Make sure you have read Chapters 4 and 5 (with book mark and post-its) and completed Unit 3 vocabulary in addition to answering one of the following:
1. Jack seems to be very comfortable in the jungle. What does this say about him?
2. The Beastie (and snakes in general) have become unmentionable (see page 52). Why is naming things so important?
3. Simon is Hebrew for “listener.” Where does Simon go? What role is he starting to take on in the story?
4. How is the jungle different for Simon than it is for Jack? Consider the contrast between the beginning of the chapter and the end.
5. Consider pages 56-57. How does Golding use light in this section?
2) Jack seems to be very comfortable in the jungle. What does this say about him?
ReplyDeleteIn the third chapter of the book "Lord oft the flies", one of the main characters, Jack, seems to discover a new comfortable way to live in the Jungle. Jack, instead of Ralph, is not nervous of find solutions, in fact, he tries to use a comfortable way to find things and to understand the nature. In the first pages of the third chapter, Jack examines the excrements of a pig, without creates any problems. In conclusion, we see that Jack is a savage, comfortable of this new way of life, instead of Raph that wants to use civilize's techniques to achieve his ideas
1. It says that Jack is a very brave character and he is not afraid of staying by his own in the jungle.
ReplyDelete2. When they heard the word "snake" the two older boys ran away because they thought that there was a snake and maybe they were very afraid of them.
3. Simon goes to his "heaven", a lonely place in the jungle, he goes there because he wants to think and be left alone. Simon is starting to get an important role in the story as he is also smart and mature, but maybe he is the more "fair" in the tribe although he is timid.
4. Jack seems to love the jungle and he does not want to go back, he enjoys staying there and hunting, it is like the jungle became his house. In contrast with Simon that he is timid and does not like very , much the jungle so the two characters have different ideas and characteristics.
5. The author uses a metaphor indicating that Simon is the light, telling that he is the purest and most sensible kid in the tribe.
1. Jack seems to be very comfortable in the jungle. What does this say about him?
ReplyDeleteIt says that he is a very savage person and he adapts in every situation.He always thinks of how to get food to have energy for the day.
The Monkey’s Paw
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The Monkey’s Paw is a short story written by W.W.Jacobs. It is about a man, Mr. White, who even if the sergeant and his wife tell him not to use the paw because there would not have been nice consequences, since his greed wishes for 200£. He does not know that this choice would have brought his family a bad accident; his son’s death. Greed is very bad and it affects people.
In this story greed is almost shown everywhere, the character that most represents this is Mr.White. Greed in this character is shown when the sergeant goes to his house and tells him not to use the paw. He is also very curious and stolid. He has always been interested in and this brings him to wish for 200£.This wish becomes real but when the money arrives, with it comes a bad news too, his son is dead.
Mrs. White at the beginning of the story is a mentally stable woman. After the use of the paw by her husband, she loses her son. This loss brings her to a mental instability and she starts acting mad, all this because of the greed of the husband that she has shared with the husband making that fatal choice.
The poor son of Mr and Mrs white dies because of the greed of his parents that wish for 200£.
He was a normal guy living his normal life and suddenly he dies since his parents want more money.
I think greed is a very bad thing because as you can see it can cause moral pain. It can change people critically. Greed is the root of all evil in man and it destroys everything it touches. Greed (for money) is always a bad thing for the person involved, those affected by it and for society itself. People often use the excuse that greed encourages innovation, exploration and ambition but this is just them trying to justify behaviour that they know is bad.
3. Simon is Hebrew for “listener.” Where does Simon go? What role is he starting to take on in the story?
ReplyDeleteIn the end of chapter 3, Simon goes to the jungle and he finds a completely different view of nature. Different from Jack, he sees “a pair of gaudy butterflies that [dancing] round each other” and a beautiful view of nature. Furthermore, like his name Simon means listener in Hebrew, when Simon “[holds] his breath he cock[s] a critical ear at the sounds of the island; he is able to listen various sounds, listen to the nature. In addition to that, Simon is starting to take a mysterious role in the story. Firstly, he has different aspect from Jack and Ralph; he is not either in Jack’s side or Ralph. In conclusion, Simon seems have some peculiar hidden power and he might be an important role in the future.