comments Q2 week 5

Kolin - Playoff Game in New Iberia

Kaelyn - thanksgiving

critical scene from LOTF

I think a critical scene from Lord of the Flies by William Golding is the scene where Piggy's death occurs. Piggy's death symbolizes the loss of the last string to civilization. Piggy is the fat and nerdy character. Piggy's death is explained in just a short, gruesome, sad paragraph. Piggy's death is a tragic death and is especially important for the readers to understand. Piggy's death is described like a pig's death. On page 181, Golding writes that, "Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed", and this quote describes how Piggy's death was like a pig's. The readers need to notice that Roger was the one to kill Piggy because Roger is one of the violent members of Jack's tribe who is all about killing.

This scene is especially important to the novel as a whole because the death of Piggy and the destruction of the conch, which also happened in this chapter, signify the loss of civilization. Piggy is the character who wants everyone to get along and stay civilized and organized. Piggy acts this way throughout the whole book, and then everything is changed when he dies. The only person who is very upset like no other character about Piggy's death is Ralph. On page 181, Jack says, "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone-" Jack does not care that Piggy died, and this shows the readers that him and his tribe only care about killing, and the encourage violence. Piggy's death scene was very important to the novel.

thanksgiving traditions

For Thanksgiving every year, I spend it with my family from Dallas and family from Baton Rouge. My family and I who live in Dallas take turns on if they come to us or we go to them every year. Every other year, my mom, brother, dad, and grandparents go to Dallas, and when we don't go there, then my aunt, uncle, and two cousins come to Baton Rouge. If our Thanksgiving dinner is going to be spent in Baton Rouge, then my great-grandparents who are 97 and 98 also join us for dinner. I love getting to be with my family every year on Thanksgiving and getting to see the people I only see a couple times a year. Thanksgiving is a crazy and exciting thing in my family. 

My grandmother always starts cooking our dinner the night before and stays up almost all night cooking and then finishes cooking the next day. We usually have turkey, salad, rolls, and then everyone brings a food of their choice to share with everyone. My brother, cousins, and I get to make dessert every year. Our favorite thing to bake for dessert is turkey cupcakes. Everyone in my family eats until they cant't eat anymore and then we all visit for a couple of hours. After all of that is done, we get to go to our family's camp in Zachary and go hunting. Usually the people who go hunting are my dad, my brother, my uncle, my grandfather, my cousin Rob, and myself. We enjoy getting to go up there together and it is another thing for us to be thankful for. I love spending Thanksgiving with my family every year. 

LOTF response

The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.  Once there was this and that; and now--and the ship had gone. [... Jack refusing to give Piggy the floor when he has the conch...]

"The rules!" shouted Ralph.  "You're breaking the rules!"

"Who cares?"

Ralph summoned his wits.

"Because the rules are the only thing we've got!"

But Jack was shouting against him.

"Bollocks to the rules!  We're strong--we hunt!  If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down!  We'll close in and beat and beat and beat--!" (91)

In this excerpt from Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph is upset because nothing is working the way he planned it to work. Ralph established a bunch of rules to try to make the island more civilized, but no one is following them. According to Ralph, rules are the only thing that the boys have to keep them organized. Jack is more worried about killing a pig so that they will have meat than about the rules. Jack has an urge to kill which is why he is more worried about hunting than the rules that Ralph established as leader. Jack and Ralph have different opinions about how things should be done on the island. Jack thinks hunting is the most important thing so that everyone can have meat, and Ralph thinks that having rules is the most important thing so that the island can stay organized.

This disagreement is an example of person v. person conflict which is used a lot in the book, considering that a bunch of boys are living on an island with not grownups and might have different opinions on certain things. This excerpt is significant because it gives the readers details as to what life on the island is like according to different people. This event is foreshadowing another event that will happen later in the book related to Jack’s immediate urge to kill. This also shows the readers that Jack and Ralph argue a lot and that Jack also wants to be chief over Ralph.

write your own prompt

Prompt for writing: Who is your favorite character in Lord of the Flies? What is their character type and why are they significant to the story?

From what I have read so far of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, my favorite character is Ralph. Ralph is one of the main characters in this book, he contributes a lot to the story, and he is a significant character. Ralph is one of the older boys who we know a lot about and hear a lot of lines from. Ralph is the character who is very focused on maintaining order to be able to get things done that contribute to being rescued. Ralph is the leader of all the boys because he is the one with the conch shell, which is a symbolic object related to Ralph. The conch shell was used in chapter 1 to bring all of the boys on the island together. Ralph found the shell on the beach and blew into it, which caused the shell to make a loud noise for all the boys to hear, and all the boys came running to the spot where they heard the noise coming from. The boys voted on who they wanted their leader to be, and Ralph got the most votes over Jack because he was the one with the conch shell. If any of the boys have a question, or just don’t know what to do, they turn to Ralph because he is the leader and most of the time knows that he is doing. Ralph is the one who calls all the meetings and establishes which boys will do what job to maintain order on the island with no grownups until they get rescued. I like Ralph a lot because he is the leader, he tries to get things done, and he also tries to make the best out of the situation, which is living on an island with no grownups, until they get rescued.

Ralph is a character with a lot of important traits such as being the leader, which means that he likes to take control over everyone else, serious, and confident. Ralph’s appearance is that he has fair hair, a grey shirt that he was wearing when the plane crashed, good looking, and a golden body, as described by the narrator on page 7 in chapter 1. So far, Ralph is a dynamic character which means he changes throughout the story. Ralph is a round character, which means he has character traits that give him depth, because he is the leader of all of the boys on the island. Being the leader gives Ralph character traits that give him depth such as he knows what he is doing and he knows how to maintain organization without grownups. Ralph’s character is significant to the story because he brought everyone together using the conch shell, he is one of the main characters who has a lot of important scenes and traits, and he is the character who is most focused on being rescued. I am curious to see if these important character traits that Ralph has and the way he acts will contribute to if the boys get rescued from the island or not.

blog comments Q2 week 4

Merritt - Made up story about my worst fear 

Maia - Fulfilling My Life :)