Lord of the Flies: Journal #1

By: Carly F.

Chapter: The Sound of the Shell

Perspective: Simon

The Gathering

The first time I had ever been in a situation like this was, well, never. This was by far the most exciting and scariest thing that has ever happened to me, and I'm not sure if I like being on an uncharted, unnoticed island. When the plane crashed, I was just thankful that I was alive, then I realized that I was going to need to find some more people to help me stay alive until someone could rescue us. Around 15 minutes after the plane crashed, I heard this very loud noise. It sounded like a whale, or a ship, or someone farting really, really loudly. I got curious after a few blows, so I went over too see what it was. It turned out to be a boy around 12 blowing a shell. Other boys started appearing out of the trees, so I followed them to the area where there were quite a few of them gathered. Once there were around 20 boys gathered, a group of older boys wearing black cloaks, hats, and hambone frills arrived. The apparent leader of the group, Jack, was angry right as he found out that the noise was a conch shell, not a boat here to rescue us. I didn't like his attitude. He was so angry and controlling, it made me mad. I was definitely glad when Ralph, the boy with the conch, was chosen as the chief instead of Jack.
Once all the boys were settled, Ralph started to talk, and I started to wonder about the island. So, I suggested that some people go look around the island, if it even was an island, and also see what the land had to offer us. Ralph and Jack both thought this was a very good idea, and so they went to go explore the island. Of course, because I came up with the idea, they brought me along with them. Piggy, Ralph's little follower, tried to come with us also, but didn't succeed because of his, well, shape.
When we got to the top of the whole island, we could see for miles out into the ocean, and yes, it was nothing but ocean, other than the coral reef, but that was it. The island was pretty beautiful, but when you're worried about 30 boys stranded on a random island, it's pretty easy to overlook that. It'll definitely be difficult to live here until we're rescued.