The Lord Of The Flies: A Short Story

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When people first they described me as “slight,” “furtive,” and with an “inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.” When first arriving on the island I suggest that we have a vote, rather than allow Jack or Ralph to become chief automatically. Later, I came back from swimming and I was bored so I started smashing the sandcastles of the three littluns: Henry, Percival, and Johnny. After the littluns ran away I followed Henry and proceeded to throw stones at him - missing intentionally. Jack made us the hunters. We were the providers of meat for the group. We had trouble catching things at first but we soon became quite efficient at it. When the talk of the beast emerged on the mountain Jack, Ralph and I climbed the mountain to investigate.

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