Chapter 12 journal entry

In the beggining, Ralph hid in a small hole/ditch sort of near Castle Rock. He hid there because he felt that the boys would not look for him so close to their base.
Sam gives Ralph some of their meat because he feels bad about not helping Ralph and for betraying him.
Samneric joined Jack's tribe because Jack and Roger tortured them.
I think that Roger was planning to put Ralph's head on a stick like they did with the Lord of the Flies.
Jack flushed Ralph out by setting a fire in his hiding spot. The smoke then forced him out.
Ralph discovers a ship when he runs to the beach.
On the beach, Jack seemed like an innocent young boy.
Percival Wemys Madison.
Ralph takes responsibility for the thing that happens on the island.
The naval officer is upset at the boys because they are not acting like good Britich boys.

Journal entry Chapter 10

Simon's Ghost

I can not beleive that Ralph and Piggy are denying that they were there when I was killed. Although they both know very well what happened and who was involved, they still try to deny it to each other. I thought that it was very foolish of them to deny to each other and to Samneric because it is losing the trust of the group. There are only the four of them left and they need to be strong enough to stand up to Jack's hunters. They are losing to Jack and they need to be stronger.
Jack is an evil ruler. He beat Wifred today. He had no reason either. He just wanted to assert his power to the other boys. But, now everyone is scared of him. He is continuing to rule the boys and they just listen to him and treat him like a king. They have been plotting all day for an attack on Ralph's "tribe". Jack also keeps saying that the beastie was only hurt and that he was in a disguise. JAck is manipulating the boys into keeping him as their leader.
Jack also attacked Ralph and Piggy and Smaneric. They went to their shelter at night and took Piggy's glasses. Piggy can not see and the boys do not have fire at all. Also, Eric and Ralph were fighting each other instead of the boys coming in because they could not see anything in the dark. So, they are bruised and beat up while the other boys are perfectly fine. All in all, its a bad situation!!!

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In Simon's secret place, the flies prefer the pig's blood to Simon's.
Simon decides to go to the mountain.
Simon untangles the parachute from the trees.
Piggy suggests that they go to the mountain.
Piggy gets burnt with the pork on a spit.
Jack declares that the conch does not work on that part of the island and that Ralph does not have it with him anyways.
The weather becomes stormy.
The boys sing the chant about killing the beast.
Simon emerges from the forest with the news about the beast.

I think that all of the boys are responsible for Simons death. It would be nice to point fingers and say that one of the boys was specifically at fault but, all of them participated and none of them thought it through or tried to help him. It could be said that Jack or Jack's Hunters were at fault but everyone joined in. Even Ralph and Piggy. It is everybody's fault that Simon was mistaken for the beast and killed.

Chapter 8

I think that the most disturbing part of chapter 8 is when the boys catch the sow and basically torture it. I think that one of the reasons that this is so disturbing to me is because it is a very barbaric thing for the boys to do. The first reason that it is so scary, is because you see signs of the evil in the boys, especially Roger and Jack. You see Roger hurting the sow in a horrible way while Jack stabs it to death. The boys are becoming more barbaric and savage. It is very scary when the boys decide to put the sows head on a stick because Simon is watching them.
Simon is the one who notices that the boys becoming the beast. He was the one that predicted that the only beast on the island is the boys themselves. He has started to hallucinate about the pig's head talking to him and he thinks that the sow's head on a stick is the beastie. I think one of the other reasons that this chapter is so disturbing is because of the conflict between all of the boys. Jack leaves at the beggining of the chapter and the boys start to separate. This is the most disturbing chapter in the book so far. The boys are beggining to show real barbaric tendencies. Not just little boys playing around at being grown-ups or being mean. They are actually starting to be so mean to their fellow boys. And, they are beggining to torture the sows instead of just playing around and ending up killing them. It is a very barbaric chapter.

Chapter 7 Shadows and Tall Trees

The Beastie
Jack

Ralph is becoming more of a hunter like the rest of us. He came with us on a hunt for the Beastie, and he joined in the games. He got excited when he stuck the boar with the spear. And he had a DEMONIAC expression when he told us about it. It is not fair that the boys still looked to him as a leader even when I am the one who should be leading them. He makes ridiculous TABOO'S that the boys follow. And he looked disgusted while I PAUNCHED the sows belly. He seems DEMURE but he is actually trying to keep me from being leader. But he thinks that he is in charge but he should not be. Nobody knows anything about him. He is not a PREFECT. He does not deserve to be leader.

The game that we played after we tried to catch the boar was fun. I wish that we could have had a real pig to hit instead of just Robert. But Ralph kept being annoying and trying to pretend to be grown up. When I said that we could just use a littleun I really meant it. If we wanted to play that game we could have actually killed a pig or a littleun. No one really cares about them.

I am very scared of the beast. I saw him and I am so happy that I was not closest to him. He sat up and looked at us but we did not actually see his face. I ran away. I was so scared. I am very ashamed that I ran away so quickly instead of walking away.