Shadows And Tall Trees

The Hunt of The Beast
Ralph’s Perspective
1. What is the game the boys play after spearing the pig? Who spears the pig? Describe the mood of the boys afterwards.
After I threw the spear into the pig and made it run off, we acted out hunting a real pig in the moors. Robert got on the floor and acted like the squealing noises while everyone chanted, “ Kill the big, slit his throat, Kill the pig Bash him in!” They do that after every hunt and that makes them excited and eager. We shouted with energy and imperviously got louder and louder. We pretended to throw imaginary spears at Robert and act out hunting. I do have to admit that it was pretty exhilarating.
2. Jack suggests, “You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act, you know, pretend to knock me over and all that.” Robert said that they need a real pig because it has to be killed. What does Jack suggest as a substitute? What does this foreshadow?
Jack says that they could use a littlun as the pig. This shows that he doesn’t care about the littluns’ well being as much as I do. Before the hunt, I said that we should leave someone with them so that they were safe. Jack said that we need all the help we can get if the beast is as big as Samneric said it was. I said that it might come to the beach and get them but all he said bravado was “sucks to the littluns.” I think that something is going to happen with the littluns later and that I will be in charge of helping them.
3. What evidence did the boys find to prove that there is a beast? (Why are they so gullible?)
In the middle of the night, Samneric came running down the mountain and woke me up. They were in charge of keeping the fire going and I was kind of mad that they left it. Then, they told me that the beastie had chased them down the hill. I set a meeting even if they were windy to allow us to discuss what to do. They were pretty gullible because it was dark and they were pretty much alone. It was probably a very dun sight.
4. What did you daydream about home?
The one thing that I really miss about home is the ability to bath and take care of my hygiene. I wish that I could have those little things that I unsagely used to take for granted back and be able to feel clean again.