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**LOTF Essay** **Cleora Ohar** **English, block 5** Not too long ago, I was awakened by an unyielding knock at my front door. As I opened the door, I spied a young officer. “Hi, are you Linda Merridew?” inquired the officer. “I am as a matter of fact,” I responded. The officer kindly informed me that my son, Jack Merridew is safe and doing well. He was on a plane being evacuated, and his plane had yet to be located. The plane was on a diminutive Pacific island. I was ecstatic to hear the blessed news. After all war is a dangerous, unpredictable, and unforgiving time. Therefore, it was wonderful and comforting to hear the encouraging news. In spite of this, the pleasant officer announced to me that he heard reports about how Jack and a friend of his were involved in some atrocious killing and mistreatment of numerous children. My heart sank. In a shaky, but solid voice, Jack informed me about the appalling events that occurred. He was very reluctant to discuss the topic. It is not pleasing news at all. The violent death of multiple pigs, including a sow, was enough to send an electrifying shock down my already fragile spine. The poor sow!! How could Jack have killed an innocent sow in such a malicious way? Sticking a razor-sharp spear up the sow’s private area is quite a gruesome thought to grasp. I can’t even comprehend just how ghastly of a murder that is! Laughing merrily along with other boys, his facial expression made it clear to me that was like a fun game. I felt like vomiting. That’s where it gets me the most. Where did all the values, principles, and lessons that I taught him go? I can’t figure out where I went wrong. At home Jack presented to be a leader, loyal, and outgoing lad. He even hinted to me the connection that he has with animals. Occasionally, he let his behavior get a little rogue. Not even this geared my attention toward the fact that he was to be a savage. Jack’s deceptive personality would have never made me ponder, even for a moment, about his wild actions. After a painstaking effort, I finally got Jack to enlighten me about why he murdered these pigs. It was his insatiable hunger for power. It wasn’t really the fact that he and the other boys wanted food. Jack thought food was important to have, but he happened to be power hungry at the same time. He notified me that another boy named Ralph wanted to be the leader. Ralph’s plan was to build a fire to signal people that they were on an island. Jack apparently felt that his plan was superior. He was upset that a lot of the boys wanted Ralph to be the rightful leader of the boys. Jack was the leader of the choir. He wanted to do all he could to gain that power back. A vicious assault that absolutely mortified me was that of a boy named Simon. Simon was a young eight year old schoolboy who took on the role of the enlightener of the group. Stabbing him to death and then dumping his corpse in the water was how his murder took place. According to Jack, most of the boys tried to deny that they took part in his death. An additional murder that was one of the most grizzly was that of a boy named Piggy. I’m 100% ashamed of Jack at this because he took away a boy who was friends with Ralph and he committed one of the worst sins of all time. I told him before that killing is on the list for being one of the worst sins a human can commit. What could be worse than stabbing a young boy such a Piggy until he fell off of a cliff? It’s unclear. It definitely causes me an insurmountable amount of angst. I don’t know what I’ll have to do to punish and get Jack back on track. I will definitely have to have his fate determined by a jury. If Jack is found guilty, he will most likely spend most of his life in a juvenile detention center. All I know is that it will take an intangible amount of time for Jack to make amends with what he did. I may just have to take him to a juvenile detention center for a good portion of his life. Here, he needs to learn discipline, respect, loyalty, and above all love all over again. It will take an extensive amount of time for him to gain my trust. It is difficult to grasp the whole concept that my son changed from a loving and outgoing person to a brutal savage.

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