The Second Chapter of Lord of the Flies

This chapter started out explaining who and how somebody would rescue them. Ralph started planning trips into the forest by separating the older kids so they could go hunting for food. They had meeting discussing a way they could be seen and rescued but Piggy kept telling Ralph that everyone was dead. No one would listen to him. I think this could resemble how the people now a days warn the government about their terrible decisions they make and they don't listen. They are ignoring the consequences of their actions and the people have to suffer for it. I think if Ralph doesn't take Piggy's warnings seriously there will be trouble. Towards the middle of this chapter the children started out into the jungle to look for fire wood and ignore Piggy's request to not go into the jungle because there might be dangers. Ralph thinks that just he is the leader he doesn't have to take part in the search for wood and sits on the mountain in which they were going to set the fire on to get notice from passing ships. I think this sounds like the president because while people our killing themselves in war, he is just watching everything get worse and he is not even trying to do something about he just letting the people in the war do all the work. This book is getting interesting because the way the children act is very mature for their age and they plan every single moment without even thinking about the dangers that lie in the jungle. I think Piggy is the most rational character in the story right now because he is seeing everything as it is without putting any sugar coating on their problems. For example, when everyone was so busy trying to get notice by passing ships by building a fire, Piggy went right up to Ralph and told he that he is not thinking clearly and instead thinking about getting notice they should worried about surviving on the island by building shelter before dark and taking care of the little ones. He is so far the smartest in bunch because Ralph is turning into a savage caring less about the group of children following his lead. One detail I noticed was that through out the whole story they did not introduce one single female character because they are all boys. I was wondering if it was because boys had more chance of surviving or had better leadership skills or something that made them superior to girls. I wonder what author was thinking when he wrote the story without including girls. I think because boys are better for the story because sooner or later they'll turn into savages, all of them. Another point about Ralph is that he is getting mad with power and even though Piggy was with him since the beginning he is leaving him out of the activities and not letting share his ideas. I think it is a bad idea to neglect him because I predict something bad is going to happen to whole group for Ralph's negligence.