Pratt-Daddy's Final Essay

George: Piggy my boy! How are you?

Piggy: To be honest George, not too great

George: What seems to be bringing you down?

Piggy: Well, this is going to sound silly, but I am a ghost. I was killed and now I am back as a spirit.

George: Ya don't say? Well how did you die? And Why?

Piggy: Well I was on a plane and the plane crash landed on an island. On our island, there were no adults, just kids. A kid named Ralph was in charge but he was rather passive. Jack was another boy on the island who was more militant. Long story short, Ralph and Jack butted heads quite often and when I tried to intervene and mediate, they got mad. Eventually, they dropped a big ol' rock on my head and I died.

George: That's awful sad. Its terrible how people don't give a mad no time for what he's got to say. I know a thing or two about power and class struggles.

Piggy: Oh yeah? You aren't dead too are you?

George: No, hah, but I have been chased out of every town I've ever entered. None of the chasings have even been none of my doin'.

Piggy: What would anyone have against you?

George: I said they wasn't my fault you damn fool. I travelled around with this guy Lennie working on random farms so we could try and make a stake and get our own place. Lennie was strong as a bull but the problem was, he was about as smart as a bull. He would always make mistakes and we'd end up being chased clear out of town. We had to hid out in a river once because a woman thought Lennie tried to rape her.

Piggy: That's terrible.

George: Yeah. I feel like since I am always with him, I am brought down to his social level. I think people look down on me 'cause I travel with him. It just bothers me that folks don't give nobody a chance and just assume things about them.

Piggy: We are in the same boat George. I had plenty of good ideas for how to make the island a better place to live and make it easier to get along with eachother but everyone cast me aside like I was a big goon named Lennie or something.

George: Have you ever dreamed about what being at the top of the totem would be like, Piggy?

Piggy: Oh sure, plenty of times. On the island, I would often go off by myself and pretend that I was in charge. Sounds silly, I know but I can't help but wonder how things might be if I was in command.

George: I don't think you are silly for that. I used to stay up nights and fantasize about what it would be like to have land to myself. I wouldn't have to listen to no one and we could do as we pleased. I was tellin' Lennie that if we wanted to go to a ball game or a whore house, we could just go. We wouldn't have anyone to tell us we had to get back to work. We'd just go, you know?

Piggy: Sounds real nice. Maybe this was just how things were supposed to be. Do you believe in destiny George?

George: C'mon Piggy, don't get all fruity on me you poor bastard. I know I could rise above this if I could just save my money. I could get my own place and then have people work for me. I'd be on top.

Piggy: You'd like that wouldn't you?

George: Shut up Piggy.

Piggy: I just had an interesting thought

George: That so? Share it with me

Piggy: Well I was just thinking that I have learned about being pushed down by everyone.

George: That's funny 'cause I haven't learned a damn thing. I've learned that being on top is better that being on bottom.

Piggy: I've learned that the people in charge and who rule are under a great deal more stress than those like us who just follow. Sure, being told that I wasn't important hurt but I didn't have to deal with the pressure of making life and death decisions. Yeah, I had some good ideas but who knows. They may not have even worked.

George: I guess I never looked at it like that. You got a good point there Piggy. By the way, I got one last question for you before I gotta leave for Lennie's funeral.

Piggy: Yeah George?

George: What is your real name? Nobody ain't got a clue as to what your real name is, so what is it?

Piggy: My name is Donnie Darko and I am from the future.

George: Damn. Alright bye Piggy