Lord Of the Flies
Chapter 1- The Sound of the Shell
"Killing The Pig"
Perspective- Jack

1: So far I've seen a good part of the Island. When i woke up i was in the middle of the forest just outside the tree line from the beach. There are a lot of trees and rocks around this island. The rocks along the beach have a light pink tint to them and have an incredulous size to them. It is hot, and the sand is warm, but we stay covered by the trees to keep cool.

2: We were flying during World War 2 when we were mistakenly shot down and crashed into the island. We have reason to believe that none of the adults survived.

3: My name is Jack Merridew, I am the precentor of the school choir and have stuck with them since we crashed. When we heard the horn we started our way toward the sound and out to the beach. When we got to them, the only people I met, or bothered to meet, where Ralph, the boy with the conch, and Piggy, a fat boy who was accompanying Ralph. Ralph had become the leader of all us kids. I was not too happy about this at first, but he made my choir the hunters, and I became the leader of them. Ralph, Simon, and I went on an expedition together to look for any people on the island and to find out if what we were on really even was an island. During this time i began to like Ralph and us three have become a good trio.

4: We were on the plane with only the pilot and two teachers who were all in the front of the plane. The nose of the plane was first to be shot and to hit the ground. So far we have not found any adults and do not believe that there are any of them living.

5: The person with the conch has a great amount of power, because they are the ones who can receive everybody's attention and can attract all people. Therefore, they get the greatest deal of respect which also grants them a large amount of power.

6: The choirs job is to hunt for food for the rest of the kids. I happen to be the leader of the choir and of the hunters. I feel that we have a great deal of responsibility and should take this responsibility seriously. We will use our togs to create traps for the animals.

7: I believe that I should have been elected chief because I have more communion experience and more experience with leading a group. I am not saying that Ralph will be a bad leader, but that i would make a better one.

8: While we were on our way back from our expedition, we encountered a piglet caught in creepers, throwing itself at the elastic traces. I drew my knife from its sheath and raised my arm to kill it, as my arm was up in the air i stopped, and the piglet escaped. I did not kill this helpless animal because it was as if killing a human being, i am just a child and have never done such a thing. I t was such a big hit that i just froze and could not bear to do it.