Beast From The Air

More about the Beast
Ralph’s Perspective

In Chapter 5, Ralph cries, “If only they could get a message to us…if only they could send us something grown up….a sign or something,” (Golding, 83).
• What sign comes down from the grown up world?
The sign that comes down from the grown up world in my opinion is the beasty. It shows an enemy that is greater than each other. It says that we need to be brought together in times when things are tough and work as a team. The monster will help us understand each other.
• Why aren’t the boys aware of it?
We don’t exactly notice it because it is very subtle. We had the same idea but we didn’t have to agree with each other we did it on instinct. The only one who actually disagreed was Ralph, but we still over powered him. He was embroiled our troubles and now we are hunting.
• Why are Sam ‘n Eric so terrified?
Sam and Eric if you ask me are pretty big babies. There is nothing to be afraid of the beasty. I want to just want to end this fear and live happily on the island. The fear keeps going on interminable.
• How do Sam ‘n Eric describe the beast?
We have been looking for a huge monster with wings and claws. Apparently it’s not very fast because it couldn’t catch up to Sam and Eric and it didn’t leave foot prints. All I want to do is het it and kill it. We went out on a hunt to find it and I am surprised that Ralph agreed with me but I wish he saw it more how I saw it. We went to the pile of rocks in the back of the island and we were sure that it was the place. However, when we went in, all we saw was rocks covered with guano and a good fort. I wish we could have kept it but Ralph was furious and mutinously, we let him be the leader.
• What is the attitude of the boys when going off to look for the beast?
When we went to hunt the beast, I guess we went waxy, but also with and urge to go do something important. We wanted to end the crying at night of the littluns.

Why do you really not care about being rescued?
It’s not that I don’t want to be rescued It’s just I’d rather live my life on this island to the fullest and I highly doubt that we will be rescued. This is the life, hunting pigs, playing at the beach, eating, and sleeping; what more could you want?