Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair

1. What things are you having trouble adjusting to on the island that are different from your life at home in England?

Some things that we are having trouble with on the island are:

Being nice to each other

All helping out on the island

We really need help on these, because if we wont be rescued soon, we all need to get along. And if not everyone helps, then nothing will get done.

2. How do you feel about the littluns?

I understand that the little kids want to play, eat, and have fun, but I also think that they should focus on the more important things, first. We should all be helping to hunt, and build shelter.

3. What do they do with their time?

Instead of helping, the little kids just hang around, and play, eat, and bathe.

4. Why do you all paint your faces?

We paint our faces and bodies, so that the pigs cannot smell us or see us when we are hunting them.

5. What does this foreshadow?

I think that people on the island will start painting their faces just to look wild, and not just for the real meaning of it.

6. How do you feel when your face is painted?

When my face is painted, I feel powerful, and kind of wild.

7. Why doesn’t the passing ship see you on the island?

The ship doesn’t see us, because our fire went out, so there was no smoke signals.

8. Why was the fire allowed to go out?

The fire went out because jack and the hunters left it alone. They needed to get the people that were usually in charge of the fire, so they would have enough people to make the ring. The ring was used to surround the pig, then get closer and closer ‘till they can stab it. We all got meat that night, but Jack was being so rude and cruel to Piggy. He did not give him any meat, and he was yelling at him.

The overall mood on the island is kind of wild, and out of control. People are being mean to other people, and there has been some fighting.