Where's the Beast?
Piggy's Journal
I was laying down in the hot warm sand, hearing the waves crash. With my 2 hands on top of my stomach. I then heard Ralph call out in a loud voice meeting, meeting. Then I saw everyone run and gather up into a small, cramped circle. While people were mumbling with each other. I cut them all to be in front. Ralph yelled out again meeting, meeting to make the boys be quiet. We were all in the circle. Instead of Ralph speaking first it was Jack. He said that there was a real beast on top of the mountain. He is corpulent. He then also says that Ralph was a afraid ad that he should be removed from being leader and chief. Ralph looked upset and at the same time very mad. Jack seemed kind of happy. Jack told us to vote. He said raise your hands if you want Ralph to be leader. Everyone did not raise their hand. Jack gets furious and tells them that he will make his own group and whoever wanted to join him could join him. He looked furious. He kicked sand and ran off in tears going to his new spot on the island where his group is going to be. As Ralph here's of this, it seems like he can not get rid of Jack telling him that he was a coward and that Jack thought he could not take killing the beast. Ralph's head was lagging down so I say to him, you are not a coward. You are a great leader and that Jack just wants it his way. He is ridiculous if he thinks you cannot handle chief. If he was leader and chief he would create absolute kayos. I then told him that I have a brilliant idea. I tell him we could make another fire. Instead of on the mountain we could make one on the beach. We could use my specs again like last time and we could make are own taboo. It would be phosphorescence. I talked to Ralph about what he is gonna do in his group. He is probably going to hunt and kill and not care about being rescued. We then go back to our old campus and talking about the survivors that left our group. All the sudden we here Jacks group sneak up on our group yelling and stealing everything that we got. They steal our burning fire sticks. I see everyone take our fire. While Ralph and I were yelling and saying back off thats are's. All they really did was ignore us and laughed. Then the fled. Making us very very angry. While me and Ralph are talking about how idiotic Jack's group was. I say were's Simon. Did he go with Jack's group. I say to myself. No he could not possibly go with Jack's group he is to nice to ditch us like that. He is to demure. We then talk about how Jack is being so rude to us and that we are doing so much for him. We are making sure that we get saved, Wouldn't he rather get saved then to be hunting. I said that he at least thought of us and shared with us what he hunted. Ralph told me that he thought that he was kind of rude when I hit a pig. He thought it was not even an accomplishment for me. He thought that was a piece of cake. He thought Ralph could actually hunted it down. He was just a prefect. I said to Ralph, I bet they are hunting the beast down or they are killing the pig. We then go off on another subject. We talk about if we are actually going to get saved. Or if we are just going to stay on this island forever. I think that we are going to get saved. We already saw a boat on the horizon. That boat probably saw us. And on the way they are going to get help. I know that we are gonna get save. Ralph said in a sad attitude. You think so. Of course I say of course.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Lord of the Flies: Post #6
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Lord of the Flies: Post #5
Did you see that?
Ralph's Journal
I was in a good sleep. My eyes completely shut snoozing into a good dream. All the sudden Sam and Eric come up to me and was flailing my arm like it was a jump rope. They yelled out in fear, Ralph, Ralph, I think we saw a beastie. I thought it was just a little nightmare they had and they thought that they saw the beastie. Sam and Eric told me they whole story. They said that they were ridiculously tired so they fell asleep. They could not keep their little eyes peeled open. When they woke up they saw a beastie, and came running down to you. After I heard that story I called a meeting. I discuss that many people have seen this beastie, and I was tired of hearing of it. It is spreading everybody with fear. Now we are going to hunt it down. I organize an expedition to search for the beastie. I said that we will go to a part of the island that we have never been before and search for the beastie from there. My group was walking in the big plants and they hard dirt when we see a cave near some big plants. I was amazed. It was a big rocky brown colored cave with big plants around it. On the way up, I noticed that Jack was not being mean to me anymore. It was like he gave up trying to get the throne to be leader. He was actually nice to me. When I noticed that he was being nice to me, I also noticed that the other survivors were pushing down big heavy boulders down the hill. I yell at them that we need to be focusing on getting the fire back on. We gotta be focusing on getting the fire and the smoke creating so we could escape this terrible island. After we said that Jack lead us back down the island. We wanted to spread the news that we found a cave.
I was walking down the beach kicking the hot sand. Sometimes making drawings with my feet. Seeing guano every where. I was thinking about how the ocean's horizon was just a huge wall that was blocking my and the other boys dreams of escaping this island. The ocean's horizon looked interminable. Simon was right by me. I said to Simon. Do you ever think that we might be stuck here forever. Do you think we might never me rescued. Simon said with a nice heartwarming voice. Of course you will make it home. Of course you will be rescued. I then smiled and said you think so. He said I reassure you, that you will be rescued. Soon after I had the little talk with Simon it was time to be hunting for the beastie. I went into the jungle looking for the beastie. It was quiet. I saw a plant move. I griped my spear really tightly while my hands were sweating. All the sudden a huge boar comes out of the bushes. I threw they sphere as fast as I could. But I missed. It was the most exciting things I have ever did. I hit it I hit it. I hit the boar. I was repeating it with pride and with accomplishment. I almost killed the pig. I hit the boar. I yelled it to everybody. Jack was dun. But the boar escapes. I reenact the big chase. A boy name Robert was the playing the role of the boar. My hands were griped, hands sweating. When we were playing that scene it was starting to get dark. But still excited that I hit a boar. After we were done playing the scene I call to the group we will hunt the beast tomorrow morning for sure. Jack comes up to me with pride and says do you want to challenge me in the hunt to kill the beastie. I definitely agree. Almost killing that boar was very exciting. I felt like I actually accomplished something. I go up to Roger and Jack and say do you want to try to find the beastie. Of course they agree. Me, Jack and Roger start to climb the mountain. When we were almost at the top we see a huge dark ape figured shadow. I was freaking out. Jack looked bravado. Same with Roger. My hands were getting sweaty my hear pounding hard. I wanted to just scream and run back down to the beach. I hear pounding. I was hearing it getting louder with my mind. Me, Jack and Roger saw and heard enough. We screamed all the way down the mountain and warned the others that there was a scary ape beastie that pounds his chest really hard. I was terrified. I could not get that image out of my head. I could not get the pounding thunder like pounds out of my head. I was terrified.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Lord of the Flies: Post #4
I Should've stayed with the Fire!
Chapter 5: Jack's Journal
I was in the jungle with my hunters trying to look for pig. My eyes peeled and ready to kill. All the sudden I hear the loud conch being blowned down from below. Me and my hunters quickly run down to the beach getting ready for one of Ralph's boring meetings. We all gathered up in a circle. Ralph started the meeting. He was talking about how we ignored the fire. He said that we could not make anymore fires on the beach. The only fire we had was the fire that was on the mountain. If we wanted to cook something. We had to cook it on the mountain. I thought that was ludicrous and that we should be aloud to make a fire on the beach. I really did not want to walk all they way up the hill with a dead pig and cook it. That would be a lot of work or me. I almost wanted to say something but I did not. I already caused a bunch a trouble as it is. So I tried to act decorum.He also talked about that we did not even use the right bathroom. We did not go to the bathroom in the right area. I thought that was stupid to because this is just an island. Who cares if we did not go the right area to use the bathroom. It is just an island. He also talked about how we were not helping Ralph building the huts. I said to myself, Well I couldn't Ralph I was feeding our group. You guys would be starving without me. I was saying it in a jeeringly attitude. But I did not say it to him. I said it quietly in my head. I thought it was not true. I was to helping. Not building huts, but by hunting and feeding my group an you. Then he talked about the beastie. He said that we could not be afraid of the beastie anymore. I said quietly, I am not afraid of the beastie. They beastie is just a little monster that scares the little ones. Ralph continued saying that we could not be afraid of the monster to the little ones. Then a little kid said that he seen the beastie before. Ralph said where do you think the beastie would hide at night. I said to myself. This is stupid. There is no beastie. The littlun also said that it comes out of the ocean at night. This was a long boring assembely. At first the littluns were effigy. Now because Ralph said that they had to get rid of that fear, they could not, and they tried really hard to get a rid of the terrible fear. I say to Ralph and the others that me and my hunters will kill the beastie. I then went with my hunters to the jungle to find that beastie. While my hunters were chanting behind me. I also heard some of the littluns lamentationing behind me. Probably because of the beastie. So I walk into the green jungle in search for the beastie that the little ones are afraid of.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Lord of the Flies: Post #3
Irritated and Mad but Polite
Simon's Journal
I was really hot and had a headache. Ralph and I were making huts for the littleuns on the beach. When me and Ralph were making huts on the beach the stupid huts would always be falling and breaking apart and would not stick together like it should be. Me and Ralph were trying to make it opaque. But every time it fell apart my headache would be pounding even harder. Making the huts were very vicissitudes. I did not have the patience. I looked over to the littleuns playing and having a good time in the nice warm water. I really wanted to just ditch Ralph and play in the water with the littluns, I had no compulsion, but I didn't because no one would be there to help Ralph hold something like sticks or big leaves. All the sudden Jack comes out of the jungle looking irritated. He said he did not catch a pig and also that the other hunters have not caught a pig either. So I was kind of disappointed because there might not be any thing to eat for tonight. Soon after this happened Ralph and Jack argued about how Jack is doing all the work and that Ralph is not doing anything. Then Ralph starts to yell at Jack that he is doing a lot of work around here. It was blatant. This gave me a even bigger headache then before. I ignore them and I wonder off into the jungle. I was walking and looking around at the big tall trees. Then I saw the littleuns trying to pick some fruit out of tree that they could not reach. So I go over to them and help them pick some nice yummy fruit. Once I helped the littleuns pick some fruit and had a little bit of fruit for myself I started lurking deeper into the jungle seeing if there was anything cool or exciting to see. When I was very deep in the jungle I smelled beautiful scented flowers. With butterflies and beautiful colored birds everywhere. I look around to see if anyone around me. All the sudden I was very relaxed and my headache was gone. I sat on a rock and looked around at the beautiful scenery and take a big breath in.
The little kids that I remember helping them pick fruit were having nightmares about a beastie. I also heard them not feeling that well, probably because of the fruit. I also saw that the littluns were getting picked on by the older kids down by the beach. I started to play in the water with Ralph, Piggy and Maurice. I was having a lot of fun. Then Ralph and Piggy see a ship on the horizon. We see no smoke where the fire is supposed to be. I see Ralph start running. So I follow him. He runs to the fire so he could quickly relight it, but it was to late the ship did not come for us and passed the island. Ralph sees Jack and I watch Ralph scream in his face saying that there was a ship and we could of gone home. It was your job to watch the fire. The I saw Piggy jump in and say that we could of been rescued and we could of been home to. Then I see Jack go up to Piggy with a belligerence attitude and punched him in the stomach, throwing Piggy's glasses on the rocks. Then I go run up to Piggy's glasses and fetches it back to him. Then I hear Jack apologize for not keeping a look out of the fire. But he does not apologize to Piggy. A little bit after this all happened Jack invited me to eat some of the pig that Jack killed for us. We started roasting the pig. Then I saw Piggy and Ralph come to, probably to eat some pig but Jack wont let them have any. So I went and fetched some of my meat so they could have some.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Lord of the Flies: Post #2
There's a Fire!
Piggy's Journal
I was on the beach for a meeting because a survivor blew the conch. Ralph told us that we were on an island with no adults. I was listening to Ralph and he did not mention what happened and why we were stuck on this island. I could not take it anymore. No one new that we were crashed on a island. All the sudden I screamed out that we were stuck on an island and that we were crashed on an airplane and that we could be on the island for a very long time. Then everyone got scared. All the sudden a little 4 year old with a large mark on his face says there is a snake-like beastie on the island. Ralph and I said that its all a nightmare. The little boy says it was not a dream. We all laughed because he thought the beastie was actually real. Soon after we were all done laughing we were trying to figure out a way to get off this island. Ralph decides that we should build a fire on the tallest hill on the island. Everyone agrees to it. I even agreed to that idea. We then start hustling over to the tallest hill on the island. Me and Ralph were lagging. I was complaining on how childishness are group was and how stupid our group was. We then get near the top of the hill and I was collecting dead tree bark so we could use it for the fire. I induced myself to carry the little boys bark with the blueberry colored face mark. I set my blocks of wood in the middle of the mountain. I was very very tired. Then the whole group set their block of wood on my block of wood. Ralph was figuring out a way to make the wood burn. All the sudden two errant survivors take me not letting me go and they pinch my specs away from me. I am screaming out. "Give me my specs, I cannot see anything without my specs. Give me my specs". Ralph places my specs to the light. So that the glasses will reflect of the light onto the wood. A couple minutes later the wood starts to burn. All the survivors were so ebullience when the fire started going. Ralph then says we had to put some rocks around the fire so it does not spread anywhere and does not catch the whole island on fire. We then got some big rocks and put it around the fire. After we did that I said to all of the boys that we had to act more proficiently if we want the fire to keep on going. I was putting more wood in the fire, but it quickly died down. The surviving boys were riping off tree bark. While the 4 year old boy was capering by the fire. Soon after we were all surprised and shocked and we pretended nothing had happen.÷≥
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Post #1: Lord of the Flies
Lost on a Island
Ralph's Journal
I am on a undiscovered island where there are no adults. It is extremely hot outside, and I am scared and don't know what's happening right now. I was on the beach trying to figure out what happened. Then out of the blue a fat chubby kid with effulgence glasses comes out of the jungle and comes toward me. I was excited that I was not the only one on the island. The fat chubby kid told me everything that happened and explained in great intricacies why we were on the deserted island. He said it was a stormy day and it was during the World War II battle. There were 2 atom bombs that hit us. Then the plane crashed and split in half and we were lucky that we landed on the island. His name was Piggy. Piggy then asked, how are we going to get off this deserted place? I said that my dad works in the navy, he will rescue me. Piggy then said that was impossible, how is he ever gonna find us. I was speechless. We then started walking around the beach looking for more boys. When we were walking around the beach I saw a large pink and cream conch shell. Piggy realizes that the conch can be used to call other boys out to see if there are any boys on the island. I then blew loudly into the shell and there were other boys that survived the crash. They all came down walking to the beach. When we were all gathered they wanted to select a leader. It was between me and a guy named Jack. The choirboys voted for Jack and the rest of the group voted for me. I was surprised. Then we decided on hunters. Jack was one of the hunters along with a choirboy named Simon. Then they went off across the island. Me and Piggy then started to search the island to see if this island was an island or not. We then hit the end of the jungle and there were high sharp rocks next to steep hills. Me and Piggy started climbing up a hill to see if this island was really an island. We then made it to the top of the hill. Sadly, this was an island. But it had an incredulouss view. After we realized that this was an island we started going back to the beach. On the way back we found a wild pig tangled in vines and frond leaves. Jack proffered to kill it so we have something to eat. He then steps up to the pig and takes out a knife. Then Jack got scared and was unable to do it. Then the pig ran away and it was too late. Then he said he would do it the next time he had the opportunity. Then we headed back to the beach where the surviving boys were waiting.
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