LOTF: Chapter 2- Fire on the Mountain

Lord of the Flies

Chapter 2- Fire. on the Mountain

"Smoke Signals"

Perspective- Ralph

1: I think that we are on a good island, which is going to protect us. But also that this island is not yet marked, so, in that way, it is a bad island. In that case, I believe that it is some of both

2: The little boy explained the beastie as being a snake thing. He was very scared and got all of the other little boys all worked up. I tried to induce them that there was no such thing, but they would not listen.

3: I think that the beastie symbolizes the vines and creepers and when the little boy was walking through the forest he got caught in the vines and got scared thinking it was a snake or, beastie. I do not believe that there is really a snake thing out there in the woods. They kept pushing it, but I, as their leader, had to reassure them that there was no such thing as the beastie.

4: The beastie really makes me think, what if there really is something out there? What if it does exist and I am giving all of the kids false hope and lies? It worries me that something is going to happen to happen to a kid and it will be my fault for it because I told them that there was no such thing. Every night I am martyred by the fact that something might happen to one of us during the night because of the beastie.

5: To get us rescued, I will keep smoke signals waiting, continue making good decisions and keep everyone in line. We all need to mature and calm down and think about everything that we are going to do. I will do all I can to keep everyone together, calm, and thinking. But until I can come up with a better idea, we will be running smoke signals all day and all night.

6: I really want to get off this island and get back under the authority of adults. Although this freedom here on the island is wonderful, it really is kind of scary and overwhelming. Because I am leader, it makes everything even more overwhelming, and because of that, I want to get off of this island and be rescued already.

7: We started our first fire last night using Piggy’s specks. We had no idea how to start a fire with sticks or rocks and once Piggy got up to the top of the mountain I realized that we could use them. So, I pinched them from him and used them to catch the sunlight and burn the wood. Once we got the fire started, we were all capering around the fire errantly not paying attention to anything but the fact that we had started a small fire. Later the next day, the fire goes out of control and creeps around the top of the mountain starting a large fire. We then have enough smoke to be a smoke signal, but it burns out all of our fire wood.

8: That day, Piggy realizes that the little boy with the mark on his face, who was also the one to complain about the beastie, was missing. We believe that he did not come down from the mountain with us, and was killed by the fire, or some creature. All we know for sure is that he is missing. Immediately I accuse Piggy for the little boy missing in recrimination of him not doing a head count of all the kids that are on the island and for not getting their names.

9: I am different from everyone because I don’t really have as much ebullience as others. I think I am a little more calm, at least on the outside, and am more laid back. I’m the leader of all the boys and have more power than everyone else.

10: Every night I am scared that something is going to happen, that someone is going to get hurt. I think officiously that we are not going to get off of this island. It worries me that we could possibly be stuck here until we all die. Every night this question bothers me, are we ever going to get off this island, will they see our smoke signals in the sky?