LOTF Chapter 5

Lord of the Flies
CHAPTER 5: Beast From Water
"The Discussion"
Perspective: Ralph

Dear Journal,
Today I called a meeting to get everyone back in line. I thought it was ludicrous how no one was doing what they were told. First of all Jack just lost the chance we had to be rescued by not keeping the fire up. Then all of the littleuns where pooping next to the fruits and poisoning them so no one can eat them now. Someone was also supposed to fill up the coconuts with clean water. So I had to call a meeting, we need to get back in order. I blow the conch and all of the boys come for the meeting. I tell them how they are failing to keep the groups rules. I also tell them what jobs are not being done and that needs to be done. I tell then why we needed to have the fire and its not all just about hunting. Then the discussion about the beastie comes up. One of the littleuns says that it might come from the water this night. So now all of the littleuns are scare. Jack told them that if there was any beast he would go hunt it. Jack and I had a little fight and he was being decorum. The assembly now becomes discursive. The meeting has become chaos. The littleuns starts lamentation. Jack smile very jeeringly while taking his boys into the jungle. Me, Piggy, and Simon were the only boys left in the assembly so Piggy told me to blow the conch to see if the boys would come back. I told him no because I thought the boys wouldn’t come. I told Piggy that I was going to give up my leadership. I think it’s too hard to control people. Piggy told me not to because then everyone would be like animals. There would be no rules and I since Jack hates me something bad is going to happen. We go to sleep and then a cry from a littlun echoes through the beach.