Final Blog

Hello,

     My name is Ralph.  We have just been rescued off this horrible island.  We are currently aboard a Naval Cuter!  When Jack was trying to kill me with the fire, the smoke was able to catch the attention of the men aboard who came to see what had happened.  The had just picked us up and now we are headed back to England. 

    I cannot wait to go back home and eat a real, home cooked meal!  The men aboard the ship have been very nice to us.  They are feeding us, giving us clean water to drink, letting us take showers, etc.  Jack and I have come to reality and we are friends again.  We are all staying together on the ship, me, Jack, Sam and Eric.  The men aboard say we should be home in a day or two now. 

     We are only a day away from being home in England with our families!  We cannot wait to see our parents at the port!  The soldiers have been keeping us company on the ride home.  We have been playing cards and board games to keep us occupied. We are starting to get very restless and anxious.

    Today is the day we are going to get to port!  I can already see land in the distance!  This is going to be one of the most memorable days ever!  It seems like it is taking forever for us to travels only a few miles!  In a few minutes we are going to be docking at port in England!

     We are about to get let off the boat in a few minutes!  Jack, Sam and Eric, and I can see all of our parents on the dock!  The Captain of the ship has just let us leave to go to our families.  We are all so happy to see them!  I can finally go home and go to sleep in my own bed and each warm meals etc.!

Chapter Twelve (12)

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     Today was a very frightful day for Ralph.  Ralph was being hunted by Jack and his tribe!  Jack had captured Sam and Eric and used them as the guard for his camp.  Ralph went up to see them and try to get some information from them, which he did.  That is how Ralph found out that Jack and his tribe were going to hunt him.  When Jack and his tribe started the hunt for Ralph, the set the woods on fire to try and burn him alive, or to make him go down to the beach out in the open.  Instead of them killing Ralph, the smoke from the fire caught a Naval Ships attention and saved them!

     I think that today was a great day for Ralph in a way, even though it was very frightful.  I think that Jack did not mean to get a ships attention but he did by mistake.  If the hunt for Ralph had never happened, they would not have been saved.  I also think that Jack is mad that he was unsuccessful in his attempt to kill Ralph. 

     I don’t really have a prediction of as to what will happen but if I had to take a guess it will be that the boys will not make it back to England.  I think that the ship will be sunk on the ride home.  I think that the ship will be sunk by a torpedo from and enemy submarine or another ship.  The boys will all be stranded in the middle of the ocean with limited food and water supply.  The ships cannot hold a lot of clean drinking water aboard. 

Chater Eleven (11)

Hello,

     Today was a very sad and painful day.  I am writing this from heaven after I was killed.  Earlier that day, Ralph and I tried to make fire but we did not have my specs to start it.  Ralph, Sam and Eric and I head over to the Castle Rock to try and convince Jack to give me my specs back.  When we arrived they told us to leave and go back to our side.  Jack and some hunters came back to Castle Rock with a dead pig.  Ralph starts fighting with Jack. The hunters capture Sam and Eric while we were there.  While they fought for a second time, I blew the conch to try to make myself heard and to try to speak.  Roger rolled a boulder down the mountain, missing Ralph, but striking me and killing me. 

     I think that eventually someone will come to rescue the rest of the boys later on.  I also think that the rest of the boys will not become friends again.  I also think that the hunters will try to kill Ralph somehow.  I think that maybe they will use my old specs to light the mountain on fire like we did in the beginning by accident.

     I feel very sad that Roger killed me with a rock.  I feel very sad for Ralph that he is being hunted by the hunters.  I also feel very angry that I was killed for no real reason.  Now I notice that the hunters only cared about killing and meat, I should have known that they would soon become blood thirsty savages. 

Chapter Ten (10)

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     Today was a very scary night.  After the whole incident with Simon, I felt bad while Ralph did not really feel any emotion about it.  Now we are basically alone at our camp, me, Ralph, and Sam and Eric.  During the night while we were sleeping, Jack's tribe ran into our camp and stole our fire and my specs.  Now we have no fire and do not have a way to start one. 

     I feel really bad about the way that Simon died.  Ralph doesn’t really have any emotion about it just like the other boys.  I am also very scared about what is going to happen.  I wonder who will be the next one to be killed.  Not a day goes by that I do not worry about being killed. 

     I think that in a few days someone will be killed again!  I think that the hunters will be the ones who will do all the murdering of everyone.  At this point in time it is hard to predict what will happen or when it will happen.  It is almost like every tribe for themselves.  We have all been on this island for so long that we do not know what is right and what is wrong because there is no laws on an island. 

Chapter Nine (9)

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     Today was a another, very crazy day and night on the island.  The hunters have killed Simon today in the thought that he was the beast.  He came from the top of the mountain where he goes for peace, down to the camp but was mistaken for the beast.  He fell down the mountain where we all killed him and let the waves take his dead body away. Simon was trying to convince the boys that the Beastie was a harmless dead person.

     After we killed Simon I felt extremely bad for what I have done.  The other boys didn’t think much of it because they are all a bunch of savages.  What we all did was murder and that is not ok.  Every day is very scary because I do not know what will happen next. 

     I think that eventually the hunter will mistake someone else as the beast and kill them.  I also think that since Jack has a lot of power, he will command people to kill someone.  I think that eventually we will be rescued but if we all keep killing each other, how can we work together to help us get rescued.  I also think that we will eventually kill Jack and then hopefully we can return to civilization.  

   

Chapter Eight (8)

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     Today was very crazy day!  Jack had called a meeting because he claims that he has just seen the beast.  Jack then goes on to claim that Ralph is a coward and should be removed from the chief's role.  The other boys did not vote to remove Ralph from his role as chief.  Jack got very mad and ran away from the group.  He said that he is going to make his own tribe and if anybody wants to join him they could.  Ralph did not know what to do so he let Jack go and do what he wanted.  Jack and his hunters go out and kill a Sow and bring it back to camp.  Rodger drove his spear into its anus.  He then put its head on a stick and left on top of the mountain for the Beast. 

     I think that Jack and the hunters are going crazy! They are out of control.  Ralph and I went over there to get some meat so we were not hungry and they were so mean to us.  I also think they are crazy for thinking that the Beast will actually accept the pigs head, if there even is a beast.  I feel very angry and sad all the time when I am around them. 

     I think that eventually the hunters will realize that the Beast is not real.  I think that after a little while the hunters will come back to Ralph and I.  I also think that the hunters will somehow find their way into trouble and have to rely and Ralph and I.  I also think that they will somehow ruin something on the island for them and everyone else. 

Chapter Seven (7)

Hello,

    Today was very interesting day like always.  Ralph and the hunters decide to go hunting while still looking for the beast.  During the walk, they find fresh pig droppings.  A few minutes later, they find a wild boar.  Ralph throws his spear and hits the boar on his snout.  After the boar escapes, Jack holds up his arm which is covered in blood, he claims the boar scraped him with his tusks.  The start playing around, jabbing Robert with their spear nearly killing him.  After nightfall, the decided to wait until morning before going up the mountain to look for the beast.  The start climbing to find a spot to rest when they see a giant figure up in a tree.  The ran down the mountain to alert the others that they have seen the beast.

     Today I feel kind of scared that the beast is real and will come down to camp and attack us.  I am very on edge that they really saw the beast or if they were just saying they saw it to scare everyone.  Jack keeps on saying that the hunters will go in the morning to try to find and kill the beast.  The littluns are very scared as well as me. 

     I think that the hunters will find the beast in the morning.  I also think that the beast may be something were small but casted a shadow that made it look bigger than it is.  I also think that the hunters will get scared trying to hunt the beast and run back to camp.