Lord Of the Flies

The following was a class assignment for English Literature. I can't remember what the questions were, but I recently found this paper that had the answers on it, and I liked it, so... here we go.

If I ruled the world, I would outlaw smoking, hunting + fishing for sport, alcohol, clothes made from leather, fur and suchlike, and child/slave labour. I would enforce harsher punishments for racism, stricter penalties for road violations, wider facilities for the mentally and physically disabled, longer summer vacations and more meat supplements.

I feel the sand almost before I am awake. The miniscule grains curve the fit the shape of my body, sneaking into the linings of my clothes and irritating my skin. The heat of it finally reaches me as I wake to my flesh burning white-hot. I leap to my feet and run for cover under the shade of a palm tree. Looking out at the clear water sparkling under the burning disc that dominates the sky, I hear the call of a foreign bird, squawking in a symphonic monologue. I rasp my tongue along the roof of my mouth and taste the salt from the ocean that lingers there, my nostrils filling with the same harsh smell of fresh sea.

If I was stranded on a desert island, I would probably be too shocked for too long to do anything productive.