I got Elected as Leader

by Ralph

Today was a very unfortunate day. Our plane crashed on this unidentified place without any adults. Piggy was with me the whole time. He was pretty fat, and had spectacles. We were wandering around when he found a conch shell. We decided to blow it to gather everybody so we could decide what to do in order to survive on this deserted location. Everyone came fairly quickly. There were bigguns and littluns. We decided that we needed someone to be chief and manage the entire place, so we had a vote. The result was me getting elected as the leader! I was very excited because I could lead the group to getting rescued together. While we are waiting for help, we could have fun at this place. We’ll have people responsible for keeping the fire, building the shelter, and hunting for food.

Simon, Jack, Piggy and I decided to go onto the top of the mountain to see if this place was an island. Piggy was pretty annoying, because I gave him a job to ask and get all the names, but he kept on begging me to let him follow us. It took a long time before he went back to his job of collecting names.

After some observation, we found out this place is actually an island, with oceans surrounding us. To be rescued, we must have a signal fire with lots of smoke, so nearby ships could spot us and get us rescued. We need a fire right now. I called everyone go to the top of the mountain to start a fire. Everyone was really excited about this idea. We gathered tinder and twigs into a pile and used Piggy’s specs to ignite the fire. The littluns danced around the fire. Since the fire started, we needed someone to keep it going. So I assigned Jack’s group to watch the fire. With this fire and smoke going, we will be rescued in no time.

A Ship Slipping by

by Ralph

Jack’s group let the fire out because they wanted to hunt. I couldn’t say enough that keeping the fire going and getting rescued is the most important task to do on this island. A ship slipped by in the distance while Jack’s group was hunting. They didn’t listen to me. All he wanted to do and care about is to hunt and get meat. The littluns didn’t do anything either. All they did is play and pick fruit. It seems like that no one wants to get rescued except for me.

I ran up to the top of the mountain and soon, Jack came. Jack was trying to explain his hunting experience. I tried to stay calm when talking to him, but I couldn’t, because everyone could’ve gone home if he kept the fire going. He got angry quickly. When Piggy talked, Jack called him “Fatty” and smacked his head. His specs flew off and broke one side. I felt bad for Piggy, because he got hurt by Jack, and now, he can only see with one eye. Not only that, every time when Piggy tries to talk, he gets a “shut up” from Jack or gets laughed at. Even I’ve done that some times to him. Now, I felt really bad because he always gets discriminated.

After a few moments, he apologizes. I feel that he is not going to learn from this mistake. He and his hunters are too interested in having fun than getting rescued. But anyways, this is a huge mistake, and I hope this doesn’t happen again next time when a ship comes, because the ship is an opportunity to getting rescued. If we keep on letting it slip away, we’ll probably never get rescued and never get to go home.

I’m losing power

by Ralph

Today, I was having a meeting about the beast and the fire. We needed a plan, because we did not know what the beast really is. We needed to stay safe. I called the meeting and Jack blew the conch. He was really stupid because he thought his hunters could kill the beast by using sticks. He said that I was a coward, and that I didn’t know how to hunt and I am like Piggy. I think he is jealous because he did not get to be chief in the first place. He no longer want to listen to me anymore, even though I am the chief.

Jack asked people to vote again, to see if he should be chief. Luckily, no one raised their hand. It seemed that people still agrees with me being the chief. He was desperate and he made his own tribe. I tried to keep him, but he refused to stay. He has to come back, because I have shelter, and fire. He is going to need those to survive.

We built a small fire this time. Everyone was excited just like the first time. They danced around the fire. Just when we’re having fun, I realized that there were a lot of people missing. Maurice, Bill, and Roger went missing at first. After some investigation, I found that they went to join Jack’s tribe.

Littluns slowly disappeared. One by one, they left my group and joined Jack’s. Why didn’t they understand? Getting rescued is the most important thing, not having fun or getting meat. But, they did not listen to me. They did not want to work. My power is slowly diminishing.

My Best Friend: Piggy

by Ralph

Piggy was my best friend on this island. He was a wise friend. Even though he was annoying sometimes, he gives us logical ideas, like the time when he suggested us to build shelters. Without the shelters, we wouldn’t have a place to hide when it rains. But, Piggy can’t help us anymore, because he has left the world.

It all started when told Jack that keeping the fire was more important. He didn’t like doing that, but instead he thinks hunting is important. His hunter group is stupid, because they couldn’t get us rescued. So Jack left my group and started their own tribe. They didn’t have cooking fire to cook their stupid meat, so they came over and stole Piggy’s spectacles during the night. Without them, Piggy couldn’t see anything. Everyone left our group except for Simon, Samneric, and Piggy. So we decided to go over Jack’s tribe get Piggy’s specs back. Jack was really mean because he is a thief, and he doesn’t care about if people lives or die. Their tribe has already murdered Simon. They were savages.

He and his tribe was at the castle rock. Jack told us to leave. We asked him to give the glasses back, but he refused to. Roger, soon became very annoyed with Piggy, lifted the lever under a huge boulder and it came crashing down towards Piggy. Poor Piggy, got struck from chin to knee, flew through the air, fell on the rocks below, dead. The conch shattered. Roger had killed Piggy. I started to panic. Without the conch, I have no authority. Jack’s tribe was ready to kill me with spears. I ran as fast as I could and dashed into the forest.