There isn't a beast––but there's fear.

     Today we had one of the most inspiring and honest assemblies we’ve ever had. Ralph took the bull by the horns and spoke with clarity and without fear. He spoke about the agreements of maintaining fresh water supplies, observe sanitation measures, building shelters, and keep the fire going. Then, he did something I would’ve never expected––He opened the topic of the growing fear in the island. I hadn’t thought about it since I don’t believe in any beast––Life is scientific.

What Simon thinks the beast is

     This discussion really intrigued me. Starting with the peculiar boy Percival: he was trying to say his name but he had forgotten it––I would’ve been scared too. Jack then, started by saying that there’s no beast because if there were he would’ve seen it in his hunting trips. Then, I intervened–– fear is psychological, I know there isn’t a physical beast but I know there isn’t any fear either. Unless well… Unless we start fearing eachother. I don’t think they understood what I was trying to say though.

    Then something interesting happened. Simon spoke, he said that maybe the beast was only us. I don’t know if I agree with him, after all, life is scientific. But, I guess I can see his point being that in a “spiritual” way maybe the beast could be us. Now, I’m certain nobody there understood him

     After that, all sorts of bizarre theories started popping up, beasts that come from the sea and bests in form of ghosts. All too crazy for me to consider. There is no physical beast for the last time: there’s only fear.

     The assembly broke up into chaos after that. What’s the grownups going to say?