blog #11

Chapter 11 Castle Rock
“The end of the island”

Dear Journal
In the beginning of this chapter Piggy tells Ralph to blow the conch and make an assembly. Only the boys from Ralph’s tribe appear. That means Piggy, Samneric, and some littluns. One reason Piggy will give Jack to return his glasses is he and Ralph will make a fire for Jack and his tribe. If Jack gives Piggy his glasses back Piggy will be delirious. Jack stole a talisman from Piggy and Ralph. Ralph brings the conch with them to comfort Jack and his tribe. Roger was the boy who challenged Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric. When Jack appears he tells his boys to try to tie Samneric. Then Roger pushes a rock and kills Piggy. Ralph screams at Jack and says “thief”. Later Ralph calls Jack "You're a beast, and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!" Ralph leaves truculently. After the fight or conversation with Jack Ralph runs away and leaves Samneric tied up with Jack. When Piggy is talking with Jack’s tribe Roger pushes a rock and it hits Piggy.

Roger and Jack are responsible for killing Piggy. Jack is more responsible because he told Roger to do that. Roger was just there to listen to Jack because he said to Roger something to threaten him. When Piggy died Ralph was cessation. Jack also said that he hates littluns and this is what he said “Sucks to the littluns”.

Blog #10

Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses
"No Conch and no more glasses"
Perspective:Simon


Dear Journal

This is me Simon as a ghost and I will just write my last journal entree. The scene between Ralph and Piggy is right after I die. Ralph says to Piggy that my death was on purpose. Ralph knew from the start when Jack left the tribe of boys that Jack would kill me. Piggy thinks my death was just an accident. Jack did not mean to kill me he was trying to protect his tribe from the beast.

Jack's rules for his tribe is if you don't listen to Jack you will get beat up or get threatened to get beat up. When this boy named Wilfred did not listen to Jack he threatened Wilfred. This is not fare for the boys in Jack's tribe because if they are far away from Jack they can not hear him. Jack can also threaten the boys and say "I will kill you”. Also Jack said to not mention anything to Ralph and Piggy or else Jack will beat the boys up.

In this next paragraph Jack, Maurice, and Roger plan something to steal something from Ralph and Piggy's camp side. Jack tells Maurice and Roger to help him get something from Piggy. The special object Jack and the other two boys steal is Piggy's glasses. Without Piggy's glasses Ralph can not start another fire and they won't get rescued. Now that Jack made a new tribe. Lots of worst things happen like more people are dying. How dare Jack and his tribe kill Piggy?

Another bad thing that happens was when Jack invaded Ralph's camp just to steal Piggy's glasses. Ralph even said to Jack they would have given Jack some fire if they asked for it. Now that Jack stole Piggy's glasses Ralph now wants to get in a fight with Jack. Even though Sam and Eric knew that they were outnumbered they both wanted to fight with their spears. When Jack said grab them to Samneric they both grab Ralph and Piggy. Now that Sam and Eric betrayed Ralph and with Piggy dead Ralph is by himself and runs away from Castle Rock. If I was still a live I would have stayed with Ralph and help him with anything he needed. Now I will never forgive Jack.

Blog #12

Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters
“End of all crazy events”
Perspective:Piggy

Dear Journal

The place Ralph hides in is in those thick bushes to stay safe from Jack's Tribe because the tribe was dropping giant rocks to scare Ralph out of the thick bushes. Jack and the other boys were chasing Ralph and they were cordon. Sam gave Ralph meat because he didn't want Ralph to starve. When Ralph got the meat from Sam he was distended. Samneric join Jack's tribe because they had no choice because Jack would probably kill they like a diddle. Roger had a stick with both sides sharpened like what happened to the Pig. Jack's tribe burns the island so Ralph runs form his hiding spot. This make all the boys run away from the island. What a bunch of immature little kids. When my good friend Ralph runs to the beach he discovers a Naval Officer. That mean Jack appears like a hobo on the beach. His cloths are all mess up and ugly. The boy who cannot remember his name is Percival Wymes Madison. Ralph takes the responsibility for what happened on the island and Jack doesn't care because he doesn't want to be in trouble. The nice Naval Officer is disappointed at all the boys because they are all messed up and all ugly to be part of the British. Also the Naval Officer was mad at the boys for burning the island and when they saw the clothes of the kids they were freaked out because there were these kids on this island that had no clothes.

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How dare Jack Merridew kill the pig just for a gift to the beast? Why did Jack have to leave the tribe and start off fresh from the start? To me Jack was just being stubborn and did not care about the other members of the tribe. After Simon ran to Ralph saying the beast talked to him. Also, when Simon said all of the details and said they circled around it. Then they speared the pig in the butt. Then finally got sticks that were really sharp and just cut off the pigs head. I still can not believe Jack would do something like that. The reason Jack did this was because he though if he and his tribe gave the beast a gift that it would leave his tribe alone. If Jack stayed with Ralph’s group then none of this wouldn’t happen. Well maybe if Jack stayed the whole tribe could have started a new election for chief, but Jack is gone. The final things are the pig turned out to be Lord of the Flies and Jack is new chief of the other tribe of boys.

Part 2
Jack Merridew is the one who killed Simon because he thought Simon was the beast in disguise. My evidence is when Jack and the boys were saying Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood. Another evidence was like I said earlier was when Jack said to the littluns and biguns that Simon was the beast in disguise. Well to me Jack and his tribe didn’t know when this random thing just comes running right out of the forests and so they had to protect themselves by killing it. When they said the kill the beast chant something always happens. The last piece of evidence is when Jack says “Simon could be the beast in disguise” that just shocked me because he knew that it was Simon and he still killed him. That says Jack doesn’t care if anything happens to some now because he killed one of his boys. This is why Jack killed Simon.

blog 7

Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees
"Hunt for the Beastie"
Perspectives:Ralph


EVERYBODY ANSWER
• What is the game the boys play after spearing the pig? Who spears the pig? Describe the mood of the boys afterwards.
The boys were being Windy. The boys were playing a game were Robert was the pig and the other boys were being laughing sagely. The person who speared the pig was me. So I and the boys were being bravado.

• Jack suggests, “You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act, you know, pretend to knock me over and all that.” Robert said that they need a real pig because it has to be killed. What does Jack suggest as a substitute? What does this foreshadow?
Jack says a littlun should be a substitute for a little pig. Also, Jack says this because he doesn’t even care about the littluns. He doesn’t talk to them with Impervious.This foreshadows that more people will die and we might encounter the beastie.

• What evidence did the boys find to prove that there is a beast? (Why are they so gullible?)
The evidence we found were the beastie was just a dead Aviator when Sam n Eric were really bravado. They said it had sharp claws and had wings.



IF YOU ARE RALPH
What did you daydream about home?
The daydream was about me back at my house thinking about my hair, hands, mouth, and more. On the island my mouth is weird and I can’t brush my teeth. My hair is really messy when I got on the island it was good. My hand or nail are really grouse because I can’t cut my nails and wash my hand good.

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• What sign comes down from the grown up world?

There was an explosion from the sky, a plane shot down from World War II. There was a dead or unconscious pilot from the sky.

• Why aren’t the boys aware of it?

• Why are Sam ‘n Eric so terrified?

Because of the beastie, and how everybody is going to kill it or somewhat. It can be from the water basically, or the sky.

• How do Sam ‘n Eric describe the beast?


• What is the attitude of the boys when going off to look for the beast?

There is some agreeing and some disagreeing, Jack is telling the people to charge at the beast with spears and don't think about anything else. Ralph is telling people to think of a game plan, do the job smart, and protect the littluns.

• Is there really a beast? How do you know?

The isn't a beast, the littluns think there is something out there. Though, they overreact and start imagining things when they hear a single sound.

IF YOU ARE RALPH

Do you feel that you are still the strongest leader on this island?

Because I have the conch, and I was chosen to be leader. If people chose me, then I am what I am.

What kind of pressures and stress do you feel as the leader responsible for the boys?

It's a lot of stress, handling the littuns and everybody here. Especially when everybody doesn't follow the rules when everything could have been much better for all of us. I feel responsible, that's why I called the assembly.

Chapter 5, Lord of the flies

EVERYBODY ANSWER-

Why is an assembly called?
Nobody was following the rules, Ralph was really upset.

What concerns are brought up?
Jack did not follow his job keeping the fire, the people were using restrooms outside the hut, and nobody helped build the shelter. It was ludicrous.

How do you feel about those concerns?
They would actually make me a bit angry also, people disobeying the rules. If you had a chance to be rescued and somebody ruins it by disobeying it, with other people disobeying your rules also, it's irritating.

How are things breaking up (falling apart)?
Jack thinks he can do whatever he wants, so he storms off in the assembly with people that look up to him. So that splits almost everybody with people fighting with each other, such as Jack beating up Piggy.

Why do you think the littluns cry in their sleep?
The beastie. Many reports of the beastie chasing the people, and nightmares about it.

What was Percival Wemys Madison afraid of?
The beastie, he was terrified when he saw it, some kind of shape as a giant snake.

What do you think is “the dirtiest thing there is” about human nature?
There are various dirty things about human nature, but if you want my opinion. It's people fighting each other for no apparent reason and could get it over with and get something else done.

IF YOU ARE JACK

1. I hate Ralph because he thinks he controls every single one of us, I can speak whenever I want and do anything whenever I want. He's not the boss, I am.

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EVERYBODY ANSWER:

1. I am not experienced with this type of survival, there's only kids here with no adults to supervise us. Hunting for survival, building shelter, and taking a lot of risks to get out of the island? Not used to it.
   




2. I feel that they don't realize in the crisis that everybody is in. All they basically think that we will do all the work and get us all rescued.
   




3. Follow Jack's orders and hunt the animals, and also carelessly don't do anything else other than play and hunt.
   




4. To camouflage in hiding spots when hunting animals, and to show the sign of the hunter.
   




5. It doesn't foreshadow anything, other than scaring things that see the painted face chasing after them or seeing some weird person following them.
   




6. I feel like I'm some kind of Indian hunter, little like a football player. Nothing special, it just catches attention and scares animals and other creatures that see it in the dawn. It might be to camouflage too.
   




7. Really, I have to say because it might too far out of notice that it's an island. Another reason is that Jack had let the fire out and the ship didn't notice there was something going on the island to be saved.
   




8. Jack carelessly let the fire out when hunting, actually did not care at all about that job and all Jack cared about was pride and food.
   

IF YOU ARE SIMON:

1. Not so great, I didn't hunt the pig and Jack yelled at me to eat the meat in a bad way.
   




2. Jack will turn out to be bad, and more violence will occur with Jack to other people.
   

Lord of the flies chapter 1

1. Describe the setting of the island.
It was a really weird island, no adults with supervision, really hard to describe.

2. What major event has brought you to this island?
I should say, it was from World War 2. I think we got shot down by some plane.

3. Introduce yourself and explain your relationship to the other characters (of interest) who have been introduced so far.
I am getting a long with most of the people so far in the island, such as a fat boy I met named Piggy. Though, I don't have a good feeling about this character named Jack, he might not be a good guy really.

4. Why are there no adults on this island?
I am not so sure why there are adults in this island, the pilot probably landed somewhere else and is probably dead by now.

5. What powers does a person holding the conch have? How do you feel about the conch?
The person holding the conch really has a lot of power, it can lead the people trapped out of there by a savior. It can attract attention from all nearby.

6. What is the choir’s job? How do you feel about the boys in the choir?
The choir's job really isn't much, Jack though wants to go hunting which is okay. I think letting some signal is better.

IF YOU’RE JACK ANSWER =

1. I should be elected as chief because I am the leader of the choir and the hunting group.

2. I couldn't kill the pig because I never really killed something before and is was scared there was going to be a lot of blood.