Chapter 4 - Painted Faces and Long Hair

I was sitting in the shade of the palm trees when Piggy came over to talk to me about new things the group needs to do while we wait to be rescued.  He suggested we build a sundial out of sticks in the sand and everyone would get their own but I knew it would just lead to more hopeless things we would want to build and not accomplish.  I told him to shut up and I walked away.  I was sick of hearing his ideas when he did nothing to help put them in motion.  I went to the pool of water and saw Maurice diving into the water.  Piggy had followed me though and I rolled my eyes.  He just doesn't understand.  I saw smoke out on the horizon.  It was from a passing ship.  I thought we were about to be rescued but Piggy told me there was no smoke on the mountain top.  The fire was dead.  Jack let the fire go out.  Jack and his group of hunters came out of the woods carrying a pig.  They were chanting something but they were too far away and my anger was messing with my senses anyways.  I confronted Jack about it and he hardly seemed to care at all.  Jack punched Piggy and it broke Piggy's glasses.  Finally Jack apologized for letting the fire go out but it was useless.  He couldn't make the ship come back.

Personal Connection:  The events in chapter 4, Painted Faces and Long Hair, relates to my life because I know how bad Ralph wants to be rescued and I have wanted something that bad too.  Jack didn't care for being rescued, he was overwhelmed with the thrill of the hunt instead of doing what he was told.  Often this is the same result I find when working with others, there are often disagreements on the goals wished to accomplish and the ways we will achieve those goals so I understand Ralph's anger when Jack lets everyone down by failing to do his job.

Quote:  "Yet Ralph's throat refused to pass one.  He resented, as an addition to Jack's misbehavior, this verbal trick.  The fire was dead, the ship was gone.  Could they not see?  Anger instead of decency passed his throat."  This is an important quote about Ralph in Painted Faces and Long Hair because it shows that Ralph will never forgive Jack for letting the fire go out.  This will drive the boys further apart to go their own ways and to not stay unified under the rule of Ralph.  Their conflict continues and this is another big point of lasting anger.