Rescue at last

Perspective; Simon's Ghost

As I watch Jack and his savages prepare their attack on Ralph, I can see Ralph figuring out where to hide. As the savages continue preparing to hunt Ralph, I spot Ralph finding a spot where the boulder that killed Piggy is. But the previous night when Ralph decides to check in on Jack's tribe and talk to Samneric. In hopes that they are still on his side he risks being caught, to his relief they were forced to join Jack's tribe. They had to join them because they had been captured earlier that day when the boulder had killed Piggy.

While Ralph is at Castle Rock checking on Samneric, they give him some information about how Jack's tribe plans to hunt Ralph down. They said that Roger had made a stick with both sides sharpened to be able to pierce and harm Ralph easier. Then someone from the tribe starts to head over to where they were talking, from what I could see I believe it was Roger. Then when Ralph was just about to jump down; Sam thrust on to him a chunk of meat from their feast.

Continuing what I saw before; when the savages find out where Ralph is hiding and failing to capture him a couple times, they flush him out by setting the whole island on fire. While I watch the island catch on fire. When they smoke him out I watch him run to the beach, there he discovers the Naval officer there with a plane. I watch as all the boys start to emerge from the thicket; painted, scratched, bruised, and spear carrying. Percival Madison Williams steps out and walks to the Naval Officer trying to remember his name, address, etc but he can't. The pain and the death has erased it from his mind.

The Naval Officer looks around at the boys and jokingly asks 'What were they doing? Having a war?' Ralph solemnly replies with a yes, while the Naval Officer takes it as a joke. The Officer adds 'Is anyone dead?' Ralph replies with 'Only 2 but their bodies are gone.' The Officer then realizes that Ralph wasn't joking, while he on the other had was. When he asks who is leader of the group, Jack tries to step up, but hesitates while Ralph steps up saying it's him. I could tell that the Naval Officer was disappointed in the boys because he asks if they are all British and they say yes. I'm pretty sure he was expecting more from his British comrades.