"ECH! Clay on my face"

Perspective: Piggy

Dear Diary,

The littluns were cute and sweet at the beginning, spending their days building sand castles and eating fruits and swimming, but the small kids are turning out to be too small to help out and the bigger ones will just push each other around because they have no parents to scold them.

We had to paint our faces so that the animals wouldn’t see us. But we used red and black and white! Why would it be harder to see that then our skin? We should have greens on our faces! I was having an okay time on the island, but I don’t like the clay on my face. It’s oily and gets in my eyes. Also, I’m worried that my inhaler will run out soon and I will not be able to breath! And my specs! I need to be able to clean them! And there isn’t enough food on this island! And I sure hope that Ralph’s Father finds us soon! Or else we might not get rescued and what if there are beasts on this island! And During the winter we might get frostbite now that we’ve discarded our clothes!

There was a ship that was passing by today, but it didn’t see us because the hunters weren't paying attention and our fire went out, so it couldn’t see our smoke. I know that it could have though, because we could see the smoke that the ship was making. Now if the hunters were doing their jobs, then we wouldn’t be having this problem!

Blog post # 3

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 3 – Huts on the Beach

"Stupid Meetings"

Perspective: Ralph

Dear Diary,

Let me start out by saying that there are a lot of jobs that the kids have. The choirboys are hunters, and then the small boys go out with Piggy sometimes and pick fruit. Also, today we had a meeting to have all the boys help me with the shelter (except for the hunters. Jack of course excused them). But do they do any of the work? NO! They work for five minuets and then run off and bathe or eat or play! I can hear their susurration all day as I work. Except for Simon. He was the only one who stayed and helped me with the shelters. Simon is a funny kid. He helped me with the shelters and then when he accidentally knocked one over, he poked the mass of black hair covering his head out of the roof and stairs at me with this contrite look on his face. He has a opaque look that comes into his eye’s, like Jack’s only Jacks is when he’s angry. The hunters also abandoned Jack, leaving him to hunt by himself. Our shelters look nice. There not all that sturdy, but they’re like tendrils.

I mean, shelter is the most important task for survival If it rains like it did when we first arrived we’ll be washed out. Any food we had will be washed into the ocean. If the tide could take our plane out to sea, it could defiantly take out all of our resources, not to mention us! And that is why it is so important to have shelter for the little ones.

Kids are starting to doubt that we will ever get rescued. One boy said that he looked around and couldn’t see any boats. Others say that this isn’t a good island.. But there’s too much wind on the mountain and that blows the smoke around. The hunters are supposed to keep the fire going, but of course, Jack let them leave to hunt. That’s why we disagree and argue so often. He just has a compulsion to kill. To hunt and be able to show his power. He wants to be leader so he fights with me every chance he gets.

Blog post # 2

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 2 - The Fire on the Mountain

"I Should be Leader"

Perspective: Jack

Dear Diary,

I’m glad that were on an island. Were in control of each other and ourselves. But we need more control. More leadership. More supervision. We need a better leader. Someone like me.

The boy with the weird face said that there was some snake thing. It turns into the vines during the day and comes out at night. But that’s not anything any of us should be worried about. It’s just some stupid symbol he came up with for the fear they all have and the danger in the jungle of the island.

Until a ship or a plane sees our signal smoke, were stuck on this island.

We made a fire that caught the other trees around it.

I’m more of a leader than any of the other boys in many ways. Like that little boy with the birthmark on his face. I wonder where he disappeared to on the island. Maybe that “beast” of his swallowed him up.

As I go to bed each night, I wonder about if we’ll ever get off of this island. If a ship really will come and see our smoke and rescue us. I wish that I could catch a pig or a deer or something. Just to show the rest of the boys how powerful I am.

Blog post # 1

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 1 - The Sound of the Shell

"Oh dear, I’m a hunter!!!"

Perspective: Simon

Dear Diary,

Today I became a hunter! Me and the other boys will all have to find food for around twenty young boys and all of us! We went from singing and bringing peace to the enormity of killers! Taking life away from one living being to rescue around thirty others. The other boys in the choir all seem excited about our new position, but I’m afraid that they’ll snigger when they see how different I really am from all of them.

When Ralph said “Simon, come with me and Jack” I was so excited to have this proffer from our new leader! That fat boy wanted to come with us, but he would just slow us down.

On our expedition we discovered that this definitely is an island. It has a coral reef protecting it from ships and invaders from coming into our island that goes a little more than half way across.

I can hardly believe that we survived a plain crash. The massive machine must have been powerful to scar the palm fronds and trees the way it did. To think that one wrong move and it could have topples over crushing us into a pulp. Praise the lord that we all still live.

I don’t know if there are any adults on the island with us, but from where Jack, Ralph and I were all standing atop the mountain, it would seem that they were all swept away with the plane. That means no supervision, but it also means that we have an incredulous responsibility to make sure that no one gets hurt until we are rescued. We had to have a way to order so we decided to vote for a chief.

I‘m sort of disappointed because I wanted Jack to be the leader on the island? He’s already our choir leader anyways and I’m worried about how Jack will take it.

I feel that Ralph is only the leader because he as the shell. And if any other boy found a shell and blew on it, then we would probably have a six year old as our leader. Ralph can be the only on to blow the conch, for if he has some disease, then we have no disinfectant on an island, no medicine to cure the next boy who blows on the conch with Ralph’s deadly disease, no. Ralph must hold possession over the conch. However if we got rid of the conch then Ralph would be no longer chief. But we need the conch as our signal for peace and order. So I guess the conch will stay, and the only one to blow the conch will be Ralph who must remain our chief.