fourth quarter

Synopsis

A plane crashes on a deserted island.

Ralph calls together all the possible survivors of the crash.

Ralph is voted Chief and Jack the leader of the hunters.

Ralph, Simon and Jack explore the island.
The boys start a fire
Build shelters

Jack figures out how to hide himself when hunting.

Fire goes out

Jack and his hunters catch a pig.

Ralph calls a busies meeting.

The twins see the beast.
Ralph, Simon and Jack go out to hunt the beast.
The search party last longer than expected.

The search parts finds a strange thing.

Jack strikes out on his own.

Simon talks to the beast.
The beast is called the lord of the flies, and Simon can talk with him.
Piggy dies and the conch shell is broken.
Piggy's glasses are stolen.
Simon dies when he try's to explain to the others the truth.
Jack and his tribe try to kill Ralph.
The adults find the boys and take them home.

Characters Introduced

Main characters

Ralph- The leader of the group of boys. Ralph is a boy why sticks up for what he wants and the two things he wants is shelter, and fire for them to survive. Round.

Piggy- Piggy is Ralph's first friend since they crashed on the island. Piggy is smart and kind towards the little 'uns. Round. (No pun intended.)

Simon- Simon is a member of the choir and technically under Jacks rule. Flat.

Jack- The leader of the choir and the leader of the hunters. Flat.

Little 'uns

Johnny-One of the smallest boys on the island. -Flat

Sam and Eric (the twins)- Surprisingly they have a bit of intelligence. -Flat.
Percival- Some think him batty. One of the smallest boys on the island. - Flat.

Henry- Flat.

Boy with the mulberry mark- C lamed he saw a beast then he goes missing, we never see him past the first quarter.- Flat.

Hunters (Choir)

Maurice

Roger – A quiet and keep to himself boy.

Bill- Flat

Robert- Flat

Harold- Flat

Henry- Flat

Other

Pigs

The beast. Or Lord of the Flies.

Point of View

One of the points of view is the boys VS the island.

This is important to know because it helps us get how serious this situation is. Their are all these boys, no older then twelve and they are against the forces of nature, they have no control over what happens to them.

Another point of view is Jack vs Ralph. This is important because otherwise we will not lean the lesson that we need to learn from the story.

Setting

The setting is an island. Their are creeper vines everywhere and pig trails almost everywhere you look.

Statement of Themes

The themes of the forth quarter are,

One is the hardest number.
Ralph must die.
Saved by man.

Final Essay

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding many young boys are stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean. The novel introduces us to a “beast” of some sort. The boys imagine this beast to be living on the island but they know little of what the beast has in store. The novel shows evidence of a beast lurking through the jungle; this beast is called human.

As the boys begin to lose control and order, the beast begins to crawl out from the jungle and snatch up once innocent little boys to use as pawns in a disturbing game of Risk ™. The beast’s existence is made up of the bad behaviour the children display in the novel. The more savage the boys act, the more real the beast becomes.

The boys are so afraid of the beast because the beast exists within all of them and as they grow more savage, the beast grows as well. Simon is the first to realize this and tries to share his ideas but is blown off by laughter. “What I mean is… Maybe it’s only us.” Simon is still pure of heart and may pose to have some darkness but not the will to use this darkness or show any signs of a beast trying to get out.

Another thing the novel shows is that the island seems to stand for the earth. With Ralph and Jack as opposing dictators the novel really relates to the government and our cruel society. The island is just a reincarnation of the messed up world we live in now. With all of the chemicals going into the air and other harmful things we’re doing to the earth we might as well be lighting it completely on fire.

The boys get too caught up with doing what they want that they become savage and beastlike. To explain their savageness, Jack uses this phony beast as a scapegoat to keep the kids in fear. Therefore Jack seems like a protector as he hunts the beast undoubtedly fearless.

The only beast to be found is the one deep within ourselves; or maybe not so deep after all.

2nd draft essay

Essay 2^nd Draft

 

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding many young boys are stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean. In a series of paragraphs I will explain to you my thoughts on a particular symbol in the novel. The symbol I will be talking about is the beast that the boys imagine to be living on the island, which very well is. The next few paragraphs will show evidence of a beast lurking through the jungle; this beast is called human.

As the boys begin to lose control and order the beast begins to crawl out from the jungle and snatch up once innocent little boys to use as pawns in a disturbing game of Risk ™. The beast’s existence is made up of the bad behaviour the children display in the novel. The more savage the boys act, the more real the beast becomes.

The boys are so afraid of the beast because the beast exists within all of them and as they grow more savage, the beast grows as well. Simon is the first to realize this and tries to share his ideas but is blown off by laughter. “What I mean is… Maybe it’s only us.” Simon is still pure of heart and may pose to have some darkness but not the will to use it or show any signs of a beast trying to get out.

Another thing I noticed is that the island seems to stand for the earth like the boys living on the island is just a reincarnation of the messed up world we live in now. With all the chemicals going into the air and other harmful things we’re doing to the earth we might as well be lighting it completely on fire.

The only beast to be found is deep within or maybe not so deep after all.

The boys get too caught up with doing what they want that they become savage and beastlike. To explain their savageness Jack uses a fake beast as a scapegoat to keep the kids in fear and therefore seem like a protector as he hunts the beast undoubtedly fearful.

 

Final essay

The darkness of the humans shows up without civilization.

<Lord of the Flies> by William Golding <Animal Farm>by George Orwell   Name: Cani. You

  By the end of the Second World War, the world had already become a fragile state. In the literary arena, William Golding and George Orwell are the famous writers who still remain with a clear hand, and have the sense of responsibility to the society. They create their magnum opuses “Lord of the Flies” and “Animal Farm”.

   Compare Lord of the Flies to Animal Farm. The two novels are both allegorical. Lord of the Flies expresses the fragility of the human civilization by a group of boys. Animal Farm is about centralism. The two novels are unassociated but they both come together in a certain way to show the meaningful theme: The darkness of humans shows up without civilization.
 
  The civilized animals in the Animal Farm. Napoleon and Snowball lead the animals to rebel and expel the owner Mr. Jones from his farm. The animals create the regulation “Seven Commandments”. Everyone has to abide by its rules. Getting started the great life, Napoleon uses the dirty trick to expel his rival Snowball and enforces hid centralism onto the farm. Napoleon secretly changes the rules of “Seven Commandments” so that he can excuse his own behaviors which are against the rules. The animals are given less food and are made work harder than in Mr. Jones period. Napoleon becomes the only and absolute leader; he disregards the rules, learns the human behaviors and begins to trade with the humans. Finally one day, Napoleon plays cards with Mr. Pilkington, the other farm owner. The animals stand by the window; they cannot identify which is the pig and which is the person any more.
  “Animal Farm” describes the common humanity: Humans want freedom, then we seize power, we possess power, then we abuse power. Although Animal Farm is about animals, the writer actually talks about humans. The novel shows the humanity after the animals have the wisdom – the bare and dirty darkness of humans. In this novel, Napoleon learns of human behaviors and also gets into the darkness of humanity. The other animals do not have enough intelligence to distinguish what is right, they can only believe in Napoleon. Pigs are different from the other animals; they have learned wisdom and are very clever. Intelligence divides the pigs and the unintelligent animals into different levels. Initially, the animals started the rebellion because of the last rule of “Seven Commandments”: “All animals are equal!” However, Napoleon changes it to “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This means that the animal farm has already become a hierarchy system. In the animal farm, the civilization is wrong and deficient. It is the wreckage of the real civilization and is accepted by the animals, even the highest of levels. To a great extent, Napoleon is not a revolutionary rather a slave to mankind. He finished his “mission” showing the darkness of the humans with the incomplete civilization.

  The savage boys in the “Lord of the Flies” leave England by plane, the plane is shot down and the boys are trapped on a deserted island. On this lonely island, the boys have to manage and rescue themselves without any adults. Ralph is chosen as the leader and the boys are orderly and civilized. Later, Jack is in conflict with Ralph and tries to seize the position of leadership. Jack builds a savage tribe; he breaks all the civilized rules and leads the boys to become the wild people. Jack creates a unified slogan:“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” He even sets a fire to kill Ralph.
  In “Lord of the Flies” the novel is full of the symbolism. The conch shell symbolizes the power and the law, the glasses symbolizes science, Ralph represents civilization and rational, Jack represents savage, dictatorship. The core symbolism of the worst of evils is “Lord of the Flies”; the representative of it is the sow’s head. The sow connects the boys and the evils inside them. The boys accept the civilization from the human’s world. However, in the natural and deserted island, the boys return to the initial situation of the humans. Face to the fear, the civilization and rational are so vulnerable. Ralph’s civilized groups is collapsed quickly as Jack’s savage tribe grows up, the new savage order let darkness inside human vent without blocks. Golding expresses a point of view in the novel: That human nature is evil, if humans are taken away from humanity, the darkness inside humans will show obviously.

  In summary, Napoleon becomes another Mr. Jones and shows his human side, so what’s the purpose of the rebellion? Ralph and the boys are rescued by the navy, when they return back to the smoke and fury of the world. Do they really return to civilized world? Whatever the environment or who you are. The evil does exist in everyone’s hearts, even the naive children. People need the civilized regulation to supervise each other, and control the darkness by different power, avoiding the dictatorship.

Final Essay

Introduction

Universally, humanity is always reaching for the unreachable, but never achieves that task because of the condition of being human. Keeping a society on the brink of destruction in terms of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, allows those in power to manipulate the population who are incapable of thinking beyond their basic needs. If a human being does not attain the necessary needs, it seems impossible that they will ever achieve their unique potential as an individual. In Orwell’s Animal Farm and in Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Napoleon and Jack become dictators as a result of their environment. This affects everyone in their community.

Body 1

The lack of feeling loved or belonging to a group makes people feel anxious and tense. The horse named Boxer from Animal Farm is driven to work harder. He worked extremely hard to impress Napoleon and showed others that hard work can make things better. He felt valued by the members of his community by working hard. “...the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer’s strength and his never-failing cry of ‘I will work harder.’” Orwell, p.49. Even under the rough and unrelenting conditions of the farm, everyone still found heart and appreciated one another. Maslow’s basic need for belonging was stronger than that of food for the animals.

Body 2

According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, ones physiological needs are most important. These needs include food, shelter and sleep. In Animal Farm, Napoleon uses food as one way to control the other animals. The animals’ hunger motivates them to do absolutely anything, which is why Napoleon uses this tactic. People in power can create social order which forces other members of society to obey them. In Lord of the Flies, the basic need of adequate shelter was a significant issue as was food. These two basic needs help to divide the boys into two opposing groups.

Body 3

People and animals must have a strong sense of self to overcome diversity. Unfortunately, all the animals in Animal Farm lacked courage and knowledge to take down the pigs. They did not realize the power the pigs were accumulating. Only Benjamin, the donkey, understood the gravity of the situation but he was too old to act out. The pigs’ strong sense of self allowed them a privileged position on the farm. Maurice and Roger from Lord of the Flies had an inflated sense of themselves. They controlled the littluns through fear and pain. This act of bullying strips the younger boys of their power and diminishes their sense of self. The stage of losing your innocence involves transitions like confronting your fears or possible obstacles. “And as for the fear- you’ll have to put up with that like the rest of us.” Golding, p.88. This is said by Jack who is trying to teach the boys a lesson to make them stronger willed.

Conclusion

It has been illustrated in both the Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Animal Farm by George Orwell that communities can be manipulated by bullies. The ones in charge merely need to take one or more of the human basic needs as stated by Maslow, to upset people’s sense of self. Without a strong sense of self, an individual is compromised and so is the community in which that individual lives.

final essay!

When you turn on the television and see a lion ripping a gazelle to bits ,we as humans are disgusted and saddened by the lion’s vulgarity. In truth humans do the same things but always worst. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, a young boy Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger which in fact is a character created by Pi to protect his humanity. Similarly, in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the author uses animals to represent the unkind acts of human beings.

 The authors both use animals to hide the darkness created by our dreadful humanity, which is multiplying.

George Orwell and Yann Martel used animals in their stories to show that to put a human in an animals spot would not only make sense, but makes more sense. Humans are animals and we often forget this when we get tied up in society and our adapted communities.  George Orwell, author of Animal Farm deliberately replaced humans with farm animals specifically pigs because of our similarities with pigs.  In Life of Pi, Pi tells the investigators two stories and states if he replaces the animals with humans “neither makes a factual difference. ” (Martel, pg351) Neither makes a difference because we are animals and the story’s outcome will still be the same.

Pigs are intelligent, clean and social creatures, who are capable of forming thoughts like “All animals are equal but some are more equal then others.” (Orwell, pg64) Pigs are the leaders in animal farm because of their alikeness with humans. Similarly Yann Martel author of Life of Pi chose a tiger, an orangutan and a hyena to represent his human characters. A tiger is fierce and powerful something necessary for Pi to survive alone for two hundred and seven days. Hyenas are scary laughing creatures, which is why Pi represented the cook by one.

Orangutans Are caring and protective of there young, which is why Pi referred to his mother as an Orangutan.

By using animals as their characters images, the authors get all the attributes of the animals without even having to say more then the animal’s species.

Humans are not above animals because our ethics and equality is not balanced with our ever changing world. Every single living organism on our planet has the capability of being kind, compassionate and evil.  When you’re reading the newspaper and see that a child has been murdered, we feel sadness and compassion knowing that we have created this death. Humans are upset by death of other humans because we created them out of soul evilness. Animals such as tigers, lions and hyenas kill for food and survival, which is quite a difference from killing out of evilness. Humans are grotesque and to think that we the killers of evilness are above the killers of survival is naive and untrue. Martel uses animals in place of humans because animals are nicer and it helps Pi cope with the deaths of his friends and family. Orwell uses pigs as the human figures in animal farm to show us that we are animals and we have many similarities with pigs.

The authors used animals to add perspective and depth to the stories. The authors showed readers that animals are innocent and that humans are not as great as we think we are. It is important that Orwell and Martel used animals as human characters because it shows us how absurd it is to see pigs ruling a farm and to see a tiger on a lifeboat, even though this is what is happening in society. Pig like humans are running farms and organizations and fierce humans get stranded just like Pi. Animals are more humanly than humans and to correct the darkness in our ancestor’s history we need to act more like animals. Martel and Orwell show society this by having animal characters in their books.

The Importance of Government (Final Essay)

The Importance of Government

A government is fundamental for a civilization in order to maintain discipline, organization and humanity. Everyone thinks differently and have distinctive ideas of how things should be. Without a government, people would associate into small groups. There would be competition which may lead to conflict among people. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding believes in the necessity of government.

The kids are lost on a deserted island with no adults. Ralph is chosen as chief. He sets some rules. “We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.” (Golding, 40) A fire signal at the top of the mountain would always have to be on. Their bathroom would be a specific zone so that food remains clean. Setting these rules is how Ralph tried to establish a basic discipline. Although, the lack of motivation and an established government results in failure of these simple rules.

The chief of the group would blow the conch shell each time he wanted to give an announcement or have a meeting. Each kid had an assigned role. The role either would be to help make shelters, gather wood or get food. Jack and his hunters were specifically assigned to hunt for meat. This system worked for a while but after a few days the boys only wanted to play and have fun. Ralph didn't have the determination or the power of speech to convince the kids to keep doing their assigned work.

As time goes by, the kids realized they are free and there is no real authority to punish them. Jack leaves Ralph's group and creates his own. Ralph doesn't know what to do and everyone but Simon and Piggy joins Jack's group. Jack is very aggressive and is obsessed with hunting. He induces the kids to be like him and achieves it. “Maybe there is a beast, maybe is only us.” (Golding, 80) Simon is murdered due to being mistaken for the beast. Jack does not accept it as murder and believes Simon was actually the beast. Roger murders Piggy on purpose and none of the kids complain. Humanity was lost. At the end, Jack tries to capture and kill Ralph. The kids lost all human sense because of the lack of a good authority and established laws.

Most people nowadays complain about the government without realizing how important it is in our daily lives. Without a government there would be no laws and therefore we would have to watch after ourselves all the time. A government is the only line that separates us from being savages.

Written by: Alberto Ruiz de Chavez
English 11