Lord of the Flies 2003 Alternate Ending

LOTF Alternate Ending


It was still dark when Ralph awoke, safe in his bed after another torturous nightmare. His memories of the island were so vivid, watching Simon’s death, and Piggy’s, over and over until he wept. Ralph crept quietly out of the house, into the quiet neighborhood, the safe neighborhood, his parents had taken him to after "the incident", as everyone dubbed it. No one dared mention it in his presence, of course. He might get sad, he might cry. The whole town knew about it, Ralph was sure. He’d been on the news and everything. But no one spoke of it. It was just a hidden trauma left behind closed doors. Ralph had been left behind closed doors too. His parents, who had been relatively open-minded before "the incident", were now the most protective on the block. Ralph was to report home right after school, and not to leave the house without permission. If, by some chance, he was invited to a friend’s house, he had to be home well before dinner and couldn’t...