Lord of the Flies- Chapter 3

Chapter 3- Huts on the Beach

"The Hunter"

Perspective- Simon

Dear Diary;

Today was pretty dramatic. It seems as though all Jack wants to do is hunt! Pig, Pig, Pig! That’s the only thing going through his mind. He has a sort of compulsion to hunting pigs. It is so hard to understand what is going through Jack's head. He is a pretty inscrutable person. He doesn’t help the rest of us when we’re trying to put the shelters together! There are many vicissitudes involved in building an opaque hut; we need as much help as we can get! It’s important to build the shelters, especially for the little ones. They scream in the night because they’re so scared of the “beastie” that allegedly roams the island. I even hear some of the older boys in the night!

Each boy has a job to do. Some include the hunters, the ones who keep the fire going, and the ones assigned to help with the building of the huts. But the problem is, hardly anyone is carrying out their duties! After our daily meetings, they do their jobs for oh, about 5 minutes. After that, they go off to play, bathe or eat. Ralph, Jack and I are the only ones committed to our jobs! Too bad Ralph and Jack aren't exactly happy with each other at the moment! I wish they would just be contrite with each other. We have been working on making huts for days, but only two are shaky and one fell apart.

I think that to survive, we all need to cooperate and work together. We need to not get into fights and argue, but talk things out and be productive. If we are all fighting like little kids, nothing will get done and we will never survive. If we don’t get rescued soon, I fear we may die on this island. Maybe because of the lack of food, the Beastie, or because the boys just rip each other apart, but either way it will probably happen soon.

I think I’m a pretty peaceful kind of person. I stand up for Piggy because he gets picked on too much to just sit there and do nothing about. Today, I went into the jungle by myself because I needed to get away from it all for a little. I helped some littluns reach fruit off a high branch, then just sat there to marvel at the beauty of the island.

Well Ralph needs some more help putting together a hut, so talk to ya later, Diary!