Lord of the Flies Journal #6

Chapter: 6 Beast in the Air Perspective: Piggy

Thinking

I am only a little scared, I think that there is a chance that Sam and Eric aren't telling the truth. I don't know why they would make up something as horrible as that but it could be because they wanted to make since of this mystery of the beastie for every one. They said that they saw it on top of the mountain but it could have very well been a shadow of a tree that had big branches flailing through the wind that looked kind of scary. No matter if there is a beat or not I think that their is no reason for every one to go ludicrous and start acting like animals. Why do you think that when adults are in a crisis, they tell everyone to stay calm? That is because every one can think better and more clear if they do not panic. I also don't understand why we couldn't just keep this between the older kids for right now until we know most of the truth there was no since in them telling the little kids and getting them all scared.

I don't know who the heck Jack thinks he is. He says that he will go hunt down the beastie but clearly if there is a beastie it does not come out in the day time and there is no way for them to see at night. What makes him think that him and all of the other boys are even strong enough to fight the beastie let alone kill it. Jack is only doing this mutinously to get back at all the people that were mad at him. I think that we should just forget about all this. The beastie has left us alone all of this time why would he mess with us now? I just hope that if the boys go searching for this monster they will make it back o.k. Even Jack I may dis like him a lot and get waxy at the thought of his name, but I could never wish death upon anyone.

All of this is like the whole fire thing no one took time to think things out and look at what happened it almost burnt down the whole island. Same thing for this situation no one took time to make a plan and think things out they just jumped to it and I think that that will cause chaos among all of us and we will be embroiled into something beyond our power. I want to get home because I am tired of guano landing on me and not being able to properly wash it off.