Chapter 12 Journal

The way the novel ends is a little ironic, considering their focus wasn't exactly on getting rescued anymore. Setting the island on fire somehow lured a ship to the island leading to the rescue of the boys. Meanwhile, I was surprised reading that the story made them seem like little kids, since their actions didn't exactly demonstrate that anymore. I think Ralph cries at the end of the novel, because all of the horrible things that they experienced are finally over. He cries because he finally has the rules of society come back to truly make him feel guilt for his actions. The character which I despise the most is Jack due to his arrogant and screwed up personality. Jack doesn't see the rationality behind the other boys' thoughts. His attitude of deeming himself the new chief truly demonstrated his need to prove he was superior to Ralph and the others. Plus he and his pal Roger killed Piggy. I would recommend this book as it really makes you reflect on our very own evil human nature and what we are capable of. In our society, we don't tend to sit down and randomly begin to ponder humanity's capability of inflicting evil upon others. However, Goulding really presents an interesting argument against the theory that humanity is naturally pure. I geniunely enjoyed this novel and would highly recommend to anyone. 

Ch 11 LOTF Core Questions

1. Ralph's group decide that they must go to Castle Rock to retrieve Piggy's glasses/the fire. 

2. Ralph demonstrates a more demanding nature as a chief. The twins and Piggy seem to notice that he's starting to "lose it". 

3. They are greatly outnumbered and are attempting a more civilized approach. Trying to appeal to Jack's humanity and morals, when he's clearly turned savage is an action that will clearly fail.

4. Roger pushes the rock off the cliff to harm Ralph, or possibly to merely scare him away. I do no think that he had the intention of pushing someone off with it. 

5. It represents the destruction of their civilized natures. Destroying the conch and the death of Piggy is an allegory for the loss of order and knowledge. 

6. They want a chief in order to have someone to make decisions for them, and essentially tell them what to do. A chief would be a figure of authority reminiscent of society's structure and order.

7. Two questions I would ask Jack Merridew would be: "Do you miss your home?"  and "What do you miss the most?"

8.                                                                                                                                                                                              5/27/15

     Its been so long since I've seen mother. I can't remember the smell of her pies baking every third Sunday..(or was it Saturday?)...of the month. Even the feel of a soft bed is a distant memory that I know I long for but can't seem to recall the feeling of. I still believe that any moment now I will wake up and all of this will be but a dream. However, the events of today remind me just how painfully real this all is. We lost Piggy today to Jack's hunters. Apparently, he was crushed by a boulder and hurtled over the edge of a cliff by the force of the blow. That's the third death of a boy so far on the island following Simon and the boy with the birthmark.
     Ralph seems to be taking it the hardest of us all. Our clan has drastically been reduced in size with the  departure of the hunting clan. I can not believe to what degree the "hunters" have become savages. Any memory of society's morals seems to have withered and died inside their blood thirsty minds. I long for the moment we are rescued and have the opportunity to return home.

LOTF Core Questions Ch10

1. The discussion about the previous night's events was mostly between Ralph and Piggy. After the brutal death of Simon, the boys are attempting to make sense of the events. "That was murder." (Golding 165). Ralph seems to be scarred by the events blaming himself and the others as murderers. Piggy doesn't want to blame himself or accept his actions deeming it "an accident". "He had no businnes crawling like that out of the dark...it was an accident" (Golding 157) He goes on to say that the boys were merely confused and scared. Ralph continues to blame himself. Meanwhile the twins SamnEric state "Yes. We were very tired so we left early." (Golding 158).

2. Ralph describes Simon's death as murder and suggests that maybe Simon was only pretending and can be still alive. "'Piggy.' 'Uh?' 'That was Simon.' 'You said that before.' 'Piggy.' 'Uh.' 'That was murder.'" (Golding 156). Jack insists that Simon was the beast in disguise and that the beast is still somewhere on the island. "'-and then, the beast, might try to come in. You remember how he crawled-'...'He came disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch, and be careful.'" (Golding 160).

3. Based on his order to have Wilfred beaten, we can conclude that Jack's power has deprived him of his morality. "The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red. The tribe lay in a semicircle before him. The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffling noisily in the background." Within Jack's group, Jack is ultimately the dictator and his followers obey him out of fear, not respect because of the terror and violence he instills in them. "Half-relieved, half daunted by the implication of further terrors, the savages murmured again."

Script:
Piggy: "Ralph! Ralph! Where are you? I.. I can't see.." *loses his glasses & has asthma attack* Ralph: "Maybe this is just in my nightmare." *hit by one of the boys* Sam: *stuck in the destroyed huts by himself Eric: *beat up & attacked by Ralph* Jack: "Where are- wait, I found them! Shh, let's go!" *invades Ralph's area, steals Piggy'ss glasses, leads the boys in attacking the others* Roger: "Jack, have you found them?!" *follows in Jack's footsteps, attacks other boys*