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This is just a real fun thing I wanted to point out. Ralph asked for a gift from the grownups. A sign. And they did. They got a dead body from the grown up wars in the grownup land full of grownup problems. Their society is, on a very root level, not too far away from the society they are forming on this island.

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I just love Simon. Poor Simon. He needs a hug. Also, I dunno what the Lord of the Flies is supposed to be. Maybe its just a pig head. Maybe it's like pure evil, and Roger and Jack's interaction with the pig is their turning point. But it's an interesting concept.

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So, it's at this point that I fully appreciate the dynamic between Ralph and Jack. Ralph is sort of this showing of democracy. Jack, on the other-hand... I dunno. He could be chaos. He could be dictatorship. He could just be a kid and there's no point to any of this. But he's a foil. And that's cool. If the author is trying to show anything, it's that. And, y'know, to entertain us in their beautiful contrast.

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CAN YOU FEEL MY PAIN. WHY. Simon, the one they thought crazy, the one the representation of intelligence thought was crazy, is the only one who knows one of the largest parts of the plot. And he dies with that secret. Beat up and killed by kids his age. THIS IS SO MESSED UP. ITS SO INTERESTING SO I LOVE IT BUT IT'S SO AWFUL SO I HATE IT.

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The best thing to do isn't to hide it. Don't hide all your problems, it makes them worse, and they swell up and you feel awful.

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First of all: WHY. Are you kidding me. I called it. Doesn't make it any less sad.
Secondly: I think the theme here is that here, intelligence dies. It's not hard to see that Piggy is supposed to represent intelligence, and when his glasses first break, intelligence is symbolically broken. Now, it dies. When humanity looses its dignity and system and formalities, intelligence is weakened.

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The scar really shows how even before they screw the whole island up by burning it down, before they do anything, they entirely tear through the island. The author, in a way, tries to persuade the reader that humanity is a total mess and messes nature up by existing. I think.

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Can't tell if Ralph is going to be a good nice boy or if I'll wish he was dead by the end of the book.

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It's so interesting how Golding portrays the conversations of the kids on the island. I legitimately enjoyed the dialogue.

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I had no idea they would be rescued. Ralph at the end, with the whole "end of innocence" thing really got me. Wish my TWO FAVORITE CHARACTERS WEREN'T DEAD.

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AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I cried. I did not see this coming. Why.

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This book is getting really messed up. No one has really 100% died yet, so that's nice...

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Ralph's getting a little crazy here.

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Aw. I guess Piggy is just going to get bullied the entire time.

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Other boys began appearing. The officer asked who was in charge here. Ralph said he was. A boy with the remains of a black cap and red hair who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles started to move forward, then changed his mind. He stood still and quiet. He asked how many of you where were. They did not know. The officer said he would have thought a bunch of British boys would have been able to do better than that. Ralph said it was like that at first and then- he didn’t know how to finish. The officer nodded. He said he knew. It should have been like Coral Island. Ralph started, thinking. The island was scorched and dead wood was everywhere, Simon was dead, Piggy was gone, and Jack… Ralph began to cry, and sobbed. His voice rose, full of emotion, and the other boys began to sob too. The officer stood, moved, and turned away to give them time to pull themselves together.

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Ralph staggered, trying to stand, and looked up. There was a man, and he looked down at Ralph, astonished. It was a naval officer, and behind him a ship. He held a revolver. “Hullo.” “Hullo.” The officer asked if there were any adults. Then a semicircle of little boys stood on the beach, silent. “Fun and games.” said the officer. They saw the smoke. The officer asked if they were playing, having a war. Ralph nodded. The officer asked if anyone was killed, no dead bodies? This was intended as a joke. Ralph answered. Only two. They’ve gone. The offered leaned. He knew when people told the truth.

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Someone cried out, and Ralph jerked his head up. The fire was nearer. Almost at the fruit trees. What would they eat tomorrow? The cries were near, and Ralph could see them. Ralph grabbed his spear. Only now could he see it was a stick sharpened at both ends. The savage came closer, and then there was a herd of pigs running out of the forest behind the savage. The savage stopped right by Ralph hiding spot and cried out. Ralph held the stake. The save peered into the thicket. Ralph stared right into the savage’s eyes. They could not quite decipher if anything was in there. Ralph screamed, shot forward through the thicket and swung the stake. Others were coming toward him, and he swung the stake. Ralph forgot everything except fear, and he ran towards the beach. A shelter burst into flames. Ralph flung into the sand and crouched with his stake, trying to cry for mercy.

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He found a good thicket. It was a good, small mat made of creepers. IS IT SIMONS MAT. ;-; Ralph careful, holding his stick, comed in. The fire was nearer now, and there was smoke. Smoke between the island and sun. Ralph layed down and closed his eyes.

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Then he saw an open space, and a small savage stood between him and the rest of the forest. Ralph launched himself at him, there was a shout, and Ralph ran through the undergrowth. HE ran and ran until he could no more and hid under a bush. There was that cry again. He could run through the line like the boar did, or he could climb a tree… he didn’t have any options and the choices were terrible. Then there was the cry, and Ralph leapt up and ran towards the ocean, and then stood among the creepers for a moment. Then the cry. Maybe he could just hide really well and they would miss him. Now there was a gurgling noise. What was that? He had heard it before… but he had no time to remember. He needed to make a decision. Then there was a cry again, nearer, and he ran again, and suddenly came out in the open. And there was the same grin of the skull, and it now stared up into smoke rather than the blue sky. Ralph continued running. The grumble. They set the island on fire. He would hide.

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There was only one more rock up there that they could move. It was as big as a tank though. Then he heard “Heave!” again. Oh dear. Ralph moved around irritably. Silence. Then the “Heave!” came again. The earth jumped, the noise increased, and Ralph was shot into the hair and thrown down again. The whole thicket bent a few feet w=away and the ferns came out o the earth. The red boulder turned over and over and came going towards the sea. Ralph knelt down and there was silence again. Then whispers, and then the branches were being shaken on his right and a point of a stick appeared. Ralph panicily thrust his own stick back, and then he withdrew. Someone moaned outside, and then then there was an argument. The savage groaned. See, someone said, he’s dangerous. There was muttering and the someone, shocked, said “No!” and there was laughter. Then smoke began creeping through the thicket. OH NO. Ralph wormed his way through the thicket, keeping from the smoke.

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Ralph awakened, and looked out. He heard battle cries. Ralph quickly grabbed his stick and wormed his way back into the thicket, though not before he could see one of the legs of a savage. He began the wait. For a long while he heard nothing. At last, he heard Jack’s voice. Roger said if you’re fooling us, and then immediately after they was a gasp and a cry of pain. WHAT THE HECK ROGER. It was one of the twins. They knew. Ralph grabbed his stick. Then, he heard walking. Walking away. But there was still someone there? Ralph was confused. I'M CONFUSED. There was silence for a while, and then Jack shouted “Heave!” a couple of times. Ralph looked up at Castle Rock. A rock at the top of the cliff vanished, and then there was a rushing sound.. The rock bounded towards the beach. Twigs and leaves fell on Ralph. Then there was cheering. Then there was silence.

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They didn’t answer. He had to go, far away. They couldn’t leave with him. Roger was awful. Then they froze, and someone was coming to see if they were keeping watch. Sam quickly handed him a chunk of meat. Ralph asked one more time what they would do. The reply was simple. Roger sharpened a stick at both ends. Ralph lowered himself down. He could hear Samneric arguing with someone. Ralph walked to the grass, and squatted down. He ate the meat. While he was doing so, he could care cried from Castle Rock. Cries of pain and angry voices. Then the voices died away and Ralph stopped thinking about them. Ralph backup and found the creeper mat. This is where he would hide. He tunneled in, laid the stick beside him, and he quickly fell asleep.

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Ralph climbed over to the cliff, and gently call their names. Nothing. He had to speak louder if he wanted them to here, but he was afraid of the savages hearing. So he climbed up the rock. He still carried the stick of the pig skull. He called again, and the twins cling to each other. Ralph said it was him. Samneric tried to tell him he had to go. Not get captured. Ralph told them he came to see them. The twins kept going. The chief and Roger hated him, and he needed to leave if he wanted to stay safe. They would hunt him tomorrow, and they would spread out in a line until they find him. They would out signals, and they didn’t know why. Then Ralph asked what they would do to him.

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Ralph came to the thicket in from of Castle Rock, and through it he could see someone, spear at the ready, on watch. It was night now, it was the wrong time to come here. He was an outcast in the dark. He could not sleep here, in fear of the tribe. Ralph could just hear the chant in the distance. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” They were dancing again. Then he could hear savages climbing up Castle Rock. He could tell from the way they talked that it was Samneric. They were part of the tribe now, and were guarding Castle Rock against him.

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Ralph continued going towards Jack’s end of the island. OH WAIT. I JUST HAD A HORRIBLE IDEA. WHAT IF WHEN RESCUE COMES, THEY KILL THEM. He passes through the forest, and he came to an area where a rock prevented the forest from continuing there. Ralph ducked, for he was something in the middle of the rock. He looked closer. The face was bone. It was a pig’s skull on a stick. Ralph walked slowly to it, staring. It started back. It grinned at him, like it had secrets. Ralph felt fear and rage, and he hit the shull. It bobbed back, still grinning. A moment later, it lay on the floor in two pieces, six feet away. Ralph took the stick from the rock, and he held it at the grinning, broken skull, backing away.

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Ralph looked down at his wounds. Bathing would have to wait. He could not hear if they were coming if he was splashing in water or be safe out in the open. The was setting. There had been no sounds, and Ralph sneaked over to the greenery. Robert was sitting on guard on the cliff. A column of smoke rose in the background. Ralph noticed his hunger. Then another figure, who Ralph could not yet tell, went to Robert and gave him something, and then went back behind the rock. Bobert began eating. Ralph knew he was safe, and he limped through the fuite trees. Ralph thought to himself. After the death of Piggy and Simon, and the death of the conch they wouldn’t stop there. He would never be let alone. Then Ralph stopped and ate fruit, and two littluns saw him and ran, screaming. Ralph had no idea why. Then Ralph went towards the beach. Perhaps now, in the daylight, after they ate, they would be sane.

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The chief stopped at the pig, and told everyone to go back. He told Samneric they would join his tribe, and they told him that was not the way. They looked up and Roger was coming closer. OH ARE THEY GONNA DIE TOOOO?????????????????????????????

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Roger was up on the hill he and Robert were on earlier. On that hill was a lever which, when pushed, would release a boulder. In that excitement, in the throwing of rocks and the yelling of words, he leaned to hard upon the lever. Ralph heard the rock before he saw it. He felt it, and he flung himself away. PIGGY IS GOING TO DIE. The rock hit Piggy, and the shell broke into thousands of little pieces. Piggy flew through the air, silent, and fell forty feet onto his back. He twitched slightly. The sea sighed, the water rushed in and back out. Piggy’s body was gone. There was total, complete silence. The Jack screamed, saying that’s what you get. There is no more tribe for you, and the conch is gone! He screamed that he was chief, and he shoved his spear into Ralph’s skin. Raph felt only panic. Spears were hurled at him. Many missed. The twins were in the background, tied. Ralph ran as fast as he could, jumping over the dead pig, and going into the forest.

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He asked, where was Jack? Roger answered, he went to hunt. They weren’t supposed to let them in. Ralph replied, saying he has come to speak to him about the fire and Piggy’s specs. They laughed, and the twins moved back behind Ralph. It was Jack and two others, faces painted. A dead pig lay behind them. Ralph began, saying he could have had fire if he had asked, but instead he stole. He was a thief. Jack stabbed Ralph in the chest and they began to fight. Piggy clutched the ground, blind, and reminded Ralph what they were here for. Ralph stopped fighting. He spoke, saying they came for Piggy’s specs and he needed them to see. He faltered, and Piggy reminded him. Yes, the fire, they needed it and it was their only hope of ever leaving. They could be here for years. Piggy carefully stood up now that the violence had stopped. Then Jack ordered the savages to grab Ralph and the twins. They took Samneric’s spears and Jack ordered them tied up. Jack advanced towards Ralph again, and Piggy crouched. See, Jack said, they do what I want. Samneric were tied up, poorly, but still tied. Ralph broke. He screamed that Jack was a thief, and beast, and a swine, and he charged. Jack charged back. They met and bounced back. Piggy said, let me speak. He stood, with the conch, and shouted that he had it. He had the conch. There was silence. They were curious. They were acting like a crowd of kids. What was better, to be like a bunch of savages or to be sensible. What was better, to have rules and peace, or hunting and killing. Ralph started to speak too. What was better, to have law and be rescued, or to hunt and have everything fall apart. Then Jack began and everything was chaos.

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They went off, Ralph first, carrying his spear. Then the twins carrying theirs, silent, and Piggy in the back carrying his shell and looking down. They passed the place of the dance in respectful silence, and came to Castle Rock. Ralph went forwards, and then Sam pointed. Smoke. They began their walk of the neck of rock. Piggy shook. Then there was a sort of war-cry, and Ralph took the conch. The question of who goes there was asked by Roger. Ralph told him to stop being silly. Ralph blew the conch, and after told Piggy to kneel down here and wait. He did so, and Ralph stepped forward. More savages came to guard with spears. He said, after some quiet laughs from the savages, “I’m calling an assembly.” Silence.

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Ralph said alright. They would go with him. He gave the conch to Piggy, and he would carry it. Ralph would leave. They ate some fruit. They would be painted. The “savages”. This group would not. They could not cut and comb their hair, or tie it up. So they would go as they were. Then Ralph tried to remember. Smoke, weed won't smoke. He turned to the twins, fierce. Smoke, they have to have smoke! There was silence for a bit. Piggy spoke. Of course, because smoke is the signal and they needed to be rescued. I knew that 1 shouted Ralph, are you saying I- I hadn't I knew the whole time. I hadn’t forgotten. Piggy nodded. Of course. You were chief. You remembered everything. I hadn’t forgotten. Of course not. The twins started curiously at Ralph. OH NO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY BABY.

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Four boys gathered around where the fire had been, and Ralph tired to blow the fire back to life. They do not. Piggy sat expressionless. It was no use. Ralph stood a couple feet within Piggy’s face. He could see him a bit. They had their fire. Ralph’s voice shrill. They stole it. Piggy spoke. They blinded me. That’s Jack Merridew. They would hold an assembly for only them. Piggy walked with Sam. Ralph blew the conch as loud as he could, and some littluns came from the shelters. Piggy began by saying they took his glasses. He voted Ralph for chief. He was the only one who could get things done, so now he needed to speak. Ralph took back the conch. They couldn’t even get a fire going. Now there was no signal going. Jack went out hunting and a ship passed by. This was his fault. Now Piggy couldn’t see, and they stole out fire. They didn’t even ask. Ralph stopped again in that way. Piggy took the conch. This was all talk. What would they do? Ralph began again. They could wash up and stuff, and look respectable, to show them this wasn’t a game. They should take spears. Piggy said he wouldn't carry a spear. Simon was murdered. And the kid with the mark on his face is gone. He was going to tell Jack Merridew what's what. Piggy said he would carry the conch. Ralph said he would get hurt. Piggy continued. He would hold the conch out. He would say to Jack that he was stronger, and didn’t have asthma. But he would give him his glasses because it was right, above all else. Piggy ended, flushed, and gave the conch quickly back to Ralph.

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Ralph sat, imagining what it would be like if he got home. And now, instead of imagining the wilderness and ponies, he imagined the safe buses and street lights. He laughed for a while, almost falling asleep twice, snoring, and then Piggy waking him up again. Piggy told him to be quiet. They all listened. A stick could be heard cracking. They thought it was the beast. It was saying for Piggy to come outside. It asked where he was. There was a brushing against the shelter, and Piggy “had his asthma”. Then someone stripped over Ralph and there were snarls and people rolled over hitting, biting, and scratching. Ralph was scratches, and Ralph bit someone’s fingers. Then the whole shelter flew over, and Ralph wrestles on top of a person and he punched the mouth below him. He was kneed between his legs and fell over. She shelter collapsed and undisguisable figures ran away, and littluns screamed. Ralph told them to go to sleep. They rolled Piggy over. He was ok. He had thought they wanted the conch. They had not, and it was fine. In the distance, three figures moved along the beach. The chief led, happy, and in his left hand hung Piggy’s broken glasses.

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Piggy handed Ralph his glasses, and they lit the damp wood for the third time. They wouldn’t want another night without a fire. Ralph began, remembering the figure on the parachute. Simon had said something about a dead man. Then the smoke was dying already again, and they went and got more wood. Except Piggy. Ralph said, mechanically, “Sucks to your ass-mar.” The smoke rose thick again, and they went and got fruit. When they came back, they fire was dying and there was not smoke. Eric said he was tired. Ralph said they had to keep it going. What was the point? Don’t talk like that! Sam spoke. What was the good? Ralph thought. There was something good… what was it… Piggy said, Ralph’s said it a thousand times. They needed to be rescued. Oh of course, that’s what it was. They argued back and forth. Fine, Ralph said, let the fire go for tonight. All four went into one shelter, and littluns could be heard sleeping in others.

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Roger walked back to base, when a voice asked who was there. Roger said his name, and the voice said to come forward. He climbed up to Robert. They had to challenge everyone, according to the chief. Robert looked at the mountain and said that “the boss” was going to beat Wilfred. When Roger asked, Robert said he didn’t know. He made them tie Wilfred up, and he’s been there for hours.Then Roger climbed back down and went to the rest of the tribe. The chief was there, and Wilfred was on the ground, untied and beaten. He was telling them that they would hunt tomorrow and bring meat. There would have to be guards, incase anyone tried to come in and ruin things. Or in case the beast tried to come in. THIS IS TRAGIC. Stanley raised his hand, asking, didn’t they already- He was interrupted with a loud no from Jack. How could they kill it? And they would all leave the mountain alone. Stanley raised his hand again. He thought the beast disguised himself. Maybe, said the chief. They would all try and be on it’s good side anyway. Bill raised his hand. What will they use to light fire? Silence. Whispers. The chief raised his hand. They would steal it. Tomorrow they would hunt and have a feast. Maurice and Roger would go with him. Maurice told the chief where the fire was. The chief said they could all go to bed, and for Roger and Maurice to come with him. Maurice asked a question. What happens in the beast comes? They would do their dance again. The three of them. LEMME GUESS. PIGGY’S NEXT, HMMMMMMM.

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Ralph spoke. The things they did- Piggy interrupted. He could still be alive. No. Ralph spoke, you were only outside the circle. You didn’t see. Piggy spoke shirley again, saying it was an accident that all it was. He had no business coming out of the dark like that, and Simon was crazy and- Ralph said again that he didn’t see what they did. Piggy said that they needed to forget about this. Ralph said he was frightened of us. He wants to go home. Piggy said not to tell Samneri they were in that dance. They were on the outside. They didn’t see or do anything. They four of us could live on our own. Samneric came dragging a log and dumped it by the fire. Ralph said hi, and jumped up. They looked, surprised. They said, once again completing each other's sentences like one person, saying they were in the forest to get wood for the fire, and that they got lost last night. After the feast. After the feast, yes. Piggy said they left early because they were tired. Oh yes so did we, so tired. Sam twisted and the word came out of his mouth impulsively. “-dance?” Yes, we left early.

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Ralph limped back to the platform, dirtied hair and a slit on his cheek. Piggy was already there, and Ralph asked him if there was anyone left here. Just Samneric and some littluns. Ralph climbed up onto the platform and sat in the chief’s seat. He faced the conch. There was silence for a while, and Ralph quietly said something. Piggy asked what he said. Ralph spoke louder. Simon. Piggy nodded, and they continued sitting in silence. After awhile, Ralph got up and picked up the conch. Then he asked piggy what to do. They would call and assembly. Ralph laughed. Piggy said he was still the chief. Ralph stopped. Piggy, that was Simon. That was murder. Piggy yelled at him to stop it. They were scared, he said. Ralph said he wasn't scared. He didn’t know what it was. Ralph sat again, cradling the conch. There was silence for a while again.

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Around midnight the storm stopped and there was no noise. The beast lay on the beach and the blood spear. IS SIMON DEAD??? The tide swelled and touched the forest of the stains. Creatures stood in the moonlight, and gathered. The water continued to rise, and soon Simon’s hair became wet. Then his shoulder, and his cheek. The creatures stood, and went and busied themselves by his head. Surrounded by these, the tide grew and Simon's body moved out towards the open sea, dead. NOOOOOOOOOOOO. MY FAVORITE CHARACTER. IM CRYING. THIS IS SO SAAAAAADDDDDDDDDD. WWWWWWHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYY.

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Jack leapt up, saying to do their dance. Roger was the pig, and they did the chant. Piggy and Ralph took shelter in the mob of boys. Roger became a hunter, and the center of the ring was empty. Some littluns started a ring of their own, and the circles went around and around. They continued chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” Another explosion of lightning. Littluns screamed and fled. The ring broke. They shouted him, and a thing crawled out of the forest, and stumbled into the horseshoe. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill. The beast was on its knees in the center, saying something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled and broke the ring. It fell over the edge of the rock and down to the sand. The crowd followed it. They hit it bit it and clawed it. The water poured, and the pile of boys broke. The beast was still, by the sea. The beast was so small, its blood staining the sand. On the mountain the parachute moved, and the figure rose, spun, and flew down through the tops of the trees and fell down towards the beach. Boys ran screaming. The parachute took the figure over the reef and out to sea. THIS IS HORRIBLE.

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Then he said for them to all sit down, and they sat. Then Jack asked who was going to join his tribe. Ralph made a stumbling motion. Jack said, I gave you food, his hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join? NOT IF THE BEAST IS FAKE. SIMON PLEASE. WHY. Ralph spoke. He was chief. They chose me. They were going to keep the fire going, and they ran after food. Jack replied that he, too, ran after food. Ralph replied saying that they were hunters and that that was their job. Jack asked who would goin again. Ralph said he was chief, the the fire, and the conch- Jack said he doesn’t have the conch with him, and it doesn’t count here. Ralph said the conch counts everywhere, and he would call an assembly. Jack said then they wouldn’t here it. Piggy whispered to Ralph that there would be trouble, they had their meat. Then there was a flash of light and thunder. Rain began falling, hard. Ralph said there would be a storm, and they would have rain. Where are their shelters?

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Ralph and Piggy came, and the boys noticed. They fell silent, and Jack turned. He stared for a while, and then ralph took a step, pointed a a palm tree, and whispered something to Piggy. They both giggled. Ralph began strolling past, and Piggy attempted to whistle. Suddenly, the boys who were cooking took and big chunk of the beat the ran with it towards the grass. The bumped into Piggy, who was burnt, and he yelled. Everyone began to laugh. Jack stook, and told the boys to give them some meat. They gave them some meat, and they ate unter the sky of the storm to be. Jack asked if everyone had eaten all they wanted, as there was still food left, and Piggy grabbed a bit more. Jack spoke again, impatiently. They gobbled down all they could. Upon seeing there was not a likely chance they would stop, and went and walked to the edge of the grass, looking at Ralph and Piggy who moved a little further. Jack spoke, and demanded some one give him a drink. Henry brought he a coconut, and Jack drank.

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Ralph, Piggy, and the littluns bathed in the pool. Where was everyone? Samneric, and Bill? Piggy pointed towards where Jacks party was. Piggy suggest they go, and Ralph squirted water at him. They could hear the part long before they could see them. A fire burned and a pig roasted above it. All the boys except Piggy, Ralph, and Simon, plush the two at the pig, were on the turf laughing, eating, and singing. The eating was almost done. Jack sat on a log, all painted, and surrounded by meat, fruit, and coconut shells with water around him.

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The sky was dark, and a storm was coming. Simon’s nose began to bleed. He woke, eventually, and layed there. Then, he stood, pulling himself up. Simon continued on his path, tired, with a dull expression. He pushed on, gloomy and tired, staggering, until he came to the beginning of the mountain. When there was a particularly large gust of wind, and slouched figure sat up and stared down. Flies flew around it. Then the blue parachute collapsed. Simon began, and he crawled. He understood what had happened. He examined the body, and he understood. Then Simon knelt down and was sick and emptied his stomach. Simon turned away from the figure and stared down at the beaches. The fire looked like it was out where it should be. Somewhere else on the beach, a small fire smoke was climbing the sky. Simon stared down, and could see that most of the boys, if not all, were there. Simon concluded they had shifted camp. He then turned back to the figure. The beast was harmless, yet horrible, and he must tell the others. He started down the mountain, staggering, tired.

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Simon stared at the Lord of the Flies. Your a silly boy, it said. Don’t you agree? Simon said nothing. The Lord of the Flies continued. You should just go play with the others. They think your crazy. Simon could not look away. What were you doing here alone? Aren’t you afraid? Simon shook his head. There was no one to help you. There was only him. The beast. Simon opened his mouth. Your a pig’s head on a stick. The Lord of the Flies kept speaking. Silly of you to think you could kill the beast. The beast is a part of you. The reason things are as they are is because of him. The beast. Just go back. Simon’s head shook. The Lord of the Flies expanded. Now the voice was of a schoolmaster. I’m warning you, it said. I’m going to get angry. YOur not wanted. Simon stared into the heads mouth. Have fun, it said, or else. Simon stared, and felt as though he was inside the mouth. He fell down and was unconscious.

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Suddenly there was a uproar, and figures with faces colored rushed out, and the littluns fled.

Ralph saw Piggy Running. Two figures ran towards the fire, and Ralph prepared to fight. They came up, and just grabbed burt branches and ran away. Three others were there, and they stood. The tallest of them was Jack. Jack began, saying to listen. He spoke to everyone. He said that the hunters were living along the beach, and they would hunt and feast. If you want to join come and see them. Maybe they would get in. Jack looked around, saying they killed a pig and would be having a feast. Then, after some awkward waiting, the two next to Jack said “The Chief has spoken”, and left. Ralph said it was Jack Maurice and Robert. Piggy handed Ralph the shell, and the littluns started to come back. They took the shell up to the platform, Piggy, the twins, and the littluns and some other boys followed. Ralph began. They were having fun, but- he faltered, uhh… the fire was the most important thing because- ralph stuttered and faltered again. Piggy whispered the answer. Yes, because otherwise they can't be rescued. The silence after what he said was awkward. After all the brilliant speeches he had done, to everyone this seemed pathetic. Bill took the conch. They needed fire, and couldn't have the fire up there, and so they could just go to the feast and tell them about the fire situation, and they could also have fun. Samneric took the shell. They could have meat, and they've invited them… Ralph interrupted, asking why they couldn't go get their own meat. They didn’t want to go into the jungle. Everyone stopped and thought solemnly of meat.

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Ralph and Piggy laid in the sand, talking. They needed to get more wood and green branches. The rain was coming soon. Ralph went into the forest and got a much of green leaves and dumped them on the fire. Piggy said they didn’t have enough people to watch the fire. You have to treat Same and Eric, who they now just called Samneric, as one person and they get one turn. Piggy continued, saying that that wasn’t fair and they should do two turns. Ralph said he was scared. Not really so much of the beast as the fire. No one seemed to care, and without the fire they would die here. Sometimes, he didn’t care about the fire. Then Ralph asked Piggy, what was wrong. Why does everything always break up. Piggy thought, and was happy Ralph was accepting him. He spoke, saying he thought chances are, it was Jack.

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Simon remained where he was, the pig’s head still in his mind when he shut his eyes. As Simon though, everything was a “bad business”. Apparently Simon had accidently spoken aloud and he quickly shut his mouth again. He had come from his hiding place in the creepers. He stared at the head in the daylight, thinking about why someone would leave a gift for the beast. Would it even come for it? Why was he even here, he thought, he should just go back to the others and stop being crazy. Simon’s head hurt. Flies swarmed around the pig head, and then came to Simon. The pig head, “the Lord of the Flies”, stares. OH, YOU JUST DROPPED THE TITLE. ROLL CREDITS.

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Jack took out the guts and stuff and talked. They would take the meat to the beach and invite them to a feast. Roger asked how they would get fire, and Jack said they would steal it from them. OH NO. Henry, Roger, Robert, and Maurice would sneak up and put paint on their faces and Jack would give his demands. They would leave part of the pig-. He trailed off, and told them to sharpen a stick at both ends. Jack turned around, holding a the head of the pig, and he jammed the head onto the stick and the stick into a rock. Blood dripped down. Silence. They put the rest of the pig on another stick, and Jack said in the quiet that the head was a gift for the beast. Then the boys ran towards the open beach.

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Jack stood in front of a small group of boys, happy. All were the choir boys. They would hunt, and Jack would be chief, and they would forget about the beast. The boys nodded and shouted excitedly. They would kill a pig and have a feast. When they killed though, Jack added, they could leave some for the beast and maybe it wouldn't bother them. OH THIS IS GETTING MESSED UP I LOVE IT AND HATE IT. They began the hunt, and immediately found a fresh trail. They crept up to a group of pigs, one of which was the largest and had little pigs. Jack pointed at it, and the hunters threw their spears. Two hit, the hunters chased, and the piglets scattered. The followed Jack and the trail of blood of the pig. The followed and she ran until they came to a plain. Heat was heavy, and the pig collapsed. The hunters were on here, and he kicked and squealed. Roger ran around stabbing with his spear and Jack stayed in one place, stabbing with his knife. I DON'T LIKE THISSSS. The pig collapsed, dead. They all backed up, and Jack rubbed the blood on his hands on Maurice’s face. Then Robert and Maurice acted out the whole thing again and everyone laughed.

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Simon went on alone. The littluns were too preoccupied with the fire to follow him today. He went to the mat of creepers and sat in it again. He was thirsty, and the sun beat down on him. He continued sitting, and went to sleep.

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Everyone began working on the fire, and Piggy was so excited he helped as well. The twins realized they would have a fire by them at night, and the littluns became very excited about this. They built the fire, though the wood was mostly damp, and Piggy, for the first time, removed his own glasses and lit the fire himself. WOW COULDN’T HAVE DONE THAT THE FIRST TIME??? Ralph said they should start a new list of people to watch the fire. Piggy responded with if you can find them. Ralph looked around. Where was Maurice? Wheres Bill and Roger? Piggy continued, saying he saw some sneak off while they were building the fire. The same way Jack went. They sat down, and the twins came, saying they would do fine on their own. Ralph sat and stared, silent. He didn’t notice when Piggy went and whispered to the twins, and how the three went into the forest together. Suddenly Piggy spoke, and Ralph heard him. They had brought fruit, and Piggy said he thought they could have a feast. They ate, and Ralph said thanks. Then he remembered why he was so concerned. Where was Simon. OH NO MY BABY. Ralph asked if they thought he was climbing the mountain, and Piggy laughed, saying he might be, and that Simon was crazy. ;-;

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Ralph softly said he would come back when the sun sets. He looked up, and Piggy held the conch. Piggy had been talking, and Ralph had spaced out. Piggy went on, saying they didn’t need Jack and his hunting. Simon stood and took the conch, to Piggy astonishment. Ralph asked him what it was this time. People laughed, and Simon shrank. Simon began, perhaps there was something they could do- he was cut off by more laughing. Simon turned towards Piggy and said that he thought they should climb the mountain. Silence. Piggy, confused, asked what good it was when Ralph, Roger, and Jack couldn’t do anything. Simon replied, whispering, what else was there to do? Piggy took the conch, and Simon went far back into the crowd. Piggy suggested now that they build a fire on the shore, where it was safe. They boys agreed and began to babble. I WAS THINKING THIS THE WHOLE TIME YOU STUPIDS.

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Jack turned to the hunters, saying he wasn’t a hunter and never got them meat. All Ralph does it talk. Ralph asked who called the meeting then. Jack turned, and then asked who thought Ralph shouldn’t be chief. He looked expectantly at the boys, and there was silence. Ok, Jack said, hands up, who doesn’t want Ralph to be chief. Silence. Jack laid the conch in the grass, and tears came in his eyes. Jack said he wasn’t going to be part of Ralph’s group. Ralph  can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to join, Jack said, can when he hunts. Jack blundered away, and Ralph cried his name. Jack turned around, shouting no, and ran into the forest crying.

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Ralph told Piggy about the thing, saying it had teeth and big black eyes. Piggy repeatedly asked if they were sure. Once told several more times, he asked what they were going to do. Ralph said they couldn’t fight anything like that. They couldn’t go up to the mountain to light the fire, the thing was there. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING. Jack asked what about his hunters, and Ralph said they were just a bunch of boys with sticks. Tru. Jack marched away, Piggy told him now he had done it. Then the sound of a poorly blown conch could be heard, and Jack continued blowing. Piggy and Ralph obediently went, and Ralph immediately took the conch. Jack said he called it, and Raph begrudgingly gave it back. Jack began by stating why he called the assembly. First, they saw the beast. SEcond, they can't kill. Third, and Ralph said his hunters were no good, and that he thinks the were cowards. Everyone sort of sighted, knowingly. Jack continued, raising his voice, saying Ralph was like Piggy, saying things like him, and that he wasn’t a proper chief and he was a coward. He said on the top of the mountain, Roger and he went on, and Ralph stayed back. Ralph said he went too, and Jack said he went after. Ralph said he went on, and then they all ran away.

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They sat in silence until there was the sound of someone running down the mountain. Jack found them, shaking. He saw a thing on the top. It bulged and made a plop noise. Ralph said they would go and look. For once, Jack hesitated. Now? Of course. Ralph went of, and Jack and Roger followed. They came to the top, only to see a creature that bulged. OH HECK IT'S THE PARACHUTE. I UNDERSTAND NOW. Ralph started, feeling sick and paralyzed. Ralph took wide strides forwards. The wind blew hard and the thing raised its head. Then, before Ralph could process it, they left their sticks on the mountain with the creature that bulged. OH BOY.

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They began when Ralph stopped, saying that this was silly for only two to go. Boys scuttered away, and Roger stepped forward. Three would go. They went on up the mountain, coughing as they were on the part of the island they had burned when they had their first fire. Ralph thought about how stupid they were being. There was almost certainly no beast, and if there was, they were bringing a couple of pathetic sticks they called spears to fight it. Ralph said so, and Jack asked if he was afraid mockingly. Ralph said of course he was, but they were still being foolish. Jack said if they were scared, he would go up alone, and Ralph angrily said to go one, they would wait. There was a silence and no one moved. Ralph asked Jack if he was frightened now, and Jack said so long. Jack continued on up, and Ralph all the sudden felt his knee against something. He lowered himself by where Roger was now sitting. Roger said nothing and sat, tapping his “spear” on something.

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They came to the pig trail, and Ralph decided it would be best to go across the platform and climb the mountain tomorrow. Jack said only if they were frightened. Ralph replied, asking him who went on the rocks first. Jack said he went too, and that that was during the day. Ralph asked who wanted to climb the mountain now. Silence. He asked a couple of individual boys, and they said they should go tell Piggy because something or other or that they were tired. Ralph turned to Jack. No one wanted to go. Jack responded by saying he was going up the mountain to look for the beast now. Coming? Ralph said cooly that he didn’t mind, and ask Jack if he minded. Of course not.

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Jack spoke in a tight voice, saying they musn’t let anything happen to Piggy. OH GET OVER IT JACK. Ralph didn’t acknowledge this sentence, and mumbled some more thoughts. Ralph made a decision, saying someone had to go alone to tell Piggy they would be back after dark. Everyone was surprised, one person going alone in the forest. Silence. Simon volunteered, saying he didn’t mind. Simon turned around and began walking before Ralph could reply. Jack was looking at Ralph angrily, and Ralph asked him about the way jack went to the big rock across the water where he came across a pig trail. Jack pointed, and just as they were about to go through the forest, Ralph asked where the pig trail went to. Jack told him it went to the mountain, and asked him if he was afraid of going to the mountain. Ralph sighed, saying he was worried they wouldn’t be able to see anything. Jack said he didn’t mind and mockingly asked him if he would rather go back to the shelters to tell Piggy. Ralph asked Jack, remembering what Piggy said, why he hated him. There was silence and uneasiness for a while, and then Ralph said for the boys to come on, and he began leading them. Jack brooded in the rear.

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They laughed, and planned their next move. Ralph said they should go to the mountain first, and then Maurice said they should go back to Piggy before dark, and go up the mountain in the morning. Ralph said they needed to start the fire again, and Jack said that they didn’t have Piggy’s specs. Ralph said they would find out if the mountains clear then. Maurice asked what they would do if they found the beast there, and Jack said they would kill it. Jack led the way, and Ralph slipped back into his thoughts. The path was more difficult, though, and eventually they stopped to eat some fruit. Ralph said they were going too slow, and he climbed a tree only to see that the mountain was still far away. They hurried along, and Robert cut his knee badly. They slowed to be safe. Ralph stopped and thought out loud. They couldn’t leave the little ones alone with Piggy. If they went back it would take hours.

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They made a ring around him, and Robert pretended to squeal in terror, and then in real pain. They took Robert by his arms and legs, and Ralph jabbed Robert with his spear saying “Kill him! Kill him!” and Roger struggled in the frenzy, and Roger tried to get close. The boys chanted, and Jacks arm came down and Robert made dying pig noises.

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The boar squealed and swerved aside. The boys followed the boar, and Ralph was proud that he hit the boar in nose. Suddenly, they came to the sea. The boar was gone. Ralph asked Maurice if he saw him hit the boar, and he said he did. Ralph thought maybe hunting was alright. Jack thought the boar was the beast, and someone said it was a boar. Jack showed them his forearm, and how it was bloody. Ralph continued to be exciting about how he hit the boar, and Robert snarled at him. Ralph continued on with the joke, and soon they were all jabbing at Robert with spears.

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The party of biguns walked onwards, and when they came to fruit they all ate. Ralph thought about how he wanted to wash his shirt, hut his hair, have a good bath, brush his teeth, and fix up his nails. He looked around at the boys, who were all dirty as well. They were not dirty in the way one would having fallen in mud, but from the way their hair was knotted and their clothes were well worn. Hunters started leaving to go do their business. Ralph climbed down the rocks and looked out at the cold sea where he watched the waves rising and falling for a while. He became lost in thought, and came out of it to find Simon there. They would get back home. Simon said he knew Ralph would anyway. They smiled at each other. Then they continued on their bath. They found pig droppings, and decided they would hunt for the pig. They would have time to get to the mountain. The hunt stopped for a little bit for some hunting thing, and Ralph thought back to one of his homes. It was a cottage, and his mum was still there and his dad came home everyday. It would snow, and there were horses, and cornflakes before bed, and books. He snapped out of it. Boys were flinging themselves away, screaming, and Jack was nudged away. A boar. Ralph took his spear, and flung it towards the boar.

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Ralph would lead. He told the others to wait in the grass. Simon mumbled that he didn’t believe in the beast. Ralph moved alone on the open stretch of rock. Ralph found he didn’t actually think he would find a beast. Ralph turned around to find Jack was behind him. Jack said he couldn’t let Ralph do it alone. They came to the top of the rocks. Nothing. They had to climb the mountain now. That’s where they saw the beast. Seeing that Jack and Ralph were alright, the boys climbed and ran around in exploration, forgetting about the beast. Then Ralph saw smoke. Boys were rolling rocks into the sea, goofing around. Ralph was angry at them for wasting time, and clamour broke out weather they had time to waste rolling rocks or need to go immediately up the mountain or if they should go back to the beach. Ralph stopped in all, punching a rock, saying he was the chief and they needed to make certain if there was a ship. Jack led the way.

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They thought about the one part of the island no one had been to, the rocky end of the island. They thought the thing might live there, and the biguns went to go look after they ate with their spears, leaving Piggy. Jack lead the way and Ralph in the back. Simon was in front of Ralph, and Simon thought of this beast. It had claws and sat on the mountain, but left no tracks and was not fast enough to catch Sam and Eric. Other could of and speak to the assembly, yet he could not. Simon slowed his pace until he walking side by side with Ralph. Ralph didn’t seem to mind, which made Simon happy, and he got lost in mindlessness. Then the smashed into a tree, and Ralph looked away and Robert laughed. There was a bit of blood. They continued on, and Jack came to the back, saying they were in sight of the part of the island. Ralph tells Jack he was a hunter, and Jack said he knew.

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Jack began, saying that they would hunt it, and he asked who would come. Ralph thought this was silly, as they only had spears of wood, and Jack asked if she was scared. Of course he was. Who wouldn’t be? Piggy thought they could stay on this part of the island, but then they couldn’t get food or get to the fire. They decided they would have Piggy watch after the littluns. Piggy took the conch, asking what they would do if the beast comes when they were away. Jack broke in, saying that Piggy was always scared. Piggy said he had the conch, and Jack said that they didn’t need the conch anymore and they knew who should say what. Simon and Bill and Walter talking did no good. Ralph told Jack he didn’t have the conch and to sit down. Jack said this was a hunter’s job. Piggy slid the conch to Ralph and sat. Ralph replied that this was more than that. The beast can’t be tracked. They needed to be rescued.

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Ralph was asleep, dreaming of his home, when he was shook awake. It was the twins, and they, in broken sentencing, one starting one, the other finishing it, told Ralph that they saw the beast. The twins quietly told Ralph and Piggy about the beast. They sat quiet in the dark until dawn, and then Ralph nervously peered out. He told Sam and Eric to call an assembly. So they did, and Ralph went up to the platform and took the conch. He did not blow it, and held it up which the boys understood. Then he handed the conch to Eric, and he started. Then Same came in. By this point, the conch for one ment the conch for the both of them. They described it, interrupting, adding, correcting, and finishing one another’s sentences. They said it was furry, and had wings, teeth, eyes, and claws. They said how they ran, and it followed, and almost touched one. Ralph pointed at Eric’s face which had scars from running through the bushes. Eric felt his face, confused.

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In the early morning, two boys woke up. The twins were on fire duty. One was meant to be on watch, the other to sleep, but they had both falling asleep. It looked like the fire was out, but they relit it by blowing on it. They got the fire going and warmed themselves by it. Eric looked past the fire and suddenly called out Sam’s name. Sam turned around, irritated, and at the intensity of Eric’s stare he looked in the direction Eric was looking in. They clung together, and stared down into the forest, and the blowing of fabric could be heard. The two scrambled away down the mountain. I’mma go out on a limb and say it was the dead pilot dude.

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They relaxed, knowing the noise was just Percival. Ralph and Simon carried Percival to a shelter. Piggy followed, and they all went and laid together in the next shelter. They eventually fell asleep. While all the kids were asleep, there was an explosion and a trail across the sky. A battle was being fought elsewhere. A figure dropped under a parachute, dangling. The wind pushed it across the reef towards the mountain until it was on the mountain top where it stopped.

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Everyone else could be seen in a mass chanting, and littluns left, tired. Ralph almost blew the conch, and then ask Piggy, Are the ghosts or beasts. Piggy said of course they were none. Nothing would work the same. But nothing made sense. Ralph said he should give up being chief. Piggy responded, saying that if Jack was chief they would have all hunting and no fire. They'd be here until they died. Piggy felt something. It was just Simon. MY BOIS. Piggy continued, saying if Ralph gave up, what would happen to Piggy. Jack hates Piggy. Simon agreed, and Ralph told him to shush, why couldn’t he have just said there was no beast. Piggy said that Jack hates him and Ralph. He won't hurt Ralph, but he would hurt him. Piggy. Simon agreed. The hunters were going back to their shelters now. Then they talked about how if grownups were here, none of this would have happened. Then there was a wail and the three cling to each other. It was simply Percival was crying.

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Someone spoke out of turn, saying maybe it was a ghost .Piggy took the conch. He did not believe in ghosts. Jack was angry for no reason, saying that no one cares what he believed, calling him fat again. Piggy said he had the conch. The restled a bit, and Ralph pushed between them. He took the conch. Too much talk about ghosts. His plan was ruined. They would vote on all this. He was tired. He asked who thought that there may be ghosts. After some time and silence, no one raised their hand. Piggy grabbed the conch, saying that he did vote for ghosts, and to remember that. He continued. Were they humans, animals, or savages? Going and hunting pigs instead of keeping watch of the fire. Jack told him to shut up, calling him a fat slug. CAN YOU GET ANY LESS CREATIVE WITH THE NAME CALLING. Ralph leapt up, Jack didn’t have the conch and he would let him speak. Jack turned around, telling Ralph to shut up, asking who he was anyway bossing people around. Raph replied that he was chief. Why should that make a difference? Piggy has the conch. Everyone was breaking the rules. Jack said who cares about rules. They can hunt. Jack whooped, and then there was noise and then chaos and people scattered. Piggy tells Ralph to blow the conch. But what if they don’t come? Ittle all be over then. But if he didn’t do it now, they would be animals soon anyway.

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Ralph stared at the chaos. He grabbed the shell from Maurice and blew it as loud as he could. Silence. Simon nervously took the conch. As much as he didn’t wasn’t to, he needed to speak. Maybe there is a beast. Everyone yelled. Ralph shouted, Simon had the conch. Simon explained. Maybe it was only us. He thought, trying to express what it was about people that was so... Simon asked everyone what the dirtiest thing was. Jack said the word, of course. Laughter. Simon sat down, shrinking. Silence again.

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Jack, conchless, began to speak. What about the beast. Percival yawned and fell into Jack. They asked Percival where it lived. Percival was limp, and muttered something. Jack listened, and then let go. Percival fell on the grass and fell asleep. Percival said the beast comes out of the sea. Everyone looked at the sea. Maurice took the conch. Not all the creatures in the sea have been found yet. In a moment the whole group was arguing if a giant squid could come out of the water. Don’t ask me how that happened.

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The littluns pushed Percival forward. Ralph remembered the boy with the birthmark, and nodded to Piggy. Piggy knelt asd asked him what his name was. Silence. Ralph repeated the words sharply. Silence. It became a chant. Ralph told them to be quiet, and asked again. Percival Wemys Madison. He cried. And continued to do so. Then the little ones began to cry. Maurice said “Look at me!” and pretended to fall over.They littluns laughed, and then everyone was doing so.

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Phil explained how last night he had had a dream where he was fighting the “twisty things in the trees” outside the shelters. He woke up in the dark outside the shelter alone. Then he saw something in the trees. Ralph said it was nightmare and that he had sleep walked. No, Phil argued, what he saw happened. Ralph took the conch. He was asleep. No one was there. Ralph asked if anyone had been out at night. Simon stood, taking the conch. He wanted to go somewhere he knew. Jack interrupted, saying he had gone to the bathroom in the forest. They laughed and Simon sat down. Ralph turned to Piggy. There was another one

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Jack scowled and held out his hands for the shell. Ralph wasn’t finished yet. He finished up. One last thing, they used to be happy. Now, people are frightened. There was nothing in it. Ralph laid the conch on the trunk. His speech was over. Jack took the conch. The littluns started the fear talk. They didn’t build or help, and they were being sissies. They should shut up. Ralph was shocked. There is not animal. Ralph asked what animal he was talking about. The hunter, they talk of a beast sometimes. There was no such thing. Jack gave back the conch, and Piggy took it up. There, of course, was not beast. He did not agree about the fear though. He said that there was nothing to be afraid of, and that life was scientific. There is no fear, unless we get frightened of people. At this people laughed. Piggy went on, asking for that littlun who talked about the beast. Phil stood up, and he took the conch.

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Ralph began. They needed an assembly. A serious one. They needed to be serious. Piggy quietly came back into the triangle having made his thoughts seen. Ralph continued, they had many assemblies, and they decided things but never did things. They decided to have water from the stream and put coconut shells under leaves, but now the coconuts are dry and people drink from the river. And then there was the shelters. Everyone built the first one, four the second, and Ralph and Simon the third. And they chose a place where the tides came for a place to use the restroom. People go anywhere now. Piggy asked for the shell, but Ralph had his speech planned out. Then there was the fire. That was their only hope of rescue. They also nearly set the island on fire. People made tiny random fires for cooking. Only fire on the mountain from now on. At this people were mad. Hands grabbed for the shell, and Ralph jumped up on the log. They voted him chief. Everyone sat again. Ralph quickly went through all of the rules again.

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After they were done with their laughing and stories, in the silence Ralph said he was calling an assembly on the platform. And he went off to blow the conch. Ralph went on to the bathing pool, preparing his speech, deciding this meeting would be all business. They would do this even in the dark of which the boys were all afraid. People were there already, and it was dark. They sat on logs, and Ralph set facing the rows angled towards each other, on the long oak trunk. They were in a triangle. Ralph thought, and decided he needed to think. Brilliant. But he couldn’t think, not like Piggy. Piggy wasn’t a chief though. Ralph picked up the conch of which he cared for, and blew it. Others who had been waiting came. All came and sat on the benches except for Piggy who stood on the outside to listen as a message of disapproval.

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Now they need to light the fire, and Ralph went to Piggy, saying he would bring them back. Piggy came and stood behind Jack, and Ralph started the fire and gave the glasses back. The fire made everyone forget the tension. Even Piggy and Ralph. The tried to roast the whole pig, but ended up putting chunks of meat on branches and individually held them. Ralph accepted some begrudgingly, and Piggy asked for some. At first Jack wouldn’t give him any, but Simon gave Piggy some. SIMON IS EVERYBODY’S FAV AND NO ONE CAN DENY IT. Jack leapt up and slashed off a hunk, and demanded Simon eat it, and sput around. Silence. Then Maurice asked the question. Where he found the pig.

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Silence. They could have gone home. Piggy cried out, Jack and his blood. Ralph shoved Piggy aside. He was chief. They couldn’t even build the huts, and then they go off hunting and let the fire out. Jack said they need the meat, and then Piggy said they shouldn’t have the the fire out. They said they would keep it lit, and yet-. Some of the hunters agreed. Jack took a step, and punched piggy down to the ground, calling him fat. Ralph stepped forward, and Jack smacks Piggy and his glasses flew off into the rocks. Simon went and got them for Piggy. One side was broken. Jack stepped forward, until there  was just a rock between them. Piggy told him just you wait, and Jack mimicked it. The hunters began to laugh, and Jack felt encouraged. Ralph told Jack off, and Jack apologized for the fire. They rebuilt the fire, Ralph silent.

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It could now be seen that the twins were carrying a stake. The cutted carcass of a pig. The chant was now audible. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” The chant died away as they came closer. Jack was excited, explaining hurriedly in broken segments how they encircled the pig and such. The twins stood smiling. Ralph spoke. You let the fire out. Jack wasn’t worried about this, and was almost annoyed. That didn’t matter. Couldn’t he see that they killed a pig? Jack talked excitedly again. Ralph only repeated the same words. Now Jack was uneasy. They needed the twins to hunt the pig, so they could circle it. They could light it again though. Jack then explained the whole journey in detail. Ralph pointed to the horizon. There was a ship.

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Piggy started to run too. He came to the end of the scar in the forest which they crashed through initially. Maurice wasn’t far behind, and Just then Ralph remembered Piggy’s glasses; they would need them if the fire was out. Ralph had to decide if he was to get Piggy’s glasses or continue on. He ran on, but when they arrived, the fire was dead, and no one was watching it. The smoke of the ship was barely visible, and Ralph uselessly screamed for it to come back, and then sweared. Simon and Maurice arrived, and then Piggy, out of breath. Ralph stared at the kids who were meant to be watching the fired, who appeared to be chanting about something the twins were carrying. Jack was one of them. Simon looked from Ralph to Jack, afraid. Ralph waited for the group to come nearer.

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The sun was setting, and Ralph look at the horizon. Smoke. And Ralph shouted the word, standing and jumping. Piggy squinted. He couldn’t see it. He asked where it was, and Ralph said nothing. Simon and Maurice squinted too, and then Maurice ran to the forest. The smoke was there. It was small, far in the distance. Ralph said that they would see the smoke from the island. Piggy said it doesn’t look like much. Ralph continued watching the ship, his face turning pink. Simon stood next to him. Maurice came running back, and he stared too. Piggy and Simon looked up at the mountain, and Simon started shouting Ralph’s name, and asked if there was a signal. Ralph ran through the bathing pool, through the sand, and into the forest. Simon and Maurice followed, Piggy shouted for them to stop.

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Ralph climbed out of the bathing pool to sit under the palms. Simon, Maurice, and Piggy were still in the water. When Piggy saw Jack had left to sit, he went so sit by him. He suggested that they make a sundial. Ralph, sour, replied that they could make an airplane, a TV set and a steam engine too. They didn’t have enough metal for that, but they did have a stick. Ralph smiled, even though he thought Piggy was boring, he enjoying pulling Piggy’s leg. Piggy misinterpreted this as Ralph being friendly. All the “biguns” had purposefully left Piggy as an outsider. Piggy made another sundial joke, and Ralph told him to shut up. Piggy said they needed to get things done so they could be rescued, and then Ralph dived back into the water, laughing with Maurice. The mention of rescue set Ralph off, and he swam to the other side of the pool. Piggy stood up and walked to him again, and Ralph rolled over and pretended not to see him.

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Jack called his name, and Roger went over. He was standing under a different tree ten yards away. Sam, Eric, and Bill were there too, by the tree and a small pond at the end of a river. Jack had two leaves, and he opened them up. In them were white clay, red clay, and charcoal from the fire. Jack smeared on the clay. He was trying to camouflage himself in a way, or make himself look like something else for hunting. The twins protested about something and Jack told them to shut up. He continued to put on the clay and charcoal, and he asked for a coconut to look at his reflection. Yes, this would do. Jack laughed around, and then he convinced them to follow him and go hunt.

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Just wanted to say, Roger becomes really messed up. REALLY messed up. He's sort of like an executioner/punisher dude. So seeing him, knowing this, being so... I dunno, restrained, is interesting.

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Henry sat by the shore on the beach, poking little scavenger animals with a stick, controlling their movements. At first Roger hid behind a palm tree, but Henry was so absorbed he just stood in view. Percival ran off crying and Johnny sat triumphantly in control of the castle. Ralph, Simon, Maurice, and Piggy could be just seen diving in the water.

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Just then, Roger and Maurice came back from fire duty. Roger kicked over the castle, and Maurice stomped on it. The part the littluns cared about was fine though, and only Percival with some sand in his eye began to cry. Maurice ran away, muttering an excuse, as he had been punished for getting sand in someone’s eye before. Roger stayed to watch. The littluns went on playing, including Percival. Johnny watched Roger, and then Percival was crying again. Henry got bored and drifted off, and Roger casually wandered in that direction too, following him.

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The boys on the island became accustomed to it, the joy of the morning, the head and what Piggy said here marriages during midday, and the restless nights. One of the little kids, Percival, spent most of his time in a shelter, crying or being alone. He did not play much. All the smaller boys, the older ones call the “littluns.” The littluns were about age six and down, and spent most of their time picking fruit, having stomach aches from said fruit, and huddling together when night came. They mostly were on their own except for the meetings, and otherwise they just played in the sand and in the water. Three littluns were currently playing with sandcastles. Henry was the oldest of them, a distant relative to the boy who had disappeared when they had their big fire. The other two were Percival and Johnny, the two smallest boys.

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Jack continued to go on a little maddeningly about wanting to kill a pig. The went for a little wander around the beach, and when they came back to the shelters Simon was gone. They went back to the pool for a bathe, and surprisingly, Simon wasn’t there. When Jack and Ralph had left, he followed them for a bit and stopped to look at where someone had tried to build a hut. He turned back around and went through the forest with purpose. He went past the place Ralph first called the conch. He passed fruit and flower trees, and the smaller kids who followed Simon caught up with him and jumped around him. He gave them the fruit they wanted but could not reach and then continued on. The forest became thicker, and he continued on until he came to a part of the forest with more sunlight. Simon looked behind him. He was alone. He wormed his way through the mat of creepers until he was center. He peeked out, pulling a few leaves away, and then dropped the screen down again. The sun set.

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Jack ran about the forest on all fours hunting with his spear. He found a vague evidence of a path, then animal droppings, and then he heard the sound of hooves. He turned in attempt to kill the animal, but the sound of the hooves faded. Jack turned around and came to the beach where Ralph was by a pathetic shelter from tree trunks and leaves on the verge of collapse. Jack asked where the water was and Ralph absent-mindedly told him where it was. Simon was helping him with the shelter, and it collapsed. Ralph sat down next to Jack. They had two shaky looking shelters done, and no one was doing anything. They had meeting, everyone was all serious, they would work for five minutes, and then go and wander or hunt. Jack and Ralph argued for a bit. They needed shelters, and Jack just kept having the boys hunt when they were getting no food from their hunting. Then they talked about how the little kids weren’t sleeping well and were frightened.

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Ralph said they needed special people to look after the fire. Also, they needed more structure. Anywhere with the conch was a meeting. It still counted. Jack took the conch, saying the choir boys would do hunting, have a couple watch the fire, and have a lookout for ships. If they saw one, they would put green branches on the fire which would make more smoke. Piggy took the conch. He said that he was talking about all this same stuff, but when he says it he is told to shut up. Other are applauded. Piggy paused, staring in the distance, and laughed strangely. Everyone became quiet. They had gotten their small fire alright, he said. A forest fire. Piggy was told to shut up. He insisted he had the right to speak, he held the conch. Jack insulted him again. Piggy went on a rant. They should have started with shelters. The minute Ralph suggests a fire they all run off. The bonfire was no use. The whole island is going to be on fire soon. And the kids. The little ones. There were so many. How was he supposed to count them all and remember their names by himself? They ran around, and then ran off when Ralph mentions a fire. What if they were in the fire. Where was the little scrawny boy who was afraid there was a giant snake? Ralph mumbled in shame. He wasn’t here.

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Jack started a fire, and all the boys cheered. Ralph put the glasses back in Piggy’s hands. The wood pile was quickly shrinking, and the boys raced to get more wood. The fire died. Ralph was disappointed as no smoke came from the fire. Piggy said they couldn’t have kept the fire if they tried. Jack said he didn’t try, and Simon said he helped as they used his specs. Then Piggy said he had the conch, and that he can speak. Jack told him to shut up and Ralph took the conch from Piggy.

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The mob found some decaying trees good for firewood, and Jack ordered the choir boys, and soon everyone but Piggy were looking for good, not too dead, trees. The pile grew, and the twins Sam and Eric grabbed some dried leaves and put them on the pile. Jack and Ralph made the confession that they had no idea how to start the fire, and so they asked if anyone had any matches. Simon told them how to start the fire, when Piggy walked in with the conch. Ralph asked Piggy if he had any matches. No. Piggy had glass, though, and Jack shouted they should use them to start a fire. Piggy was surrounded, and although he protested, his glasses were yanked off his face.

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Ralph went on to say that his father was in the navy, and that he would rescue them. In order to be noticed for sure, though, by ships, they had to start a fire. Kids started shouting, and Jack led them to go start a fire. Ralph and Piggy were left, with Ralph holding the conch. Piggy rolled his eyes and said they were like a crowd of kids. Which they were. He stared at the conch, and when he looked up, Ralph was scrambling after the mob. Like a crowd of kids. Piggy sighed and picked up the conch, walking after the mob.

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Then Piggy took the conch shell off of Ralph’s lap, and Ralph sat on a log by Jack. The clamour calmed. He said that the biggest problem was that no one knows where they are. Ralph took the conch back. They may be here a long time. He said that while they were here, they would have fun. Jack took the shell, asking if anyone found anything. Silence. Then, a scrawny boy was pushed forward by his friends, to his displeasure. The boy held his hands out for the shell, but everyone laughed. Ralph, urged by Piggy, handed it to him, but by that point the laughter was so loud no one could hear him. Piggy knelt down and listed. He wanted to know what they were going to do about the snake thing. Everyone laughed. The snake thing. He saw it in the woods. Laughing ceased. No, things really that big, Ralph gently said, were only in places like Africa or India. No, it was in the dark and it would come back tonight, said the little boy. The older boys decided it was a dream, but if it really was there, they would kill it, Jack assured him.

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Ralph blew the conch at sunset, and all the boys sat and stared a Ralph. He got up, and explained that the island was uninhabited, and no adults were here either.  There were pigs, though, and they needed hunters. To maintain order, they would have a system where those who wish to speak would raise their hand, and they would be given the conch. Only Ralph could interrupt them.

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The trio walked until they came to the base of the mountain on the island, and began the climb. They reached the top of the mountain, and could see that this, indeed, was an island. It was boat shaped, with the more jungly bits, pink rocky parts, a coral reef, and another small rock of an island off to the side. The island was uninhabited. The boys ran down the mountain, through the forest, until they heard a squeaking noise and hooves. A piglet was caught in some creepers and was trying to get out. Jack raised his knife as if to stab the pig, letting it hover in the air. The piglet broke free and ran away. The laughed at themselves, and asked why Jack didn’t stab the pig for food. They were not yet killers. Next time, they said. The trio continued back to camp.

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Ralph said that Jack could be in charge of the choir, and Jack said that they could be hunters. Ralph decided he would take three boys, Jack, Simon, and he, to go see if the island was really an island. When Piggy offered, Ralph told him he wasn’t good for a job such as this, and Jack told Piggy that they strait up didn’t want him. Piggy followed the trio. He was upset; he had told Ralph he wanted the boys to call him anything but Piggy, and yet Ralph said it anyway. Ralph saw he was hurt for one, and between choosing to make fun of Piggy more or apologizing, he apologized, and Piggy went back to the platform.

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Other boys included Bill, Robert, Harold, Henry, Simon and Maurice from the party, or the choir boys, and a quite boy no one knew named Roger. The group then decided they needed a chief. Jack thought he should be the chief since he was chapter chorister and head boy. Roger thought they should have a vote. Jack tried to protest, but the talking was so much, and everyone decided it would be Ralph. They didn’t have a great reason. Piggy was the most intelligent, Jack was the most obvious. But Ralph had the conch. So they voted. All the choir boys were obligated to vote for Jack. Everyone else voted for Ralph, and he won.

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They grabbed it out of the water, and Piggy suggest they use it to call meeting, and told Ralph to blow on the shell. The sound echoed through the island, and soon a boy of about six appeared. His name was Johnny. More boys followed, who all came and sat on the logs as Johnny did. This included a pair of twins, Sam and Eric. Ralph stopped blowing on the shell. Then, a party of boys all in the same uniform with silver badges came marching in. The one leading wore a gold badge, and his name was Jack Merridew He came to the platform, asking for the person who blew the sound. Ralph answered. He had thought there was a ship. There was no ship, and all the boys sat down.