Conch Shell

          The conch shell in a way symbolizes the way the boys used to live back when they were living in England. When Ralph comes up with the rule that whoever has the shell can talk uninterrupted, it showed that they need some sort of "order" because chaos can cause problems. Even when the boys are happy about their freedom, they still choose a leader, just like in government and rules will lead to order. If the boys did not have structure, there will be disorder and no one will get off the island.

Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell

Dear Diary,

  

          I'm Ralph, but I think you already know that since this is my journal. Right now, I am on an island with the other boys from the boarding school because our plane split in two and CRASHED! I miss my family, and my bed, and my food, and my home. I crash landed with this fat kid I know call Piggy and he told me that he has "ass-mar" but I don't know what that is though. He talks a lot for someone who really misses their family back home. Since we've been walking around FOREVER I found this pool-thingy and its really warm and deep and I can swim in it because my Daddy taught me.

         Piggy and I found a conch shell buried in the sand by the water on the beach and Piggy told me that its worth a lot of money back home. He told me to blow into it and it made a loud kind of trumpet/farting sound. It gathered all of the boys on the island from the crash to a meeting so  we can get an idea of how many survivors there are. A group of boys come out of the woods dressed in robs and dirt and their leader, Jack, called themselves "the choir boys". We all decided to elect a leader of all of us and they elected your truly; ME! Since Jack was mad that he wasn’t elected leader, I decided to make him and his choir boys the hunters and kill animals for food. Jack chooses one of his boys, Simon, to be the explorer of the island.

          Exploring the island was great, the boys assigned to be the explorers reached the end of the jungle where high sharp rocks point toward steep mountains. I thought that we had found our own new land of the island that we have never seen before. While we were looking around, there was a pig that was trapped in some vines and since Jack was the leader of the hunters, he was going to kill it, but he didn't. The pig managed to get away but Jack promised not to hesitate next time. Hope he keeps his promise.

Signed,

Ralph

D-Day Journal

                   William Golding was affected by being a part of D-Day by making question what drove the man that day to kill and massacre each other. He started to think about what makes man so evil and whether or not they were born that way or they just became that way because of the harsh war and the things they did in order to survive. He witnessed even the most innocent man kill for their country and the right of freedom for all peoples because no one deserves to be treated unfairly likely the innocent Jews were all because of a foolish idea that they started the Great Depression. I think that man was born with goodness and learns to be barbaric because it’s the influences of the cruel outside world that turns even the nicest people into possible killers. Although, some people can overcome this nature and really can do in this world and can be the people of change for others around the world.