Finish the book! Blog posts due before midnight on the 25th, the 27th, and the 28th. Remember these blog posts are not only grades, but are designed to create discussions for you! Use the blog wisely!
For each post, write a reaction (minimum 250 words) to the chapter and three questions. Then, make sure that you answer at least one other classmate's question. I will be posting, too!
Chapter 10
ReplyDeleteIn a short time period, the “paradise-liked” island becomes a “hell” and the ones causes this disaster are the boys themselves. In chapter 10, most of the boys join Jack’s group and only few are left with Ralph. Although Simon’s unexpected death causes a solemn atmosphere in island, the boys are unwilling to have a heart-to-heart talk about the accident. Like Piggy says “[Simon’s death] [is] an accident. Coming in the dark- he [has] not no business crawling like that out of the dark. [Simon] ask[s] for it.” The boys are all refusing to face the truth that all of them have played a part in the scene of killing Simon. At the end of the chapter, the boys of Jack’s side are trying to steal the fire and they have a physical fight at night. Ralph thinks Jack is coming for the conch but he is wrong. For Jack, the conch is not important anymore because he does not care about the principle. What Jack steal is Piggy’s broken glasses and he thinks he has become the “chief now in truth.” In my opinion, Simon’s prediction is been proved that the “beast” is themselves as Jack is becoming more and more cruel and uncivilized .Influencing by Jack , more boys are becoming like him .
Questions:
1. What do the boys feel after noticing that they killed Simon?
2. Does Jack feel regret?
3. What will happen if the boys find out that the glasses has been stolen?
Chapter 11 is miserable and tragic .The boys discover that Piggy’s glasses have been stolen by the savages however these amiable boys still think that “ [ they’d] have given them fire if they’d asked”. Piggy persuades Ralph to blow the conch and calling an assembly but no one comes. Therefore, they decide to find Jack and the hunters to take back the glasses. The savages are jeering at them when Ralph and the boys arrive to the castle. The fight between Jack and Ralph put the situation into a chaos. At the same time “some one is throwing stones: Roger [is] dropping them” and a rock tamps Piggy into death.
ReplyDeleteFrom Piggy’s word “Which is better – to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill” and “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” It proves the different beliefs between people with Ralph and savages.
Fire is a symbol of hope, the only hope that could bring people to rescue them. Nevertheless, Fire causes the separation among the boys. Piggy is died for civilization and he is holding the conch at last moment. Piggy represents a group of people in our society; those who have no power but deeply believe in humanity; dare to against the dictatorship, self-abased but also self-respect and they are controlling by the society with no right to protect themselves.
1. What causes Piggy’s death?
2. Will everyone be rescued?
3. Will Piggy’s death awake the boys?
Chapter 10
ReplyDeleteAfter read chapter ten I didn’t had a real reaction to the chapter. It was fine and so okay. I wasn’t excited but at the same time I wasn’t bored. Although something came out of my mind, where not only questions, but also small thoughts and reaction to the chapter such as the discussion of Piggy and Ralph about the murdered of Simon that brought to external conflict among the group. Piggy, with his good mind, discovered that the only one missing in the group was Simon and that the last night the man hit by the tribe because they thought was the beast was Simon and this brought conflicts with Jack. I called it small reaction because it was different from a normal reaction. In conclusion I think that this is one of the most important chapters of the book, even if it is no so interesting, because it will bring the book at an end. Also, with this chapter we can better understand the characters and we can better understand the difference between savaged and civilized. I think that the small discussion between Ralph and Piggy will bring in the end the truth about the beast and it’s real symbol, the symbol that Simon discovered and that I could not tell the other kids. Although, this will not bring an end between the thousand discussions between Ralph and Jack, they are two different leaders with different ideas that will always fight against each other only to have the title of leader of the group.
1. How do you think Piggy came up with the possible murdered of Simon?
2. Do you think that now is Jack the leader or he is a temporary leader?
3. Do you think Jack will ever know that Simon is death?
Chapter 11
ReplyDeleteI think that chapter eleven is the most significant chapter of the book. Here we can see the two different pictures of Jack and Ralph underlined by Piggy saying “ Which is better – to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill”, and the real symbol of the beast. During the real big fight against Ralph and Jack we can see the two different characters put one in front of the other. Ralph the guy with compassion, civilized with rules and agreement, Jack the bad guy hunter and so savage. Also, because of Piggy, in all the two cases, we can see that there’s not a real beast but a symbol of beast. In fact, the real beast is inside of every people and in that moment was inside the tribe’s heart. Also, the beast came out of them when they leaned Piggy against the tree. In conclusion, I think that I had a positive reaction on this chapter. In fact, I enjoyed read this chapter and enter in the heart of the book, also I enjoyed the many discussions and conflict that this chapter have. This chapter is more important then the last chapter, because it it’s near the end of the book and because it had the big themes of the book. Also, because of the big reaction that I had finishing the book. I was excited and I wanted to read the last chapter and to see what had will do the protagonists and if there will be other death or if they will be saved by a ship.165
1. What’s the reason of why Jack stole Piggy’s glasses?
2. How a small discussion will Jack brought to a big fight against each others?
3. Do you think that this chapter as a significant theme?
Chapter 12
ReplyDeleteChapter 12 is the last chapter of the book “Lord of the flies” where Jack decided to fight Jack after the deaths of Simon and Piggy. So, the next day, Ralph went to Jack and found Sam and Eric guarding the entrance without let him join the tribe because Jack’s plan was to go to Ralph the next day with all the tribe. The he felt asleep and in the next morning heard Jack talking and torture one of the twins to find out where Ralph was hiding. Then, started a big external conflict between Ralph and Jack’s tribe with the used of fire used to find out Ralph. Ascaping from the body-painted warrior-boys, exhausted, Ralph saw a naval ship that went in the island because of the big fire. The officers of the ship are a very important figure in the end because the saw how civilized kids forgot everything in few days. So, this is the end of the book, it seems to have a negative end in a certain point of view, but in the other hand has a positive end because the other part of the group is saved, but without Piggy and Simon.
1. How do you think the naval officers affected the end of the book?
2. Do you think that the characters changed a lot during the all book?
3. What’s your reaction to the all book?
2. Will everyone be rescued?
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 10, Jack doesn't seem to feel very regret. He thinks only to be the leader and a hunter, so he doesn't see all the bad things that he do. He can't see the evil that is inside of him, and so everyone who tries to get close to him does an horrible end. In conclusion, Jack is not interested in what he do and in what he will do, so after he killed Simon he didn't felt regret, instead he continued to kill people and to be evil until the end of the book
3. Will Piggy’s death awake the boys?
Piggy's death will not awake all the kids. Although, in the end of the book Jack seems to feel regret after the death of Piggy. In fact, when arrives an officer of the british naval ship and Ralph starts to talk to him saying that he is the leader he doesn't interfere, instead he is hide in the forest lestening to Ralph's conversation. In that moment he feels regret and inside of him revires a civilized mind. In conclusion, Jack seems the only guy to realized how many bad things they did. So, Jack is the only guy who was been awake from Piggy's death
Chapter 12
ReplyDeleteThis is the last chapter of the book. At the beginning, all the boys or the savages are hunting Ralph. Everyone is becoming like Jack, cruel and indifferent. However, it seems that Ralph is the only one keeps his faith and remains the way he should be. Jack is extremely mad that he can not find Ralph. Therefore, he sets the fire to the whole forest and thinks it could force Ralph to come out. On the other hand, some of the hunters discover the place where Ralph is, as they are tracing Ralph along the sea coast, he sees “a naval officer [stands] on the sand, looking down at Ralph in a wary astonishment.” Finally, a ship passes by and all the boys are going to be rescued. Nevertheless, the hunting scene shocked the British naval officer; he describes the scene as a “Jolly good show, like the Coral Island.” It is a ironic description to the island because the island is been burnt and full with smokes.
Simon’s prediction becomes true. In fact, Ralph is the only one “gets back all right” because he never throws up his hands and goes to the Jack’s side. Even though Ralph represents the “civilized” but there is also a beast living in himself, dark and vicious. You should not forget the night that he “volunteers” to the killing of Simon.
In conclusion, the “beast” frightens the boys and separates them into groups but they do not realize that the” beast” is the dark part of themselves. In addition to that, people are always want to fight with their enemies but never understand that the true rivals are themselves.
1. What is your point of view towards the book?
2. Why the officer does says “You’re all British, aren’t you?”
3. Do you think Jack might be changed afterwards?
2. Do you think that now is Jack the leader or he is a temporary leader?
ReplyDeleteI think Jack has become the real leader, we might not agree that but he is. Like all the smart one, Jack is also an intelligent and animated character. Although he seems not leading the boys to the right way but he brings the true need to them which is meat and fun. That is the main reason why all the boys follow him. All in all, due to the great fear and the environment, the boys are all “forced” to join Jack’s side and make the Jack as leader.
1. What’s the reason of why Jack stole Piggy’s glasses?
Jack steals Piggy’s glasses because he wants to build the fire. In fact, no one wants to stay at the island forever and the one way to be rescued is building the fire. Therefore Jack steals the glasses. In my opinion, he also steals it for another reason, because Jack doesn’t like Piggy and always pick on him so to make Piggy mad and angry, he steals the glasses therefore Piggy could not see any thing . As all the reasons shown above, Jack steals Piggy’s glasses.
Chapter 10:
ReplyDeleteBad things started to happen to the boys. Soo many fights between Jack's tribe and Ralph's ribe. Piggy reminds Ralph and his tribe that Simon's death was considered as a murder. Jack broke Piggy's glasses and took it to make fire. Jack did not come for the conch since he thought it wasn't important, but Ralph thought that he came for it. Jack then knows how to make boys scared of the beast. All the boys were in Jack's tribe, but in Ralph's tribe there was only piggy and the twins Sam and Eric (Samneric).
-Why does Jack use piggy's glasses to make fire?
-How does piggy feel that his glasses were stolen?
Why did Ralph think that Jack wants the conch ?
Chapter 11:
ReplyDeleteJack speared Ralph on his chest. Jack ties Sam and Eric up. He tells his tribe to poke them with the spear and tells his tribe to tell the twins to join jack's tribe. Ralph and Piggy are the only left in the tribe. Piggy suggests Ralph to blow the conch to give attention to Jack's tribe. Jack and Ralph have a fight with the spear. Roger pushes the rock and it fell off on Piggy and falls of the cliff to the water with full of blood on his face. Jack tortures Samneric. Samneric tell Ralph the he is going to be hunted in the next day.
How were Sam and Eric captured?
Chapter 12:
ReplyDeleteThe next morning, Jack's tribe go and search for Ralph while he is hiding behind the bushes. Samneric secertly gave Ralph the food and tried to convince him to join Jack's tribe. Ralph did not accept to join and refused. He hides and hears Jack torturing Samneric and they set the fire in the jungle. Ralph runs away to the end of the island, and sees an officer who noticed the island from the fire and the smoke. Ralph explained everything that happend.
Where did the officer come from?
Why is jack so evil ?