Lord of the Flies: Journal #1

Journal #1 by Ambar
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell
Perspective- Jack

What Happened?

This day has to be the most absolute worst day of my life. We were on a plane having a nice time and then the plane just had to crash! Thank goodness no one was badly hurt. When we were able to get off of the plane it turns out that we were on some kind of sticky, stinky island! No one even knew were we were. I absolutely hated it. The boys and I were so thirsty that we began climbing up the mountain to see if there was water on the other side. Then we all heard some kind of odd noise, it was like an elephant, but then at the same time it sounded like a horn of a ship! We all heard it. “Was someone coming to rescue us... did someone know that we were here?” I thought to myself. “Boys two single file lines and we’ll all stick together so we could find the ship!” I exclaimed.
All of us trusted our instincts and followed the beloved sound of the horn. “There!” one of the boys shouted pointing at a light through the dark trees. We began to walk more slowly and comfortably so that we would make a good impression on whoever was rescuing us. I walked through the trees and you’ll never believe who was on the other side of the trees. Other boys and one of them was blowing through a stupid shell! “Where is the ship?” I asked. “What ship?” a younger boy asked. Right when he said that I got so angry I got my hopes up for nothing. After that they said that we were all alone with no adults that there should be a leader. Of course I volunteered to become the leader, until Simon said that we should all vote. Guess what, they all voted for the kid with the shell and not me!
We were all hungry so the boy with the conch, Simon and I went out looking for food. It was amazing that the whole island just for me, and the other boys. We found a piglet, it was really adorable and it was caught in some creepers so that was the perfect chance to take action, you know show ‘em whose boss. I took out my pocket knife and I aimed. The poor thing looked terrified that it didn’t feel right to just take away its young life. I did the worst thing of it all, I completely froze. I didn’t know what to do and the piglet ran away. It was so embarrassing! So basically I didn’t even know what had happened.