Thursday, May 28, 2015
Lord of the Flies: Chapter 12 Journal
I didn't really like how the novel ended because it was all action and suspense and they get rescued and The End. I also don't like how we don't know what happens to the boys after they are discovered. I think that Ralph cries at the end because he is so overwhelmed by everything that happened and just lets it all out when he sees that they are finally getting rescued. The character that I despise the most is Jack because he was so caught up with competing with Ralph to get to be chief and once he achieved that, he was the violent kind of leader. The reason that I don't like him though is that once he turned into a total savage, he turned all the other boys savages and violent too. I would not recommend this novel to someone else unless they'd have someone that could explain it to them because there is a lot of symbolism and they could get lost and not get the meaning of the novel. However, if they did have someone to explain it, I would recommend it because it is a very fun and interesting book and we could all learn from it.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Lord of the Flies: Chapter 11 Questions
1. Ralph's group decides they must go up to Jack and his tribe and demand that he give back Piggy's specs so they could make a fire so they could have a signal in order to get rescued.
2. The twins are "seeing Ralph for the first time" because they think that Ralph is forgetting what they want to do. He is becoming more like Jack in that he is more demanding and is a bit more viscous when talking to the other boys. He isn't the boy that they elected chief at the beginning of the book.
3. They boys' plan to retrieve Piggy's glasses is bound to fail because they didn't really think their plan through. They sort of just said we are going to go up them and tell them to give us the glasses so we could make our fire to signal and be rescued. They didn't think what they other boys could do or what they would do if they decided to attack when they tell them their plan.
4. Roger pushes the rock off the cliff because he wants to be part of the action and wants to show what he can do and the power he has.
5. The destruction of the conch is symbolically significant because the conch represented order and was a sign of civilization. By destroying the conch, they are moving farther away from being civilized. They have now gotten rid of the only source they had to keep order among themselves and I think that they will all lose the side of themselves that is still attached to their civilization.
6. Most of the boys want a chief because they want someone to follow. A chief tells them what to do and what should be done. Many of the boys might not know what they would need to do because they don't feel comfortable making their own decisions on what they have to do in order to survive.
7. "Jack, why do you resort to violence all the time?"
"Do you not want to be with Ralph because you want to act like a madman and hunt and kill all day long?"
8. Diary Entry:
Life on the island is not the same as it was at the beginning like when everyone had first gotten there. The island is not the paradise place like it was at first. In fact, now it might be the worst place I've ever heard of. Jack keeps on telling Ralph that he has to stay on his 'side' of the island. The beach where we were settle at first is Ralph's and anyone who decided to stay on his side while Castle Rock is Jack and his tribes'.However, everyone is free to travel around the island as long as they don't attack one another like Jack did to Ralph at night because that creates trouble.
The relationships that everyone has with each other isn't that good either. There is always tension in the air. Jack is very aggressive now and is resorting to violence. His savage side is taking over his civilized side. He and his tribe are all savages, they even paint their faces and enjoy violence. Ralph is kind of losing it too. He isn't remembering what the top priorities are and seems to be into the activities that Jack and his tribe do. As of now, Simon and Piggy are dead. They were the ones that understood everything and sort of tried explaining how they should live and what they should do to keep sane while they were on the island. Overall, everything is chaos on the island.
2. The twins are "seeing Ralph for the first time" because they think that Ralph is forgetting what they want to do. He is becoming more like Jack in that he is more demanding and is a bit more viscous when talking to the other boys. He isn't the boy that they elected chief at the beginning of the book.
3. They boys' plan to retrieve Piggy's glasses is bound to fail because they didn't really think their plan through. They sort of just said we are going to go up them and tell them to give us the glasses so we could make our fire to signal and be rescued. They didn't think what they other boys could do or what they would do if they decided to attack when they tell them their plan.
4. Roger pushes the rock off the cliff because he wants to be part of the action and wants to show what he can do and the power he has.
5. The destruction of the conch is symbolically significant because the conch represented order and was a sign of civilization. By destroying the conch, they are moving farther away from being civilized. They have now gotten rid of the only source they had to keep order among themselves and I think that they will all lose the side of themselves that is still attached to their civilization.
6. Most of the boys want a chief because they want someone to follow. A chief tells them what to do and what should be done. Many of the boys might not know what they would need to do because they don't feel comfortable making their own decisions on what they have to do in order to survive.
7. "Jack, why do you resort to violence all the time?"
"Do you not want to be with Ralph because you want to act like a madman and hunt and kill all day long?"
8. Diary Entry:
Life on the island is not the same as it was at the beginning like when everyone had first gotten there. The island is not the paradise place like it was at first. In fact, now it might be the worst place I've ever heard of. Jack keeps on telling Ralph that he has to stay on his 'side' of the island. The beach where we were settle at first is Ralph's and anyone who decided to stay on his side while Castle Rock is Jack and his tribes'.However, everyone is free to travel around the island as long as they don't attack one another like Jack did to Ralph at night because that creates trouble.
The relationships that everyone has with each other isn't that good either. There is always tension in the air. Jack is very aggressive now and is resorting to violence. His savage side is taking over his civilized side. He and his tribe are all savages, they even paint their faces and enjoy violence. Ralph is kind of losing it too. He isn't remembering what the top priorities are and seems to be into the activities that Jack and his tribe do. As of now, Simon and Piggy are dead. They were the ones that understood everything and sort of tried explaining how they should live and what they should do to keep sane while they were on the island. Overall, everything is chaos on the island.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Lord of the Flies: Chapter 10 Questions
1. Ralph knows that Simon was killed that night and that he was killed because the boys that went with Jack did it thinking it was "the beast". However, Piggy doesn't want him to say anything about it. "'That was murder.' ' You stop it!' said Piggy, shrilly. 'What good're you doing talking like that?'" (Golding 156). Piggy says "'that's what it was. An accident'"(Golding 157)Piggy is trying to convince himself and Ralph that they don't have any fault in the death of Simon and he wants to believe that the others did kill him but it was just an accident. Samneric don't want to mention or even remember what happened that night. All they kept saying was '"We were very tired so we left early"' (Golding 158).Although, they do mention the feast and the dance, but ignore it and try to change the subject.
2. Ralph and Jack have different feelings and thoughts about the death of Simon. For one, Ralph feels guilty that the boys beat Simon to death and he keeps saying "'That was murder'" (Golding 156), while Jack tells his hunters "'He came-disguised'" (Golding 160). Jack doesn't even care that they murdered Simon, in fact, he thinks that it was the beast coming as Simon just to catch them of guard while Ralph is overreacting about the situation.
3. Jack is becoming more and more savage each day. He is now also becoming ruthless. Jack is probably losing control of his anger and letting it get to him. One of the boys says "'He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up.'" (Golding 159). I am starting to feel that whenever Jack gets mad from now on, he will resort to violence and become an abusive leader. In the book, it says," The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffling noisily in the background." (Golding 160) This shows that even though Jack and the others beat Wilfred up, they don't care that he's in pain and don't feel guilty. They think it's actually funny that Wilfred was tied up and beaten.
• Jack is the new chief because he is the one that the other boys listen to now. They even call him 'chief' instead of 'Jack'when referring to him.
Piggy: He tried to avoid everything due to his asthma.
Ralph: He was being attacked so he tried to fight to fight back with them.
Sam: He hid himself in a corner and avoided fighting.
Eric: He thinks he was fighting with someone but was actually fighting with Ralph.
Jack: Invades Ralph and leads the other boys away carrying Piggy's glasses.
Roger: Helps invade Ralph and marches away chanting and doing cartwheels.
2. Ralph and Jack have different feelings and thoughts about the death of Simon. For one, Ralph feels guilty that the boys beat Simon to death and he keeps saying "'That was murder'" (Golding 156), while Jack tells his hunters "'He came-disguised'" (Golding 160). Jack doesn't even care that they murdered Simon, in fact, he thinks that it was the beast coming as Simon just to catch them of guard while Ralph is overreacting about the situation.
3. Jack is becoming more and more savage each day. He is now also becoming ruthless. Jack is probably losing control of his anger and letting it get to him. One of the boys says "'He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up.'" (Golding 159). I am starting to feel that whenever Jack gets mad from now on, he will resort to violence and become an abusive leader. In the book, it says," The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffling noisily in the background." (Golding 160) This shows that even though Jack and the others beat Wilfred up, they don't care that he's in pain and don't feel guilty. They think it's actually funny that Wilfred was tied up and beaten.
• Jack is the new chief because he is the one that the other boys listen to now. They even call him 'chief' instead of 'Jack'when referring to him.
Piggy: He tried to avoid everything due to his asthma.
Ralph: He was being attacked so he tried to fight to fight back with them.
Sam: He hid himself in a corner and avoided fighting.
Eric: He thinks he was fighting with someone but was actually fighting with Ralph.
Jack: Invades Ralph and leads the other boys away carrying Piggy's glasses.
Roger: Helps invade Ralph and marches away chanting and doing cartwheels.
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