Blog 14 - Revisions of Blog 9 - Murder

As I sat under the palm tree, looking at the
phosphorescent water, I thought about poor old Simon.
Even though I told Ralph it was an accident, deep
inside I knew that it was a murder. We were all
dancing in a circle to keep the storm away, and then
suddenly we heard something fall out of the bushes. We
didn't even stop to see if we were right, we just
automatically thought it was the beast. We all started
to claw and scratch him with our nails, bite him with
our sharp teeth and he felt stifled with no way out.
Everyone was smothered in blood. I start to shudder
every time I think about it.

"It was a murder," Ralph said quietly.
"No, it wasn't a murder, it was an accident," I said.
Even though I said that, I didn't really believe what
I said. I know it was dark and there was a storm but
that probably wouldn't stop Jack.
As I heard a voice say "Piggy, Piggy," I got up. The
first thing that came to my mind was that it was the
beast. " Piggy, come here Piggy". I couldn't breathe.
My asthma started to get worse. I would breathe as
hard as I could in but it didn’t work. My lungs felt
like they were clogged. The beast had come for me.
 Three bodies came in to the shelter and even though I
knew it wasn't the beast anymore my asthma wouldn't
stop. I gesticulated by putting my hand over my
throat. I was trying to tell Ralph that I was having
my asthma attack and I couldn't breathe but since it
was dark, It was no use.
I couldn't see but I could hear that people were
fighting. Then it sounded like it had stopped. I
started to get up to go to see what had happened. I
reached for my glasses but is all I felt was sand.
"Who took my glasses?".

blog 12- Jury Duty

A juror is a member of a group, called a jury. They
are selected to decide the innocence or guilt of a
person accused of crime. The jury hears the people
called to testify at the trial and examines the
evidence. The group must say an opinion based on the
facts said at the trial. The jury’s decision is called
the verdict. If the jury finds the accused guilty, the
judge pronounces the appropriate sentence on a later
date or immediately. If the jury finds the accused not
guilty he or she is acquitted immediately.

To qualify as juror, you have be 18 years or older.
You must be a US citizen and a citizen and resident of
the state the you will serve as a juror in. You must
have a good understanding of English. You have not
been convicted of a felony and have not served on a
jury in the last 12 months.

Not everyone can be a juror. Some people are not
allowed to serve on a jury, like people with a mental
disability or mental illness. You cannot be the friend
of the person accused of a crime or know someone
involved in the trial. If you are 70 years or older
and have a serious heath problem and if you have to
take care of a person in your household and there is
no one else to do it, you can be excused from being a
juror. You can also be excused if you are biased and
have made up your mind before you have heard both
sides. No one may refuse to be a juror unless you have
an acceptable reason. For example, some reasons are
people suffering from a physical or sensorial
handicap.

If you are selected to serve on a jury, after the
trial is over, you usually won’t be called for jury
duty for at least a year and often longer. If you
qulitified to be a juror and you have not been
excused, you must report for jury service. Any person
who fails to respond could be fined up to $1,500 and
in addition you could also go to jail.


When you are on a jury you can’t read any newspaper
articles about your case or watch any television that
talks about your case. You also have to have no
biases, which means you need to be fair and can’t
judge people.  When the trail is over you have to look
back at the notes you took during the trial. You then
have to have jury deliberations. During this
conversation, you and all of the other jurors will
talk and then come up with one vote. If even one juror
decides differently, they will have to meet again
until they can agree on a verdict, guilty or not
guilty.




  

blog 13-revisions of "blog 10 - Fight at Castle rock"

When we woke up the next morning Piggy was a mess, stumbling all over the place and complaining about not being able to see. Once we figured out that we needed the glasses we had to make a plan to get them back; because without the glasses we couldn't make a signalfire and Jack and his hunters could make one. Ralph said that we would go to castle rock to get them back. Ralph also said that we had to dress decently. We want Jack to know that we want to get what’s “ours” in apeaceful way. We walked to Castle rock silently because secretly we were all scared. As we got closerwe heard Roger say "Who goes there?"

 

Ralph had heard it and yelled back, “what do you mean, you can see it's us”. Boys start to come out of everywhere with spears. A big rock almost hit us. Roger had his hand on a lever and Ralph said "I’m calling an assembly about Piggy's glasses" . Just after that had happened someone came out of the forest with black and greenpaint on his face. We then realized that it was Jack.

"Go back to where you came from, this is my part of the island. This is my group now, " said Jack.

Then Ralph replied, "We would have let you share our fire but instead you stole Piggy's glasses, just like a thief." "Wait, what did you call me!" said Jack very angrily. “I called you a thief!" said Ralph Then Jack and Ralph fought with spears but when Piggy cried something to Ralph he remembered that he was there for Piggy's glasses and not to start a fight. "Just gimme'the specs!" said Ralph. Then another boy with a painted face took us by the arms. He then brought us behind a wall of other painted faces. Then, suddenly Roger pulled the lever he had been playing with and arock launched at Piggy. Piggy fell to the ground, his blood spilling all over the place. Then Piggy’s body fell into the ocean.

They really have turned into savages. We can't believe they would actually kill Piggy and allow the dark side of themselves take over. Jack came up to us and said,"You’re part of our group now."

"But we want-"

“-to go back with Ralph," Jack gave us a look. It was over. We were now part of Jack and his tribe.