Read the riveting accounts of life on the island for Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon and SamandEric: Notes from the Island.

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Entry 1: Day 1
Oh Jesus! I survived an air crash! I am now far, far away from my home. I see no one around, except the endless ocean and long stretches of beach. I am as happy as Larry because I alone can have an adventurous life in the island. But, my bad luck! I am not alone anymore. A fat, little boy, Piggy came in the middle. He is funny and always talks about his aunt. He told me that we are all by ourselves, no adults. (Q3) I don’t care because I believe that my father will come to rescue me. But, Piggy is very skeptical of us being rescued. He says, “We may stay here till we die.”(20) Anyways, I don’t want to talk about him and spoil my mood. There are other boys in the island too, who selected me as the chief of the island. My father will be proud to know about this. I feel like I am the king of the island and everyone my followers. Everyone except Jack is happy to have me as their chief. He rudely said, “I ought to be chief,” (29) yet I made him happy by making him the hunter.

Entry 2: Day 4
I don’t know what’s wrong with Piggy. He is always doubtful about us being rescued. In today’s meeting as well, he forwarded his pessimistic thought saying, “Nobody knows where we are.” (44) Why should we think about this right now? We have just arrived in the island, and there is so fun here. We have fruits to eat and water to drink, and most importantly no scolding from our parents. (Q1)

Here, I do lot of things: make rules for everyone, build shelters, go for swimming, tease Piggy and make smoke for signal. I do all these because I am the chief, and I need to take care of everyone. However, I should make some strict rules for littluns, for they hover here and there and do not help the biguns in making shelters. And there is Jack, silly boy, he does whatever he likes. I thought he is a sensible boy, as he eagerly said, “We’ll be responsible for keeping the fire going,” (55) when I talked about making smoke for signal, but his careless work has led to fire in the island. He is always creating trouble in the island.

Entry 3: Day 8
Jack’s every act antagonizes me. He makes excuses to get away from his assigned work. When I tell him we need shelters, he says, “We want meat,” (65) yet he hasn’t brought any. I know he can’t kill a pig. He is a coward, and his hunters are useless. I work all day to make shelters for everyone, but no one helps me except Simon, not even Piggy. Jack’s hunters either go to mountain or swim, and littluns are always busy talking about the snake-beastie. When I told Jack about rescue, he said, “I’d like to catch a pig first.” (67) He does not listen to my words. All the boys, including Jack and his group, should obey my orders; after all I am the chief and I have the conch. I liked Jack when I first saw him, and I thought that he would be my good friend, but, he always tries to go against me. I don’t understand what does he want? And above all, he is naughty and has no interest in doing given work.

Entry 4: Day 26
Piggy too doesn’t like Jack and his attitude towards hunting. Today, he furiously told Jack, “You and your hunting! We might have gone home.” (88) How could Jack be so careless? Today at this moment, we would have been at our home with our family, but we missed it. He does not even bother to apologize; instead, he was talking about his hunting. He was saying “There was lashings of blood, you should have seen it.” (87) Sometimes, I feel that he is crazy. I am very angry with Jack because he took all the boys for hunting and let the fire out. Moreover, he punched Piggy and broke his spectacles. I know hunting is essential, but our main priority is the smoke. Had there been smoke, we would have been rescued today. We would have been having a better life in our home if he had not made this mistake.

Entry 5: Day 35
Jack never listens to us, especially me and Piggy. Today, I called for a late night assembly for the first time because we needed to address some important issues. I talked about all the issues. Suddenly, in the middle of the meeting, the issue of beast came up and everybody got frightened. Jack said that “There aren’t any beasts to be afraid of on this island.” (103) He further added that “If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down!” (114) I don’t care what he says. First of all, we need to know whether there is a real beast or not, and in any situation we ought to follow rules and regulations. But, Jack never understands the value of discipline. I agree the fact that he is a skillful hunter, but it doesn’t mean that everything should be done in a way a hunter does.

Entry 6: Day 42
The fear of beast is no more a rumor. Sam and Eric have seen a beast today. Sam and Eric said that “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head wings. The beast moved too.”(124) I don’t know whether to believe them or not, but I am really scared. However, I cannot express my fear in front of others, especially Jack, because I am their leader. I have to be courageous. Nevertheless, we need to get rid of the beast. But, how? Can we kill it? Jack said that “This is a hunter’s job.” (126) Stupid Jack! He has no idea what he is talking about. I have heard that beast is hundred times stronger than human and with wooden spears we can do nothing. Beast has really created a problem in the island. We ought to climb the mountain and search for the beast.

Entry 7: Day 50
While I was heading towards the mountain, I realized that the vastness of the ocean was preventing us from going back. I was seized by a sudden pang of nostalgia. I want to go back to my place where “Everything was alright; everything was good-humored and friendly.” (139) I don’t want to live in this haunted island. It has made me barbaric. What will papa say if he sees me in this condition? He might scold me, but I am not worried about it. (Q2) I am only scared of the beast lying up in the mountain. Before it comes in the island, will papa come to rescue us? What if he doesn’t come? I am really scared. I told the boys to light the fire, as it is our hope for rescue. But, nobody cares about it. Not even Jack. He, along with the boys is busy in hunting for pigs. If they do not light fire, who will come to rescue us? I am really worried. Today, Simon told me, “You’ll get back to where you came from.” (137) Does he really mean it?

Entry 8: Day 57
Everyone in the island is scared about the beast, but Piggy is still confused about it. Silly ass-mar boy! Anyway he likes me a lot. Everyone seems to like me, except Jack. I wonder why he hates me. I am concerned about maintaining order in the island while Jack is always thinking about hunting. Thank god! The boys did not join his group. He had tried to influence the boys, but they refused to join him. At that moment, I was very happy, but now I am really worried. Jack could be a great help to us. What will we do without him? But, Piggy says, “We can do without Jack Merridew.” (159) Now, the boys are with me, but what if boys leave me and support Jack. He is very influential and boys seem to like hunting. Moreover, I am really missing my home which has made me absent minded. If littluns join Jack, they will become savages. Piggy suggested me not to take over stress and encouraged me to move on because “That’s what grown-ups would do.” (173)

Entry 9: Day 82
I was really hungry, so I decided to go to Jack’s party. Boys were surprised to see me and Piggy in the party. They laughed at us. Instantly, blood rushed to my face, but nobody could see that in the darkness. I hated myself for coming in the party. Nevertheless, things became normal after a while. When we were having a meal, “A thing was crawling out of the forest.” (188) It was a beast. Everybody started to chant “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (188) Soon, the chant echoed in the island. Both Piggy and I joined the circle. It was fun to dance in the fringes of the group. For a moment, I was swayed towards the carefree life of Jack’s tribe. If Simon was there, he would have enjoyed the feast.

Entry 10: Day 84
Oh Jesus! What have we done to Simon? Why was he made the victim? He always helped us, but he was murdered for no reasons. Piggy knows all about this, but he is trying to stay away from the guilt. He said that “We never done nothing, we never seen nothing.” (194) He even wants me to forget this incident. Whenever I lament about Simon’s death, he says, “It was an accident,” (194) but I know that it wasn’t. Now, I really don’t want to stay here. All the boys have now become like animals: wild and merciless. Being a chief, I could do nothing. Jack is successful in turning everyone into evil. No, I don’t want to be a murderer like them. I had never thought that the boys would be eager to murder humans.

Entry 11: Day 97
Piggy! He has gone “saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt.” (222) He was crushed by a huge rock. No! Actually they killed him. I remember, Piggy asking them “Which is better-to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” (222) Now, I know they prefer to kill, they like blood not only of animals but of humans too. I was unable to do anything to save Piggy because my brain was numb at that moment. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I don’t want to live here. I want to go home. They are murderer. They have tied Sam and Eric and I am afraid that they might have killed them. Now, they are searching for me everywhere. His tribe has become animals, wild animals. Oh god! I want to go home. I am left all alone. I think I’ll never be rescued.

Entry 12: Day 123
My body is full of bruises. It hurts a lot. But, the death of Simon and Piggy gives me more pain. I am all alone without them. Boys have become savages and will continue their actions further. (Q4) Previously I used to fear of beast, but now I am scared of Jack. Formerly, he only hunted for pigs, but now he has the lust for my blood. It is sad to know that Sam and Eric too have become his followers. I remember Eric telling me “They are going to hunt you to-morrow.” (232) Then, how could he tell them about my hiding place? I could see my death standing ahead of me, but I was unable to confront it. At last, I opened my eyes and found a Navy officer standing in front of me. He said, “We’ll take you off.” (247) I am so happy to become free from the terrors of Jack and his tribe, yet I am sad at the same time. When I remember the entire events that took place in the island, my heart shivers. We were not innocent, no one.

Entry 1: Day 1
I have only seen in movies about people trapped in some uninhabited island and the different adventures they have there. But, today some hundred boys and I are in a similar kind of an island as our plane crashed leaving us here without any adults. I found some choir boys. I was looking for adult presence when I heard sound of a trumpet. I felt as if someone calling us. Leading my choir to that direction, I found more boys organized by a boy named Ralph but no adults. A voting was held for a chief. Ralph defeated me and I felt ashamed but when he said, “The choir belongs to you, of course” (31) my anger and hatred for him changed to a likeness. My choir is assigned the duty of hunting. Then three boys including me went for an expedition and made sure that the island is uninhabited. I felt a sense of freedom thinking that this whole island belongs to us and Ralph even cried saying, “All ours” (39). I think that this island with abundant food, fruits and pigs, will be adventurous and fun to live in.

Entry 2: Day 10
I’m watching Ralph for several days. He seems to be much concerned about being rescued. At first, Ralph looked arguing but I think he is a best companion. I felt proud of myself when I gave the perfect idea to light the woods by using Piggy’s specs. And, now it is how fire is lighted at the mountain top. Ralph made a rule that whoever has the conch, will have the right to speak at platform and was accepted by all. I don’t know why I hate Piggy and find him irritating. May be it is his fatty appearance and his justifications like “I got the conch” (57) or “I got a right to speak” (57), which I cannot resist the most. I tried to help Ralph with finding reasons to make the littluns believe that there is no beastie thing. Though I consoled others saying if the beast thing exists, we’ll hunt it down, I’m scared because we don’t have advanced weapons to kill big beasts. Today after the fire was made, Piggy came stammering. He said, “That little’un- him with the mark on his face, I don’t see him. Where is he now?” (60)

Entry 3: Day 13
I’m trying my best in hunting, but I’ve to return every day in distress. Even though I hunt in the forest risking my own life, I get scolded, and get no appreciation. Ralph was saying, “All day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else. They’re off bathing, or eating, or playing.” (64) He said as if I have not done anything. He cares only about shelters and being rescued. Damn to his shelters! It is true that I’m not successful in hunting now but this is the way how everyone masters in doing something. Simon stirred up the old forgotten fear of beastie and said, “They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others.” (66) They think that this snake-thing is real.

Entry 4: Day 21
Today’s event was the most embarrassing event in my whole life. I was proud that we were able to kill a fatty pig with our faces colored with paint. Hunters felt as if they accomplished something great and were chanting, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood” (86) When I was in a hurry to narrate the whole story to Ralph, he looked at me red eyed, repeating only the phrase “You let the fire out” (87). When I heard that a chance of being rescued by a ship was lost by putting off the fire, I felt ashamed. I could not control myself and hit on Piggy’s stomach when he said, “You didn’t ought to have let that fire out. You said you’d keep the smoke going——–” (89). I felt sorry for everyone and apologized. Finally I managed to please Ralph and others with the pig’s meat. (Q3) I don’t understand why Ralph is very concerned of getting rescued; I don’t think we will get rescued. I want to advise him to get used with the present condition.

Entry 5: Day 22
Ralph called an assembly and spoke things that he thought was important. When he called the meeting, I thought he would scold me again on the fire issue, but he didn’t. The talk was long and boring. I tried to interrupt, but Ralph said, “I’ve got the conch” (102). I feel angry when someone says they have conch, so they could talk. One day I will break that into pieces. Then the topic changed to beast. I said that there is no beast, it is a nightmare. Percival said that the beast comes from the sea. Later, I too believed that there is beast. I took the charge to hunt down the beast and my hunters followed me. Before deciding to leave Piggy tried to find fault in me and said, “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grown-ups going to think? Going–off–hunting pigs–letting fires out–and now!” (113). I asked him to shut up but Ralph supported him by saying he has got the conch. Conch! Conch! Conch! I hate it. Ralph and Piggy think that by having rules they could control everyone. But not me . . .

Entry 6: Day 25
Last night Sam and Eric saw the beast. I called everyone to go for a hunt, to kill the beast. Ralph was frightened and said, “These spears are made of wood. Don’t be silly” (125) I said that there is no time to waste thinking about problems. Even then, he stood worrying about littluns. He made sure littilun’s safety by leaving Piggy to look after them. But Piggy was scared to stay back. I asked him why he is always scared, and he said, “I got the conch-” (126). I told them that the conch is unnecessary as everyone knows when to speak. I was interested in going for the hunt. We decided to go to the tail end part as I had gone everywhere except there. While we moved forward pushing huge rocks together, the journey we took at the beginning came into mind. I went alone to the other side of the island and found nothing. I wanted to stay there but Ralph didn’t. He was worried about smoke when the boys started to play with rocks. I got angry as he was over concerned about smoke.

Entry 7: Day 26
Under my leadership, we continued our search for the beast. Roger showed a pig-run. I decided that we need meat and Ralph agreed. A boar fell on me and Ralph hit it with his spear. He got very excited and said, “I hit him! The spear stuck in-” (140) I didn’t pay much attention to him. I asked my hunters to make a ring. Robert acted as pig and others including Ralph as hunters. We had a good time playing. It became dark and Ralph didn’t want to go finding for the beast. I knew that if I questioned his courage at that point he will come with me. He and Roger came with me up the mountain after sending Simon to Piggy. Ralph said, “We’re being fools” (149) by going at night but I didn’t mind and went forward alone. I saw the beast and fear covered all over me. (Q2) I am scared of the beast. I went running back to inform Ralph and Roger. They also went and saw the beast. (Q4) I believe that this beast is something to be afraid of, as I have seen it sitting bulged on the mountain.

Entry 8: Day 27
After seeing the beast we went to where Piggy and littluns stayed. While Ralph explained about the beast, Piggy started to ask questions. Ralph ignored me when I asked about my hunters. He went on, “So we can’t have a signal fire . . . We’re beaten” (155). I got angry and blew the conch. Everyone came and I asked them to vote for a new leader as Ralph is a coward and isn’t fit to rule us. No one agreed, so I ran into forest with tears. As I thought, some came after me. I felt happy and declared myself as their leader. We killed a pig. Although we had decided to forget about the beast, we gifted head of the pig to it so that it won’t harm us. Then Roger asked me, “How can we make a fire?” (169).We painted our faces and went to the place where Ralph and others were having fire. We took fire and I invited all to join the feast. Everyone including Ralph came for the meat. Like this I got more boys on my side. I will become a powerful leader defeating Ralph.

Entry 9: Day 29
Today, we were made feast to remark our success of the creation of a new group. There were roasting of pig and fat dripping in the fire. Everyone was laughing, singing and enjoying. I sat on a log pulled in the centre of the grass, with face painted and garlanded like an idol. Even Ralph and Piggy came for the feast. In the party I saw Ralph whispering “something inaudible to Piggy; and they both giggled like Sam” (184). I got angry. At that time someone threw a big mass of cooked meat to Piggy. Piggy was burned and started to yell. Everyone, even Ralph, laughed with me. I know he likes me. Suddenly, it was going to rain. “Going to be a storm,” said Ralph, “and you’ll have rain like when we dropped here. Who’s clever now? Where are your shelters?” (187). I ignored him and we started to dance. While we were dancing something scrawled in and it was the beast. We fought against and killed it. It was a small beast.

Entry 10: Day 33
I feel proud, I am the Chief now. Everyone obeys me. I said them to tie Wilfred and they did it. We were all painted, with white and red clay, like savages. When I told them to guard the cave gate to stop Ralph and others from sneaking in, one of them asked me, “Why should they try to sneak in, Chief?” (197). I explained them that they will try to spoil our things. Suddenly, the idea of the beast sneaking in also came to our minds and we decided to kill the beast, if it comes. Later, we remembered that we don’t have fire and we decided to steal it from others. However, when we reached there was no fire lit, so we decided to steal Piggy’s specs. We broke into the shelter and fought with them. Finally we got the glasses and I walked, from my “left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses” (207).

Entry 11: Day 34
In the morning, we went for hunting, painted in black and green. When I returned after the hunt, I saw Ralph and his group standing near the cave. He asked me to return the glasses. He continued, “You played a dirty trick – we’d have given you fire if you’d asked for it ——” (217). He called me thief and at that point I got angry. I moved forward and stabbed him at his chest. But he was strong and held the weapon with his hand. Piggy was calling Ralph from a distance. At my order they tied up Sam and Eric. Ralph and myself started to fight, when Piggy explained “Which is better – to be a pack of painted niggers like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?” (221). Of course, I’m not sensible like Ralph, but I didn’t answer anything that time. Meanwhile, Roger rolled a big stone from the top. It hit Piggy and he fell back to the red rock in the sea. I stabbed Ralph and he turned and ran away. I called my hunters and went back to the cave, with the hunted pig.

Entry 12: Day 35
We have decided to hunt Ralph. It was Sam and Eric who helped us this time. They helped us to spot the place where Ralph was hiding. At first I didn’t believe them, so I asked them again and again. They got frightened and answered, “Yes – yes – oh —!” (237). It was a real hunt and enjoyable than hunting a pig. He was hiding in the thickets. Finally, we were able to find him and he jumped forward. We reached the platform running after him. There we saw an officer and he said, “We saw your smoke. What have you been doing?” (247). Ralph got saved as the officer came seeing the fire, which was set by us to kill Ralph. He said that he is going to take us back to Britain. I don’t want to go back. (Q1) I want to hunt and enjoy being a Chief. Hunting is really fun and full of excitement, along with the freedom I have as a Chief.

Entry 1: Day 1:
It was a day full of shocks. I can vividly remember that our plane was falling down very quickly. I guess, I was fainted after the crash and when I opened my eyes I found myself in this beautiful island. The series of palm trees, the wide sea shore, the flying birds, the colorful butterflies, and the golden glittering sand fascinated me. However, an acute sound distracted me from sightseeing and I reached Ralph’s, our leader’s, territory following the sound. There Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Roger and others were talking about something serious. Ralph decided “we’ve got to decide if this is an island” (31). Ralph chose me and Jack to go with him to discover the land. I was wondering why Ralph chose me to go with them and then I heard Ralph talking to Jack “If Simon walks in the middle of us,” said Ralph, “then we could talk over his head.” (32). Then we three went to the end of the island. The edge of the island was more than beautiful. Actually I did not hear what Ralph and Jack were telling to me; I was drowned in the beauty of the beach.

Entry 2: Day 5:
Today we decided to do something so that we can be rescued from the island. We made a fire on the top of the mountain. At first we were not sure about how to make the fire, but Ralph had the perfect idea to solve this problem. Ralph said, “his (Piggy’s) specs- use them as burning glasses.” (52). Then we made the fire using the specs. But I was not happy with the fire. My heart broke every moment we cut a tree. But we needed more and more trees for the fire so that we can be rescued one day. Ralph shouted, “More wood! All of you get more wood.” (53). It is true that trees cannot talk, but we don’t have any right to kill them only to fulfill our own needs. Poor trees!

Entry 3: Day 20:
Life has become a little easier now. We have shelters to sleep in. “Two shelters were in position, but shaky.” (64). But we are trying to find out ways to make the shelters stronger. (Q1) However, I am a free bird now here in this beautiful island. Whole day I wonder here and there in the jungle. “The whole space was walled with dark aromatic bushes, and was a bowl of heat and light.” (71). I don’t know why but I feel so good when I am in jungle among myriads of flowers and butterflies. So I stay in the jungle for most of the time of a day. I come back to shelter only for fruits.

Entry 4: Day 40:
A terrible thing happened today. There was a ship near our island, but “The fire was dead.” (85). We killed a lot of trees but all that loss of lives went in vain. Really poor trees! Ralph was too disappointed with what happened. After the ship had left, Ralph started to scream abruptly, “Come back! Come back!” (85). I felt so bad for our chief. Will we be ever rescued from this island? I think we should think more positively. I hope that we will be rescued soon. But after that what will happen to my visits to jungles. I think I will terribly miss visiting the jungle.

Entry 5: Day 50
Whenever I remember the day that we missed the opportunity to get out from the island, I wish Jack would die. I don’t know since when I started to hate him, but he drives each of us crazy. As Ralph says in each assembly, “the fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep fire going?” (100-101) Why this stupid savagery Jack can’t understand this. (Q3) I believe we’ll be rescued very soon. For that, we need to work together as a family, while forgetting all the illogical fears about the beast. (Q4) I wish I could tell them that all the beasts and ghosts exist in our mind not anywhere else. We have created those frightened stories, and as Ralph said, “that was a nightmare.” (106). (Q2) There is nothing to fear on the Island except Jack, as his thirst for power won’t end until he takes over Ralph’s Position. To be rescued we need Ralph as our leader not a hunter like Jack who always runs behind a pig. So, I won’t allow Ralph to give-up his leadership because I want to go back. I want to go back.

Entry 6: Day 55
Still, I can’t believe that there is a beast in this island. Last night, during the assembly, Samneric said that “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head-wings.” (124) Oh God! Why can’t I make these people understand that there isn’t any beast? Each of them including littluns speaks during the assembly without any hesitation. Why can’t I tell them what I am feeling? Like they all say is there “a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left no racks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric?”(128) This is unbelievable. How can I explain this to them? Every time I think about this beast, I get a picture of a human like us. On one hand, he is very strong; on the other hand he is weak. If we continue to chase a beast that doesn’t exist, we will forget to think about a way to be rescued from this island. I should at least try to speak to Ralph or Piggy about this, before something bad happens. Will I get a single chance to talk to them? I really don’t know.

Entry 7: Day 60
Today I noticed Ralph acting differently than other days. He spent most of the time alone wearing his thinking face. I don’t know the number of times I tried to speak to him. All this time he didn’t even notice me. I feel like he is somewhat losing hope about being rescued. I was really hurt when he said, “You’re batty” (138). Is it fair to be called batty for hoping to get back? We need at least a hope. I must make Ralph believe that though leaving this island is a big deal, we can do it. I’m scared of Jack, and especially today when Ralph also started to enjoy his hunting by saying again and again “I hit him! The spear stuck in.” (140) I felt like he is going to make this island a butcher’s shop. I didn’t want to spend the rest of my day chasing pigs and that is why I voluntarily pushed myself to give the massage to Piggy. Walking through this dark forest is far better than spending my time with a pack of hunters.

Entry 8: Day 65
Today was the strangest day on this island. Jack and other hunters killed another pig and he said, “ This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.” (170) Why can’t I act like the other boys on this island? Why? Why? Is this because I don’t believe about the beast like others? They play, they eat, they hunt and they are also scared of a beast, which exists in their minds. They are trying to find the beast out on the mountain top. As Lord of the Flies said, “fancy thinking is the beast was something you could hunt and kill. (177) I’m fed up with seeing fighting, blood and killing that have become common things among them. I’m not a silly little boy like them. I want to be myself and find out a way to get back. Sometimes I may think too much, but I prefer to be alone in my own world even though they think I’m batty. There is something strange happening inside me, and I don’t know what it is?

Entry 9: Day 66
I ran away from the Lord of the Flies to the clearing. “What else is there to do?” (180). Then I saw something else. It was the beast. The real beast, not the Lord of the Flies. I was confused. I was thinking whether there are two beasts. Then I went closer and looked properly. There was a man with a torn parachute. But it was not a man. It was a body, a stinking and an ugly dead body of a parachute man. Then I remembered something. This was the thing that Ralph and Jack saw. This was the thing that we thought is the beast. I went running to tell the others. To the castle rock, because I knew they will be there. I heard their singing. They were screaming “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill the blood!” (188). They were doing their scary dance. I went to the circle to tell them that there is no beast, that it is a man, a dead man. But they didn’t hear me. They started beating me. They poked me from their spears. Blood started coming from everywhere. I was hurt. It was painful.

Entry 10: Day 67
I still can’t believe what happened the day before yesterday. I have been thinking the whole day to understand what really happened. They, Jack’s tribe push me down the cliff. They hurt me a lot. But now, now I don’t feel anything. I don’t even feel the pain. I went to the shelters to talk to Ralph or Piggy I was standing near them and they didn’t see me. They were talking about what happened to me. Well not talking, they were trying to avoid talking about me. Ralph said “that was murder” (193) but Piggy tried to placate Ralph saying that it was an accident. I was trying to talk to them and they couldn’t hear me. Then a littlun went running through me. Then I understood what I have become. I have become a ghost. Will others be sacred of me? Will others think that I am the beast? Then I went to the castle rock to see what is happening. They were plotting to steal fire from Piggy and Ralph. Jack asked Roger and Maurice to do their dance for Ralph and Piggy too. Jack said “Then if he comes we’ll do our, our dance again” (199).

Entry 11: Day 68
Last night Jack came with Maurice and Roger and broke the shelters near the beach. They stole Piggy’s glasses and ran away. Piggy got his ass-mar. Ralph was so angry with Jack and decided to go and ask for Piggy’s glasses. They cleaned themselves before going to meet the tribe. At the castle rock Ralph and Jack fought with each other. Ralph cried “thief thief” (217) to Jack. Ralph was scolding the tribe. He scolded them saying “Don’t you understand, you painted fools?” (219) I knew that Jack wanted to do the same thing he did to me again. Then a terrible thing happened. Roger rolled a huge rock towards piggy. I screamed and asked Piggy to run away. But he is so slow and before he could move the rock went over him and he just went with the rock. It was so scary and I felt very sorry for Piggy. I know how much it hurts. (Q4) I knew from the beginning that there was nothing to fear in the island than ourselves. Today Jack’s tribe proved it again. I am now waiting for Piggy to come. I think he will also become a ghost. Then I will not be alone.

Entry 12: Day 69
Ralph is hiding from Jack’s tribe. They are going to hunt him. I still haven’t seen Piggy. I wonder why. I saw others poking samneric with the spears until they agreed to join the tribe. The tribe is so cruel. Ralph thought what happened to Piggy was an accident. It is too cruel to be true. He told himself that “They’re not as bad as that. It was an accident” (227). Ralph saw the Lord of the Flies. He smashed it and I was so happy. It was the reason for everything. Then the tribe set fire to the jungle so that Ralph will burn. It was a huge fire. Everyone was chasing Ralph with sharpened spears. Ralph ran away to the beach. There was a naval officer, and a ship was anchored near I started dancing because help had finally arrived. It was the smoke from the fire in the jungle. The officer saw everyone other than me and he said “Jolly good show. Like the Coral Island” (248). But he didn’t know that it was very very bad or about the cruel things that happened. Everything that happened in the island was so bad. It’s not at all like the Coral Island.

Entry 1: Day 1
Meeting new friends is a great relief for us. We like Ralph becoming the chief but not Jack. We don’t know why Jack always hurts Piggy. He always shouts at Piggy “you’re talking too much (28).” But we think Jack is the person who talks too much. Ralph seems wise and has more patience than Jack. We love the way he said “I’m chief then (30)” after becoming the chief. How can we not like Ralph? If he didn’t blow the conch or if we didn’t hear it, we will be still roaming here and there, looking for fruits and water. Even though it is exciting to stay in a place like this, with no adults or no school, we get scared when we think that we will not be able to go back home. Will we never go home? No, Ralph and them will find some way to go back home.

Entry 2: Day 2
We were correct. Ralph and them found a way to get away from the island: the fire. We think we helped a lot to make the fire. Without the log that we found, it would not burn for a long time. And without the dry leaves, they will never be able to use Piggy’s glasses as burning glasses. But Ralph said “that was no good (54)” because there was only flames and no smoke. From the way things happen here, we smell that something bad will happen and Ralph and Jack will not work together for a long time. Jack is so rude. He always hurts Piggy. We admit that we even make fun of him. But why does Jack hate Piggy? Piggy is no challenge to Jack. Anyway, we agree with Piggy, we acted “like a crowed of kids (50)” because we have to make the again.

Entry 3: Day 8
This isn’t fair. Jack always gets away from work saying that he has to hunt. His favorite words are “we want meat. (65)” Ralph is correct at this point too. We need shelters first. What if there is a beastie as littluns say. Jack didn’t help even a bit to finish making shelters neither he hunts any pig. He easily says “except me and my hunters. (64)” If he doesn’t help why should we. This isn’t fair. That’s why we also went to have a bath in the pool with others. Simon was there to help Ralph. Piggy even was not there. So why only we, we don’t think that we did something bad.   

Entry 4: Day 19
We were so excited about killing the pig. But we felt guilty and upset when Ralph said “you let the fire out (87)” and it became even worse when we got to know that we have missed a ship. We told Jack we can’t leave the fire. This is not our fault. We went only because Jack asked us to go with him. He is the leader of the hunters. We didn’t want to get in trouble by going against him. He is a great hunter and we are scared of his cruelty. We don’t want to get that on us. Anyway, the hunt was so exciting and we think that everyone liked the dance we started. We love singing “kill the pig, cut her throat, bash her in. (94)” It is so much fun. (Q1)However, today also will end as same as any another day on the island. Everyone will wake up tomorrow morning when they feel the heat of the sun and then will look for something to eat. When they get tired they will swim in the pool and just spend the day. At night they get in to the shelters to get some sleep, forgetting what the day was like.

Entry 5: Day 12
Nowadays Ralph seems to act so stubborn and he behaves as an experienced mature person. We don’t know why, but we think it is for us to get rescued soon. We like Ralph, especially these days, we like him even more because we feel like he is working so hard for our liberation. We believe that we could see our parents soon because Ralph is leading us in the proper direction, and we are doing whatever we can to keep the fire going. Ralph was right, “We’ve got to make smoke up there- or die. (101)” However, days are getting scarier and Jack is getting more domineering. The littluns were not lying; we saw the beast as well, coming out of the Ocean. We are really scared and in fact can’t sleep properly at night due to the fear of the beast. Moreover, Jack acts so rude and he doesn’t even obey the rules of the island or our chief. He is making our condition worse and Ralph is really worried about it, yesterday he said in the assembly “Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then? (102)”

Entry 6: Day 16
Today is the scariest day in my life. We had told them before that there is a beast in the island. They didn’t believe us, neither had they done anything to kill it. Then look what happened today, we were almost murdered by that daunting beast. “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head-wings. The beast moved too-(124)” At last Ralph decided to find out that creature, otherwise how can we live in this island fearlessly? We managed to get to a cave on the mountain top where we haven’t been ever before. It was a good experience to see a new place in the island and we were excited but forgot our true purpose. We had to go on further to find the beast and also we had to rebuild the fire, the only way of survival. Ralph scolded us for forgetting about the fire, he said “We want smoke. And you go wasting your time. You roll rocks. (133)” We were tired and wanted to go back to the beach but Ralph was eager to go further to catch the beast. This created respect inside me towards his leadership; yes he is a good leader.

Entry 7: Day 21
(Q3) I think the view of this huge sea had destroyed my hope of getting rescued. It is infinite and divides the rest of the world from our island. Even though we were spending all our energy to make a fire, when a ship came near there was no fire and we couldn’t rescue. Then how are we going to be free now, with no fire, no teamwork and with lots of fighting. We think the beast is going to attack all of us before we could rescue. Jack is more interested in hunting and taking no care about the fire. Always he says “Ralph- we need meat even if we are hunting the other thing (138).” There was hunting yesterday as well, and for the first time Ralph also participated in the hunt. He was very excited about it and shouted, “I hit him with my spear, I wounded him (141).”Then we played for a long time. We were exhausted, so only Ralph, Jack and Roger went further and the rest of us left behind. After a long time I heard them running towards us with full of fear and I understood that they might have seen the beast.

Entry 8: Day 26
Now, all of us are sure that the beast is real. Instead of trying to do something together Jack is trying to split up with us and make a new team because he wants to be the leader. He asked us to join him but none of us did; he was ashamed and ran away saying “I am not going to play any longer. Not with you” (158).  We felt glad that Jack will no longer be with us to create fights. But after some time only we realized that all of the boys had left Ralph and joined Jack except Piggy, some littluns and we two. Good news is that Piggy suggested building the fire down. I heard Ralph ordering “We can build it here between the bathing-pool and the platform. Of course- (160)” Yesterday I saw Ralph sitting near Piggy, looking sad about all these incidents happened. At night Jack came with his hunters and stole our fire. They were all painted with black, green and red, all over their face. He scared us. (Q2) Now in this island we are not only being terrified of the darkness and the beast, but also by Jack and his hunters

Entry 9: Day 40
Without any war jack separated his territory and started to pretend to be the chief. We just do not understand that why other boys listen to him? After making a new fire in Ralph’s territory, we were really tired and hungry. So we went to Jack’s dinner party just to have some food. But Jack’s behavior disgusted us more as he ignored Ralph when he tried to remind Jack about the conch. We heard Jack saying to Ralph “…And the conch does not count at this end of the island. (186)” But Piggy controlled the situation before it got worse, and we think that’s his best quality. After finishing eating Jack invited everyone to do his tribal dance which seemed very ridiculous to us that we left the place immediately. They were totally wild and we could hear their absurd chant “kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! (188)” from so far.

Entry 10: Day 54
We do not know if it is true or not. But, we felt like Piggy and Ralph is hiding something      from us. We were so surprised to see Ralph as he was behaving little strange. Piggy was also talking weirdly when we were talking about the feast. Without any reason he stopped Ralph in between and mentioned “we left early, because we were tired. (195)” We wanted to ask about the dance, but the situation was uncomfortable to talk about that. In the evening we were so tired that we decided to stop the fire for the night when Ralph said, “let the fire go then, for tonight. (202)” Later that night Jack and his gang attacked on us. We fought against each other in the dark without knowing whom we are beating. After they left, we thought that they have taken the conch. But alas! It was Piggy’s glass which got stolen. We really felt very sorry for him. He is in great trouble now without his vision. How can Jack be so mean? We hate him for this even more.

Entry 11: Day 66
We are now captive in Jack’s territory which is a great joke being in an island without having any laws. He just said, “You got to join the tribe, (224)” and we had to do. (Q4) In this whole island there is only one fear, and that is Jack and his domineering acts. Jack is torturing us to help him to trick Ralph and kill him as he killed Piggy too. Oh! That horrible day was the most painful for us. We still remember his worried words when we were going to ask Jack for explanation about his glasses, “Am I safe? I feel awful. (215)” We are now Jack’s own property. We do not know how to get rid of this. Whole day we think about Ralph and how he is surviving. Now, we are so scared of Jack that we fear to talk among ourselves. We never thought that we will be like this.

Entry 12: Day 74
Finally we came out of Jack’s terror as well as the island. Finally, we got RESCUED! But, we regret our intension to kill Ralph. We would have never helped Jack if he would not warn us about our own safety. We tried to help Ralph. We told him to be safe. We felt sorry and fright together. We had to be silent when he asked, “Won’t you come with me? Three of us- we’d stand a chance. (233)” We could not help ourselves to be with him. However, he was lucky because, the fire Jack set up to kill him throughout the forest helped us to be rescued. When the Navy officers came, we were really happy. On the other hand, we were ashamed of our barbaric behavior we faced throughout this period. One officer has connected us with Coral Island sarcastically, “I know. Jolly good show. Like the Coral Island. (248)” Anyway, this pathetic life was over, but it was a great chance for us to experience that life.

Entry 01: Day 01
Dhrooooooooooongggg!! Dhushhh.. shhhh…!! Oh Jesus!! How terrible was the sound of that crash. Holy cow! I still can’t believe I’m alive and we all are stuck in this strange place without any adult! Thank God my specs did not break up, otherwise I would be a fool blind. This is so exciting and so scary too. I feel we are all Robinsson Crusso. I’m now sitting beside the bathing pool. Ralph told me to count all the littluns but they are all roaming around here and there. Silly kids! Now there is nothing to do, so writing is better time pass. I wanted to go with Ralph, Jack and Simon to explore the place. But…, “Ralph said to me, “You’re no good on a job like this.”(32) I understand why he didn’t take me, because I’m fat and half blind. It hurt me! Ralph din’t count me only cause’ I’m fat! But the idea of the conch was mine! I helped him be the chief! And he?? Further he told everyone that I was called “Piggy” in my school and everyone will now call me “Piggy.” Even he didn’t say sorry, rather he said, “Better Piggy than fatty.”(33)

Entry 02: Day 25
(Q1)Today the whole time we did a lot of fun stuff. Ohh… no! The fire thing was not fun. However, first Ralph called a meeting. We all talked of our ideas about the island. Ralph have to look after ourselves.”(43) Jack shouted once, “We’ll have rules!”.. “Lot’s of rules. Then when anyone breaks ‘em—”(44) I guess he meant anyone who breaks the rule will be punished. That boy seems crazy to me! I don’t know why exactly, but I don’t like him. Then While Ralph asked to make a signal fire, that crazy Jack drove away all the boys shouting “A fire, make a fire!”(49) I was really irritated. Ralph is the chief, but this Jack is always trying to take position. Ralph said nothing instead just followed the boys and I joined them later. They had woods but nothing to light the fire. Suddenly jack pointed out my glasses and said, “His specs- use them as burning glasses.”(52) I was helpless while Jack snatched my specs. What he did was not ok! Ralph’s got to keep him in check!
 

Entry 03: Day 41
How exciting! We made shelters this morning! I never even dreamt of making home for myself. I’m having fun here and I think other days will be fun too. Everyone seems happy… especially the littluns- they played, ate, did swimming the whole day as if they are in a picnic. Ralph was upset though. He worked real hard this morning to build the shelters. And oh… yah!! Simon too did a lot. This morning I heard Ralph to complain Jack about the littluns saying, “They’re hopeless. The older aren’t much better. D’you see? All day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else. They’re off bathing, or eating, or playing.”(64) I also heard them arguing about what should be done first. Jack wanted hunting and Ralph wanted to build the huts first. Ralph tried to convince Jack to forget about hunting and help building shelters but Jack got mad at him at one point and shouted, “Are you accusing——-?”(65) Oh my! Jack’s face looked horrible that time. (Q2) I feel scared of him! I saw Ralph to lose the argument and to say Jack, “All I’m saying is we’ve worked dashed hard. That’s all.”(65) I felt sorry for Ralph!

Entry 04: Day 67
I hate Jack Merridew!! Today we missed a ship only because his hunters let the fire out! Oh Gosshh!! I would have been out of this island if we could catch the ship! Only Jack made us lose that chance. Jack’s group was responsible for the fire. But…. Jack took them all for hunting and the fire was gone. We didn’t know. We were on the beach while Ralph saw the ship and we ran up the mountain to check the fire. We were too late and the fire was dead! The ship left!! Ralph got real angry and said, “They let the bloody fire out!”(85) Stupid Jack came later with his stupid hunters. They had a sow! And they were shouting and singing, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” (86) Jack wasn’t ready to listen anything. He was busy describing his hunt and was overly excited. He told to Ralph, “You should have seen the blood!’’ (88) How lunatic he his! Even he hit me breaking one side of my specs when I told him that he did wrong!! Oh! What I’m gonna do now?? Now I’m half blind!! Hell Jack!

Entry 5: Day 72
Ralph seems to be serious at tonight’s meeting. He was mad because Jack didn’t look after the fire. We could have gone home if the fire was there. Jack is only thinking about hunting. I can’t even talk about it because he is always mocking me. I just hate Jack. At tonight’s meeting also he didn’t want me to speak, even though I had the conch. Ralph talked about beast tonight to clear the fact that there is no beast. When Phil described what he saw at that night, Ralph explained the situation by saying that “That was a nightmare, he was walking in his sleep.” (106) (Q4) I also don’t believe that there is any beast because Jack’s been everywhere in the island and there is nothing for that beast to eat except pig. I can’t believe Simon said something like “Maybe, maybe there is a beast.” (110) Then another one said it was a ghost. After that assembly broke up with Jack breaking the rules of speaking without the conch and Ralph was thinking of giving up being chief. I was so scared and somehow managed him not to do so. I can’t even think Ralph being the chief. He will eat me alive.

Entry 6: Day 90
I couldn’t even open my eyes when I heard samneric saying that “We saw the beast.” (123) When I heard it, my heart was racing like horse. I was scared to death. Than Ralph immediately called for an assembly. “He handed the conch to Eric, the nearest of the twins.” (124)  They were scared while describing what they saw at the top of the mountain. And after that Jack was just showing his bravery by saying that he doesn’t fear the beast. Oh, I just hate him so much. He is always so bossy and breaking the rules. He didn’t even think about what the littluns are gonna do. I am glad that Ralph is the chief. At least he has some common sense. I was more scared to hear that they will leave me here with the littluns. I  was just thinking what I should do if the beast attacks us. I can’t even see properly. How will I save the others? I was just hoping that they will come back soon. I just want to go back home.

Entry 7: Day 101
I was worried for them. It was going to be dark and still they were not back from the forest. What could they be doing at a time like this? May be “Here and there they could clamber over wave-wet rock, leaping across clear pools that the tide had left.” (144) I was just worried about Ralph. “The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.” (145) There was another thing on my mind. It’s about home. (Q3) I believe someday we will be rescued, if we keep the fire up on the mountain. Maybe we would been rescued by now, if only that selfish Ralph didn’t go off to hunt and stayed there to put on the fire. Then the ship would have seen the fire and rescued us. I think more chances will come in the near future if we only could keep up the fire. At that time I saw Simon coming out of the forest. I thought they were coming back. But Simon told me that they were going to be late and that’s what Ralph sent him to tell us. It made me even more worried about them.

Entry 8: Day 121
When Ralph and others got back from the forest, Ralph told me that they saw the beast up there. Ralph said that “The beast had teeth, and big black eyes.” (154) I was scared. Jack was just boosting about his hunters and trying to get everyone by his side saying that Ralph is a coward. I don’t believe him. Jack even said that “Hands up, whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?” (157) I was really happy when I saw nobody went on his side. I don’t think he deserve to be a chief. I wanted to give a party when he left. I don’t think we  need him. I don’t even want to see his face again. I saw some bigguns and littluns go after Jack. But I didn’t care. I and samneric brought some fruit for Ralph to make him cheerful. He was worried about the fire. I suggested him to bring the fire down here instead of up there on the mountain. After sometime Jack and his hunters were there to take fire from us. I got scared when I saw them. They were all painted in colors.

Entry 9: Day 152
Ahhh, one more burning day has started at this island and today it is a cloudy day; I hate clouds, they give me sadness. Everybody has gone to Jack’s party and Jack says that they are greedy and savage now because they have gone their just to eat meat “and for pretending to be a tribe, and putting on war-paint.” (183). I also want to go because it has been long time I did not eat meat. After spending boring time alone, Ralph and me went to join their party and we pretended that we are just on walk so Jack cannot make fun of us with his hunters. Jack gave us meat when we are passing them whistling and then that……. happened. It started with an argument between Jack and Ralph when Jack asked the question “who’ll join my tribe?” (186), and most of the boys joined Jack’s group and started a dance with enchant of “kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (187) and then that……happened.

Entry 10: Day 171
There is something strange happening with me, I feel I can see clearly without glasses; I realized this when I recognized Ralph without them on. He was concerned about us being alone with only littluns who, according to Ralph “they don’t count.” (191) Then he started to talk about that….. about Simon. I, even, do not want to think about that…. but they… killed him, no no it was accident and this I tried to convince Ralph but he said “that was murder.” (193) We did not do that…..but Ralph said we could have stopped this; how could we??? It was dark and…..there was that wild dance and we all were scared of beast so we thought it was the beast. Still Ralph thinks he could have stopped that…because he said “I wasn’t scared,” (193) anyway, we pretended the same in front of Samneric that we left the feast early as we were tired and so did them. Life is continuously pain here because tonight I also lost my spectacles by the hand of Jack and his wild hunters. They attacked on us at night and after a terrible fight in dark, they succeeded to get my only spectacle.

Entry 11: Day 193
Now I am, I am a ghost, a real ghost on the island. The savages killed me today and now my soul is in pain to go back to home but we do not have fire to send a signal out to rescue us….what are we going to do? My spectacles were the reason of my death. Yesterday night they     took my glassed and I forced Ralph to come with me and bring back my spectacles; oh God, I wish I would have listened to him when he said “you’ll get hurt.” (210) and did not encounter my death. We went to in a group of only four against those savages and barbaric tribe; ah what a foolish mistake we made and then Ralph made jack angrier when he said to him “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” (220) and after this bloody conversation Roger rolled down that rock which made me lifeless. O God, what I am going to do with this new life and how I am going to go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Entry 12: Day 207
Ralph…..Ralph, why Ralph is not listening my voice? Why these all jack’s mad tribe is following Ralph? Are they going to kill him? Why Ralph did not listen to them when they said “They are going to hunt you to-morrow.” (232) Why Samneric did not keep his secret only to them? Why did they tell to Jack that Ralph told them that he is “I’ll lie up close: in that thicket down there,” “so keep them away from it. They’ll never think to look so close.” (233) but they told and now they are on hunting Ralph. O God help me to save Ralph.  And then a miracle happened; God send a boat to save Ralph and rescue us all, but…………………… how I am going to go home. Now I am a ghost; no one can see me, feel me and listen me. O God, why did not you send this ship when I was alive???????????????

Entry 1: Day 1
When I got up, I saw Jack and others in our choir group beside me. We were in a dense forest, but still we felt happy as everyone was together. While searching for fruits, we heard the sound of a conch being blown. Reaching the place, we found some boys there. Jack made us stand in a line, in the hot son, for such a long time that at last I fainted. Later we had an assembly and Ralph, our newly elected chief, said that for exploring the land he wanted two boys to go with him. ““I’ll go, and Jack, and, and…” He looked round the circle of eager faces. There was no lack of boys to choose from. “And Simon.”” (31)I was really glad that he selected me; but Piggy didn’t like it. Anyway, we three went up to a mountain and saw that it was an uninhabited island. On the way, Jack became desperate as he couldn’t kill a pig, though he tried. ““I was choosing a place,” said Jack. “I was waiting for a moment to decide where to stab him.” (41)Though I don’t know what is going to happen, I’m waiting for the coming days.

Entry 2: Day 5
Today we had a meeting. Ralph told us that his father is in the Navy and thus he might know where we are and will come to take us home. Ralph made some rules and discussed the importance of keeping a fire on the mountain. He says that “if a ship comes near the island they may not notice us.” (49) So, in order to attract the attention of ships passing by we need to keep the fire going. So we went running to set a fire up on the top of the mountain. “Ralph was on his feet too, shouting for quiet, but no one heard him.” (49) We gathered a pile of wood but nobody knew how to light it. Then Jack pointed towards Piggy’s glasses and using that he managed to light it. But somehow the fire spread throughout the forest, and unknowingly a boy with a mulberry color birth mark was lost. I think he died in that fire and now I feel very sad. We should have taken care of each littlun.

Entry 3: Day 10
Today was an exciting day. I found a new place. Today, I went into the forest. I went all the way through wherever the path would lead me and at last came to a beautiful open space. “The whole space was walled with dark aromatic bushes, and was a bowl of heat and light”. (71) It was full of white flowers and their scent. Apart from this, we made three shelters today. For making the first one, everyone was there. So, we could finish it fast. But there were only me and Ralph when we made the third one. So, that was a lot of work; but we had to do it. Anyway that was totally a shame on Jack’s part that he didn’t come to help us, to make at least one of them. Ralph was a little angry for that. But when he accused Jack of his craze for hunting, Jack went on saying that it was important to get some meet. “They were both red in face and found looking at each other difficult.” (65) Though the situation seems to be getting worse, I think Ralph is a good leader.

Entry 4: Day 15
Today, in the morning, we were all playing in the sea. Suddenly Ralph cried out saying that there is a ship, out in the sea. I too looked out, but I didn’t see any ships. Ralph suddenly started running, and without knowing what to do we just followed him. We ran until we stood on top of the mountain. There was no fire and no smoke. Ralph became really sad and angry. Later, Jack and others, who had gone for hunting, came back singing “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” (86) Ralph told him that Jack was really irresponsible to go for hunting rather than keeping the fire. Piggy also criticized Jack; but Jack attacked Piggy and broke one lens of his glasses. Later at night, the pig which Jack had killed was roasted and there was a feast. While we were having the pig, Piggy asked for more meat; but no one minded him. So, I gave him my piece. Jack became angry at this and he threw a piece of meat to me, saying “Eat! Damn you!” (92) I don’t like Jack now. I never wanted him to be angry at me.

Entry 5: Day 20
Something really serious happened today- the fire was burned out and Ralph became crazy about it. Jack took Samneric for hunting and let the fire out. Jack always behaves like an irrational person. Because of this, Ralph and Jack had a row in today’s late, but important, assembly. Ralph talked about all kinds of problems, especially about following rules. Also, he praised me for building the huts. He said, “We all built the first one, four of us the second one, and me ‘n Simon built the last one over there.” (100) I never realized that Ralph had noticed me! However, now I am kind of upset because in the assembly there was lots of talking about the beast. Everybody was analyzing about the possibilities of its existence. At one point I became the laughing stock, when I said that I believe in the beast. Ralph was so angry- he said, “You Simon? You believe in this?” (111) I think it would have been better if I had stayed silent. But, no matter how much Ralph gets angry on me, I want him to be the Chief because if Jack becomes the Chief, everything will be messed up.

Entry 6: Day 25
Samneric saw the beast. I do not know we should believe it or not, but based on their information, we, all the big boys except Piggy, went to explore the island once again. Before going for hunting the beast, we had an assembly and in that, Jack insulted me again. When Jack was speaking without the conch in his hands, Ralph indicated it. But Jack said, “We don’t need the conch any more. We know who ought to say things.” (126) After this he mentioned my name and said that I did no good in speaking. (Q4) However, at least I can see the absurdness of the beast theory and nobody else does that. I know there isn’t a beast or anything else to fear about in this island. Ralph really appreciates this thoughtfulness because when I said to him that there isn’t a beast, he smiled and said, “I suppose not.” (130) Besides this, there is nothing special in the exploration up until now- these boys are behaving like children and playing with rocks. Silly boys!

Entry 7: Day 30
I came back from the exploration before everyone, because Piggy needed to be informed that the big boys would not return until it was dark. It was fine to me because it gave me sometime of my own- away from everybody. (Q3) I think that everything will be alright and all of us will go back to our home. However, when after saying this to Ralph I looked at him, “Ralph found that he had rock painfully gripped in both hands, found his body ached, the muscles of his neck stiff, his mouth strained open.” (137) But when I said that I would inform Piggy, “Ralph looked back at Jack, seeing him, infuriatingly, for the first time.” (145) If Ralph and Jack become friends again, I will be really happy, because I cannot talk with them and make them my friends. I think I do not want to talk to anyone, but maybe I want to.

Entry 8: Day 35
This time Ralph and Jack have seen the beast too! I do not know, whether it is true or not. I am so confused about what I should do. I think we should do something although I do not know what that something is and I am also afraid of everybody because whenever I talk they laugh at me. They do not know that “the greatest ideas are the simplest” (161) and I am able to give simple and nice ideas. I do not want to share anything- I want to be in my own world. That is why I came here, in this beautiful place. (Q1) These days, the only thing I enjoy doing is coming here, and most of the days I don’t do anything else apart from this. After that horrible conversation with the Lord of the Flies (Did I really talk to it? I don’t know.) and the realization that the beast was among us, I felt as though I was going into the pig’s dark, vast mouth. “There was blackness within, a blackness that spread.” (178) And I was drowning… drowning… and drowning into the darkness.

Entry 9: Day 40
This is not what I had expected to see after death. Is there a heaven? I don’t know. Instead of giving up the hope, I prefer believing that the time hasn’t yet come for me to leave for the heaven. It is funny that man’s hopes never leave him, even after death. I can’t still believe that I am dead. But they killed me, didn’t they? After regaining consciousness, I felt as though I had been sleeping for ages. Then I encountered the ‘beast’. Poor boys! They didn’t know that the ‘beast’ was only a dead man in a parachute. Looking down from the mountain, “the fire by the platform appeared to be out, or at least making no smoke” (181). But in another place, I saw smoke and the boys were moving there. So I ran thinking: “the beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible” (181). During the dance I tried to tell them, but they didn’t hear me. Seeing them dance together, I thought that everything was okay and that Jack had come back to the rest. But, now I realize that they have split into two.

Entry 10: Day 45
My body, cold and stiffen had been on the beach until a high wave took it to the sea. Ralph is really sad for me. He believes that it was a murder and he is also part of the crime. I am glad that Piggy consoles him by saying: “it was an accident” (193). And it is the truth. Tonight, I wanted to inform Ralph that jack was going to steal the fire. When they came sneaking at night, I ran before them and tried to wake Piggy up. But then I realized that shocking truth- I couldn’t even touch him! It was as though I could pass through him. I tried so badly to shield Piggy and Ralph from being hit, but jack’s fists went right through my face and punched Ralph on his face. Later I saw Jack walking away with Piggy’s glasses. But I am happy that Ralph remembers what I had told while being killed. I understood this when he said: “He said something about a dead man…” (200) while talking to Piggy and the twins. But, I don’t think they can keep the fire going, because there are only four of them.

Entry 11: Day 50
Now that I have a friend here, am I happy or sad? I don’t know. Having nobody to talk to, the past few days have been miserable. The littlun, who has the mulberry color birthmark, is here too, but he doesn’t speak to me, he is always busy playing. Thus, it was a matter of relief when Piggy came. But it was extremely cruel of Roger to kill him. How could he do it? When the rock hit him, “his head opened and stuff came out and turned red” (223). How come they have changed so much as to kill another person? I knew that going to the castle rock to get the glasses back was foolish as they were only four against Jack’s tribe. But there wasn’t another option. Or was there? I wanted to punch Jack on his face when he hit Ralph and yelled “I’m chief” (223). Poor Samneric! (Q2) I am very afraid of Jack because he has become so much as to kill his friends. I am worried that they would torture them until they get hold of Ralph.

Entry 12: Day 55
Didn’t I once promise to Ralph that we would get back to our home one day? If the naval officer hadn’t come, Ralph might have been killed as he was too tired to run. Others might have died from starvation as they had set fire to the whole forest. Piggy and I were running with Ralph when he ran to find a hiding place. “They were all running, all crying out madly” (245). But we were completely helpless and that made us cry. Then we found out another amazing thing about the dead – we can’t cry. Tears don’t come from our eyes. I don’t know how many more mysteries are there to be revealed. At last, when the officer said: “we saw your smoke” (248), Ralph was proved right about the fire. It was a long process to get everyone into the ship. Is somebody still left in the island? I hope not. Everybody except me and Piggy seems to be happy. Like them we are going back too, but without our bodies which are trapped somewhere in the depths of the sea. Behind us, the island is shrinking in size as we move forward.

Day 1: Entry 1
I realized that I am alive when I saw a boy a few steps far away to me; without noticing me. I thought I’d talk to him. “The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.” (11)
I asked him many questions, but he answered indifferently. From him I came to know that we were stuck in an island and there were not any grown-ups. He was an enigma to me. One minute he looked involved and the next time he was lost in himself. Even he didn’t ask for my name when he replied his was Ralph. However, when I told him the name I was called by the boys at school, he appeared with a new face. “Ralph shrieked with laughter. He jumped up.” (16) My next surprise was finding a conch which helped us finding other boys named Jack, Roger, Robert, Maurice and a twins Sam and Eric. As there no adults, we decided to elect a leader and we got Ralph as our new leader.

Day 2: Entry 2
It was almost getting dark when we all sat for the next meeting. “The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children, feeling too late the smart of sun burn, had put their clothes on.” (42) In the meeting, while Ralph was describing the plans and rules, Jack was distracting him. At one point of the meeting, a little boy tried to say something, but nobody paid attention to him. I looked at him. He seemed very scared and worried, so I was compelled to shout. “At last Ralph induced him to hold the shell but by then the blow of laughter had taken away the child’s voice.” (46) The boy then mentioned that he had seen a beast, a snake like thing. After consoling that boy Ralph announced our next task was to light fire for being rescued. He assured by saying that his father was a navy officer and the Queen has a picture of this island oh her map. (Q3)His inspiring speech gave me a hope of being rescued.

Day 5: Entry 3
(Q1)Days were passing slowly, observing the activities of others and helping Ralph to maintain order and rules on the island. This was necessary for the wellbeing of all the boys as well as our rescue.
However, Jack did not realize this. He was escaping himself from duties in the name of hunting. He was irresponsible, but always had a reason to hide it with his lame excuses. Ralph was really upset with him and tried to talk calmly about this matter. Nevertheless, “some hidden passion vibrated in Ralph’s voice.” (65) He tried to hold his temper even after Jack’s wicked attitude. “Suddenly Jack shouted in rage.” (65) Both of them were mad at each other. Ralph was really trying to help us by building hut, kindling fire and maintaining discipline, but Jack was always busy in ruining Ralph’s efforts, so that his image becomes bad in front of the rests. I could see the indirect and invisible competition for power going between the two. The time will show everybody’s true colors.

Day11: Entry 4
With time we were acclimating in that strange world. All of us had a life of our own. “The smaller boys were known now by the generic title of “littluns”.” (74) To me, the island seems like an endless source of scenic beauty because I have never been to such a place before. “There was a pool at the end of the river, a tiny mere dammed back by sand and full of white water lilies and needle-like reeds.” (79) Despite many hurdles, I liked that place.
It was almost noon when I and Ralph were sitting on a rock; suddenly we saw a ship on the horizon. We became excited but our excitement soon disappeared as we found the fire was gone. Just because of Jack and his group’s irresponsibility, the chance of being rescued went in vain
After some time Jack and his choir returned with painted face, blood over the entire body and a dead pig. He was so excited to kill the pig that he barely noticed what Ralph was saying. So I started to talk. As Jack couldn’t digest the truth, he hit me on my face and broke my glasses.

Day 15: Entry 5
Though the days were passing monotonously, each day things were changing. Like, today, when we were having our as usual assembly I felt something different especially about Ralph, who was looking impatient and restless. “He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered by his lack of words to express him.” (95)He was looking different and I observed deep fear on his face. (Q2) Truly speaking, Ralphs look made me worried and as well as scared as I know if he gives up his position to Jack, he will make our lives hell. Not only that, the hope for being rescued will burn into ashes. However, I regained my hope when the assembly started and saw Ralph bringing up some wonderful decisions. I was relieved when he said, “All this I meant to say. Now I have said it. You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say?” (101) Yet, the way Jack is behaving really foreshadows a grievous future. Hope nothing happens like that.
Nowadays, the silly ‘littluns’ are making up stories of mysterious beasts. Man! They should see we are in an era where we can conquer Mars and that beast, really absurd!

Day 16: Entry 6
We were all sleeping until a chaos woke me up and there I saw Samneric. They looked pale with terror and claimed to have seen the beast. Hearing that, Ralph immediately got ready with the spear and called an assembly. In the assembly he brought up the idea of the Beast and asked Samneric to explain. When they said, “it was furry. There was something moving behind its head- wings”, (124) Oh god! Everyone got scared even I got goose bumps though, I don’t believe in the existence of beast. However, when I suggested staying close with each other the ‘biguns’, abruptly took decision to search the beast leaving me behind with the ‘lilttluns’. The decision came to me like the volt form the blue. Well, I was terrified about what I am going to do if that beast really exists or appears? Don’t they know that I have only one eye along with asthma? And when I tried my to make them realize, Jack commanded, “Let’s be moving, we are wasting our time.” (125) However, I could only console my heart by saying, don’t be afraid Piggy, be brave because you are a big boy now.

Day 17: Entry 7
After they left me alone for the beast, my heart beat was increasing. I was nervous and impatient. I don’t know why I started to act like those packs of crazy fools though I still do not believe in the existence of the beast. I am also fed up with those littluns. They were fine from the morning, playing as usual but when it started getting dark they began their moaning -groaning. Now it’s getting unbearable, please God! Get me out of this situation. Oh, another thing, if that beast really exists please save my god, except for that Jack, Jack Meridew. If it is possible, put him in hunt with the beast, “like in a real hunt” (142). I will be so happy and if you really do so and I promise I will go to church every Sunday. You know, why I am telling all this to you… because you are the one who can save me from that evil. And please…. tell them to return quickly if you don’t do so “I will go up by myself.” (149) because, here, It’s too spooky.

Day 18: Entry 8
I could not believe my ears when Ralph told me that, they have seen the beast. I was totally shocked. However, the most unexpected thing happened when today Jacks tried to insult Ralph in front of everyone and thus persuading other boys to join his tribe. His tribe! Full of Jerks and devils. He even said, “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” (157). We all know as we have the brain to realize who is best and who is not. But, if things go on like this way, I guess one day Ralph will give up. Sometimes I feel he is a coward. But what will happen to me, if something happens like that? I know Jack hates me and I am sure if he becomes the chief, he will make this place a nightmare for me. Moreover, he is getting furious day by day. Today, you should have seen his face when everyone denied his proposal. It was all red and “the humiliating tears were running from the corner of each eye”. (158) believe me! That time he was looking as furious as a beast.

Day 23: Entry 9
Jack and his manipulated tribe were having a feast and all of us were invited. Ralph and I were the last ones to reach there. The boys were having a jolly time there. “They were laughing, singing, lying, squatting or standing on the grass, holding food in their hands.” (183) Jack sat there like an idol, ordering things to be done. I could clearly see the boys for him were nothing, but a puppet. So predictable. What can we except from that savage, Jack?
Surprisingly, he gave meat to Ralph and also asked him to join his tribe. But Ralph denied though he had less supporters.
The sudden storm changed everything. Jack and his tribes didn’t have any shelters so cleverly Jack made all the boys dance the so called Hunting Dance.
I couldn’t see properly but a thing was moving out of the forest. The littluns were terrified and we, the biguns were all taken aback. Jack claimed it was the beast. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, scream, struck, bit, tore.” (188) In no time the beast was gone, gone with the wind, gone with the waves.

Day 24: Entry 10
It was a heavy morning. Ralph was heavy with the guilt of Simon’s death. He couldn’t think anything else than the brutal death of the little Simon.
I know we didn’t kill him, not purposely. It was an accident. Why doesn’t Ralph understand it was an accident? “Coming in the dark- he had no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it.” (193-194)
The night was more awful than the morning. When we were sleeping, Jack and his savages come to rob our shelters. They kicked us, hit us and searched all over the shelters. Ralph said “I thought they wanted the conch.”(207) But, I knew those evil souls did not come for the conch. They came for my glasses, my eyes, the only way to make fire on the island.

Day 25: Entry 11
All my life, people have made fun of me and it never bothered me. But this dirty trick of Jack was too much. He knew I couldn’t see without my glasses, yet he took my glasses. So, I requested Ralph to blow the conch and hold and assembly. He blew the conch but was of no use. So we decided to go to the other end and ask my glasses back. Sam suggested “we ought to take the spears, because we might need them.”(210) I refused since I thought we’d go there and sort things out without violence.
However, things went different. Jack and Ralph got into a fight. Ralph couldn’t make himself clear why we had come there. I raised the conch and tried to make the boys understand the need of the time was not hunting but unity to find a way to be rescued. But, all went in vain.
All this time Roger had been throwing stones at us. “Ralph heard the great rock long before he saw it.” (222) Ralph escaped it, but I couldn’t. It crushed me to death and the conch into thousand pieces. And without a sound the waves took me with it.

Day 28: Entry 12
I didn’t want to die. But looking at Ralph from the heaven, I think my death was far better than the life on the island. Poor Ralph, how long will he have to suffer? Is he paying the price of being good? For thinking about everyone’s good and rescue on the island? This is so not fair.
Jack and his savages are after him like hungry wild dogs. “They had smoked him out and set the island on fire.” (242) Ralph have been hiding in the thickets, running beneath the trees, escaping the each line Jack’s savages had made.
After much struggle, hide and seek, Ralph was rescued. We were right; those navy officers did see the fire, out signal. But, the situation now was different. The rescue we had thought would be for all was only for few. Amidst those navy officers, there stood a new Ralph, a broken, shattered Ralph. “And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true wise friend called Piggy.” (248)

Entry 1: Day 1
I can’t believe my eyes. Is it a dream? I am on an island without any grownups. I think from today I am going to have a new life. I don’t know how it is going to be, good or bad. I have met some other kids like me. That “ass mar” Piggy was the first one I met here. He looks like a fat nerd with a bag of knowledge that he got from his aunt. Even though I didn’t like his company, the whole day he was asking me thousands of questions. I met Jack and Simon as well, with whom I went out to explore the island. It was an adventurous journey and like Jack said I think “This is real exploring. I bet nobody’s been here before.”(35).
However, I know that this excitement will last for a few days. I want to be rescued. I am sure Dad will come to rescue me as soon as he knows. (Q3) Suck to that ass-mar who said, “Nobody don’t know we are here. Your dad don’t know, nobody don’t know-” (20). But I know, he will come.

Entry 2: Day 3
Today I had a mixed feeling of success and remorse. I successfully ran a meeting and I think took were appropriate decisions in the present situation. I suggested them to make a fire on the mountain to create smoke. I am quite sure that this island is also on the Queen’s map in her big room. So, our fire will surely be able to drag the notice of ships passing by, and we will be rescued. I must appreciate Jack’s knowledge as when I was puzzled about making the fire, he said by showing Piggy that, “His specs- use them as burning glasses.”(52) But I was irritated by Piggy’s attitude. He was dissuading by saying that we were “Acting like a crowd of kids.”(50) I wanted to make fire for signal but those packs of fools did not listen to me carefully and set fires in forest. Moreover, that kid with mulberry mark on his face irritated me by making up some stupid stories about “Beastie”. I guess he is dead now. I did not want to kill the boy. But still I am ashamed because it was my idea to make fire.

Entry 3: Day 10
Today, Simon and I worked for many hours building shelters. We need to make them otherwise during storm or rain or any kind of emergency where will we go? (Q1) When others remained busy in their play, he was the only one who worked hard and helped me to build those huts on the beach. Everyone is depending on me, even Simon said, “You’re Chief. You tell ‘em off.” (64) Fool Simon! He doesn’t even understand that everyone is fond of lip service, but when it’s time to work no one is here. I have been feeling extremely irritated by Jack’s attitude. I told him that building shelters should be our first priority, but the only thing he cares about is hunting. No matter how hard I try to make him understand, he always ignores saying “But we want meat.” (68) I am so fed up with Jack. I think the situation is getting hostile between me and Jack.

Entry 4: Day 30
Today was the day of disappointment. Piggy and I became so happy when we first saw the ship. But our happiness did not last for long. The signal fire that would have helped us to get rescued was gone out because of Jack and his group’s irresponsibility and levity. I could not control my temper any more. That shameless Jack didn’t even feel sorry about his irresponsibility. Moreover, the way he acted around Piggy was really inhuman and rude. Piggy was right when he said, “You didn’t ought to have let the fire out.”(89) But Jack didn’t even apologize for that. He was happy because he had finally hunted a pig. I think Jack is trying to hide his face under the paint, but in real he is bringing out his color of savage. I hated their violent dance and chant, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” (94) I think that this ego clash between me and Jack is going to increase day by day. What should I do? I have called another meeting. Let’s see what happens.

Entry 5: Day 45
I’m feeling so frustrated these days because maintaining discipline in the assembly has become so hard. May be piggy was right. “We’re all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there are always a grown-up.”(117), but here is no grown-up to take care of us. I feel like I am the one who is responsible for everything since I’m the chief. But how can I do everything by myself. Everyone just wants to play and enjoy. Several times, I have to remind them about the importance of making the signal fire. How can they forget that it is the only way to be got rescued. Specially the littluns, what I’m going to do with them. They are so scared of the beast which no one has seen, except by that “Percival Wemys Madison, The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele–”(108) According to him, the beast comes out of the sea. Jack is so stupid. He should not have announced that to everyone since littluns are already so frightened. I guess there is no beast, but how can I be so sure about it. I wonder is there a real beast? Will it harm us?

Entry 6: Day 46
Last night, “There was a sudden bright explosion and a corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars.” (118) According to Sam and Eric, it was the beast. When Eric said “We have seen the beast with our own eyes,” (124), I was so shocked and scared. To find out the fact, I, Jack and some other biguns went in search of the beast. Throughout the way, Jack irritated me by saying “This is a hunter’s job,” (126), but I think it is more than a hunter’s job. We were working to get rescued as soon as possible, but he was just concerned about all the rubbish things. The place where we can’t get food, fresh water and shelter, he wants to make a fort there. But overall, I guess today’s journey was quiet better than usual. It had been long since, Jack and I had worked together without any argument.

Entry 7: Day 47
I had a strange feeling today. In the morning, Simon said “You’ll get back to where you came from.”(137) I don’t know why he said so, but I wish we all be rescued soon from this island. And also, I do not understand what has happened to me and all of us? Today, Robert was about to die because of that wild and frenzy dance. And also, these days it’s getting harder to work with Jack. While climbing to the top of the mountain, he was just trying to show me that I’m a coward. He might be right up to certain limit since he whispered “let’s creep forward on hands and knees. May be its asleep.” (151) when I was scared to go near the beast.
But I don’t think that was a right decision. What if that beast would have been awake and caught us? What if we were killed there at night? I should also think of others since I’m the chief. From now onwards, I need to be more careful and responsible.

Entry 8: Day 49
Today, we saw the beast on the top of the mountain, and this news has made everyone panic, especially the littluns. Everyone is so frightened, even me because I saw it with my own eyes. It was “something like a great ape.” (Q4) But Piggy kept asking me “Are you sure? Really sure, I mean?”(154). I had given up the hope to be rescued because we weren’t being able to make the signal fire on the mountain, but thanks to Piggy’s intellectual mind. He said “We‘ve got no fire on the mountain, But what’s wrong with a fire down here? A fire could be built on them rocks. On the sand, even. We’d make smoke all the same.”(166) He is right, but now we don’t have much people to help us continue to make fire. Jack has announced that he and some other boys will live separately on their own. May be as Piggy says, it is better living without some of the boys. I guess now everything will be as in the beginning. I wonder where Simon might have gone since I have not seen him the whole day.

Entry 9: Day 51
Most of the boys have joined Jack’s so-called tribe that has settled in another end of the island. Piggy and I are only sitting this side of the island and still I don’t know where Simon has gone. Jack’s tribe was having feast at the other end, so just to make sure that nothing happens, Piggy and I went there. “Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the centre of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol.” (183) After the feast, Jack asked the boys if someone wanted to join his tribe. I had sudden pang of pain when I saw that most of the boys agreed to join him. When it started raining and the littluns panicked, so Jack called for the boys to perform the pig hunting dance. “Roger became the pig, grunting and charging at Jack, who side stepped.” (187)During the dance, Simon was mistaken for the beast and was killed by the boys. Now, I think the fear of beast has turned the boys themselves into beasts.

Entry 10: Day 52
Though Piggy consoled me saying “It was an accident” (194), I am very disturbed about what happened last night. I regret for not saving Simon from those savages. To add, today Jack and his hunters attacked us. We fought back bravely, but got badly hurt. I thought they had come for the conch. But after Piggy said “They came for something else. Ralph… what am I going to do?”(207), then only I realized that they had stole Piggy’s glasses. I am really sorry for Piggy. He is almost blind now, and I feel so helpless. Why doesn’t Jack leave us alone? We don’t have Piggy’s glasses to make fire, which is the only way to get rescued. I don’t know what are we going to do. We all are badly hurt.

Entry 11: Day 53
Today, I felt like I lost another part of mine. Piggy is dead now. I feel so lonely now without him. I still remember how he had asked “Am I safe?” (215) I wished I could have told him that he was very safe and there was nothing to worry about. But I was also very scared and did not know what to say since he believed in me. I still remember how “Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.” (223) And how the symbol of our authority, the conch, was shattered into many white pieces. I ran, like the pig ran during the hunt, and managed to escape from their spears. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, and I am very scared of Jack (Q2) because he had already killed Piggy and Simon, and he would not leave me as well. I wished the rock would have killed that ruthless Jack, so all the problems would be solved. I would be the chief again; we would make fire, then get rescued and be back home. Oh! How I wish to be back home. I am so tired right now.

Entry 12: Day 54
“The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor.” (226) I thought I would also die like they did. Today, Jack set fire in the whole forest to hunt me. But I managed to run away from that death trap. Luckily, I am saved by a naval officer. The time he asked, “I should have thought a pack of British boys- you’re all British boys aren’t you?” (248) I thought if we had not been saved, I would have been dead and those savages would have forgotten who they were. Now, I am on the ship on my way to home. Ostensibly, I should be happy for we are rescued at last, but I cried a lot. I wept for Simon and Piggy, who are dead now, because together we had dreamt of this day.

Entry 1: Day 1
The deep, harsh sound from some source made us realize that we were still alive. The last scene that we could remember was the moment when we closed our eyes to face death. Fortunately, we were together, alive in between the creepers and broken trunks in an unknown forest. A number of questions rose in our minds; “where are we?” “Is someone else alive?”…etc,etc. Our search for the source of the sound ended up in front of a group of kids gathered together around a boy who was holding a conch. In a while the boy with the conch spoke up “We’re having a meeting. Come and join in.”(27) We too joined the meeting. One of them named Piggy asked us our names and thereafter introduced us to the rest saying, “Those two- they’re twins, Sam ’n Eric.”(28). In the meeting, Ralph was chosen as the leader. The choir under Jack was titled as the hunters and soldiers. After asking us to stay on the beach, Ralph along with Jack and Simon moved on to explore the land. We were left terrified and anxious in a land with no grown-ups.

Entry 2: Day 4
We are going through the most terrible days. A meeting was called by Ralph where we’re informed that we were on an uninhabited island. Jack and his army took the initiative of providing us with food. It was also decided that we would be permitted to speak in meetings only if we hold the conch in our hand. The idea sounded to be acceptable. A boy with a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face talked about the presence of a beast. We were terrified as well as a bit relieved when Ralph denied it saying “He must have had a nightmare” (47). Thereafter, Ralph explained the significance of having a fire on the mountain top to be rescued. As soon as we heard it, we along with others ran towards the mountain and gathered the fire wood, which was lit with the help of Piggy’s glasses. The fire terrifyingly spread over the forest by burning the dead trees. Just then Piggy pointed out the absence of the boy with the mark on his face. The fear within us grew when Ralph remained wordless by saying “Perhaps he went back to the, the…” (60).

Entry 3: day 7
As days were passing by, we were losing the hope of being rescued from the island. Life seemed to be too rude towards us. We were neither getting tasty food nor a comfortable place to lie down at nights. (Q1)For days we were busy with making shelters. All we have to do was to collect building materials and build shelters under the leadership of Ralph, as we required a place to sleep and rest. We are starting to get used to this new life style. Jack and his army were more interested in hunting than in any other activities. They kept on saying, “We want meat….”(65) whereas Ralph opposed it saying, “We need Shelters.”(65). Meanwhile we enjoyed ourselves by bathing in the river, eating and playing. Neither our parents nor our teachers were there to limit our freedom. Still the nights were uncomfortable. The littluns who were frightened about the presence of the beast talked and screamed in their sleeps. Sometimes the idea of living in an unsafe island induces fury in us too. Nothing could prevent us from missing home. Yet, there is nothing to do but hide our sorrows.

Entry 4: day 9
Our life style has undergone a new turn with no disciplines and responsibilities. We spend most of the day eating fruits and roaming around the island and the littluns end up in having chronic diarrhea as they can’t reach the ripe fruits. Sometimes we feel as if we are tribal people, and this feeling turned out to be stronger when we found Jack coloring his face with different colours. We joined him in hunting and killing a pig, but when we were back we found Ralph and Piggy in a furious mood. They were angry with Jack and his army for not keeping the fire when a ship passed near by the island. Most of us were worried with this unfortunate incident of missing an opportunity to be rescued when Piggy cried “They might have seen us. We might have gone home”(88). Jack was not at all worried about what had happened. Still he kept on saying, “we needed meat”(89). We are not sure about the transition which is taking place. After a while most of the boys forgot about the ship and got involved in a game related to the hunting and killing of pig.

Entry 5: Day 10
Today after the discussion between Ralph and Jack over keeping the fire and hunting, we thought Ralph was going to point us out for not being able to keep the fire on, but that was not our fault you see. Anyways, we were really confused what the assembly was actually about, having a permanent fire or beast in the water that Percival claimed to exist. The littlun’s cries were annoying every one of us till Maurice shouted, “Look at me” (108) and pretended to fall over. Jack considers himself as the head and boosts about his strength always trying to prove himself better than Ralph. At one point Jack even said, “Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong – we hunt! If there’s beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat.”(114). Jack’s words and wild whoop made all of us excited. When most of the boys started to dance and sing we also joined them, but Ralph, piggy and Simon didn’t join us. We too did not prefer the wild dance, but we were confused about which side to take. Thus, for now we joined the dance.

Entry 6: Day 15
Before this night we could have believed that beast doesn’t exist on this island, but it was impossible after encountering the beast on the top of the mountain. (Q2)On this island, what we both feared of was the beast from air. When we woke up that night, we brought the dead fire to life and sat chatting making ourselves warm. It was then we saw the beast and grabbed each other, our eyes and mouth wide open. We ran breathlessly to Ralph and told him about the beast. Ralph after listening to us said “Call them to an assembly. Quietly. Go on.” (123) We were frightened to go to other shelters to spread the deadly news. After the long and bitter debate, it was decided that we were going to hunt the beast. Piggy was left back to look over the littluns. At first, we were frightened at the thought of expedition, but later on we enjoyed while exploring the mysterious new part of the island. Moreover, Ralph got proving himself the better chief said “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue,”(130) while entering the split rock. Thank god, the beast was not in this part of the island.

Entry 7: Day 16
We continued our exploration towards the mountain top after a lunch break and Jack suggested hunting a pig. To our surprise, even Ralph was hunting for the first time. We could clearly see that he was enjoying it too, and his tone was excited when he said, “I hit him all right. The spear stuck in. I wounded him.”(140). After that we re-enacted the hunt, Robert being the pig. It was wild, and almost everyone had forgotten that it was just a play until jack shouted, “Ow! Stop it! You’re hurting.”(141). Ralph decided to postpone the visit of the mountain for that day. We don’t know what the talk was between Ralph and Jack, but we stayed back and they along with Roger went to the mountain. When they returned, all three of them were scared and claimed to see something like a great ape sitting with its head between its knees. (Q4)It was now sure that beast exists, and there is obviously a thing to fear especially when we were so near to the beast. We decided to move back to the platform right away, and we were very happy about that.

Entry 8: Day 17
The news of existence of the beast filled all the boys with fear including us, except Jack who was thinking about tricks to take power to his hands even at such difficult moments. He was accusing Ralph to be a coward last night, but we all knew that Ralph went along with him. But despite Jack’s attempt nobody responded right away when he asked “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?”(157). Jack was really disappointed thus decided to leave, and told us that anybody was free to join him. All of us were confused except Piggy, who was pleased that jack left. When Simon said, “I think we should climb the mountain” (159) we were frightened, but we were glad that we didn’t do that. Ralph ordered to make a fire between the bathing pool and the platform but most of the boys fled to join Jack, but we choose to stay with Ralph. Even though we worked hard it seemed as though we can’t keep the fire going, because there weren’t sufficient boys left to collect firewood. Moreover, we were so scared when Jack along with his boys with dreadful painted faces came to steal our fire.

Entry 9: Day 18
Today we are writing with entirely disappointed broken hearts. Today we witnessed death in front of our own eyes. The day began as usual. We went to Jack’s feast because he invited us too. We thought it will be fun. We didn’t notice that Simon was missing. Where might he have been? As the dark was slowly veiling the island, the feast began. Most of the boys had painted faces. They laughed bizarrely. We ate meat greedily. Jack asked everyone “Has everybody eaten as much as they want?” (184). We were not sure whether he really cared for our hunger or his chief ship. His purpose was clear in a moment as he said “I gave you food, and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?” (185). Then, Ralph was trying to assert his leadership by arguing with Jack. Finally, a terrible storm broke in, yet the hunters began to do their dance. All of a sudden whom we thought was the beast came running. The hunters killed it. Yes, we, I mean they, killed Simon! We saw it, but we decided to pretend that we didn’t, because our faces aren’t painted yet.

Entry 10: Day 20
We decided to stay with Ralph because we can’t do that brutal dance. In the morning, we collected wood and dropped them by the little fire which was still lit. When we were going to bathe in the pool, Ralph and Piggy started a conversation with us. We knew that Piggy was lying when he said, “we left early, because we were tired” (195). We too lied that we left the feast early before the dance, because even the thought of indirectly contributing to Simon’s death is awful. No we aren’t inhumane! Mom and Dad always wanted us to be good. Now, Piggy and we are the only biguns left with Ralph. We tried our best to keep the fire going, but finally we realized that it was impossible for four of us. At night, in complete darkness, we four slept together. No one seemed to have a peaceful sleep; with a disturbed mind, Ralph was making noises. Suddenly, Jack and other two boys tried to raid us. We fought with them. They have taken Piggy’s glasses. Now, he can’t see. We felt sorry when Piggy desperately asked, “Ralph- what am I going to do?” (207). What will happen next?

Entry 11: Day 21
We all were angry for what Jack did. Piggy was utterly helpless without his glasses. As we had no other option, we decided to confront Jack’s tribe and ask for Piggy’s glasses back. We went with our spears, because we knew that we’ll need them. Roger didn’t let us into the castle rock as per Jack’s orders. All of a sudden Jack appeared from the forest, and Ralph tried to explain them that all their uncivilized acts are evil. Piggy too joined Ralph. Ralph asked for Piggy’s glasses back. Piggy was shivering with fear. Jack ordered his hunters, “Grab them!” (220). So they tied us two. We “protested out of the heart of civilization.” (220). Ralph shouted at Jack, “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” (220). All our humane efforts to defeat evil were useless; they never returned the glasses. Wild Roger killed Piggy with a big rock. Are we to believe that? Poor Piggy is now dead and with Simon. Ralph helplessly ran away. Jack forced us, “You got to join the tribe.” (224). Mom and Dad we are sorry. We are hopelessly helpless! Never think that we are beasts too! No hope left!

Entry 12: Day 22
On the way home…
(Q3) The good ones were dying. Only Ralph was left. Jack didn’t want to get rescued! There was no hope left. How could we believe that we will be rescued? We thought we will have to die in this ruthless island. Yes, finally, we “were savages like the rest” (228). Suddenly, when we were guarding the castle rock, Ralph secretly appeared behind us and called us. We warned him of Jack’s plan to hunt Ralph. We wanted him to go away soon. Ralph asked us, “Sam- I’m going to be all right, aren’t I?”(233). We felt sorry, but we couldn’t help him. We gave him a piece of meat, and he left. Ralph told us the place where he’s going to be and wanted us to keep the tribe away from it. With Jack’s strong evil instinct he has felt that we knew where Ralph was hiding. He tortured us until we revealed the truth. Somehow Ralph managed to hide away. Jack ordered the tribe to set fire to the forest, so that Ralph will be burnt or caught. That smoke brought a ship to the island. We were rescued. Were we really?