How would you solve the mystery of the beastie?
From the description in the book, I believe that the “beastie” is an gigantic snake of some sort that would be able to attack any human if it wanted to as described by the boy with the mullberry birthmark. When Ralph noticed that the boy went missing at the top of the mountain, they believed that he was killed by the beastie. Although it makes more sense that the boy was most likely consumed by the raging fire but Golding wrote as if the the boys thought that the beastie was what must have killed the boy. Now that the boy was killed by the beastie,all of the boys must take precautions to prevent death and protect themselves from this dangerous and mysterious creature that is allegedly sneaking around the island.
If i was apart of this group of boys the first thing i would do is designate a leader. In this type of situation there should be one person who is confident enough to make most of the decisions, it would prefferebly be one of the older boys. This way there wont be as many arguements and plans will be created quickly. If i was the leader in the situation i would divide the group into two; the older boys and the youngers boys. The older ones will be the ones to actually be in battle with the beastie if needed. The younger ones will be in charge of shelter and food. The older boys must always travel around in pairs if they wish to separate themselves around the mountain
Now that everyone knows their job, we must prepare a plan on how to capture the beastie. I would sepearate everyone in pairs and place them around the mountain. We will try to prepare any type of trap from materials on the island that will capture the beastie. We will start of by placing a trap where the boy with the mulbary birthmark died. If the beastie was once in that spot it is likely that he will appear again. If the boys were to get a quick glimpse of the beastie i would say not to attack right away. We will mark off anywhere on the island and what time that the beastie has appeared Then after a few days of examining this monster then we will gather all of our information together and see what we have. Once we know this monster well, that is the best oppurtunity to strike. If we attack right away and miss, this monster could come for us and it would be too late. It is smart to take our time
Until we attack everybody will take shifts being on lookout. I will designate different areas of the island that everyone will guard. We will figure out a plan for what one must do if they see the beastie. The boys must take all necessarys precautions to ensure no one is harmed by the snake. I think that it would be smart to make sure that only boys 10 years old and over attend the snake hunt. It is way too risky to have smaller boys out out there, it may be too easy for the snake to catch them and we could possibly lose one in the dark forest. While the other boys are on lookout or up on the mountain i would get Piggy to stay with the little ones because he would not be able to do that much on guard because of his asthma.
After days of examining this monster and we now know exactly what to do to capture it i would say that it is time to attack before it attacks us. We would use the type of traps that we thought of and put them into action. Our first choice will be to kill the beastie at first glance appose to capturing it and letting it stay alive. If we were to capture it in a cage of some sort it would possibly be able to get it away before we have a chance to kill it.
In conclusion, i would be patient while trying to capture the beastie. Everyone would have different jobs to make it easier, there would be a designated leader, we would plan every step ahead before attacking, only the younger boys would be in battle with the beastie and we will have people out on lookout at night
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