Lord of the Flies: Chapter Three: Harry Koumjian

"'I was working too-'

'But you like it!' shouted Ralph. 'You want to hunt! While I'"

In chapter three, Jack and his hunters are yet to find meat for the stranded children, and they are quickly growing tired of this lifestyle. Meanwhile, Ralph and Simon are working on shelters for the "littluns" to sleep in so that they don't have nightmares about the "beasties" on the island and they can sleep well. Also, all of the survivors are badly sunburnt from being out in the sun too much without sunscreen and the shelters would protect them from that.

Ralph is sick of doing so much work with only Simon helping him and feels like Jack is not doing nearly enough to help the group. He complains that Jack has done nothing to help them, whilst he and Simon have been working hard for a long time for others. He also declares that Jack likes hunting and so he chose to be the hunter, and therefore is enjoying his work while he and Simon have spent hours on their shelter project which they are receiving no help with. Towards the end of the chapter Simon decides he is fed up with this immature behavior from Ralph and Jack, Simon wanders into the woods and helps the smaller ones reach fruit from high up trees. He then walks further into the woods and finds a dense jungle where he sits for a while to take in the sight. This ends the chapter.