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!