Dear Aunt,
I'm trapped with a bunch of English boys on a remote island. Our plane carrying us was shot down and now I'm trapped, but alive. There are some interesting kids on this island. The first boy I met on the island was Ralph. Ralph is fair-haired and seems to be the voice of reason and leadership on the island. I found a conch shell and Ralph blew into it and all the other kids came out from hiding. We now use the conch for calling all boys to order for a meeting or if there is food. During meetings, the one holding the conch gets to speak while the others have to stay silent and listen. Anyways, lines of choir boys and a kid named Jack protruded from hiding. Jack is a jerk and is always making fun of me for being overweight and having asthma. Jack seems to represent savagery and is responsible for gathering a team of boys to hunt for food and keep the signal fires going. Simon is a well-mannered kid and is very spiritual and peaceful. He tends to help the younger group of kids around the island.
Since we are trapped here for a questionable amount of time, we tried to set up a type of civilization. We elected Ralph as the leader to Jack's dismay. All Jack wants is power and is just savage. Both boys each have groups that follow their ways since both have different views on how to run a civilization. Ralph preaches on building shelter and finding what we can do with what we got. Jack on the other hand focuses on hunting and violence. Since his crew is the one's in charge of hunting, Jack vows that he will kill a pig that keeps escaping from him and his band of boys. We tried to start a fire on a mountain to signal for help. We reflected the hot sun's heat from one of my glasses lens and we had a fire. However, the fire did not last long. Fire tends to be a symbol of a start of civilization but we are using it as a distress signal. Nights tend to get scarier for the little ones. They keep thinking the vines on the trees are snakes, or "creepers". They are just frightened and their minds are deceiving them. Not only that, but now they are believing that their are beasts that live amongst us on the island. Maybe so, but maybe it's just us. Maybe we are the beasts that everyone is afraid of.
Hopefully we will be found soon before everything becomes chaotic. Ralph and Jack's differences are becoming more apparent and are straining how we work together. In fact, we already lost a kid and it seems like I'm the only one that cared. We all shrugged this off as if it never happened. Nobody takes me seriously. I'm making you proud Aunt, I'm always saying words of wisdom that you say but nobody listens to me. It seems to me I'm the weakest link. I just hope I make it out alive.
Sincerely,
Piggy
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