Kira's Lord of The Flies Blog: Blog 14 (Revision of blog 10)

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Blog 14 (Revision of blog 10)

We're scared. What are we going to do without Piggy's glasses? Last night Jack and three other boys sneaked into our camp. At first we thought it was the beast but then we heard someone whispering “Piggy, oh Piggy.” It was so creepy because we thought they were going to kill Piggy. We're scared because now it's just us and Ralph and Piggy. All the other boys went with Jack. Jack's kind of scary all painted up. We like Ralph but sometimes he's as bad as our teachers back at school. He has all of these rules and he even wants us to take a bath before we go over to Castle Rock. He's crazy. What difference does it make? Besides we jump into the lagoon anyway and that’s the same as taking a bath.

We're scared. What are we going to do? We didn't want to go to Castle Rock but it would be too scary to stay here by ourselves. Since we were going why couldn't we paint ourselves up just like Jack? That would have been fun. That's the trouble with Ralph. He's no fun. He's always talking about the signal fire and he always wants us to find wood and work. We knew we shouldn't have gone to see Jack because when we got there bad things happened. Jack and Ralph are always fighting about who is the leader. Why can't they both be leaders? Ralph could be like our mom and Jack could be our dad and Piggy is like our babysitter. Why can't we have Ralph's rules and Jack's fun and hunting? Nobody's listening to Ralph anymore but they should because he wants to protect us.

We're scared. What are we going to do? Piggy is dead. Roger killed him and then they tried to kill Ralph. Next it will be us. What are we going to do? We hear the other kids screaming and laughing like hyenas. They have pig blood painted all over them and they dance around us as we lay in the middle of the circle just like Si... don't want to think about that. We're scared. What are we going to do? Who is going to save us?

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Simon is a gentle, quiet, generous, compassionate boy who is comforted by being connected to nature. In the middle of the night he wanders off by himself to sleep in a cozy little nest that he discovered in the underbrush. When Jack kills the pig and gives meet to everyone except Piggy, Simon gives Piggy his share. Simon is the only boy who stays with Ralph to help build the huts. He has blonde hair and an open face and you can always tell what he is feeling by his honest expression. He is an in-between boy which means that he is not as young as the littluns but not as big as Piggy, Jack and Ralph.

Ralph has fair hair that grows straight and long into his eyes. His skin is brown from the sun and freckles are sprinkled on his nose and cheeks. His body is slender and he is beginning to get muscles from the hard physical work that he does on the island. Outwardly Ralph seems to be a natural leader and very self confident but on the inside, he doubts himself and feels frightened. For instance when Jack and he go hunting for the beast Ralph first says to Jack, "You're the hunter." This means that he wanted Jack to volunteer to go first because he was scared but then he changed his mind because he knew that he had to behave like a leader. Also he needs to be reassured by Piggy that there really are no beasts because he sort of believes that there might be a beast.

Piggy is fat and flabby. His white skin has been burned bright red from the scorching sun. Whenever he walks fast his breathing becomes loud and raspy from his asthma. It's hard to see his eyes because the glass in his specs reflect the light from the sun. Sometimes Piggy can be overbearing and annoying because he thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Other times he's pathetic because when nobody listens to him he gets whiny. Piggy is very nurturing and protects the littluns. When the littluns are afraid to speak at the meeting, Piggy bends down, listens to them, and then tells the group what they said. Piggy is afraid of Jack and knows that as long as Ralph remains the chief he will be protected from Jack.

Jack is slender but he is very muscular and strong. He is like a panther, nimble and swift in his movements. When he walks through the jungle it's like he has an animal instinct about his surroundings. Whereas the other boys stumble and have to watch their footing, Jack never has to look down. He creeps through the underbrush as easily as walking down a city street. Jack's appearance has changed the most from the beginning because he looks more and more like a savage. His body is splattered with mud and clay and his shorts are tattered and hanging off his body. Jack is aggressive and unreasonable. He thinks that Ralph's plans for organization and survival are ridiculous and unnecessary. He believes that all they need to do to survive is to hunt. He is obsessed with hunting and he is irresponsible about the rest of the group. He doesn't think of anybody except for himself and he enjoys being solitary and hunting pigs alone. He always ridicules Piggy, calling him stupid and he always argues with Ralph.