Lord of the Flies, Chapter 11

Castle Rock

View of a Soul

That was a dirty trick for Jack to steal Piggy's glasses. Before, Piggy only had one eye because of Jack, and now he might as well be blind because of Jack. It gives me this delirious anger when Jack pulls one of his tricks on Piggy. Is it really that hard to be kind to someone? Jack is the most powerful person and hunter I know, but he is also the most truculent. He never knows when to stop. He just keeps going and going like an Energizer bunny. But unlike the Energizer bunny, he does not give other things power; he keeps it all for himself. That is not a good trait to have.

I am happy that Ralph finally stood up for Piggy, and set out to retrieve his glasses from that monster Jack. At last the cessation of awkward fear has come. Maybe now Jack will see the light and say to himself that bullying Piggy and everybody else is not worth their respect. Everybody on Castle Rock would respect Jack regardless of whether or not they feared him. His personality is too powerful to ignore. But sadly, Jack is too power-hungry and because of his faithful followers, I'm dead. If Jack had not been so concentrated on proving his allegiance with most of the other biguns, I would not have been beaten to death in the middle of their "dance".

Poor little Piggy. My death was tragic, was Piggy's is...is...uh, catastrophic. I sure do hope that he went to heaven. Because Piggy was such a good soul, but such an odd person that nobody noticed his goodness. I remember how much that conch meant to Piggy. It meant so much to him, that he thought of it as a talisman; a defensive shield from evil. Now, that old shell did no good for him. All it did was piss Jack off and now Piggy is gone. Jack tried to play it on Ralph, and that is a nasty thing to do. Piggy was Ralph's best friend on the island, and Jack went ahead and put it on Ralph. That is some twisted crap. Jack is now truly a savage. Jack may not realize this, but he is a lost soul. No being with feelings and a heart would not give a rat's backside about blowing out somebody's brains with a boulder. If they end up being rescued, Jack is never going to return to his snobby self. He is officially a souless savage.