Lord of The Flies

Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair
The Price of The Pig
Perspective: Simon

1. In England there was always meat and other foods on hand but on the island we have to go search and hunt for food. Also in England it wasn't as sunny. On the island I've been burnt by the sun many times. It has given me a swarthiness. I'm also having trouble living without my family.

2. The littluns don't understand how serious the situation we're in is. I feel bad about the older boys treating them badly. I'm jealous of the littluns ignorance of the situation.

3. The littluns spend their time off eating and playing. They explore the forest and play on the beach. They don't help with the work but they're young and they haven't officially been given jobs.

4. Jack believes the pigs have been evading the hunters because they can see them. The hunters paint their faces as camouflage so the hunter's presence will be impalpable.

5. I think the hunters painting their faces foreshadows the transformation of us into wild animals to survive. I think we'll become as wild as the marks on our faces.

6. The hunters get a rush of primitive aggression when they paint their faces. It makes them feel wild before the hunt.

7. The passing ship doesn't see us on the island because the signal fire goes out.

8. The fire went out because the hunters tending it went hunting with Jack and left the fire to burn out.

Simon Questions

1. Tensions are high due to the hunters letting the fire die right before a ship was spotted. Ralph and Jack both had a belligerent argument which neither won. The littluns are running crazy but are happy. The hunters seem somewhat happy because of their first kill and the now assured promise of meat. There are high tensions and no order.

2. I think there'll be more conflict. I think the gap between the hunters and everyone else will continue to grow malevolently larger until it breaks out into violence. I see no balm to our problems.

Lord of The Flies

Chapter 3: Huts on The Beach
I Give Up
Perspective: Piggy

1. At this point I don't care what happens to the rest of 'em. But the little 'uns done nothing wrong so I think they need a shelter. There was a susurration about a beastie slithering among the tendrils of the creepers. Although the older boys don't believe there's a beast the little ones are scared senseless. They need a shelter so they can feel safer during the nights.

2. The choir boys have been assigned as hunters and the tenders of the signal fire. Meanwhile Ralph and Simon have been trying to create shelters. To add to the vicissitudes most of the boys wander off to relax on the island. I'd gladly help out but no one seems to want me around as company. The little ones have no jobs.

3. Most of us boys aren't pulling their weight on this island. To most of the boys there is a compulsion to go swimming, eat, relax, and enjoy the newfound freedom of the island. There is no order.

4. The most important task for survival is the establishment of order. If we don't have order, if people don't carry out their jobs we'll fall into chaos. Everything else can wait but we need people to be responsible and carry out their tasks.

5. Simon is small, skinny, has black hair, a pointed chin, and has a tan. He's the nicest one here. He's stood up for me when Jack's started yelling at me. He's kind and helpful and has been rapt in helping Ralph with the shelters.

6. If we aren't rescued soon fighting will break out. Nobody cares about survival here. They're all just having fun. If we don't pull together there will be fighting perhaps even escalating to violence.

Lord of The Flies

Chapter 2: Fire on The Mountain
A Test of My Leadership
Perspective: Ralph

1. I believe this is a good island. It has fresh water, fruit, and animals. I feel we are lucky to be stranded on this island in oppose to one with none of the resources found here. Also there are no adults. This island is where we rule.

2. The beastie if it exists is a snake like creature.

3. The beastie represents a trial of unity and strength in the future.

4. The beastie is an opportunity to prove my leadership and make up for my mistake of the lost little one. It will also give us experience in hunting and learning more about the island.

5. We might not be rescued soon so we need to settle into a survival routine. Once we've done that we can put more effort into being rescued. I plan to make smoke signals for any near boats or planes to see. This will surely get us rescued.

6. This island is a great adventure. I'd love to stay here a while. I feel a great ebullience here. This is a place where we are the kings. I feel like capering through the forest all though not in front of the other boys. I do not want to spend the rest of my life here but I do want to stay a while.

7. We started the fire by pinching Piggy's spectacles and using them to magnify the sun on some wood we gathered. Unfortunately the fire went out of control and scorched a great deal of the forest.

8. The missing boy was Piggy's responsibility. I left him to take names and count heads a simple enough task for him. When he failed at that the fatty recriminated saying everybody is to officious to help me that we are ignoring the basics of survival. I know he's right though. If I'm to remain chief I cannot blame my failure on a subordinate.

9. I unlike everybody else have no fear. I see this as an adventure. I'm a leader. I think that boy Jack and I share a great many similarities. We both see this as an adventure and we both stand out as leader figures.

10. As I go to sleep I think about the adventure tomorrow holds. I 'm not frightened at the slightest.

Lord of The Flies

Chapter 1: The Sound Of The Shell
My Title: The Fool Shell
Perspective: Jack Merridew

1. The island we have found ourselves on is of relatively small size. The whole island can be observed from a mountain peak on the island. The island is surrounded by a reef. Most of the island is covered in lush close to impassable undergrowth.

2. The war against Germany has made many parents make the decision to send their children away to places safe from the war. My school had sent us away by plane to a safe sanctuary. During the flight a violent storm brought the plane down and that seems to be our current predicament.

3. I'm Jack. I'm the precentor of the boy's choir at my school. Simon is a member of the choir who I am quite familiar with.

4. From what we've observed this island seems uninhabited. During the crash we believe the pilot, the only adult with us to have been killed.

5. The conch had the power to bring together this new communion. During the hectic hours after the crash the beckoning call of the conch offered organization and safety. The conch's glamour was able to entice enough of the boys into electing that boy Ralph as our chief. I personally feel it's a child's trinket not worthy of recognition as anything special or important.

6. My choir's new responsibilities are those of hunters. I know them well and I know we will do a very good job in feeding us.

Jack Questions

1. I feel the election of Ralph as our leader to be a grave mistake. I have leadership experience with the school choir. The specious power of that shell is the only reason anybody would ever even notice him. I am the stronger man. I feel as though I've been cheated of my rightful leadership position.

2. The sparing of the pig was that of mercy and justness. Killing an animal in such a position as was it would be barbaric and an enormity. Although I say this I know truly it was the taking of life which stopped me from bringing down the blade. I know I must be stronger in such situations if I wish to regain control of this "tribe".