Honestly, I am beginning to really question the overriding apathy that I get from a majority of the class. It is sad that many of you take your education for granted and take the learning that you can receive as if it just does not matter. So many missing assignments or lack of note taking just shows how much mediocrity is acceptable. Just think what this country would have been like if your ancestors and leaders cared about their education and their world as little as many of you do. The idea that it is acceptable to just talk when you want while someone is doing their job is not only rude but offensive as well. Sadly, if these behaviors do not change it will be reflected in the future colleges you attend and the jobs that you receive. Those students both in this school and in the schools outside of this city will leap above you due to the utter lack of interest in your own education. How selfish many of you are that you are more concerned with the person next to you than about what you could be attaining in the moment. As stated early on, I do not come in respecting or disrespecting any of my students as the year begins but many of you do nothing to earn that respect based on the way you treat the class and me. Furthermore, you disrespect those students around you who wish to learn and make something of their lives by not caring enough to be respectful at the right times.
For this evening, I would like you to choose one of the themes that were mentioned in class today and one of the characters and find 3 examples of how that character interacted with that theme. In order to get the points you must give the page numbers of where the example is given. Then, tell how this theme has or may connect to your life within the last or next 3 years.
Yes, this will take more than 7 sentences.
35 comments:
The theme that I have chosen is Vision. Piggy interacted with this theme a lot in the book. One example is in the beggining when the boys used Piggy's glasses to start a fire. Piggy was explaining to the other boys that he cannot see without his glasses(pg.40). Another example is when Jack steals Piggy's glasses which makes him unable to see(pg.168). Piggy is also blind in other ways than just plain sight. Piggy is blind to the reality that evil exists in the boys themselves. Piggy thinks that there is an actual beast. He does not see the reality of the beast being within himself and the other boys.(pg.139). The only boy who realizes that the beast is the boys' own fears is Simon. The theme of vision connects to my life. I started wearing glasses a couple of years ago. Without them I cannot see. Also, I think I am blind to what college life is going to be like. I have not visited a college campus yet, so I have no clue what to expect. I know that high school is preparing me for college, but I am still blind when trying to picture what college life is really going to be like.
Becca Need
3rd Hour
The theme i chose from class is the Loss of Identity among the boys. Through out the story the boys slowly begin to turn from innocent british boys, into these savages. I the first example of loss of identity comes from page 23. ON page 23, Ralph is elected leader, but he allows Jack to keep controll of his choir, Jack mentions that his choir could be the army, or the hunters of the group. Another example comes from page 63, n this page Jack puts on his first "Mask", which is just mud charcoal, but this mask allows him to act differently toward the boys, it even says in the book, "He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself, but as an awesome stranger". My last example comes from page 192. Page 192 shows a great example of savegry, in the way that the boys no longer communicate by talking to one another, but by using alternative forms of communication, such as the ululating. Now this theme comes up every year for people who go trick or treating every year, some people who put on masks for halloween think its ok to go around and fight kids, and steal candy, and just every one in general acts differently because you cant see who they really are.
Vision is the theme that I have chosen. Piggy, obviously, has a lot to do with this theme. Since he can hardly see anything whitout them(p.41). Piggy's vision, the glasses, become a valuable asset to the boys(p.170). Unfotunately, his inability to see left him helpless when the boulder came tumbling towards him(p.181). I alo have bad vision, which is why I wear glasses. My sight isn't as bad as Piggy's, but it's still not the best. Also, I see myself going to college within the next 3 years. I want to get a good education and get a job that I love.
James Richardson
The theme i chose to write about is vission. In the very begining of the book they use piggys glasses to start the fire. This starts the theme of vision. Piggy was saying that he cant see at all without his glasses so he needs them to see. (pg 40) When jack takes piggys glasses that makes it so he cant see.(pg 168) Logical thinking was now gone. No one sees that the beast is within them selves. (pg 140) Simon does realize that th beast is within himself though. This theme relates to me a little i guess. Like piggy i cant see well without my glasses or contacts. THats the only similarity though.
Katlyn Twigg 2nd HOur
I chose the theme vision and the character Piggy. Piggy was the most intelligent of the boys on the island. He had bad eyesight, however, he could put things into perspective. In the beginning of LOTF Piggy told Ralph that nobody knew they were on the island because everybody was dead from the atom bomb. He had a vision that they could be stranded on the island until they die. (pg 14).
Piggy could vision what they needed to survive on the island. He made it clear that there had to be order and rules needed to be followed. Piggy told the others that they needed to build shelters on the beach & if they wanted to be rescued they needed to put things first & act proper. He told the boys it was no use to build a bonfire so big that it would catch the island on fire. (pg 45). Lastly, Piggy had a vision that there was good in the boys on the island and when push come to shove they would chose to do the right thing. An example of this is when he was going to tell Jack, "But I don't ask for mmy glasses back as a favor. I don't asky you to be a sport, I'll say, not because you're strong, but because what's right" He believed Jack would give him his glasses back because it was right. (pg 171). The theme of vision may connect with me in the next 3 years by visioning finishing high school and going to college. I vision myself making the right choices and continuing my education and enjoying the college experience. My vision right now is trying hard in school and making a future for myself.
the them im doing is symbolism. symbolism is wen the author puts a certain item in there story and that item has a greater maening. for this i have chose piggy because he has his spects -pg40which they used to start the fire and he needs them to see so its important to him and the rest of the kids as well. and he found the conch wich represents leadership. now i know he didnt keep it but he knew exacly what to do with it he told ralph to blow in it and it got the whole group together. thyebthird symbol is the face paint meaning you can do bad things that you wouldnt normally do but you feel its not really you doing it, its a mental thing.
The theme I have chosen is the Loss of Innocence within the group of boys. Jack is a perfect example of the Loss of Innocence theme. Like when Jack put the clay mask on his face he went crazy and tried to attack Bill, Sam, and Eric (pg.89). Then when Jack went hunting and let the fire die he came back chanting, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood." and started to chant as if he was a savage(pg.96). And then when he placed the head of a pig on a stick as an offering for the beast (pg.196). This theme connects to my life because one day my dad killed a deer my grandparents came to look at it and take it to some family members house to gut it and everything. That was one of the days I spent the night, so I went with them to my greant aunt and unlces house. I sat and watched them sahve all the hair of the buck and then watched as they gutted it. The stench was overwhelming, it was the smell of death. It was fun to watch them cut it open and then apart for the meat. I ate well that night.
The theme I have chosen is loss of innocence. One good example of loss of innocence is on page 89 when he puts on face paint and tries to attack the other boys. Another is on page 196 when he puts the sow's head on a stick as an offering to the "beast". One more example is on page 96 when he goes out hunting and comes back chanting and excited about killing pigs. Loss of innocence is something that happens to everybody as they advance through their life. Im sure as I get older and whitness more and more things I will lose much more innocence.
In Lord of the Flies, the boys are introduced to many different experiences that cause them to loose their innocence and to gain the lifestyles as savages. Ralph slowly transformed into a savage himself, but took steps gradually to that position. When the boys first landed on the Island Ralph was talking to Piggy about the plane crash and backtracked what happened. On page 8, the boys are talking to one another and saying how “they was attacked!”. To many children a plane getting shot down and then realizing that you are stuck on a deserted island might do something for your innocence. Ralph being the chief of the group took that role of helping the boys to safety and keeping them together. He lost the enjoyment of his more carefree lifestyle of a child that he had at home. There were no parents to comfort them when they had nothing to eat or someone to punish them when they fought one another. It didn’t take long for Ralph to realize that the group was loosing its grip on survival, innocence, and its civil means. On page 91, Ralph states, “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grownups going to think? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now!”. This was the turning point in which Jack was starting to go against Ralph and disconnect from the original “government”. Even though, it wasn’t long until Ralph began to go with the savage ways, and not think of their survival. On page 114, the boys are attacking Robert, who is trying to make them stop, but instead the boys just keep spearing him. Ralph didn’t stand there nor did he try to stop it but “grabbed Erick’s spear and jabbed at Robert with it”. So, by the end of the book when the boys get saved, it is then that the boys are hit with dispare for what they have done. Within these three events, the boys loose their innocence yet tries to get it back without knowing. Ralph was swept away by how some of the boys were attacking Robert and like the fun of it. Deep down they still had that innocence of a child’s life and wanted to have fun, but it was covered by the urge of getting rescued and savagery. With myself, I don’t think I have lost my innocence, but I think that at points I don’t want to be looked at as a 12 year old who doesn’t know how to do anything. I want peole to realize that I am whom I am and that I make my own decisions where as my parents don’t. My uncles don’t think that I have “lost my complete innocence” and think that every time I say something to them, whether it is good or bad, that it is because my parents told me that. They are wrong. I have never liked them, and I don’t think I ever will. But I think they need to realize that what ever I say is what I want to say and not what my parents want me to say. All in all, I think that the loss of innocence can be a bad thing, like it was for the boys in “lord if the Flies”, but I think that it can also be a good thing at other times, like with my family and me.
Lauren Beattie
3rd Hour
The chosen theme i would like to pick is vision because its used a lot throughout the story. Piggy is the character that interacts the most to this theme because his glasses symbolism's the struggle of the law and intelligence vs the chaos, lawlessness and anarchy. An example of his glasses is when their used to start the fire which gives the boys the most important quality. Another example of vision is when Piggy's glasses are broken and he is unable to see. (pg.40). Since he is unable to see it ruins the theme of vision because he cant see. The theme vision relates to my life because it shows the true and fake people in life. It helps me see how people really act and how they are on the out side.
The theme im choosing is symbolism. Symbolism is used a lot throughout the book for many different items. The three that i liked the most were the glasses, the conch, and the beasty.
First, the glasses were one of the most important things on the island. Not only did they give Piggy the ability to see but they were what gave the boys the abiity to make fire, a very important thing to the boys. Without the fire the boys chance of getting rescued would diminish. Also, the fire gave them security at night and the ability to cook whaever meat they could catch. So, the glasses were very important in terms of power. For example, when Jacks group stole the glasses from Ralphs group they also stole the ability to make fire and therefor gained power. So, the glasses were very important throughout the novel. (One example being p. 122)Also, the conch was an important symbol of unity on the island. When the conch was blown all the boys would gather as a group and have discussions. It was also a symbol of power because whoever was holding it was the only person who could talk. It also represents the last bit of order the boys have because its when they are all together in the group with the conch that they have true order. Later in the novel when the conch breaks they boys loose any eal chance of being together as one again. (One example being page 78)Lastly, the beasty. We talked about this one a lot over the past few days and how it symbolizes two main things. One would be the physical being of th beast that theyre afraid of. Whatever it is that they think is out in the jungle. The second would be the boys fear of the unknown, their internal fear. Throughout the novel they use their fear of the physical being of the beasty to justify their internal fears. Simon is the only one who realized this in the novel, when he traveled to see the "beasty" in the sunlight, so the author has to kill him off so the other boys wont realize it also. (One example being page 56) Those are three of the main themes in the novel Lord of the Flies.
The theme that i chose that we talked about is power. Throughout the book Ralph has had the most of the power out of all of the boys on the island. In the beginning of the book Ralph immedietly gets power over by Piggy because when Ralph starts to make fun of Piggys name he says "So as long as you dont tell the others" i took that as Piggy would do anything to keep that nickname a secret, knowing Piggys nickname Ralph already had Piggy under his control (11). This example relates to my life because a few years ago my friend broke a window on the outside of my house. i could have easily just told my parents it was him and i had the power to get whatever i wanted from him and now i have a brand new game for my xbox. Another example that Ralph shows hes in power is when he first blows on the conch and he signifys that he is going to lead the group (16). When i think of power i think of something that can get your attention and an example from my life is whenever we start class mr.pouliot bangs on the desk to get our attention which i think is a good way to show that your in power because it immediatly gets our attention. One final example that Ralph has power is even when he was starting to lose his power due to Jack giving his opinion of the group just having fun (63). i believe that Ralph handles himself well while facing adversity. and he kept Piggy in check when Jack was feeding the group all that nonsense. I think that i will be a great leader when i get older and i think that i am like Ralph and i handle myself well under pressure and adversity.
Will Michaels 2nd hour
Im choosing the theme of Power, becuase Jack interacts with this theme the most. Jack always wanted to have power over all the children because he thought he was bigger and better than everyone else. Right off the start, when the first assembly was called and the group decided who was going to be the leader, on page 22 Jack says that he should be the leader because he can sing a C sharp. After Jack realizes that the children aren't going to move him to the leader instead of hunter, he just hunts, and leanr how to hunt. Throughout the story he tried to slowly take power from Ralph, by showing the kids fun and adventure. Jack likes to take control over the weak, like littluns and Piggy. On page 78 Piggy, Ralph and Jack were in a fight because they lost their first chance of survival because Jack let the fire go out, and it didn't really effect him. Ralph couldn't think of what to say to him so Piggy stepped in, and because Jack knew Piggy was right, he got angry and smacked Piggy and knocked his glasses off his face and broke one of them, then impairing Piggy for the rest of the book. The last, and biggest example of Jack interacting with the theme of power is near the end of the story when he makes his own tribe. Jack doesnt like how Ralph didn't want to go up the mountain, so when they arrived back at the beach they called an assembly and he told everyone what Ralph didn't do. Him telling all the children this, helped him convince them to leave Ralph and join him in a new tribe somewhere else on the island(pg 140). After Jack leaves Ralph, and takes his followers to some other location on the island, he makes them all hunters, and all of them paint their faces to follow what Jack does. This makes them act more savage like, and care less about their actions. Roger's actions get more and more careless and he doesn't feel the guilt for his actions anymore. This theme connects to my life because in the next three years, im going to need some power to get into and through college and in the marines, because if i dont have power, then i wont be able to show any leadership, and dominance, and people wont be able to trust me with my actions and decisions.
One of the most significant themes to me, was vision. Piggy was the charecter that interacted with this theme. At the beggining of Lord of the Flies, Piggy is outspoken and looked at differently because of his looks. Piggy was made funof by the other boys and they used his glasses to make a signal fire [page 40]. Piggy tells the boys he cannot see without them, and needed them back. In the story when there is a "beast" some of the boys believe there is a real beast and others dont. Piggy cannot see that it is not a real beast, he believes that it is actually a beast that is out to get him and the other boys on the island [page 139]. Also, later on in the book, when they split into two groups, one with Ralph as cheif and one as Jacks group, Piggys glasses come in handy for fire with Ralphs group. Jacks group has no fire so the decide to go steal Piggys glasses [page 168]. There again Piggy cannot see, tried to go recieve his glasses from Jack's group. This theme does connect to my life. Obviously, i don't wear glasses and i can see perfectly fine but in other aspects i probably need them. I cannot see what i for sure see myself doing in 3 years, hopefully college. I have not looked at colleges or anything, so i need to do that. I see myself getting a good education and persuing a career i like. I think vision is an important theme and can be viewed man ways, being blind doesn't mean just because your eye sight is bad.
The theme for my blog for this week will be the of Loss of Innocence. The character that loss their innocence was Jack. I think that because on pg 63 Jack puts on his facepaint for the first time and likes it way too much. He starts to act differently because he feels that nobody will reconize him with it on. Also on page 170 Jack has Piggy's glasses in his possesion and won't give them back. This example show that Jack has lost respect for other people's property and that stealing is ok. Another example would be on page 177, when Jack ran at Ralph and put his spear to his chest. This show that he loss the ability to calmy discuus problems like how proper British boys should act.
The theme that i choose to write about is power. Jack and Ralph go through a great power struggle throughout the book and due to this struggle, the values of the group on the island slowly begin to dwindle. This struggle between the two begins when the first meeting is called and a vote is taken on who should be the leader. (pg.18) Jack obviously thinks of himself as superior to the rest of the boys and obviously thinks that he should be the leader of the island. The rest of the boys onthe island obviously think differently, seeing as almost all of them voted for Ralph. Another example of this power struggle is when Jack begins to go against RAlph's instructions, by taking the chior out to hunt and thus letting the fire go out. (pg. 54) This is when Jack really astarts to directly defy Ralph. This is easily relatable because it is hard to have any respect for somevody who is just as or even more immature as you are. This is the point when Jack starts to take power into his own hands and tries to seem like a better leader than Ralph. My third and most obvious example is when Jack creates a toatly seperate group from Ralph's, one which he is incharge of. (pg. 127) Here, Jack has resorted to sttrictly lying about and insulting Ralph in his unsuccessful attempts to sway the rest of the group to his way of thinking. His little tantrum will make them think about their options. This will eventualy lead to Jack having a majority of the power on the island, but Ralph hold onto what little civility is left onthe island and holds his power. This theme also conects to my life in that everyone gets a little power hungry every-once and a while. This causes people to fight for power, and like Jack, use mudslinging to win over the support of a group that they want to lead.
The theme I have chosen is power. Jack, is a great example of someone on the island with power. In the beginning of the book he didn't have very much power. When they had chosen who they wanted to be leader only the choir boys picked Jack, and the rest picked Ralph (22). The Ralph gives Jack power when he told him to be the leader of the hunters (23). When Jack goes on the hunting mission he really takes on a role of leadership and shows power (47). The theme of power is going to be a big part of my life in the next three years just like it was in the past three years. In the past three years my parents have given me more power todo what I want and to make my own decisions. In the next three years I will be turning 18 so my parents won't have any power which is a big change in my life because my parents are very controlling.
In the book the "Lord of the Flies" the theme of power is very evident. Jack has a lot to do with this theme and he shows great example of abusing power. First off, when the group first assembles after the conch is blown he says that he should be the leader. On page 22 he says, I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp." Obviously no one votes for him, but from the start we find out that he feeds on power. Another example is on page 63 when Jack puts the face paint on. The face paint in itself is powerful because it helps hide their identities. That's a whole different them though. Jack lures everyone in and makes the best of it and makes it seem fun. This way more people follow him. A third example is on page 91 when Jack says, "If there is a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat nad beat-!" Jack is playing on the groups fears of the beast and getting people to follow him by saying there is a beast as opposed to Ralph who says there isn't. Furthermore, he says he will go hunt it. He wins the favors of others when he says this because they would rather be safe than sorry. Overall, Jack is very power hungry. One more example is when he leaves and becomes the leader of his own tribe on page 141. In my life, I have have gained power for example, when we are assigned a school project. EVeryone wants to be my partner on these projects. While this is all good, I don't want to be left doing all the work, even though it is nice telling people what to do. People trust me so they usually listen. It feels good knowing that you are liked and everyone wants to be your partner.
The theme I pick is power. Power is a theme that is throughout the entire book. Ralph was one character who interacted with this theme a lot. One example of this theme is on page 23 where Ralph is first elected chief, the boys on the island choose him over Jack. Another example is on page 33 when Ralph makes the rule of the conch. That no one can speak if they don't have the conch. The only person who can interrupt is Ralph, this shows that he has power over everyone else. And then even though, Jack sort of takes power away from Ralph, when the boys get rescued on page 201, they ask who was the leader and Ralph says he is and Jack doesn't argue. So I think that shows he had power also, since Jack even agreed he was the real leader on the island. The theme of power is always going to be in my life, whether I am more powerful or someone else is. In the past three years as I have gotten older my parents have been giving me more freedom and that freedom makes me feel more powerful with my own life. I have the power to make my own decisions in my life.
Hannah Aittama
2nd Hour
The theme that i will blog about, is going to be about power. From the startof the story, power was symbolized with the conch and piggys glasses. The conch was the biggest symbol of power in the book(pg 17). Ralph was leader of the island, the first law he made was that whoever holds the conch, shall speak and not be interupted.(Pg 23.) Ralph used this power to make his position as leader well known to the rest of the kids. But piggys glasses were also symbols of power. In the since that piggys glasses were broken, so to the rest of the kids, he didnt see as well as ralph, and he couldnt keep care of things. This means that the kids percieved raplh as more of leader material simply because he seemed more appealing to the eye. Not that piggy was actually more intelligent. This also was relevant beacuse Ralph in the beggining wanted to make the kids think he was better because he looked better. And if they didnt do this, Things might have been better for the whole group in the long run.
I am going to chose the theme the loss of identity. Jack was one of the main characters that lost his identity. For my first example, it is on page 63, this is when Jack first put on the "mask" while hunting. He put the "mask" on so he could seem hidden and he could blend in with the surroundings so he could hide, then attack and kill the pig. At first it doesn't seem mad, not until they take things a little to far. Jack was so caught up in the hunting aspect, he had forgotten what his actual duties were. Another example is on page, 92. The boys were having an assembly and the very first rule that they created was you can only talk if you had the conch in had. Well, Jack didn't pay attention to the rules and talked anyways. This proves that they weren't the same boys that they were when they came to the island. The British boy that was first here wouldn't start yelling and shouting in an assembly, he would wait his turn like a well mannered young boy should. This is when the civilizedness went out the window and the savagery entered. Lastly, o n page 151 Ralph was talking about Jack and his party and said " and for pretending to be a tribe, putting on war-paint", this shows that the boys are pretending to be something that their not. On page 207 is when the officer arrived at the island and he was talking to Ralph trying to figure everything out and he said that he thought a bunch of British boys would have been able to put up a better show. The boys got carried away in the aspect of being a savage and living off of pigs, fruit, and other resources they found. Behind the masks, war-paint, and rudeness, are the boys they once were, their just hidden and lost. In the next three years, I will hopefully be away at college. However, college does change people, most the time they grow up. I might not lose my full indenity, but it might not be the same as when I started college, but I'm hoping that if it changes at all, that it's for the better.
Alanna Nagi
2nd hour
The first theme i choose is Vision. Piggy can interact with this a lot through out the book. If it wasn't for piggy they fire would have never got light. The boys used his glassed. Without piggy's glassed he could not see at all(40). When there is a "beast" some of the boys believe there is a real beast and others do not. But Piggy cannot see that it is not a real beast, he believes that it is actually a beast that is out to get him and the other boys on the island(139)
Another example is when jack takes piggy's glasses from him(168). This basically caused his life. if they didn't take his glasses he would have seem the big bolder coming at him. He would have been able to move out of the way. this theme can connect in my life by I'm not really seeing what the rest of my life will be like, what college is actually like, and whats it going to be like on my own.
The theme Im going to break down is power. Power is evident in the book, and the charactor who displays power is Jack. At the beggining of the story when everyone is meeting eachother for the first time, jack is barking at his choir, and follow his orders on page 20. Another example of Jack demonstrating power is when he went into Ralphs camp at night and took Piggy's specs by force on page 167. The final example is on page 171-172, when Ralph and his tribe are getting ready to go to Castle Rock and sam is talking about how Jack will be painted. The mask the hunters have covering their face allows them to be someone their not, this gives Jack freedom and thr feeling of a badass. Hes not scared of anyone when he wears the mask. Power connects to my life in many ways. It could be getting good grades. When I achieve this, I feel a sense of power and that I can persue anything I feel. The keys to my car represent power because it reminds me that im getting older and I have more freedom.
deets
Thank you Mr. Kay for taking the time to help us have a successful education and to do well later in life.
Now, on to the blog entry. I have chosen the theme "creating their own form of order and government." Ralph interacted with this theme the most in my personal opinion. Being the way that Ralph is, we know that he is a natural leader. In the beginning of a book, Ralph actually seemed a little anxious to become leader. On page 23 Ralph bluntly says "Who wants me [for chief]? . . . I'm chief then." While Ralph was not the first one to suggest becoming chief, he was the best the job. In chapter five, (on page 78) Ralph calls an assembly. During this assembly, he talks about the need to have some order. This is right after we found that the signal fire was not tended to for an extended period of time. In chapter eight (page 127), Ralph again, tried to steer the other boys back on track again. He calls another meeting to talk about "the beast" and to direct the boys again. When Jack tries to take over as chief, we know that Ralph is in a sticky situation. Ralph has to think hard about creating order in his own group of people.
In the future, I will be able to vote. I will want to vote for somebody who can uphold their duty to society to create order. Right now, rules are made by my parents. This creates order in our household. Over my whole life, I will have to abide by rules to get anywhere in life.
The theme I choose is loss of innocence. I choose this theme because i think it is really is a very important part of Lord of the Flies. The first example I choose was page 22 and 23 where Ralph was elected leader. I feel like this is a loss of innocence because the boys first task they have to do is elect someone to be in charge of them. I feel like this is a loss of innocence because they are so use to just being controlled and here they are the ones making the rules. The second example I chose was page 28 when Jack was bent down hunting. I feel this is a loss of innocence because they are learning to depend of themselves for food. They no longer depend on adults to supply the food, they are independent. For my third example I chose page 181. It was the page where Piggy was killed, I feel this was the absolute final act of innocence. The boys felt no remorse for Piggy and all innocence was gone. I feel this theme connects to my life obviously because I am a teenager and am growing up. Of course not innocence is lost but as you grow up and become more independent you tend to lose some of your innocence.
Taylor Dieck
2nd hr.
The theme that I am going to choose for this evening is vision. The character i'm going to choose is Piggy. He seemed to interact with this alot throughout the book. The first example is when Piggy was telling the other boys he cannot see without his glasses. (40) Jack decides to take his glasses away from him anyways, so now he cant see. (168)This wasnt the only blind spot he had. He doesnt see the beast as the boys inner evil. He thinks theres an actual beast out there. (168) This theme connects to my life in a couple ways. Alot of the time I dont see what other people see. I see things my way, and my way only sometimes. If its a way I dont like, im not going to care one bit. but not all the time tho.
The theme that i choose is the need for social order. I think that Raplh is the character that displays this the most. Right away ralph takes leadership and order. On page 20, "No, we are having a meeting. Come and join in. Well all have to look after ourselves". Also, another example in on page 51, " I bet if i blew the conch right now thyd come running. Someone would say we ought to build a jet, or a submarine, or a tv set". I think ralph here is fed up with the civilization. It bugs him that nobody is listening and the need for social order and rules is high for him. Finnaly, on pg 70 " There was a ship. Out there. You said youd keep the fire going and you let it out". Here ralph is gain the only one folowing the rules and social order of the island. Everyone else went off hunting and didnt really care. I think social order is a big part of my life. First off school is really a big aspect. You have to follow the rules of school and get good grades in order to get into colleges. Also sports teams are a big aspect. If i want to play i have to follow all team rules.
Blanz
2nd
I will choose the theme of Power. Ralph emmediatly took leadership from the begining. You start to see his role as leader on pg 21 when Ralph calls for a meeting with all the other boys. Another example of power is the conch. The conch is used to call the group together as seen on pg 17. The conch was also used to ensure the person who was talking would be listened to. This rule was made by Ralph on pg 33. Power in high school is all around me. There are certain levels of authority. For instance the principle and associates are top in power, then next is the teachers, then comes the students. Even in the students there are certain levels of authority for instance Senior's are top dawgs and freshmen are bottom dwellers. I also see myself as a powerful person. I feel that i am a good leader and people listen to me. But with great leadership comes great responsibility.
Taylor Wattles
2nd
For tonight's blog I am going to talk about the theme of vision and how it pertains to the character Piggy in the novel Lord of the Flies. Piggy's vision taken very literally could be portrayed through him wearing glasses. In order to see Piggy needs his glasses. If separated from them he becomes almost blind to everything around him including his footing and ability to think. For example, in chapter 10 when the hunters take Piggy's glasses he has to be lead to Castle Rock by SamnEric(page 9 & 173). Piggy's "vision"or smarts is another aspect included in this theme. Piggy, as we know is the brains on the island. Although he and his ideas are not accepted by many of the other boys we know as readers that his way of thinking is the right way. His "vision" allows the other boys to survive. Because he is more mature in some ways than the other boys it labels him as a smarter being. Although Piggy's vision is not always correct. Piggy is blind to the fact that the Beast lies within the boys themselves. He believes it, as the others do, to be something materialistic. This goes to show that even the greatest thinkers can have a wrong thought or be corrupted in some way9(Page 101). Another aspect of vision in the novel attains to not only Piggy but all of the boys. In the beginning of the book the book talks about the mirages the boys see when they look out at the ocean while on the island. I believe that theses mirages were put in the book to symbolize that the boys chance of rescue and hope were to wear thin(Page 43).
Within the next three years of my life vision is going to be essential. One for literal reasons such as driving and walking and living a normal lifestyle. We do not realize how blessed we really are to have the gift of sight. Vision in the aspect of intelligence will also play a key factor in my life. When I am older I plan to attend college so that I have a successful career and live a long and successful life. Nowadays without that extra knowledge that is not possible. Knowledge is power in many ways. I take this quote very literal and it has therefore influenced me to be more serious about my schooling, and my entire life so that in the future I am happy with my choices and rewards that I will receive for all my hard work.
Audrey
John Kent
10-21-09
The theme that I pick for tonight’s blog is vision, therefore, the character I will discuss is Simon. Simon was the more spiritual of the group. He was closer to nature. Simon knew that they had to rely on each other to survive. Simon is also the person who is good just because he is good. Everyone else has to have society tell them how to act. With this vision of goodness he sees that the littluns need someone to look after them and help them, like he did on page 56 and got the good fruit for them. On page 143 Simon sees the pig head on the spear this is when he realizes that the beast is not a thing, it is actually inside of them. He was able to see what the others did not. On page 146 he found out that the beast they were afraid of was a dead body. He tried to tell the boys that their fears were unnecessary but the before he could sway the boys back to good they killed him. Simon’s vision was to be good for the sake of being good. It’s all about doing the right thing. I can relate to this theme because not to long a go I did not care about doing the right thing. I resisted being good for the sake of good until I saw that my egocentric behavior did not lead me to the life I wanted. Being good for the sake of good was being responsible for my homework, and my home life. Once I did that I got along better with my family and I have far better grades. I can’t help thinking that if all the boys were good for the sake of being good instead of resorting to savagery the moment that society was no longer there, the tragedies on the island never would have happened.
Throughout Lord of the Flies, there were many prominent themes. Ranging from power struggle to vision, the author was sure to make different themes very important throughout the novel. One of the most important themes in my opinion is the Loss of Innocence that each boy was faced with. This theme is evident as soon as the boys first crash land on the island. Each and every boy was put in a situation rarely any other kids their age are forced to go through. Alone on a deserted island, the fear and lost of stable adult leadership disappeared completely out of their lives. By the end of the book, each character was forced to either partake in an action that causes them to lose innocence or they watch something that transforms them from the innocent little boys they are into far more savage and/or mature young men. The character who i believe was first forced to lose the most innocence was Ralph. He had to take on a brand new role of leadership that boys his age should never have to do. He took the responsibility for all the boys on the island. As seen on page 22, when he volunteers himself to be chief of the island. Later in the story, the theme of Loss of Innocence again is evident in Ralph's character. Under influence of Jack, all the boys begin to act savage and lose touch of any ideas of civilization. (Another example of Loss of Innocence) Once he provoked them enough with fear of a beast, the boys attacked poor innocent Simon. Mistaking him for the beast, they killed one of their own. Ralph and Piggy may have been the only ones that were able to admit their mistake the next day, which completely crushed any innocence they had left. (Pg. 155) Let me tell you, if you are killing another person you are not innocent. Accident or no accident, murder is still murder and these boys were forced to partake in such a God awful event at such a young age, its absolutely horrible. Ralph lost all innocence at the end of the book when he spent his last day on the island, running from the others who were hunting him down to kill him. He ran for his very own life and survival while most boys his age should only have to run when they are playing with each other. (Pg.198) Loss of innocence also has a connection to my life. Last October, I was riding my speed horse and he spooked running out of control down the middle of Clyde Road, heading straight towards an intersection across M59 in Milford. I had no way of safely getting off of him and he was running right through his bit so all I could do was hold on for my life and pray he would stop before we either reached the intersection or we collided with a car, killing us both. It is a very long story, but I will never ever forget how close I came to losing my life or getting severly hurt that day. After being in the hospital for some time it was determined I broke my leg, seriously injured many parts of my back/neck and I stil have scars on my neck and my face but I still ride the same horse to this day. This connects to Loss of Innocence because before my experience that day, I never realized how little I appreciated my life. I was blissfully ignorant to the fact that I am not invincible and accidents do happen. I lost my childhood innocent idea that I would never be put in such a scary situation ever in my life. Furthermore, the theme of Loss of Innocence is prominent in Lord of the Flies as well as my life within the last three years.
the theme I choose to night Is the theme of fear. Fear basiclly runs this island. Everyone on the island has fear in side them, but it is the way they deal with that fear which makes them how they are. Now Jack, fears the beast the most I beleive. He fears it so much that he would kill to
get rid of that fear. In chapter 9 Jack fears that he beast is attacking them at his camp fire. So his first reaction is to kill so that fear is gone. Another way Jack shows his fear is my staring the new camp in chapter 6. He is afriad of being controlled. He wants to be able to do wat he wants with out being punished or yell at or blamed for stuff. Like keying he fire go out in chapter 4. The thing Jack fears the most is the beast. Again I say that Jack would kill to have that feeling of fear go away. So he kills a pig and gives it to the beast as a gift to spare his and the other boys' lives.
Zack ruffin
I did my best. I did not have my book. I wanted to give u somehing beacuse I do care about my grades.
The theme I have chosen is, the Loss of Identity among the boys. Through out the story the boys begin to become more savagish and lose their innocents. For my first esxample: Ralph is elected leader, but he allows Jack to keep controll of his choir, Jack mentions that his choir could be the army, or the hunters of the group(23). For my second example, Jack puts on his first "Mask", but For some odd and profound reason this Mask allows Jack to act differently around the boys, it even says in the book, "He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself, but as an awesome stranger"(63). For my last example of savagedry, in the way that the boys no longer communicate by talking to one another, but by using alternative forms of communication, such as the ululating(192). This theme has already taken its toll on us and has not yet stopped. We lose our Identity as kids everyday, now wehn we get in trouble we just don't get a simple timeout, we get grounded sometimes for a very significant amount of time. We are getting jobs and starting to drive, Who would have thought like when we were smaller. We use to rely on every asspect of our parents lives, to provide for us, to drive us places and make sure they make us food. This is all very different we can pretty much do all of this on our own if we were forced to. In about the next two years or so we will all hopefully be moving out of our parents home and going off to college or getting our own apartment, that is a big loss of identity, we are no longer those little kids anymore.
John Mclean
The them I chose is Loss of Identity. The boys all go from innocent children into savage primal beasts. Especially for Jack and his hunters. On page 156 Jack paints his face and proclaims that he is starting his own tribe. Also, page 63, on this page Jack discovers the wonders of his "Mask", which is just mud and charcoal, but this mask allows him to act differently toward the boys, an example of this is when the narrator of the book says, "He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself, but as an awesome stranger". In my opinion he went crazy and couldn't handle being just jack the hunter. He needed to be something more powerful. When he puts on this mask he tricks his mind into thinking he is something powerful. Someone that can make a difference by force. Finally, my last example is when they kill Maurice. They lose themselves in the savagery, can't stop their dancing and they kill him in cold blood.
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