Chapter 4- Painted Faces and Long Hair

It is in chapter 4, when many of the boys on the island start to get used to life on the island. In the morning, they wake up, and many are able to play, and eat, and do as they please. By the afternoon, it is way to hot for any of the boys to play, and so many go and take naps, and by night its when many start to have nightmares of the "beast." The little boys spend all day playing with one another and eating fruits, but all they can talk about now is the "beast" that they saw in the jungle, and they now fear that it comes out during the night. The little boys and the older ones don't get along very well. There have actually been a few incidents, that have cause tension between them. For example, when Roger and Maurice went and stomped on the the little boys sand castle, and then also Roger threw rocks at one of the little boys, so obviously they didn't get along very well.

Jack being obsessed with hunting a pig, camouflages his face and goes off into the jungle with his hunters, to kill a pig. Back on the beach, Ralph and Piggy see a ship in the horizon, but when they look up the signal fire has gone out, they try to hurry to rekindle it, but by the time they do, its too late. Ralph, gets really upset at Jack since it was the hunter's job to keep the fire going.

When Jack gets back from hunting his pig, which he succeeded in too, Ralph is very upset with him, but since Jack, and the hunters are so excited about the pig they caught, they barely listen to what Ralph has to say. Piggy then complains about Jacks immaturity, and Jack slaps him breaking his glasses. Jack later admits that he was irresponsible for not paying attention to the fire, but never apologized to Piggy. They finally all sit down, and cook the pig and enjoy a nice dinner, even though they don't give piggy any, until Simon gives up his for Piggy.