Lord of the Flies: Journal #3

Chapter 3 - Huts on the Beach

Being Chief is NOT easy - Ralph

Why doesn't anyone understand that I am the leader, and I make decisions, and everyone is actually supposed to listen to me.  I mean they are the ones that voted me leader the least they can do is help build the huts.  Why won't anyone at least do that, I mean building the huts is something that benefits all of us.  All anyone does around here is play around, the littluns are the exception I mean they don't know what there doing and if they tried to help us they would probably mess things up. Thank god for Simon, he's the only one other than me who ever does anything around here.  In my opinion Simon should be the leader of this island, I mean he's a nice guy and the littluns actually like him.  It seems like in Simon's world there are no vicissitudes, he's just so calm and peace full.

Don't get me started with Jack, he is just so inscrutable and rapt.  What is wrong with that guy, why does he just have to kill a pig, why is that his number one priority, you can see it in his opaque eyes.  He's not doing it for us, you know for the food, he's doing it for himself, just to prove to everyone that he can kill it.  Maybe we actually need adults on this island maybe they could put every ones act together, and make us start acting like a team.  Honestly right now I have no idea what to do to make everyone listen to me, I've tried lots of different ways, but none of them have worked, yet.  I can't wait until my father comes to rescue us, I'm so sick of this island.