Zimmerman,J


 * Journal entry 7 **


 * The older kids have been gone for quite some time now. They spoke of killing the boar that has been roaming around our camp for food. Now that all the hunters have gone everything is quiet and peaceful. So quiet that I realize my hunger and lack of nutrition is worsening. The fruit that we find around the island is not enough for me anymore. I feel tired and miss home as well. My hope to be rescued is beginning to diminish however Simon seems to have hope “I just think you’ll get back alright” (Golding 111). He tells Ralph that we will make it home, however things still seem grim. I question if ralph is running things correctly so that we can be rescued and make it home. **


 * journal entry 8 **


 * after the argument during the meeting i felt like following jack would be the best decision. ralph has been faltering as a leader and jack seems strong. he can get us meat and he can improve our chances of getting rescued. we finally killed the sow and later tonight we feast. things have already seemed to improve under jack’s leadership. **


 * journal entry 9 **


 * the sky is getting dark today. jack has ordered a feast and we invite ralph and piggy to join as well. jack has paint on his face and promises to save us from the beastie. after the feast we decide to re enact the killing of the sow. Then, out in the vines we see a shadow. we decide to attack it fiercely. there was so much adrenaline coursing through my body that i my eyes were hindered to the fact that the shadow was in fact simon. **


 * journal 10 **


 * jack tells us that the beast took a disguise as simon and that we are not safe. he punishes a boy named wilfred so that no one will question his authority. things seem to getting worse the past few days, as the thought of the beast is tearing us apart. **


 * journal 11 **


 * jack orders us to prepare to attack ralphs camp and his followers. we take the dead pigs body and march off. jack and ralph begin arguing as they immediately face off. roger throws a rock at ralph in order to turn the playing field but misses and hits the conch, and also piggy. the conch is destroyed and we watch as piggy falls down the cliff. right away jack throws his spear and orders us to do the same. at the end of the fight ralph is the only one remaining on the other tribe. **
 * Journal entry 12 **


 * just before the final attack at ralph we look up to see a tall figure on the beach. he says something in a rumbling voice but i was too far away to hear it clearly. in disbelief, i stumble to the ground, laying on my back as i squint at the sky. at last we have been saved. forgetting that i have had a lack of sleep, i fall asleep, only to wake up in a bunk in what seems to be a cruiser. i look around to see other familiar faces among me. at the end of our journey we arrive on land. i see jack walking in front of me. he seemed puzzled and lost, as if he had been disconnected from the world for so long that it seems foreign to him. we walk into a building and people with cameras are everywhere. it seems that the world had been wondering where we were the whole time. **