Animal Farm First Quarter

Animal Farm First Quarter

Sarai Stevens      

Synopsis

-Old major tells the barn animals of a dream and tells them of his dying wish for the animals to break away from humans; their ways and captivity.

-Old major dies and three pigs put the rebellion into process.

-The animals easily overthrow the farm and farmer, Mr. Jones, and rename "Manor Farm" to "Animal Farm".

Snowball teaches the animals to read and write (as much as they can) and the animals work on the farm giving them the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction.

-Napoleon takes three pups from their mother and raises them himself.

-Snowball suggests a windmill and when it looks as though he will win the vote Napoleon gets the three dogs he raised to drive him off the land saying Snowball was a "traitor".

-Napoleon gets the animals to build the windmill.

-The foundation of the windmill is ruined in a storm but Napoleon blames it on Snowball and offers any animal a bushel of apples for his entrapment.

-Napoleon controls the farm and the animals with Squealer and the pups at his side. He even changes the 7 commandments so he can do trades with humans for farming supplies.
　
　
　

Characters Introduced

Snowball is a pig on the farm who teaches the others how to read before being driven off the farm by the power of his own brother. Snowball is a round character.
　
Mr. Jones was the farmer who was a drunk, disrespectful man. He is a static and flat character.
　
Napoleon is a pig who is witty and knows how to use his brains to his own advantage and power. Although we still do not know his thoughts or feelings, making him a flat character.
　
Squealer is a pig who is on Napoleons side. He is a flat character.
　
Old Major was a pig and leader of the farm who gave the other animals the idea of the rebellion.
　
Benjamin is a donkey who is intelligent from the looks of things but also quiet and grumpy. Flat character.
　
Boxer is a hard working horse who pushes himself for the success of the Farm. He is a flat character.
　
Moses is a raven who lies to the animals of a Mountain made of sugar. Moses is a flat character.
　
Mollie is a pampered mare who is also a flat character.
　
Muriel is the white goat on the farm. Muriel is a flat character.
　
Clover is one of the horses. She is a flat character.
　
Mr. Frederick/Mr. Pilkington/Mr. Whymper all are the farms neighbors. They are all flat characters.

Jessie & Pincher & Bluebell are the three dogs that were taken away from their mom at birth by Napoleon. They are also flat Characters.

Setting

The setting of "Animal Farm" is on a country farm in England. The animals tend to the fields and there is mention of a lake. The story dates back to the 1930's right around the Second World War. They are totally secluded on the country side away from any known cities, they make their own community.

Notables of the authors writing and Point of view

George Orwell doesn't use much detail but states things more like a story line than a story itself. The point of view in the story is third person. The narrator tells the story the way things are without personal thoughts or feelings attached. The story is left for the reader’s personal view and opinion on the occurring events. Making it almost an omniscient point of view.

Statement of Themes

The theme in the novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is the role of leadership. A few pigs have taken on the leadership roll such as Old major and Snowball but Napoleons view of leadership is horrendous. Napoleon uses his brains as power over the other animals when yet he publicises that all animals are equal. Napoleon abuses his power and manipulates the animals and pushes them in labor while he supervises; being more of a slave driver than a leader.

3rd Quarter, Lord of the Flies

“Lord of the Flies”

  3^rd quarter

(Chapter 7 – Chapter 9)

“It had teeth and big black eyes” –Ralph.

Synopsis
 The kids continued their search for the beast leaving Piggy and the littluns back at the beach. Ralph begins thinking and feeling homesickness. He imagined to himself how things were before they came to the island. We can see that he really misses his old life. A boar is soon spotted by the kids and they pursued it, but unfortunately it escapes. In frustration of the boar getting away, the kids make Robert the “pig” and start pulling and grabbing at him. Later on, Simon offers himself to go back to the beach to check out how Piggy was doing. As night comes the boys get afraid. Only Ralph, Roger and Jack continued to the mountain and see the beast.

Ralph and his group returns to the beach. Ralph tells Piggy about the beast and how big and ferocious it was “it had teeth and big black eyes”. The tension between Ralph and Jack increases and Ralph calls his hunters “boys with sticks” so Jack gets mad and creates a revolt to remove Ralph from being the chief. No one supports Jack so he decides to leave the group and instead invites everyone to join him to his new society. Roger, Bill, Maurice and others follow Jack after a moment. Ralph, feeling like he is losing the group’s control, asks Piggy for advice. Piggy suggests the idea of making fire down the beach so like that they don’t have to confront the beast. Meanwhile, Jack and his hunters slay a sow and Jack put its head on a stick and jam it in the ground as a “gift for the beast”. Jack invites Ralph and his group to attend to his party to eat meat. Meanwhile, Simon sits down near the decapitated sow and waits for the beast to come out. While waiting, the flies that were surrounding the sow’s head start surrounding him too. Then suddenly the head starts talking to him. He confronts the Lord of the Flies. Meanwhile at the beach after eating some meat, Ralph tries to call an assembly with the conch, even though he is mocked and laughed at. It starts raining and Jack starts a dancing ritual with the boys. They start singing “kill the beast!”, “spill his blood!”, “cut his throat!”  Even Ralph and Piggy had joined them; the kids had lost all civilized manners. Simon suddenly appears and tries to explain to the boys that there is no beast. However, the boys mistaken him for the beast and end up killing him.

Characters Introduced

There are no new characters introduced this time.

Point of view

 The narrator speaks in third person. This kind of narrator is omniscient (seeing and knowing everything) and gives us access to the deep thoughts of the characters. This gives the reader a better perspective of what is going on in the novel.

Setting

 The setting of the story is a deserted island with no adults and no civilization.

Writer's style

 William Golding uses symbolism, though not so many metaphors, compares this situation to civilization's problems of that time (1940 – 1950) and looks within human natural behavior. 

Third quarter

Synopsis

1.)A plane crashes on a deserted island.

2.)Ralph calls together all the possible survivors of the crash.

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

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

7.)Jack figures out how to hide himself when hunting.

8.)Fire goes out

9.)Jack and his hunters catch a pig.

10.)Ralph calls a busies meeting.

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

14.)The search parts finds a strange thing.

15.)Jack strikes out on his own.

16.)Simon talks to the beast.
17.)The beast is called the lord of the flies, and Simon can talk with him.

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 second quarter are,

Together is a key to survival.

Fire equals smoke, smoke equals a rescue.

2nd Quarter

Synopsis

• Ralph and Simon at work building huts for the younger boys to live in. 
•  Jack, is trying to think of ways to kill a pig to eat.
•  Jack, still obsessed with the idea of killing a pig. 
• Jack camouflages his face with clay and charcoal and enters the jungle to hunt
• Jack and the other kids return from the hunt, with blood in their bodies and singing a bizarre song. 
• The boys roasted the pig, and the kids that hunt with Jack danced wildly around the fire on the beach
• The expedition to search the island for monster

Characters 

Ralph: The protagonist and the leader of the group. He is the smartest of the boys.
Piggy: Friend of Ralph he is a little bit fat but he is a good person.
Jack: The antagonist of the book and he is the leader of the hunt team. 
Simom: He is a good boy, helpful and he is always with Ralph and Piggy.

Point of view

The story is written in third person. Is the story was in the first person it wouldn't be the same.

Setting

The story happens in a desert island and if the story wasn't in a desert island the boys wouldn't act like "animals".

The Writers Style

The author wrote the book very well, and he uses easy words help us to understand better. He wrote the book with enough details. And the story is very realistic too.

Theme

The story is about some boys that was in a airplane and the plane crashed in an uninhabited island and now the boys has to try to survive. And they are alone. 

Second Quarter

 
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Synopsis

1.)A plane crashes on a deserted island.

2.)Ralph calls together all the possible survivors of the crash.

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

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

7.)Jack figures out how to hide himself when hunting.

8.)Fire goes out

9.)Jack and his hunters catch a pig.

10.)Ralph calls a busies meeting.

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

Point of View

The point 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.

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 second quarter are,

Together is a key to survival.

Fire equals smoke, smoke equals a rescue.

Verbal-visual

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There are many kind of conflicts in Lord of the Flies. One of the main conflict in this quarter is Person VS Person which is Jack VS Ralph. "I gave you food, said Jack, 'and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?" (P166, William Golding, Lord of the Flies) Jack thought that position of leader belongs to him and he really want it back. Ralph was selected by voters and he built all the rules to make sure it goes in an order. But Jack used his ability, the leader of hunt team and he was wondering to fight against Ralph to reach his goal. He told the boys that he can give them a good life on the island and invited them to join his tribe. The dark side of his heart was growing and this was the beginning of his action.

                                                        

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2. Jack has agreed the decision that Ralph could summoning the boys by sounding the shell. But he still remain the thought of disagreeing with others. “That's what I said! I said about our meetings and things and then you said shut up--” (P43 Lord of the Flies) Piggy is a wise boy and he knows what he should do at that time. His brain was clear enough to get everything done properly. But Jack did not. Jack started to lose his mind since he step in a wild world because there was no adults. When he was no longer under control, he will show his negative characteristic. That' s the reason for all the conflicts took place.
   

   

   
   
   
   

   3.Napoleon has become the new leader of the animal farm and he started to gave more special interests. "Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brain workers." (P23 George Orwell Animal Farm) The animals were confused that the pigs were not equal to the other animals. This was the first time for Squealer to explain a negative decision that Napoleon made. Napoleon now was in a level which is above all of the other animals. However, Napoleon didn't talk to animals by himself. Instead, Squealer helped him. This is because Napoleon wanted to pretend that he was busy and has lots of work to do. In addition, he knows that he can never stay in that position without helpers. He need to build a group that controlled by him and they have to share what they get. That is where the government comes from.

   

   
   
   4.The animal farm has been shut down by the loss of duty of pigs. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (P95, George Orwell, Animal Farm) The true animal farm no longer exists and the resources were sold to human. Napoleon started to cooperate with man. The animal farm has changed to a completely opposite direction compared to the purpose when the animals first built it. The reason of changing is that the power is concentrated in Napoleon's hand. When the power is extremely unbalanced, no one can stop what Napoleon wants to do, in order to rich himself, Napoleon finally chose to abandon all the other animals and live like a man.

   

   
   

   
   

3rd Quarter lord of the flies

Sypnosis - The boys separate into two groups after chaos outbursts in meeting - Sam and Eric fall asleep while they are supposed to be watching the signal fire - There’s war going on above the island in the sky and a dead parachutist falls into a tree above near by the signal fire, Sam and Eric wake up and vaguely see the shape in the light of the fire and assume it’s the beast - They run and tell the group what they have seen, and say the beast had “assaulted” them. Immediately the group decide to go on a hunt for the beast - They start on there journey and come across caves and obstacles; the rest of the group other then Ralph and Jack gets distracted and Ralph gets annoyed . - Ralph tells them to stop & reminds them what there doing, the boys are unhappy. - They find pig droppings later that after noon, all the boys agree on while hunting for they beast they should also hunt the pig for food. The boys find it and try to kill it, Ralph slashes the pig and Jack gets cut in the fight but it gets away. - The boys get into a frenzy and reenact what had just happened, they go to far and pretend Robert is a pig and jab him with spears. Boys come to and move on and end up deciding to keep hunting into the night. - Jack Ralph and Roger are set out together for the mountain to find the beast. Roger and Ralph stop near summit and Jack is sent to go first, he runs back down scared and says he saw the monster. Ralph and Roger go to see for themselves a figure flopping in the wind and run for the group. - Jack claims Ralph is a coward and goes off and makes his own tribe. - Jacks tribe kills a pig and sticks its head on a stick and leaves it in a forest clearing. - Piggy and Ralph make a new signal fire on the beach, Jacks tribe comes and steals burning sticks for cooking of pig and invites Ralph’s group. - Simon sees pig head on the stick and “talks” to it and faints afterwards. Characters Piggy- Round and also static character throughout the book, very intelligent and always seems to stick by Ralph’s decisions Robert-Survivor, flat character, gets beaten by accident. Simon- Survivor, static character, mostly flat character, is very nice and well behaved one in the group. Tries to keep peaceful and help. Sam and Eric – Flat characters, survivors and twins Maurice- Survivor, mean and rude like Jack, flat character. Roger- Goes with Jack and Ralph up the mountain to see the beast, flat character, mean and rude like Jack and Maurice Jack- Round character, gets jealous of Ralph’s valued leadership, makes his own tribe, evil, manipulating, static character, tall red hair and scrawny. Ralph- Round character, very nice and tries hard for boys to survive, leadership like personality and qualities. Close with piggy. Point of view This book is written in third person, making it easy to read and see the point of view from all characters and feel the atmosphere and how there feeling about whats happening to them. Third person writing makes it easier to keep on track to whats going on in this book. Setting The setting is on an island where the boys plane has crashed and the pilot has died leaving them with no adults. The island is completely untouched by humans and they are completely vulnerable to all the dangers and things that could happen to them. This story is taking place during WW2. The fact that they think nobody knows that they have crashed gives the whole storey more pressure and stress toward surviving. Notes about writing The author is very realistic and careful/different(?) about his writing in a way and very symbolic with his words. Theme Humanity and civilization being created/maintained and relating to WW2. Showing how barbaric and chaotic fighting for power can get.

The Hunger Games

Part1 “The Tributes”

Chapter1- Chapter9

Synopsis

Katniss and Peeta are the tribute from the District 12. They have a mentor and He is a former winner of the Hunger Games. He name is Haymitch who is an alcoholic. He tells them if they want to survival is to make sure the public like them so they may get sponsored. If they having sponsors they will have more chance to use survival tools such as matches, knives, or even water. Katniss meets her stylist, Cinna. He tells her they need to make an impression on the audience so they're remembered by the sponsors. Katniss and Peeta wear black costumes with actual fire to symbolize the coal-mining district they reside from. They make a great impression on the audience. The game makers display their scores of the tributes on a television screen. Peeta receives an 8 and Katniss scores an 11, the highest of all the tributes. On the extravagant Hunger Games TV chat show, Katniss makes the audience laughs during the interview and impresses them by showing off her dress with real fire. Peeta said his had a crush on one girl since he can remember. The girl is Katniss.

Character introduced

Katniss: She is protagonist in this novel. She is quiet, independent and fierce. She lives with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district. Katniss need to hunt and feed her family.

Petta: He is another main character in this novel. He is the son of baker. He is charismatic. He said he loves Katniss since the first day he saw her. His relationship with Katniss grows throughout the novels.

Gale: He is the best friend and hunting partner of Katniss.

Haymitch: He was the winner of the 50^th Hunger Games. He is an alcoholic. Katniss disliked Haymitch to his alcoholism and harshness.

Point of view

It writes in the 1^st person and 3^rd person. It makes the novel more overall and makes the reader easy to understand. When I read the novel it makes me participate in it.

Setting

Katniss and Petta live in the poorest district and than they go to the Capitol for the hunger game. They eat the foods never eat before. They dress on the beautiful cloths.

Notable about the writer’s style

The writers use the simply words to present the novel. And use some strong words to show the mood and feel. This novel is the fiction book.

Statement of themes

The citizens' starvation and they need for resources. It creates an atmosphere of helplessness that the main characters try to overcome in their fight for survival. Katniss needs to hunt to provide food for her family. This important skill is useful to her in the Games and represents her rejection of the Capitol's rules in the face of life-threatening situations.

Character sketch

CHARACTER SKETCH

Piggy

Piggy is a slightly shorter but quite obese boy. His hair is thinning and doesn’t seem to have grown since the boys were first isolated on the soundly island. He wears a pair of glasses that only have one lens completely unharmed, while the other is cracked from an incident with Jack. Piggy sees himself as an intellectual boy who could not survive without an adult’s supervision or thought on anything. Others see Piggy as a fat, whiny puppy that follows Ralph around like he’s his owner, as well as a science geek. Simon, on the other hand, sees him and most as equals because he is not one to judge. Yet, it is still kind of true that Piggy is like a puppy following Ralph as though he were the closest thing to an adult because of his hierarchy on the island. Piggy’s insight and cleverness makes for a good assistant to Ralph seeing as Ralph is one to make quick, irrational decisions in times of pressure.

 

Jack

Jack is the tallest, oldest, and quite possibly the lankiest survivor on the island. He has red hair covered by a black cap with a matching cape and gold pin that symbolizes his leadership of the choir. His pale skin is splattered with freckles that seem to be the only thing tanning on his whole body. Jack is a natural born leader and leads the hunters who were his choir boys that he led back home. Jack has many good qualities but he feels powerful but powerless in his rank and can’t stand to be told orders. Jack strays away from the group after being stood up when trying to overthrow Ralph. Others see him as an outcast who was once a courageous hunter and second in command on the island. But that wasn’t good enough for Jack because he sees himself as the ‘All-mighty Jack’ who slayed the pig and is scared of no beast. After feeling the power of killing a pig he became savage and cocky.

Quartering "Life of Pi": Chapter 37-68

Quarter #3- Life of Pi 

Synopsis
The second part of the novel starts with the sentence, "The ship sank." (Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 37, page 107) Pi doesn't tell the reader how or why yet – but he's in a lifeboat, in the wind and the rain, encouraging Richard Parker the tiger, who is in the water, to swim up to him. Pi throws Richard Parker a lifebuoy and just then realises he probably shouldn't invite strange tigers into his lifeboat. At last, Richard Parker gets onto the lifeboat and Pi jumps overboard to escape from the tiger.
Pi moves back in time a little bit and tells the route his family and himself had travelled, starting in Madras, shipping through the Bay of Bengal, through the Strait of Malacca, Singapore and reached Manila before their ship sank on the Pacific Ocean. He also describes the exact sinking of the ship. The next precise setting is the lifeboat. Pi surveys the scene, the surroundings and the lifeboat itself with all its equipment. After some time, all the animals have been introduced. The zebra with one broken leg, the hyena, Orange Juice the orangutan and Richard Parker the tiger. Further on, Pi imagines his rescue and his family reunion. He remembers his second night on the lifeboat which was one of exceptional suffering because the fight between Orange Juice and the hyena took place and he confronts the fact that his parents and Ravi have most likely died. The result of the fight was that the zebra had died, the female orangutan got beheaded by the hyena and so Pi's only companions are Richard Parker and the hyena, fighting to survive at sea. As the reader continues to read he gets to know why Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger, was named like he was.
Coming closer to the middle of part two, Pi tells the reader more about his feelings, thoughts and about his interaction and connection with Richard Parker and he talks about his food and drink supply from the emergency ration he had found on the boat. At first, Pi wanted to get rid of the tiger, he wanted him to die. He simply wanted to outlast Richard Parker but then he changed his mind. After all, Pi was glad that Richard Parker was there with him because if he had died then Pi would have been all alone. The tiger kept Pi from thinking too much about his family, he pushed him to go on living and so Pi is grateful to have the tiger on the lifeboat as his only companion, since Richard Parker had killed the hyena in a fight. Pi wants to tame the tiger and so Pi creates his own circus called "Pi-Patel, Indo-Canadian, Trans-Pacific floating circus". He tries to make a connection with the tiger, provides him with the fish he catches and with his water supply and Pi even starts to communicate with the tiger but making sure that Pi is the "top tiger" and Richard Parker has to follow him and has his own territory on the lifeboat which he is not allowed to cross and enter Pi's territory.  
 
Characters introduced
Richard Parker- Richard Parker is a three-year old Bengal tiger who is Pi's only companion at sea for most of the survival time. -round character/dynamic character

Zebra- The zebra is also in the lifeboat for a couple of days, suffering from a broken leg and dies a slow and painful death because it gets eaten by the hyena being still alive. -flat character/static character

Hyena- The hyena is another character that lived on the lifeboat for a couple of days but then gets killed and eaten by Richard Parker. -flat character

Orange Juice- Orange Juice is a female orangutan who survives the shipwreck and ends up on the lifeboat but she dies fairly early because she lost the fight between her and the hyena. -flat character

Point of view
At first there is a fictional author's note, explaining the origins of the book but later on the protagonist becomes the narrator at first person's view. This point of view only reveals the thoughts of the protagonist which is most important in the story. The reader is not interested on the personal feelings of the other flat characters so it is good that Yann Martel chose the protagonist to become the narrator.


Setting
At the very beginning the story takes place in Pondicherry, a former French territory of India in the 1990's but then Canada is the next setting in this novel. Well, Canada doesn't really become the setting because Pi and his family does not make it to Canada. Since their ship sank in the Pacific Ocean, the main story takes place there. It is the time at sea, the survival at sea.


Writer's Style
Yann Martel uses a diary-like writing style which is easy to understand and we can also find dialogues in his story. In this section the reader gets confronted with the interjections of the author and now we, as the reader, can really understand and follow the story because we got used to the interjections and know that there isn't only one story.
I started to recognise the different writing styles like the usage of comparison, personification, metaphors and similes. Examples: comparison- "The fish was as strong as an ox." (Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 61, page 204) personification- "The sea moved in a lethargic way, as it already exhausted by the oncoming heat." (Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 62, page 207) metaphor- "Time is an illusion that only makes us pant." (Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 59, page 192) simile- "His paws were like volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica." (Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Chapter 45, page 132)
By the usage of these terms, Yann Martel creates a very visual scene and for the reader it has a huge effect because you, as a reader, can just imagine everything so much better and you are really into the story and feel like you are part of it.

Statement of Themes
I think that there for sure is a minor theme representing Science and Religion or rather the connection between those two categories. Since Pi has a really strong focus on religion throughout this novel which gets clear in this second quarter, another theme would be the belief in God, accepting and sharing different religions.
The act of storytelling and narration is a significant theme throughout this novel. The author keeps interjecting and informs the reader about Pi's family in Canada, so there is more than one story in this novel that the author wants us to know.

The second part of the novel is all about the survival at sea. Therefore a major theme is the survival. I would day the primacy for survival.  This theme is clear throughout his ordeal—he must eat meat, he must take life, two things which had always been anathema to him before his survival was at stake. The reader finds out that Pi is a vegetarian and that the first sentient being he had ever killed was a fish and this action took place while he was fighting for is survival. It is his survival thinking, acting and instinct that makes him able to do things he never thought he would do, concerning his brutality of killing.

First Half of Animal Farm

Synopsis

• The animals have a meeting and Old Major, the wise old pig, leads the meeting and shares his wisdom since he believes his life will soon come to an end.
• Old Major describes a dream he had of living without the tyranny of humans and shares the idea of a rebellion.
• After Old Major dies, the pigs take control. Snowball and Napoleon become the masters of the farm.
• One day Mr Jones, the farmer, forgets to feed the animals which then ignites anger and the animals rebel.
• Snowball and Napoleon learn to read then create the 7 commandments for the newly named, Animal Farm.
• Snowball establishes committees and organizes the farm. Boxer the horse works harder than all the other animals and lives off the motto “I will work harder!”
• We begin receiving hints that Napoleon and Snowball aren't getting along and the animals are becoming suspicious of where the apples and milk have been disappearing to.
• There is a war between the farmers and the animals. The animals win the war thanks to Snowballs planning.
• Snowball concocts a plan to build a windmill but strangely, Napoleon is strongly against the idea.
• We discover that Napoleon has trained the dogs to do as he wishes and chases Snowball off the farm. Napoleon is the new leader.

Napoleon: One of the leaders of the farm is a round and dynamic character. He is he antagonist in the novel because of actions against Snowball. Napoleon is a large, fierce- looking Berkshire boar. He is very stubborn and rules the animals in military way.

Snowball: The protagonist of the novel and a round character. He is a smarter pig than Napoleon, and more inventive. He is chased out of the farm by Napoleon and his trained dogs.

Boxer: The main horse of the farm, he is extremely strong and carries the motto “I will work harder”. He carries the burden of all the harder work at the farm and believes everything he is told by his masters, Napoleon and Snowball.

Point of View

The story is told in third person and the narrator is omniscient. This allows the reader to see things from the point of view of the animals which creates an interesting view of the story by making the humans seem like savages. It has really given me a new look on farming in general and the maltreatment to animals that are used as products.

Setting

The story takes place in Manor Farm or newly named, Animal farm, which is in England. The setting does not take much effect on the story itself.

Writers style:

The writers style is very simple and factual. Orwell does not display any extreme detail so the story is not so much about how it is told but more just the story and facts themselves.

Statement of Themes

The theme is all about power and use of power and leadership. This story uses irony in that sense because the pigs whom are the leaders tell the animals that every animal at the farm is equal even though the pigs are much more powerful and persuasive than everyone else. Anything the pigs say is fact and the animals do as they are told. One could also say that another theme is the abuse of language and the danger of class. Language, because the pigs use it to their advantage and class, because the pigs classify all the animals and use them for different jobs leaving some of the animals with less food and working harder than the others.

Movie Analysis (Lord of the Flies)

     In the movie "Lord of the Flies" the characters don't have the same characteristics than in the book. The appearance of Jack is different. He has red hair and in the movie he is blond. He is the only character in the book that is different from the movie.
     The beginning of the book is different from the movie. In the movie the kids are already in the boat going straight to the beach. And We can see the plane and some people dying in the ocean. In the book we don't have this part. The kids are already on the beach, but they are not together. 
      The movie lack a lot of details. For example in the book the writer talk about a lot of the characters, the details about the character, they are very well described and in the movie they don't talk to much like in the book.

Quarter 3 - Lord Of The Flies

* Characters

• Ralph - He seems to be the main character. He is older then most of the kids, and he has an attractive appearance. The children voted for him to be their leader/chief. He is respect by all.
• Piggy - He seems to be some kind of assistant. He is fat and has freckles. He doesn't like to be called Fatty. He is very smart, but suffers some kind of bullying. He is hated by Jack.
• Jack - He is bossy and gross. He wants to be the chief of the kids. Until now, he is just the hunting leader. He wants to do thing on his own way. He is kind of a second boss for the children. He is starting to be more evil and rude than he was before.
• Simon - He is a skinny, straight hair little boy. He is very kind and helpful.
• Sam and Eric - Twins; survivors. They are always together, and the other boys treat them as a single person.
• Roger and Maurice - Jack's "allies". They are as evil, gross and rude as Jack.
• Robert - He plays the part of an animal, and the boys pretend to hunt him.

* Synopsis

• The twins, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, fall asleep.
• When they wake up, they see "the beast".
• After they tell to Ralph what they saw, Ralph decides on a meeting that they are going on a expedition to find the beast.
• Only Piggy and the littluns stay.
• Jack is commanding the expedition. They go to the only place in the island that Jack (and everyone else) has never been before.
• They find a cave, but only Ralph and Jack explore it.
• The other boys start to play and have fun, forgeting the reason of the expedition.
• Ralph gets angry, and tell them that they need to return to the other montain to rebuild the fire.
• Jack wants to hunt a pig while they continue to search for the beast.
• The boys agree. They track a boar. Even Ralph is excited about it.
• Ralph flings his spear at the boar and hits it. He gets so happy about it, but Jack says that the boar was already bleeding before Ralph hits it.
• The boar runs away, but the boys continue excited about hunting.
• They start to play a game, where Robert is the animal that they will hunt.
• The kids start to forget that it is just a game and begin to hurt Robert for real, who tries to get away from them.
• They stop and Jack says that on the next time, they could use a littlun istead of Robert.
• The kids laugh. Ralph remind them that it was just a game.
• Simon volunters to go back and tell Piggy that they won't return that soon.
• They decide to continue searching for the beast only in the morning, when it won't be dark anymore.
• Jack, Ralph and Roger goes for a hunt climbing the montain.
• Jack goes to the top of the montain alone, and goes back saying that he saw a monster.
• Ralph and Roger go check. They then see a large specter with the shape of a giant ape, making a horrible sound.
• They get horrifield and go back to tell the other boys.
• The next morning, everyone gets together on the beach. They are all terrifield because of the beast.
• Jack says that Ralph is a coward and sugests that he cannot be the chief anymore. The kids don't agree.
• Jack gets angry and leaves saying that whoever wants to join him, is welcome. Some kids follow him.
• Ralph is confused and don't know what to do. Simon suggests that they go back to the montain and search for the beast, but most of the kids are afraid.
• They make another fire, this time on the beach.
• Many of the boys leaves at night to join Jack's group.
• Piggy says to Ralph that they are better without that kids.
• In another part of the beach, Jack says to the boys who followed him that he is the chief. They kill a sow and put its head as an offer to the beast. They get scary with the dark blood of it and run away.
• While Ralph and Piggy are chatting, Jack and the hunters come and start to destroy, and steal things from Ralph's group.
• Simon goes to that beautiful place he has been before. But now, instead of the beauty, he finds the sow’s head, and gets mesmerized by it.
• The head talks to him in the voice of "Lord Of The Flies", telling him that he would never scape and that they would have some fun.
• Simon faints.

* Statement of Themes

So far "Lord of The Flies" is about survival, control, teamwork and civilization. Also, we can start to note some darkness in the story because of the conflicts that are happening. The kids are trying to find out how they will live while they are waiting for rescue. At first, they thought that the best way to make it is having a leader and listening to his plans. But, at this point, tension and death are added sorely to the story.

* Setting

The story takes place in a desert island while it is happening the World War 2.There are no civilization and no grown-ups, which forces the kids to find a way to find food, get organized and figure out a way to survive on that island all by theirself.

* Point of View

 

The story is told in 3rd person omniscient point of view. It makes the story easier to understand, because it is shown everything that is happening from a general point of view. If it was told in 1st person, we would be reading just the point of view of the character.

 

* Notables about the writer's style

 

The author writes the story in a realistic way. He doesn't appearr interesting in brings comedy and fun to the story. He is very serious.