Lord Of The Flies; Chapter 1 - Sound Of The Shell

Chapter 1 - Sound Of The Shell

“The Election”

Ralph

Dear Journal,

I am Ralph. Today my plane was shot down. It was frightening, but when I woke up I found myself on an island. I apparently wasn’t alone though, there is this fat kid. I don’t know his real name, but I call him Piggy. Anyway, there were no adults, so it was a bit scary. Then me and Piggy found this weird shell thing. He said it’s called a conch. Anyway we found that it can be used like a horn, and we blew it to see if anyone came to response. At first there were just a bunch of little kids, but then we met the choir group. Their leader was Jack Merridew. He was a bit skinny, but I don’t want to mess with him. It’s like he controls the choir, and they do everything he says. Both of us decided that there should be a leader. He wanted to be leader, and so did I. We took a vote, and as expected, Jack’s choir remained loyal to Jack by voting for him. Everyone else voted me, but Piggy seemed to doubt me and slowly raised his hand to vote. In the end I won, and suffusion formed in Jack’s face. So I gave him a proffer to be the leader of the choirs, which he wanted to be hunters. Among the children there was this kid named Roger who seemed a bit specious. He didn’t talk much and looked like a shady character. We were all joined in communion. It felt great to be like a tribe. The conch seemed to be like a source of power because of the mighty sound it makes, and anyone holding it as mighty as it is. Me, Jack, and Simon, who had a certain pallor and usually faints. Anyway, we went on an expedition to the top of this one mountain to confirm whether we were on an island or not. At the top of the mountain, we looked at the glamour of the sea surrounding the island. We saw a corral reef, and the scar where the plane, no longer to be found, crashed. All the adults must’ve been in the cabin during the crash, Piggy said he saw the front part of the plane go down in flames during the crash. SO that must’ve been why there aren’t any adults who survived. We had a splendid time on our expedition; we even found out that we could hunt pigs. Jack failed to kill one though. He looks a bit angry now that I think of it. I hope that he’ll have better luck next time. I think it was a wise choice for me to be chief. I will make sure that we will be rescued. And we ought to have some shelter too. Anyway that’s all for today I thought it was a great start!