Chapter 13 LOTF

Friends or Enemies

Ralph was now safe at home with his family, and they were all catching up on what he had missed while he was stranded on the island. Apparently the war had ended and the British had won. The bad thing was that his mom was overly protective now, and very clingy.
“Mom, calm down please. I am not going anywhere.” Ralph told his mother for about the fifth time today.
“But Ralph honey, you don't understand. When I figured out that your plane had crashed I just about had a heart attack. You are my only child and I love you more than anything in the world. I do not want to loose you!” She told him. It sounded like she was going to cry.
“Okay, okay. I love you and I missed you a lot.” he reassured her.
He seemed like he was starting to get annoyed. He had been home for about a week and a half, but every second of the day he had to remind his mother that he was perfectly fine and that he wasn't going anywhere. He wondered if his mother would ever calm down.
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“Jack!” Jack's mom called. “Come here please!” Jack was very happy to be back home again. When they were on the island he didn't think about his family or his home, so he didn't realize that he missed them.
“Yeah mom?” he asked her. Ever since he got back home he had been extra nice to his family, his mother especially. She seemed so upset about what had happened.
“Oh nothing, I was just checking to see if you were all right.” she shouted back. His mom had been acting differently, but oh well. He was glad to have her back. Jack hadn't forgotten about Ralph though. He had been worried. Had Ralph forgiven him? Had he forgot about him? Surely no one could forget a person that quickly. Jack new that he had to talk to Ralph. But how? Would Ralph let him?
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Ralph was exhausted and ready for bed. It had been a long week. He got to meet Piggy's Auntie, but that didn't go so well because we had to come with the naval officer to tell her that Piggy had died on the island. When we left she was in hysterics, and she probably still was. As he got into bed he thought about everyone on the island. Jack especially. What was Jack doing? Is he thinking about me too? Suddenly he was too tired to think anymore and he drifted off to sleep.
That night he had a dream about when he was on the island and how it would be if Piggy and Simon hadn't been killed. Maybe all four of them could be friends, but that could never happen now. Maybe it was time for him to get over it though. Piggy and Simon were dead, and nothing could change that. He had to get over that, and he was going to make sure he did.
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Jack was debating whether or not to write Ralph a letter. If he did the worst that could happen was that Ralph would not respond to his letter, but if he did respond then maybe they could sort this whole mess out. How Jack longed for that. Then maybe they could become friends again. Jack had decided. He was going to write Ralph a letter.
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It was a couple days later when Ralph received a letter in the mail. It said that it was from Jack Merridew.
“That’s odd.” He said to himself. “Why would he be writing me?”
He went to his room and sat on his bed staring at the letter. Should he open it? I wonder what it says.” He mumbled under his breath. He took a deep breath and started to rip the envelope open.
“Ralph,” the letter said. “I know we have been through some of the worst possible things that could happen to us, but I want you to know that I am really truly sorry. I think we should talk about everything. Please write back to me. I would greatly appreciate it. Sincerely, Jack Merridew.”
Ralph closed the letter and laid back on his bed. What should he do? Ralph was going to take a risk. One he had never had to make before. He was going to confront the boy who had tried to kill him.

Lord Of The Flies 8

Ralph's Journal

My tribe and I woke up this morning very cold because we had no fire. It was also really hard for Piggy to get around because he didn't have his specs. I blew the conch in the morning and told everyone that hadn't joined Jack's tribe yet, that the only way we could basically survive was if we joined Jack's tribe, or atleast tried to make peace with them. When we arrive at the Castle Rock, we see Jack had gotten some of his tribe members to be guards. I immediately see Jack, and next thing you know were face to face. I tried really hard to tell Jack why we needed to have a signal fire and not fight over Piggy's specs. Jack obviously doesn't care and he orders some tribe members to tie Samneric up. Jack and I begin to fight again, Jack took his spear and jabbed it in my ribs. Piggy was trying to yell over all the comotion and remind us of the importance of everything. At the top of the hill, Roger was putting all his weight on this lever thing and then a big huge boulder flew in the air, hitting Piggy and making the conch smash into a million little peices. Now Piggy is dead and I am all alone. I ran into the forest to get away from all this horrible stuff as my ribs were throbbing in pain. As I was walking through the forest I found the LOTF and i knocked it over and the skull breaks in half, I take the stick to use it as my weapon against Jack. That night I go down to Castle Rock, I find Samneric being the guards, they tell me that tomorrow Jack is going to send the entire tribe to hunt and kill me. I found a thicket, I slept in that because nobody could see in it. In the morning a group of Jack's tribe finds the thicket but it is to thick for them to get in and I am able to get them away. Then I smell smoke, then I realize Jack let the entire island on fire and he is trying to find me by letting the fire lead me away. As I was running I saw Jack and his tribe, I some how managed to get away from the tribe and I arrived at the shore of the ocean where I collapsed of tiredness. When I look up I suddenly see... an adult... in a Navy uniform. The officer tells me that because of the huge fire, the ship came to see what was going on. I was to excited, overwhelmed to even explain. I started crying as almost all the other boys did too.

Lord Of The Flies 7

Jack's Journal

I invite everyone to my feast. We have a great pig. I get my tribe together, and we dance and chant our tribal chant "Kill the beast, cut his throat spill the blood." We get into the whole thing. I announce that i am letting anyone who wants to join our tribe, they can. but i really didn't want that corpulent kid, piggy. he just slows us all down, and his as-mar, and he cant see anything with out cleaning his glasses every 2 seconds. then in the middle of our chant and what not, someone, the beast in disguise of Simon (it was really Simon) comes running down the mountain to out feast on the beach. since my tribe is all happy, and they see it, thinking that it was the beast, they all go and stab him with their spears, and he was yelling something about the beast on the mountain and a parachute, but i couldn't really understand him. so the littleuns and some of the bigguns go and run, and stab and everything. Simon tries to run away from all of the stabbing, and i was in on it too, but i thought it was the beast. just disguised as Simon. i was yelling once i found out it was actually Simon, but they couldn't hear me with all the chanting. so Simon started running towards the water, and my tribe killed him, it was barmy. his dead body floated into the ocean, and out to sea. and little glowing fish with phosphorescence swam around him. My tribe and i have a meeting, and say that we really do believe that the beastie can disguise himself into anything he wants, but he is still not dead, because that was Simon that we killed. I illuminated the boys that Simon was killed, and it was not the beastie, so the beastie is still on the island. I am mad at my tribe for no reason exactly, except i do wish that Simon was not dead, but anyway, he was in Ralph's group, not my tribe. Some of the bigguns are not nice to the littleuns, and tie Wilfred up. i helped, because i don't really like Wilfred either. we are staying at castle rock right now, and we can see Ralph's group. They had just gone to bed, and we don't have a fire, so we want to steel Piggy's specs. So me and two other boys went over to their camp, and went into one of their shelters, the one that piggy was sleeping in, and I grabbed his glasses off the floor next to him. then Piggy, Ralph, and Sam n Eric wake up, and start try to fight back, but i think they just hit themselves or each other. not of us (my tribe) got hurt or hit or punched or anything. so we walk back to camp with a purged feeling.