RESCUED

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters

Perspective: Jack

Today was a great day. I fought of Ralph so he went to go hide. The tribe had meat. The pig had tasted good. Piggy died and the conch was destroyed which was a great joy for me. Yes, Piggy is finally dead and Ralph has no power. Ralph ran into the forest.

We planned to hunt him the next day. Samneric told us that he was hiding in the creepers. We rolled a big red rock toward the sea to scare him. He got out of the thicket and started to run towards the beach. I was so excited that Ralph had started to run away.

We followed Ralph onto the beach. A naval officer was there. I thought of Piggy's brains spilling out of his head. The naval officer asked how many had died and Ralph said two. I was so relieved that Ralph had not giving me up for killing both of them. I suddenly felt sorry for him. IT WAS GREAT TO FINALLY GET RESCUED. I do wish I had gotten to kill Ralph before we left the island though.

Piggy dies

Lord of the Flies
Chapter 11: Castle Rock
Perspective: Ralph

Today was a tragic day. I decided that we should all go over to Castle Rock to confront Jack. That turned out to be a really bad idea. We went with spears. We only had four people come over. It was crazy. They stopped us at the gate to castle rock. Jack came out of the forest from hunting.

He confronted me about coming over there. I said, “That fire is never going to get us rescued; that is a cooking fire, not a signal fire.” After that comment Jack and I started fighting with our spears. He ordered for Samneric to be captured. Piggy yelled so he could speak.

He said that he should be able to speak because he had the conch. I heard the rock before I saw it. Roger had pulled the lever. It rolled down and I dove out of the way. It ran over Piggy and he fell off the cliff. By the time I went to look at him the wave had taken him.