Lord of the Flies: Journal #8

Chapter: Gift for Darkness

Perspective: Ralph

The Division

Today had to be one of the worst days on this island.
It all started when Jack, Piggy and I were talking on the beach. We were talking about the beastie and what we could possibly do about it. Jack started on about his precious hunters (not demurely at all, I might add). All I said was, “Boys with sticks.” and that was all it took. Piggy even said it himself, “Now you've done it,” and Jack stormed off. He grabbed the conch, and blew it himself, and it was not nearly as good as when I do it. With a demoniac smile, he started. He went on and on about how terrible I am, “He's not a hunter. He's never have got us meat. He isn't a prefect...” blah, blah, blah. On and on about how I don't do anything and how I'm a coward and that I'm totally terrified of this stupid beastie. All lies, of course, but he just went on and on and on about me, just how terrible I am, and why I am the worst chief in the world. It looked like he had everyone, and they all looked at him like he was totally right and that he was a God. Anyway, at the end of his little schpeal, he asked if anyone would join his 'tribe'. No one raised their hands. I was so surprised when he turned tomato red and ran away.
Piggy was not at all sad in Jack's departure. He was in fact very, very happy and he'd never been so confident in all that he did. Because we couldn't continue the signal fire up on the mountain (because of the beastie being there), Piggy came up with the idea of having the fire on the rocks by the beach. While we were all gathering wood and greens to put in the fire, I noticed some of the older boys, and some of the little ones go into the forest to join Jack's 'tribe'. I was appalled. I couldn't believe that people actually bought all of his lies. With every big one that left, things got harder because of the lost pair of hands.
After while, Jack came back with all the rest of the boys. They stole some fire, and they asked us if we wanted to come to eat some giant pig that they caught. They said that they had the most fun time ever killing this pig, and that the pig was a huge sow, a female pig, and that she had a bunch of piglets with her, also. I wasn't sure on all that he said, he was talking so fast, I couldn't understand anything that he was saying. But, he came back, and the pig sounded good...