Castle Rock

Dear Mother

Chapter 11

When Ralph and co. meet up with Jack, Ralph tries to talk some sense into the savages as he demands Piggy's glasses back. Jack responds to this by attacking Ralph with his spear. The two leaders then engage in a duel, although Ralph cuts it short as he continues to reason with Jack. No such luck; Jack ignores Ralph's arguments, orders Sam'n'Eric to be tied up, and continues the fight.

Piggy breaks through to everyone and gets his turn to talk with Jack. He gets about as much progress as Ralph. Actually, things become worse, as the savages prepare to strike their enemies. All of a sudden, Roger, on top of the Castle Rock, shoves a giant boulder off on to the ground. The boulder slams into Piggy, presumably killing him to be honest; I expected a much gorier description. He got struck by a rock bigger than himself! Ralph, now alone, runs off into the forest.

I found the ending to this chapter really weird. It goes like this: "Roger edged past the Chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder. The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quiet terror. Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority." The chapter just ends like that. Roger did have one or two special scenes in the book, but nothing really significant. What makes him so major now that he possesses a "nameless authority" which is apparently suspenseful enough to end a chapter? Couldn't have Golding just ended it with some speech or something preferably from Jack?

Well anyway, Piggy's dead, and Sam'n'Eric are captured. That leaves Ralph. He's got no fire, no conch, no help and no way out. He's hopeless. He's doomed. I predict that in the next and final chapter, Ralph will have his final thoughts before the savages hunt him down and kill him, a tragically suiting ending to the story. It would be a nice resolution, a look back at the initial hopes of the boys' arrival on the island, and an analysis of what went wrong. 
Love
Ralph