The Hunt

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees
Perspective: Ralph

Today was a very fun and adventurous day. I went hunting for the first time. We were hunting for the beast and pigs. We saw some pig droppings and then a boar started to charge right at me. I threw my stick and it hit right in the nose. It ran by and Jack started to chase it. I was so excited that I had hit the boar that I didn’t follow Jack in the chase. Jack was mad because I threw my stick early and the boar had got away.

The next thing that we did was walk through the most difficult section in the forest. We all had to work together because it was very difficult. I suddenly thought that I wanted someone to go tell Piggy that we would not be back until after dark. I asked them and Simon volunteered. He started to go back and then I had second guesses about him going alone, but we had to push on.

After that Jack found a path that led to the bottom of the mountain. I said that we should climb it and go hunting for the beastie. Jack and I went, while everyone went back to the huts. Roger stayed with us and we began to ascend the mountain. Roger and I stayed about ten feet from the top. Jack went up to look for the beast and when he came back down he looked frightened. I’ve never seen him so frightened. It was very scary