This was written for my English class. I do not own Lord of the Flies.
I wish I was in charge :( #stuckonanisland
Hello perspective readers! I am Jack Merridew, chorister of the West Valley School's boy's choir. Today I was on a plane flight that crashed onto a tropical island. I am recording what has happened since the crash on my blog in the hopes that someone out there finds it amusing. This is what happened today:
When the plane crashed, I helped the choir to swim to shore. The choir made it out all right. I told some of them to find water, but they refused to leave the group. I was about to remind them that as the chorister I have the right to tell them what to do, but Simon (The wimpy fainter. I hate him. He can't even sing right, and always is fainting) said that maybe he could go off alone and find water. I don't trust Simon to go anywhere alone, and his chances of actually returning (especially with water) are so slim that I refused to let him go. I told Roger to go instead. Roger is my right hand singer. If I weren't in charge, he would be. In truth, I am only the leader instead of him because of his habit to bully the young singers, and the fact the he is a very poor singer. I also am older and am accustomed to power, so I can lead better. Anyway, Roger, always the brave one, went off, but he returned shortly when he heard the sound. I soon learned the sound was a shell called a conch, which you can blow to make a trumpet-like sound. Roger wanted to be with the group when we found the conch-blower. We marched off in file towards the sound, and shortly came upon a gathering of boys.
We found a group of boys discussing what they were going to do about our predicament. I saw that almost all of them were younger than me, so I told them that I should be chief. Then Roger spoke up. He should not have brought up the idea of an election. This gave the boys a chance to chose Ralph, a boy who I had never met and who wasn't in the choir. He seems nice enough, I guess, but they should have chosen me. Maybe the stupid littluns were entranced by the conch. It is very impressive, and he must have very good lungs to blow it like that. Speaking of lungs and why is Piggy here? Why couldn't he just have drowned in the crash? He is stupid and whiney, and always seems to be puffing for air. I have no regrets about not letting him come exploring with us. He would be constantly in the way, and I don't want him near me.
I'm still mad about their voting for Ralph instead of me, so here is my list of why I should be chief:
-I am older than Ralph
-I have the choir to back me up
-I know how to lead
-I am braver than Ralph
-I am worthy of leadership (I can sing a high C#, and no one else can)
-Who is Ralph? A complete nobody. Even if he ends up being a good person, I am a better, more experianced leader than him.
While we are on that subject, Ralph just wants to take care of the babies. Anyone who doesn't want to explore and rejoice in the lack of rules is a total wimp and should not be a leader.
Write again soon (Going exploring now)
-Jack Merridew