In chapter 10 of Lord of the Flies, Ralph knows that they will have to work really hard to keep a small fire going. He is left with Sam and Eric and Piggie and the little kids. They get a small fire going, but then at night, Jack and his tribe come and sabotage the hut that Piggy, Ralph, and Sam and Eric are in and take Piggy's glasses. Piggie thought that they were coming for the conch, but he quickly learns otherwise.
Ralph and Jack were fairly equal and either could survive. But when Jack gets Piggy's glasses, Ralph is at an immediate disadvantage. The glasses were the only thing that could get them off the island, and the one thing that Ralph really had that made him better than Jack. Jack's tribe realizes that the fire is important once they don't have Ralph. Jack especially realizes that Ralph was right in that that was the only way that they could survive. Ralph says that he would have willingly given Jack fire without Jack having to take Piggy's glasses. Jack always goes for the violent approach and doesn't think about anybody but himself.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Chapter 9
In chapter 9 or Lord of the Flies, Ralph really changes and finds himself in a bad situation. Previously, Jack and Ralph had split up and the group of boys had split up too. Jack invites Ralph's tribe to a feast. During the feat, they talk about killing pigs, and then it eventually evolved into a chant about killing the beast. Simon then choses to stumble into the clearing on his hands and knees. The boys think he is the beast and beat him until he is barley alive. He ends up dying on the sand and washed away into the ocean.
In this chapter, Ralph has to compete with Jack for the most people. He ends up getting Sam and Eric, Piggie, and the little kids. Ralph know that they will really have to work hard to survive, and is worried that more people will leave, because originally, he has more. When Jack invites them to the feast, lots of them leave his tribe. Ralph realizes that the people that go with Jack probably will not survive, because Jack acts without thinking, and doesn't care about survival. Basically, it is survival of the fittest. Whoever has the most will to live and strategic skill with outwit the others and survive and find a way off the island, that it slowly turning into heaven vs hell.
In this chapter, Ralph has to compete with Jack for the most people. He ends up getting Sam and Eric, Piggie, and the little kids. Ralph know that they will really have to work hard to survive, and is worried that more people will leave, because originally, he has more. When Jack invites them to the feast, lots of them leave his tribe. Ralph realizes that the people that go with Jack probably will not survive, because Jack acts without thinking, and doesn't care about survival. Basically, it is survival of the fittest. Whoever has the most will to live and strategic skill with outwit the others and survive and find a way off the island, that it slowly turning into heaven vs hell.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Chapter 8
In Chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies, Jack and Ralph have had enough of each other. They split up and Jack goes with 4 other boys and makes his own "tribe". He catches a giant pig and puts it's head on a stick and invites the other tribe for a feast. Ralph has some of the older boys and all of the little kids. He starts a fire down at the beach and tries to come up with a new method to survive. Simon finds what everyone thought was the beast and cuts him out of his binds.
Jack and Ralph have a very interesting situation. They are both competing for more of the big kids and tying to survive. Jack uses trickery to get the thinks that Ralph has and Ralph is just trying to survive and help others do the same. I am very interested to see what happens to the two groups and see who comes out on top.
Simon is a very interesting character. I personally can't decide if I like him or not. He is so secretive, but he seems also to be very helpful and supportive to Ralph. I am extremely interested to see what he will do with the Lord of the Flies and how that will affect his decisions. I am also interested to see what side he will chose, and whether or not he will end up surviving.
Jack and Ralph have a very interesting situation. They are both competing for more of the big kids and tying to survive. Jack uses trickery to get the thinks that Ralph has and Ralph is just trying to survive and help others do the same. I am very interested to see what happens to the two groups and see who comes out on top.
Simon is a very interesting character. I personally can't decide if I like him or not. He is so secretive, but he seems also to be very helpful and supportive to Ralph. I am extremely interested to see what he will do with the Lord of the Flies and how that will affect his decisions. I am also interested to see what side he will chose, and whether or not he will end up surviving.
Chapters 6 and 7
In chapters 6 and 7 of Lord of the Flies, there is a lot of conflict between Jack and Ralph. In the beginning, the reader sees the parachute man falling from the sky and then where he ends up laying. Then the readers go to the twins' point of view when they first encounter the beast. As soon as Ralph hears of this, he realizes that it is bigger than just the hunters and their game. He goes with them leaving Piggie behind to "guard" the little kids. Throughout their travels, Jack and Ralph have conflicting leadership problems.
Ralph's decisions and how he copes with the problems he and the tribe (would yo call them a tribe?) show what type of leader he is and what he values the most. Ralph is a leader who values everything he has a realizes what the more important things are, like survival and shelter. He looks at all sides of situations to help decide what he thinks that the best solution would be. Ralph doesn't worry as much about self pride and pigs, like Jack does. Ralph has started to feel the responsibility of being a leader. He doesn't really want to be chief anymore, but realizes that if Jack were chief then they would all die, and so he remains chief for everyone else and himself.
Jack would be a terrible leader and is just supporting that statement throughout these two chapters. He doesn't see the more important side of situations and values the wrong things. He doesn't think about consequences before he acts and only worries about himself and proving himself the best. So far throughout the whole book, he never says once that he cares about survival or rescue.
Ralph's decisions and how he copes with the problems he and the tribe (would yo call them a tribe?) show what type of leader he is and what he values the most. Ralph is a leader who values everything he has a realizes what the more important things are, like survival and shelter. He looks at all sides of situations to help decide what he thinks that the best solution would be. Ralph doesn't worry as much about self pride and pigs, like Jack does. Ralph has started to feel the responsibility of being a leader. He doesn't really want to be chief anymore, but realizes that if Jack were chief then they would all die, and so he remains chief for everyone else and himself.
Jack would be a terrible leader and is just supporting that statement throughout these two chapters. He doesn't see the more important side of situations and values the wrong things. He doesn't think about consequences before he acts and only worries about himself and proving himself the best. So far throughout the whole book, he never says once that he cares about survival or rescue.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
reading minutes
The Autobiography of Santa Clause by Jeff Guinn
11/30: 95 pages; 1.5 hours
12/1: 90 pages; 1.5 hours
12/2: 93 pages; 1.5 hours
11/30: 95 pages; 1.5 hours
12/1: 90 pages; 1.5 hours
12/2: 93 pages; 1.5 hours
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Review in class
I understand everything that we have been over so far. I would like to go briefly back over the literary elements so that I will remember to mark them in LOTF, and so that as we get closer to exams, there will be less to have to go over, so I am not in a rush. I understand all of them, I would just like to review them again.
I would also like to review literacy narratives and traits of writing. I think that if we review those, it would really help everybody on papers. I think that is we review the thesis again, it would have a huge affect on our papers. I think that if the thesis is good, the paper would essentially be good, because that paper is based off of the thesis.
I really understood everything. I think that they were all explained very well, but if would probably be beneficial to everyone to review some of the bigger topics again, just to make sure we completely understand them and use them in our annotations in LOTF.
Reading Minutes:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
11/12- 22: Chapters 1-5; 95 pages; 1.5 hours
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
11/14: 194 pages; close to 3 hours
11/15: 122 pages; 2.5 hours approx.
11/16: 109 pages; 2.15 hours
11/17: 175 pages; close to 3 hours
I would also like to review literacy narratives and traits of writing. I think that if we review those, it would really help everybody on papers. I think that is we review the thesis again, it would have a huge affect on our papers. I think that if the thesis is good, the paper would essentially be good, because that paper is based off of the thesis.
I really understood everything. I think that they were all explained very well, but if would probably be beneficial to everyone to review some of the bigger topics again, just to make sure we completely understand them and use them in our annotations in LOTF.
Reading Minutes:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
11/12- 22: Chapters 1-5; 95 pages; 1.5 hours
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
11/14: 194 pages; close to 3 hours
11/15: 122 pages; 2.5 hours approx.
11/16: 109 pages; 2.15 hours
11/17: 175 pages; close to 3 hours
Chapter 5
In Chapter 5 of Lord of the Flies, Ralph calls an assembly. He plans to have complete control over what goes on during the meeting and achieve order that can be used throughout their stay on the island. The meeting starts off as planned, but as it continues and the kids get tired of all the talking, things start to get out of hand. They get less and less accomplished as people start of fight and argue. Eventually, the meeting ends and everyone runs off to do their own thing.
This chapter really shows how much power Ralph actually has and how much Jack really dislikes him. Ralph has more power than any other single person. His has little control over everyone else though, which minimizes his power. They respect him enough to listen for a few minutes and do what he says for a minute or so. But after a while, they get restless or bored and they don't do what they were told to. Ralph makes it so that if they do something wrong, nothing happens. Piggie knows that Ralph needs to show his power but making the others listen to what he has to say and actually do it. His power has been "thwarted" when he built the shelters and nobody helped, when nobody was caring for the fire, and when even something as simple as to where they should go to the bathroom. Ralph gets aggravated easily and would like help, but realizes that nobody will help him other than a select few. He wants to use the assembly to make things work more smoothly and get people to help him, and therefore have a better, happier life. Things don't work as easily as he hopes because nobody is really willing to listen to him for long, let alone carry out their tasks.
Jack really hate Ralph. He wants Ralph's place and power and respect. He sees himself as the ultimate best. He thinks that he is perfect and is better than everyone else in everything. He values singing over the best ways to survive and get rescued. He believes that he should be chief because he can sing. This would not ever help anybody get off the island. The big difference between Jack and Ralph and what makes Ralph a better leader is that Jack acts without thinking and doesn't think of the big picture. He only thinks about what he wants to do and how to achieve it, whether it would help them survive or not. He values killing a pig more than the fire and the ship that could have gotten them off the island. Jack doesn't really seem to realize that that might have been the only ship that would every come by there, and therefore their only chance of being rescued. Ralph seems to realize this. He sees what a problem this is and wants to fix it. This shows that Ralph thinks more of the big picture rather than the individual actions and problems. Ralph acts more like the adult rather than Jack, who acts more like a kid. THis gains Ralph respect, but also makes people not as keen to have him as their leader, like Jack. Jack want to have fun and not worry about every little thing.
This chapter really shows how much power Ralph actually has and how much Jack really dislikes him. Ralph has more power than any other single person. His has little control over everyone else though, which minimizes his power. They respect him enough to listen for a few minutes and do what he says for a minute or so. But after a while, they get restless or bored and they don't do what they were told to. Ralph makes it so that if they do something wrong, nothing happens. Piggie knows that Ralph needs to show his power but making the others listen to what he has to say and actually do it. His power has been "thwarted" when he built the shelters and nobody helped, when nobody was caring for the fire, and when even something as simple as to where they should go to the bathroom. Ralph gets aggravated easily and would like help, but realizes that nobody will help him other than a select few. He wants to use the assembly to make things work more smoothly and get people to help him, and therefore have a better, happier life. Things don't work as easily as he hopes because nobody is really willing to listen to him for long, let alone carry out their tasks.
Jack really hate Ralph. He wants Ralph's place and power and respect. He sees himself as the ultimate best. He thinks that he is perfect and is better than everyone else in everything. He values singing over the best ways to survive and get rescued. He believes that he should be chief because he can sing. This would not ever help anybody get off the island. The big difference between Jack and Ralph and what makes Ralph a better leader is that Jack acts without thinking and doesn't think of the big picture. He only thinks about what he wants to do and how to achieve it, whether it would help them survive or not. He values killing a pig more than the fire and the ship that could have gotten them off the island. Jack doesn't really seem to realize that that might have been the only ship that would every come by there, and therefore their only chance of being rescued. Ralph seems to realize this. He sees what a problem this is and wants to fix it. This shows that Ralph thinks more of the big picture rather than the individual actions and problems. Ralph acts more like the adult rather than Jack, who acts more like a kid. THis gains Ralph respect, but also makes people not as keen to have him as their leader, like Jack. Jack want to have fun and not worry about every little thing.
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