Blog Post # 6 Ch. 8

Lord of The Flies, The Beast?

Simon's Journal 

The news had come,the beast was real. The words had slipped from Jacks mouth. As soon as everyone heard, they were scared. Everyone was scared out of there minds. Oddly JAck sounded so demure, even I was scared.  I mean, I could wake up in the mouth of the beast without even knowing. I froze looking at jacks mouth closing and opening, I thought of the beast eating me as it replayed in my mind over and over again. 

 Ralph was right, who thinks that the hunters could kill the beast, "they are just boys armed with sticks," and who is Jack to say he would make a better chief. All Jack wants to do is hunt. He lost the second vote for chief too, then out of the blue, after Ralph won again, Jack broke down n tears. Jack had enough, he was done, done with the fight over being chief done with the struggle of power. Ralph studdered to say something, but Jack said, " No Ralph, I'm done playing,"" If you wish you can join me," and Jack ran off into the forest crying. The boys all looked at Ralph and said sorry, leaving Ralph in the dust as they ran after Jack.

 I left too, but not to join Jacks side of the camp, but to leave to my secret  hide out away from all this disaster that was happening. 

I walked into the forest where the small broken branches from the trees poked at my feet, and the soft mud that was mushy like the wet sand at the bottom. I looked back to see Ralph and that wise paunched Piggy.  I turn my head back to look at the path that I walked along. I walk further into the forest, and faster. I thought of the beasty, I got a little spooked and started to walk faster. The thoguht kept replaying in my mind, like a scary movie that you wished you never saw, but there are some things yo can never un-see, and things you can never un -think. I started to run to get to get to my secret place to be safe. As I ran the leaves from trees and bushes brushed upon my face and the wind whispering in my ear, "run, run" I run faster, almost tripping, I shake my head becasue of the fiction thought of it all. I dive to the floor and crawl along the muddy and dry sand into the cave of my secret place. I take some breaths to get myself together, my special place, where all my thoughts can not be stolen, a place where I can think without anyone knowing. I look around.

I opened the mossy like curtains that covered the cave and observed the beauty of the island. The shadow of my cave like room hovering over me , a strip of light shining across my face from my right ear, to my left cheek. The light blue sky with nearly a cloud in sight. The ocean blue swaying back and forth. I stare at the ocean as the wave crash onto the sand of the beach. My eyes are interrupted by to yellow butterflies circling around each other , playing around. The two butterflies that play around lead my eyes to another part of the forest. I turn my head to see my eyes set on what seems to be a, I swallow deeply, a sow's head. He head drops on the stick do stiffly. Her demoniac face spotted pink and black. He snout still holding a moist look to it, flies surround her. Her blood drops down the pointed stick. I tilt my head to the side. The sow, she speaks. I stare at the sow's head in disbelief. The sow speaks again. 

"You'll never escape here," the sow says. 

My eyes gaze into her mouth, her tongue hangs out.

The sow speaks again, " You won't escape me, you are trapped."

I scoot further back into the cave. I put my legs up against my chest and I hold myself.

" You boy lie in all the human beings." The sow head says.

My eyebrows scoot together and go up, I show her fear I can feel it, and she can to.

The sow speaks saying, "There will be fun, there will be fun here on this island."

That wasn't true, not according to Ralph rules that rule was a taboo rule.

" I promise you there will be fun."

I want to run, and get ready.

The sow sees me  move, she knows something.

I get scared. I wanted to get rid of this fiction story I was making up. I pictured myself in school being the prefect student in my class. It didn't work, the sow interrupted.

 "You can't run away from me, there is no way."

She taunts me some more, and I start to feel dizzy, and sick, I think it is from  a dead head of a pig is talking to me.

I look into her eyes and her mouth. I stare for a while and the sow speaks on and on.

I feel light headed, and start to block out the sound of the sows voice out of my mind. I shake and whisper under my breath, " Lord of the Flies."

Everything starts to blur, as I struggle to see. I feel my eyes roll back, and all I can see is.......

(I FAINT)