Jack Merridew is on a beast-hunt :) #killthebeast
Hello again readers.
Today there was yet another meeting. Am I the only one the is sick of meetings? It sure seems like it. All the others seem to love them, but I want to do stuff, not talk about doing it. Anyway, during the meeting something interesting happened. Ralph was making a speech and accidentally brought up the beast. He said, "We've got to talk about this fear and decide there's nothing in it." After he was done talking, I butted in and reinforced what he said, and told the gathering that if there was a beast, I'd have seen it. And everyone was happy and agreeable about the beast (or lack thereof). But then some littluns came up, and talked about their dreams of the alleged beast. How many times will Ralph and I have to say, "there is no beast," for them to believe it? There is no possible way there could be a beast. It seems like this is the one thing that Ralph, Piggy, and I agree upon these days.
One of the littluns said the beast came out of the water. This seriously freaked everyone out, especially when Simon said, "maybe there is a beast..." Simon thought that it could be one of us. Who else besides Simon would be timid enough to suggest an idea like that? He is always scared of people, of course he would think that the beast would be one of us. And Piggy said there is nothing to be afraid of except people. No surprises there. Piggy is also a bit of a coward. He should be scared, the wimp. No one likes him.
Eventually, I decided to take matters into my own hands and go hunt this nonexistent beast. If they wanted a beast, they would get one. Or at least, a hunt for one. I am pretty proud of myself for this idea. This can result in three different things:
1. We find a beast and kill it, showing how much braver I am than Ralph.
2. We find a beast and don't kill it, which allows me something to hold over the heads of the young ones (as in, "do this or I'll send you to the beast!")
3. We do not find a beast, which means that there is nothing to fear on the island and gets rid of the stupid snivelling of the littluns.
Any of these three things would increase my power in Ralph's little "tribe," and at this point I've pretty much given up on the existence of any positive relationship I want to have with Ralph. Maybe the tribe will like me so much after the hunt that I can be chief or form my own tribe. Hmmm. I will have to think on that...
-Jack