Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach

In Chapter 3, Jack is approaching a Pig in the forest, as he is the head hunter. Jack can’t catch the pig so he returns to everyone else and finds Ralph and Simon building shelters for the boys. Ralph get’s somewhat annoyed out of many things. He is upset that no one besides Simon is helping build the shelters, also upset that Jack and his hunting group haven’t killed a single pig. Ralph also is a little nervous about all of the little kids and their nightmares. Jack and Ralph start to get uneasy because they are arguing over the actual work Jack and his hunting team is doing, instead of using it as an excuse like what Ralph is accusing him of. They both try to end their argument by playing in the water but it doesn’t quite do the job as both of their feelings of each other remain….awkward. On the other hand, Simon decides to take a walk through the thick jungle until he stumbles upon an open field of flowers and butterflies. Simon sits and embraces the beauty of what lies ahead of him. Nothing important occurs in Chapter 3, but the problems between Ralph and Jack start to spark up in this chapter, and shows foreshadowing for the future wars between the two leaders. As one of the first times Ralph and Jack actually get into a verbal argument, it shows the early breaking of civilization and organization on the island. Simon plays sort of a segregated role because he is never really involved in the conflicts between Jack and Ralph, as if he’s the “Angel Figure” that stays away from the Lord of the Flies!