I woke up on a deserted island only to find a chubby boy who I called Piggy. He follows me around and is out quite annoying. He has large thick spectacles and he is real wimpy and paranoid. Even though we both are half necked when we meet it doesn’t seem to disturb us. After a little while of wondering if any of the other boys had made it. Me and Piggy had found a conch that we both thought might be as an alarm or calling to see if anyone else survived the plane crash. Soon after blowing the conch, we see children come forth on the beach. First to come was a boy named Johnny; one of the smaller children, which we call the littluns. Next to appear on the beach was big group of boys that were like a marching band, they traveled in two parallel lines and they had a leader named Jack Merridew. Along with the marching band followed more boys, Simon, Roger, and Maurine.

When Jack and his marching band, first arrived they teased Piggy for his glasses. I could automatically tell that it was gonna be hard with our very different personality. We had a assembly time thing to talk about what has happen and how things are going to be very different now. I personally believe that we should keep the group civilized and build a fire pit on the mountain so that we can get the grown ups attention when they come searching for us.

The boys all think its best that we have a leader or chief. So they all decided to vote for who may be the leader. The marching band all voted for Jack but the other boys voted for me. So the majority wins I am the chief. I cant lie I am terrified to be in charges.

We decided that Jack would be the leader of the hunters, which is his marching band. Me, Jack and Simon went to explore the island to see if there wore anymore survives on the island. As we go further up the mountain we see the beautiful flowers, nature, trees and at the very top we could see it all at once even the coral reef. It felt like we found our own land. As we are going down the mountain we see a piglet, that Jack claims that he will not let it get away again as he hits the tree with a knife. I have feeling that its going to be hard for the younger boys to find out that there inst any grown-ups here. They're to young to be without there parents.

Just makes me wonder are we gonna survive?

I sound the conch for an assembly to tell the group of the exploration. I had to tell the boys that there was no adults and get there hopes up. I tell them since there is no adults they have to be organized and watch and keep up with their self's. Then Jack interrupts to remind me about the piglet that he almost caught and will catch it next time. I then declare that the conch will be the permission to speak, you can not speak unless you are holding the conch. While we are at assembly Piggy yells that there is no one is really realizing that we might be stuck on this island for awhile if not forever. Just as he said that the littluns get scared and be silent. Then one of the smaller children talks about a "snake-thing" or "beastie" that he saw the other night. They had so much fear in there eyes not including there faces, and body language.I assure him that there is no such thing, it was probably just a bad dream. Jack then replies that "even if there was a beastie he and his hunters would take care of it.

I tell Jack and the other boys that I think it would be best if we built a fire on the mountain, so when the grown-ups come looking for us they will see our signal. They get so happy they rush to the mountain to collect the wood, and light the fire. When they get to the top they build the pit and then dance around it, happy that the fire might help them get to go home. Piggy starts to laugh, "how do you plan to light this fire pit?" he says. Jack ripped his glasses off Piggy's face and uses his glasses to light the fire, as Piggy screams and gets angry. The fire then lights and Piggy still continues to be mad at Jack. I don't blame him though Jack can be a big jerk. Jack replies to him "we got it lit didn't we". Piggy stops being mad and laughs as the fire spreads down the mountain. The boys are screaming trying to put it out. Tired, angry and just waiting to get the fire out; we kept beating the ground with what was left with our clothes. After the fires out, Piggy yells that the boy with the birthmark on his face was next to the fire and now is missing.
We all get silent, and not much talking for the rest of the night happened. We lost one of the littlus boys in the group. I feel so guilty as a father should, I guess. The fire was my idea and now he is dead.

They got the fire running steady and watched properly now and the rest of us go rest.

Early this morning me and Simon started to build the shelters that are so vital to the boys survival on this island. I am so irritated that we keep trying to make the shelters and they keep falling down, and no one else is helping. The boys are all playing in the lagoon, splashing and goofing around. Jack eventually shows up on the beach with a man made spear. He had been hunting all morning. He acts as if that's the most important thing or as if it should be the most important thing to everyone. The boys playing in the lagoon seem very interested in the plans when we have assembles but don't put the effort into it. As soon as Jack gets to the shelters I see that he has no pig with him, I pointed out that he was gone and still got no pig. He replies that next time he will catch the pig. I still upset and frustrated that everyone is not helping on whats really important, like the huts. I feel like Jack is using hunting as an excuse to avoid helping me and Simon with the shelters. When I confronted Jack on this problem he replies that all the boys want meat. I feel like me and Jack no longer see eye to eye, it seems like each day we grow more and more apart. Even though we try to work things out to keep from bickering. It seems to not work and that things are just gonna be this way.

I am worried that the younger kids are still be haunted by there dreams about the "snake-thing" or the "beastie". They are so scared about this beastie that they aren't sleeping well. Simon helps them each day by talking to them and getting fruit that they couldn't reach.

Its like a song now with rhythm, each day is the same thing. In the mornings the boys go swimming in the lagoon but here recently they have been scared of the images in the water, Piggy proclaims that the images are just mirages, and not to worry about it. By noon time the boys take a nap, and each day it seems hotter and hotter. At night its really cold, sometimes its hard to bare.

The littluns are still having bad dreams and I am worried for them, and the large amount of fruit are causing diarrhea and stomach ailments. They are also getting bullied by the older boys. Which makes me extremely mad that they have the time or would even want to do that seeing that we are on a stranded island. One vicious boy named Roger joins another boy, Maurice, in cruelly stomping on a sand castle the littluns have built. Some other older boys throw rocks at a younger boy, but he doesn't seem to even care. Although this is all going on, Jack dose'nt seem to care about anything but killing the pig.

Later that day Jack returns to the beach with a dead pig chanting something. I get his attention to talk about the signal fire, his irresponsibility has gone on long enough. Instead of listening he goes on chanting, but when Piggy complains Jack smacks him breaking one of his lenses on his glasses. Then he started to mimicking him. I was so angry that I started yelling at Jack about letting the fire go out and how hunting is not important. Me and Jack no longer have any friendly feelings which has only made this stay longer, and harder. The boys continue to chant around the roasted pig like savages. I called an assembly with the conch and walked alone. No one came, no one was civil anymore. We have gone mad, and there is nothing I can do about it.

As I walk along the beach I think about how most of peoples walking lives are spent looking at there feet. I am starting to get very upset, it has become long, tangibly and very unmanageable and always seems to be in front of my eyes. I decided to call a assembly to attempt to bring the group back to order. So late that evening I blow the conch shell and I have the boys gather along side the beach. During the meeting I hold on to the conch shell and I get onto the boys about the none willingness to participate in there day day activities nor the rules. They have not done anything I have ask them to such as build shelter, gather drinking water, havent kept signal fire going and are not using the place that was named the bathroom. I again remind them of how important the signal fire is to us getting to go home. The older boys are having nightmares but not as much as the littluns are. I tell them again there is nothing to worry about when it comes to the monsters or "beastie" and Jack agrees with me. Jack goes on about how everyone eventually gets scared and that there is no such thing as these monsters. Piggy also agrees with me, but yet there is still fear in all the other boys. One of the littluns decides to speaks up, that he has seen the "beastie". Then the other boys pressure him asking a lot of questions such as where did you see it, where did it come from and where do you think it hides during the day. He says that he believes that it come during the night time. The boys get terrified, and the meeting instantly goes crazy, and out of control. Jack then says" if there is a beast" he and his hunters will track it down and stab it till it dies. Jack picks on piggy and then runs away, and many of the boys run after him, all of a sudden only Me, Piggy and Simon are left. In the distance we hear the hunters who have followed Jack and you can hear them chant as well as dance. Piggy keeps telling me to blow the conch and get the boys back to the group, but I am scared that no one will answer nor show up, and that any piece of order will be gone. I tell Piggy and Simon that I might give up leadership of the group but they tell me that the boys need me like a father. As everyone goes to sleep there is no sound other than the littluns crying echos and the beach.

I feel as if my children have abandon me and I am a horrible father I wish someone could help me, and show me what I am suppose to do.

I am awaken by Sam and Eric they tell me that they have seen the "beastie" while working on the fire. So I automatically call for a meeting, so the twins can once again tell the story of the monster coming towards them. Everyone becomes scared and terrified from what the twins said. We decide to explore the island and look for the monster, they have there wooden spear and man made weapons. Only Piggy and the younger kids stayed at the came the rest came with me. I decided to let Jack lead the group. We later reach a part of the island no one has been before. There is a line walk way that leads threw the woods to the hills that seem to be dotted all over with large caves. Everyone is scared of this finding. I decided to walk closer for a better view. It seems that even though I am scared when I am with the boys, I somehow get back my confidence when I search on my own. After not to long Jack joined me in the cave. We all start to climb up the hill then me and Jack start to feel the friendship bonds growing back. The other boys just start to goof around and play on the rocks throw stuff in the water. I get angry and once again have to remind them why they are here. I tell some of the boys to go to the mountain and begin to rebuild the fire pit. They were angry with the commands but still obey.

Later that afternoon we see pig trails that lead up to believe that there is another pig out there in the forest. Jack suggest that while there is fresh trails we should go hunting for them, while we are searching for the monster. Like killing two birds with one stone. Everyone agrees to this idea and gets there spears. I am not one to like killing or hunting rather, but I felt as if I was pro when I was poking at the pig with my spear. Although the got away it still made me feel accomplished, and the boys continue to be all about the hunt even though the pig has ran off. They danced and chanted, losing sight that this wasn't real. Simon returns to the Piggy to tell him and the younger ones that they will not be returning tonight and they have yet to find the monster but are still on the look out.

Its gotten later and I think that it is best that we don't climb up the mountain until its light outside Jack proclaims that I should join the climb the mountain along side his hunters . I agree so that no drama will be caused right now and so they wont look at me as chicken or scared. Me, Roger and Jack start to climb the mountain. Me and Roger wait at a resting point to breathe. Moments later Jack climbs back down to the resting point panting and claiming that he has seen the monster. We all rush to the top of the mountain. We see a large shadow of a giant ape. At the time I am scared but curious. We could hear a strange sound in the wind flapping back and forth. We had gotten so scared that we rushed down the mountain.

At the beach the next day, we told the group of the monster. Still not convinced Piggy is in a uproar that we all believe that there is a monster. Jack quickly grabs the conch to call for a assembly. Jack say that there is a giant beast that is truly here on the island, and that I should be removed from the leadership because I am a chicken. Although Jack wants me out of power the other boys choose other wise, and that only made him very mad and he runs off while saying if your with me lets go. Even though the boys want me for a leader I am still upset that Jack has left and I believe that this a big impact on the group weather anyone else sees that or not, I do. Although I am upset about Jack's leave of absents, Piggy on the other hand was very excited.

Meanwhile, Simon suggest that we go back to the top of the mountain to search for the beast, but if we are to go it would only be me and him seeing as how the other boys are all to scared to have to indore the beast. I instantly become depressed that the group is spreading apart and that there is now a beast on the island. I want to go home and not have to live like a savage anymore. Piggy starts to cheer me up like the good friend that he is. He suggest to build new signal fire on beach rather than on mountain, to keep away from the beast. Piggy gives me confidence that we will rescued and it pulls me straight out of depression. We all start to work together to build a new fire along the beach, but most of the boys sneak away to join Jack's group, and that causes me to feel even worse, but Piggy assures me that we are better off without them.

Jack gathers his new tribe across the beach to declare himself the chief. As we watch them they kill a sow and one of the boys takes the spear and sticks it up the sow anus. Then they cut off his head stick it on a stake and leave it as an offering to the beast. It was the nastiest thing I have ever seen the dark blood dripping from his head. The sow looked sad and pitiful. After placing the head on the stake the boys quickly run off. I am deeply troubled by this.

Later on while talking to Piggy at the camp, Jack and his tribe run threw the camp acting crazy and wild. Taring things down and stealing a large stick on fire to roast the pig. He then scream that anyone that wants to join his group is welcome and that they will be roasting a pig tonight. The thought of the pig makes the boys hungry and makes them want to join Jack's group.

Can things get and worse?

Me and Piggy go the feast hoping to keep control over the group so they all want go crazy. At the feast Jack sits in a big throne at the head on the table like he is a king, and he has boys waiting on him like they're his servants. All the while he has his face painted like a crazy person. After we eat Jack invites all of my followers to join his tribe. Unfortunately the majority of them accept his invite, over my efforts to talk them out of it. It begins to rain so I ask Jack how he plans to cover everyone from the storm, since his followers have yet to make shelter. In response Jack makes his followers do a tribe dance in circles by the beach. The boys get so into it that they even swept me and Piggy away with there excitement. Suddenly the boys see a shadow creeping from the forest it was Simon. The boys do not recognize him and start to attack him with all there might. Simon tries so hard to explain who he is and that he is not harmless. He then falls over a rock and, off onto the beach where the boys brutally kill him.

The storm gets so bad that thunder shakes the ground suddenly Simon's body begins to wash away. I look down when it passes his body is gone its been washed away by the ocean. At the same time something flies across the beach sending the screaming and crying into the forest.

Me and Piggy meet at the beach the next morning, we are bruised and weak from the night before. We feel really bad and weird about our behavior last night. Jack is still unable to confront his roll in Simon's death, and he still claims to be an accident. I personally think that he is a murderer in denial. We are now pretty much alone, everyone except for the twins and few of the little ones, have joined Jack's tribe.

Since things have gotten hard for all of us and Simon is dead, I haven't had a good nights sleep. I keep having bad dream. As I got to sleep I was awaken by howling and screaming and, then I am suddenly attacked by Jacks hunters. The hunters start to badly beat me and a few people left in my tribe. None of us are aware of why this is happening for we have shared the fire with the others willingly, but Piggy knows why. The hunters steal his glasses therefore stealing the power to make fire.

Now we are with out any resources whats so ever and we are depressed and alone.

Early the next morning we try to light the fire in the cold weather, unfortunately it didn't work well without Piggy's glasses. Piggy suggest that I call for an assembly. I blow the conch shell and the boys who have not gone to join Jack's tribe meet on the beach. We decided that the only way is to travel to the castle rock to see if Jack will compromise with us. I decided that we should take the conch shell to the castle with us to remind them all of the former life when I was the leader. Once at Jack's camp my groups into armed guards. I blow the conch shell but the guards tell us to leave and they throw rocks at us, but not trying to hit us. Suddenly, Jack comes out from the forest with some of his group pulling another large pig behind him. Jack starts screaming at me telling me to leave his camp. I then demand that he return Piggy's glasses if he wants me to leave. He then attacks me and we start to fight. When we cool down a little bit I remind him that the signal fire is very important and the glasses are needed to make that happen. If there is no signal there is no hope for home I tell Jack very calmly, but Jack tells his hunters to capture Sam and Eric and tie them up. I was so angry, he was going to tie them up? They are just kids. I couldn't help myself I then lunged at Jack. We only fight for a little bit until, Piggy starts to cry out loudly but tries to hide it. Piggy starts to talk to the group about what the important things are such as the signal fire, sticking together and not losing hope. Fighting and stealing from one another wasn't apart of that. He goes on to talk about the lack of rules and how they were living like savages. Right as Piggy is talking Roger throws a large rock down the mountain, but instead it hits Piggy and it breaks the conch shell that Piggy was holding. Piggy falls off the mountain side to his death. Right after this happened I was thinking that Jack would be upset with himself and his Roger but instead he picks up his spear and throws it at me along with his hunters. All while hitting me with spears they torture Sam and Eric to be in Jack's group and do whatever it is that Jack wants or needs.

I'm honestly thinking that this is the end for now they seem not to care about killing or even torturing there own friends. If this isn't it, its probably soon.

I hide in the forest from Jack and his hunters. As I am hiding I start to realize that all civilization has been striped from the island, it no longer exists. I then find the sow's head that Jack put on a stake it is now a white skull. I knock down the skull and take the spear. I believe that it will come in handy when I have to face Jack again.

That night I sneak back to Jack's camp, where I find Sam and Eric guarding the entrance. The twins then offer me food but refuse to go with me. They tell me that Jack's tribe will go hunting for me tomorrow. I then hide in a thicket and sleep there for the night. I wake up to Jack's voice like an alarm clock we had back at home. Jack tortures the twins to tell him of where I am hiding. They take a boulder to the thicket but it doesn't break it down. I start to smell burning wood. Jack has burnt the jungle down in a attempt to smoke me out. I realize that I will die if I do not run. I take off running and fighting Jack's hunters while trying to make it to the beach. When I get there I know that they are still chasing me but I was to tired to run anymore. I hear a weird sound that I can recall when I was in a civilization with running water and real food as well as bathrooms. It was a naval officer. He says that his ship saw the jungle on fire. Right after he arrives Jack's hunters get there and stop in amazement. The officer at first thinks that we wore just having fun and games.

After being rescued I explain to him what was really going on when he got there. He was more shocked that English boys couldn't be civil. I guess I didn't care anymore I was just so happy to be alive and going home. I finally got to go home, it was the best gift ever. I started to realize that I made the best of friend on that island while I was there, and may he rest in peace.