Dear Mother,
Character Journal chapter 2
Jack left, but he’ll be back before night, with no shelter and the Beast on the loose. I couldn’t believe there was a Beast before, but now I’m really not sure. After Jack left, Simon had the idea to go on the mountain and see if there really is a Beast there, like Samneric said. I said it wouldn’t do any good, and suggested we build a fire down here, by the bath pools. People seemed a bit happier, with some physical activity to distract them from Jack. After we made a small fire, we discovered Bill, Maurice and Roger had left, probably to find Jack. And Simon is gone. I fear he tried to climb the mountain himself.
The boys are not obeying specific essential rules. They refuse to work at building shelters, they do not gather drinking water, they neglect the signal fire, and they do not even use the designated toilet area. He restates the importance of the signal fire and attempts to allay the group’s growing fear of beasts and monsters. Littluns also wants to allay any fears of the beast. The meeting of course falls apart...
The boys drift toward Jack and chaos. Everything goes to fall! They end up looking for the beast but Ralph feels increasingly impotent. The boys argue with him and basically gravitate towards Jack.
Sincerely
Ralph
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