Lord of the Flies: Jounal #12

By: Simone Federici

Chapter: Cry of the Hunters

Perspective: Piggy

The Rescue

After Jack and his hunters had speared and hurt Ralph, almost to death, I watched him travel through the dense forest looking for a good hiding place. Being Ralph must have been the hardest thing to handle. I would probably kill myself if I had to run away from boys my age that were trying to kill me. In the forest, Ralph was letting out groans that sounded more like ululations. After a while of roaming around, Ralph came across the Lord of the Flies, that was now just a white skull on a stick.

Later, Ralph traveled to Castle Rock where he saw Sam and Eric. The way there were standing looked like a cordon. They kept telling him to leave for his own sake so that Jack and his hunters wouldn’t kill him. Finally he left and fell asleep in a thicket. If I were listening to what Sam and Eric were saying, I would have thought that what they were telling Ralph was a diddle.

The next day Jack and his tribe made a decision to light the whole entire island on fire to chase Ralph out of his hiding spot. The fire did work because Ralph had to escape where he was staying. Suddenly the hunters spotted Ralph and started chasing him with spears in their hands. After Ralph had ran through the forest, escaping the violent rampage of Jack’s tribe, he ended up on the beach. Even though Jack and his group caught up to Ralph, the situation wasn’t frightening, but rather hopeful and full of relief.

Standing above the beach was a naval officer wearing epaulettes and a white suit made of drill. The officer was astonished by the fact that he was witnessing the potential murder of a boy. He was also surprised that the boys on the island were so misbehaved, especially because we are English boys. I almost felt the need to laugh, because when the boys had taken in the fact that a naval officer was here at the island they started to cry. I probably would have been crying, but it just seemed like an unusual behavior for the ferocious hunters. Finally the rescue that the boys were waited for, was right there in front of their own horrified eyes.