Complete a piece of creative writing, charting the story of the boy with the birthmark, until his death on the island. You may wish to start how and why he was evacuated, or from the plane crash, or the first time he heard the conch.
Lord of the Flies
Complete a piece of creative writing, charting the story of the boy with the birthmark, until his death on the island. You may wish to start how and why he was evacuated, or from the plane crash, or the first time he heard the conch.
Tyler scrambled from underneath the large panel of metal, which hung from the remains of the aircraft. He stared around his surroundings, trying to make sense of it all. Rubbing his head, which was covered in grass and mud, he clambered to a clearing in the jungle. A large noise suddenly rung in his ears. Tyler swung around glaring at the tall green trees that towered him. Again, the same ear piercing sound rung through his pale ears. He followed his instincts and found himself walking towards this groaning noise. His walk turned in to a run and in the distance he saw crowds of people, two of whom he distinctively recognised. Panting, he eventually reached the crowd and was greeted by a large, pale, rounded, boy. The fat boy breather deeply into Tyler's fragile face, on one of which side had a mulberry-coloured birthmark. Tyler's deep brown eyes stared at the creature.
"Hello! I'm here to help you! What's your name?" heaved the repulsive creature. Tyler debated whether to answer. This creature somewhat intimated Tyler.
"I'm..," the creature attempted to say, he took a deep breath.
"Piggy," interrupted a voice from behind Tyler. Tyler swung around and his eyes met with bright blue ones.
"Johnny! Thank goodness I found you!" exclaimed Tyler excitedly. He leapt up in the air and stood on his head. Johnny beamed back and joined him and stood on his head too. The loud noise that had once scared Tyler was sounded in his ears once again. Immediately Johnny and Tyler turned to the sandy coloured haired boy who had made the sound, now realising it was a large shell, and obediently listened. There was much commotion going on around Johnny and Tyler. The two boys stood there in complete awe. It struck them. There were no adults. Tyler didn't know how to react. He knew Johnny was screaming with excitement inside from the look on his face. Tyler, however, was slightly frightened. How were they going to survive? Who was going to feed them? Johnny disturbed Tyler's thoughts by jumping on him.
"We're free Tyler! No grown-ups! We can do what we like!" Said Johnny, ecstatically. Tyler tried to look amazed.
The sandy-coloured haired boy stood up in front of everyone. He looked around for attention. Piggy, standing timidly next to him, attempted to speak to the sandy-coloured haired boy.
"That's why Ralph made a meeting. So we can decide what to do. We've heard names. That's Johnny. These two- they're twins, Sam 'n Eric. Which is Eric-? You? No-you're Sam-"
"I'm Sam-"
"'N I'm Eric"
"We'd better all have names," said the sandy ...
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"We're free Tyler! No grown-ups! We can do what we like!" Said Johnny, ecstatically. Tyler tried to look amazed.
The sandy-coloured haired boy stood up in front of everyone. He looked around for attention. Piggy, standing timidly next to him, attempted to speak to the sandy-coloured haired boy.
"That's why Ralph made a meeting. So we can decide what to do. We've heard names. That's Johnny. These two- they're twins, Sam 'n Eric. Which is Eric-? You? No-you're Sam-"
"I'm Sam-"
"'N I'm Eric"
"We'd better all have names," said the sandy coloured haired boy, "so I'm Ralph."
"We got most names," said Piggy. "Got 'em just now."
"So he's called Ralph," concluded Johnny.
"Yes, Ralph, Piggy and I think that head choir boy is called Jack," said Tyler. Johnny went to speak to Tyler again, but stopped himself. Ralph begun speaking again, so respectfully, Johnny began to listen intently.
"He's not Fatty," cried Ralph, "his real name's Piggy!"
"Piggy!"
"Piggy"
"Oh Piggy!"
A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. Tyler grinned widely to Johnny. Johnny beamed back. Again they saw Ralph trying to grab the boys' attention.
"Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things."
"A Chief! A Chief!"
"I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp"
There was a buzz.
"Let's have a vote," the dark boy, Roger suggested. Tyler looked at Jack, and then at Ralph. He wanted Ralph as his chief. He seemed more secure. He yelled quietly, "Ralph, Ralph!" said Tyler. Although no one heard him, he was somewhat proud of his contribution. He was even more pleased when Ralph was finally elected. Ralph smiled and held the conch for silence.
"Listen everybody. I've got to have time to think things out. I can't decide what to do straight off. If this isn't an island we might be rescued straight away. So we've got to decide if this is an island. Everybody must stay around here and wait and not go away. Three of us- if we take more we'll all get mixed, and lose each other-three of us will go on an expedition and find out. I'll go, and Jack, and, and..." He looked around the eager of faces. There was no lack of boys to choose from. Tyler held his breath in case Ralph picked him. He knew he wouldn't but there was a small part of him wishing he would.
"And Simon". Tyler let out his breath. He tried to hide his disappointment. He turned to Johnny and realised he was actually feeling the same. He slyly shrugged.
"C'mon, let's go explore!" suggested Johnny, excited. At once Tyler felt better. He smiled at Johnny and followed him and the other boys.
They scrambled down to the beach and settled in the sand. Johnny and Tyler immediately began to build sandcastles and towers in the sand. These intrigued them for quite a few hours. Johnny scampered off for a little while, Tyler being so absorbed did not even realise.
Tyler suddenly felt like he was being watched. He swiftly turned around and there, staring right back at him were a big pair of brown eyes. Tyler, closed his eyes tight and screamed. Johnny hearing the scream not far off came running down to the beach in alarm.
"Tyler! Tyler! What's wrong?" demanded Johnny. Tyler, in a cold sweat, remained speechless, slowly opened his eyes. When he saw nothing there, but Johnny he sighed a sigh of relief.
"Tyler! What's wrong?" repeated Johnny. Tyler stared at the place were he had met the big large brown circles. In disbelieve he began to feel extremely embarrassed. Johnny looked at him strangely. He knew something was wrong.
"Johnny, I, just, um, saw a beastie!" muttered Tyler, wishing he could be more honest about. Johnny's eyes widened Bradley, another boy, similar age to Johnny and Tyler joined them.
"What was all that yelling about?" questioned Bradley, confused.
"Tyler saw a beastie, a real beastie!" shouted Johnny, excited about the whole episode. Bradley, a similar character to Tyler, felt a shiver go down his spine.
"A beastie?" he repeated. Bradley almost started to regret even inquiring what the scream was for. Tyler was silent throughout this chatter; he couldn't find the right words to say.
The same familiar sound struck the three boys' ears. The conch. Without a word they made their way back to the assembly point. Ralph begun to talk about his, Simon and Jack's venture up the mountain. Every word seemed to go through each of the three boys' ears and out the other.
"Tyler! You should tell them about the beastie," urged Johnny. Tyler shook his head violently.
"Tyler, you've got to, before someone gets hurt!" panicked Bradley. Bradley and Johnny and few other boys of their group all began to push Tyler towards the front. Tyler, with all the strength he had tried to stay back. The older boys first noticed Tyler when he resisted. He was stood now, warped out of the perpendicular by the fierce light of publicity, and he bored into the coarse grass with one toe. Tyler was muttering and about to cry. The other little boys, whispering but serious, pushed him towards Ralph.
"All right," said Ralph, "come on then."
Tyler looked up in panic.
"Speak up!"
The Tyler held out his hands for the conch and the assembly shouted with laughter; at once he snatched back his hands and started to weep.
"Let him have the conch!" shouted Piggy. "Let him have it!"
At last Ralph induced him to hold the shell but by the blow of laughter had taken away the child's voice. Piggy knelt by him, one hand on the great shell, listening and interpreting to the assembly.
"He wants to know what you're going to do about the snake-thing,"
Ralph laughed, and other boys laughed with him. Tyler twisted further into himself.
"Tell us about the snake-thing,"
"Now he says it was a beastie."
"Beastie?"
" A snake-thing. Ever so bug. He saw it"
"Where?"
"In the woods."
"You couldn't have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size," Ralph explained, kindly. "You only get them in big countries, like Africa, or India."
"He says it came and went away again an' came back and wanted to eat him-"
"He was dreaming!"
Laughing, Ralph looked for confirmation round the ring of faces. The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones dubiety that required more than rational reassurance.
"He must have been dreaming. Stumbling about the beach, with the sun beating down,"
"He says its coming back to get him tomorrow."
"But there is no beastie!"
"Ralph's right of course. There isn't a snake-thing. But if there were a snake we'd hunt and kill it. We're going to hunt for pigs to get meat for everybody. And we'll look for the snake too-" said Jack, enthusiastically. This reassured Tyler, overcoming his nervousness. Inside, he felt a little better, but he was still petrified. He was frantic to be rescued.
The Little ones were dismissed including, Tyler, Johnny and Bradley. The older ones began to decide to make a fire, but being young, they paid no attention.
"Lets try and go up around the mountain like the big boys did!" suggested Johnny, full of adventure. Tyler desperate to get the beastie out of his mind agreed quickly. The three of them all began trudging through the jungle and eventually near the mountain.
"Let's play hide and seek!" proposed Bradley.
"Yeah! I'll count you two hide," concluded Johnny. Tyler and Bradley nodded and scattered elsewhere. Tyler, still frightened, but determined to forget the incident of the beastie, ran as fast as he could to find a secret hiding place. He first his in some green bushes, which looked like candle-buds. He soon discovered that he was revealing quite a lot of himself, so he decided to find a better place still. He found a big triangular rock, which jutted out, from behind a thick forest of trees. He sat, very still for a good twenty minutes. Satisfied that he had found a decent hiding place, we settled down. Few minutes later he smelt a distinct smell of smoke. He inhaled deeply, ' definitely smoke' he thought to himself. The smell got stronger and stronger until Tyler was certain he could feel heat. He immerged from behind the triangular rock, and there he saw snakes. Hundreds of snakes. Only these weren't beastie snakes, these were flames. Tyler quickly realised he was surround by towering orange snakes. He screamed and screamed yet nothing seemed to come out. Tyler began to weep to himself; he closed his eyes shut, as tight as when he first saw the beastie. The flames got hotter and hotter and scorched Tyler. He never opened his eyes again.
