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.