Monday, February 18, 2008

Savages on the Mountain (Chapter 10, Perspective of Samneric)

It's now only us and Ralph and Piggy now. Today we collected wood for the fire that we are trying to keep running. But we all know that it's hopeless to try and keep the fire going. We can't do it with only four people. Everything has changed, everything since Simon......never joined us again. Jack has become savage, and has lost sight of the major idea underlying here, to be rescued by setting up a signal fire. All he wants to do is go out and hunt and kill boars and not be concerned about how we are going to get off this island. But for now, we are going to sleep, and deal with these problems in the morning.

Sam and I cannot believe Jack and his hunters. Last night his hunters came and stole Piggy's specs. They stole our fire. We would have given it to if they had actually asked for it. But no. They had to be the savages they are and come during the night and steal Piggy's specs. They scratched up my face pretty good last night, and got a good fist or two on Ralph. Those low down thieves, coming during the night, ambushing us while we were sleeping, and then stealing Piggy's specs. Now we can't make a fire and Piggy is fully blind. Jack must be confronted. We cannot be savages and steal back the glasses, we must talk to him. We will get Piggy's specs back. Whether Jack and his hunters like it or not.

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