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

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.

Essay

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The Value of Death Kennedy Jasken

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding there were two deaths. One death was Piggy and the other was Simon. Both Piggy and Simon never deserved their deaths, while in Piggy's death he was stoned, in Simon's death he was speared. Their deaths were both tragedies of the novel. Although Piggy did a lot and helped the group out and also found out most of the boys names, he couldn't do anything to make the boys like him. Simon talked to the pigs head skewered on the wooden stick and the hunters thought he was the beast coming out of the bushes when they speared him. Though Simon nor Piggy could have prevented their deaths, they were the biggest tragedies in the story and Piggy had the worst because it was slow, painful and he also knew who was beating on him.

Death, is it something to be scared of or something to expect? Was getting picked on, making a friend and choosing to be on someones side the worst thing Piggy could have done to deserve death? Piggy died for the following reasons; he was over weight, on Ralph's side, he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and he disobeyed Jacks orders. For those reasons he was stoned and it was the worst death in the story.

Does getting speared just because a group of boys thought you were a monster, make it right to kill someone? Simon's death could have been prevented but, the boys were too frightened to open their eyes to see that Simon wasn't a monster and that there wasn't a monster on the island.

What would be the worst death, being murdered or being speared by accident? I feel that both deaths are tragic but, the worst death would be getting stoned. I feel that Piggy's death was the worst because you are feeling the pain of something smashing against your head. You also have time to think about whats happening and you know that you're going to die. I feel that Piggy's didn't deserve his death, just because he didn't want to be on Jacks side and that he wanted to be on Ralph's. In my opinion Piggy had the worst death and that it was more terrible. Although Simon's death was bad, at least it was instantaneous.

Lord Of The Flies- Song pRoject

Song 1

You're gonna go far kid-The Offspring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LxyhCJpsM

I believe the meaning of this song is about growing up and experiencing the true darkness in the world “There's someone in your way/And now someone is gonna pay” shows that as you grow older and more mature you will not stop for anything to get your goal. The atmostphere of this song is dark but the artist sings the song in an upbeat way. "now dance f_ker dance man you never had a chance and no one even knew it was really only you" is actually directly related to Lord of the Flies when Simon jumped out of the bush and tried to tell everyone that there was no beast, only to be killed by the rest of the boys thinking he was the beast.

Song 2

Teenagers-MCR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EQAOmJrbw

I believe this song is about teenagers and how corrupted and uncaring the can be, I think it saying that teenagers only care about themselves and nobody else,(“They can care less as long as,Someone will bleed”)This can be seen in some of the boys in Lord of the Flies near the end of the book where they murder piggy with seemingly no remorse.

Song 3
Lord of the Flies-Iron Madien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_8k3NVTZYU

This song was written directly about The Lord of the Flies, all of the lyrics completely describe the boys “Excited but scary to believe what we've become” is showing that the boys have completely changed into savages and are scared aswell as excited at that. The atmosphere of the song is very dark just like towards the end of the book. This song does an amazing job of summing up the book Lord of the Flies.

Question Bank

Question Bank

1. Why did the author choose for the Conch Shell to symbolize civilization?

2.What made the author choose for the boys plane to crash on a deserted island?

3Why did William Golding choose for their to be no humans or civilization on the island?

4Why does William make it seem like Jack is the crazy one?

5Why did he choose for the signal fire to symbolize a connection to civilization?

6Why did Piggy's glasses symbolize power?

7What is the significance of Simon finding a jungle glade?

8Why don't the boys not speak of the littlun with the mark on his face?

9Why does the author choose for their to be conflicted between Ralph and Jack?

10Why was it Jacks responsibility to keep the signal fire lit?

11What did the beastie represent?

12Why did the author choose for the bestie to symbolize savagery of the boys?

13Why don't we read much about Maurice?

14What does the ship symbolize, or does it symbolize anything ?

15Why does Jack forget to keep the signal fire lit?

16In the novel why does Jack slap Piggy?

17Why is this story show significance to the war?

18What makes the author portray the dead parachutist as the beastie?

19What were the reasons for the expedition?

20Why does the author keep Ralph and Jack as the main conflict?

21What made Ralph join the hunt?
22Why do the boys chant at the pig?

23Why does Robert pretend to be a pig?

24Why is there conflict still bubbling between Ralph and Jack?

25Why does Jack want Ralph to be removed from being the leader?

26Why do all the boys views change of Ralph?

27Why is Jack elected chief ?

28What does the pig head on a stick symbolize ?

29How does the pig get a voice?

30Why was their a riot?

31Why do the boys think Simon is the beast?

32Why do the boys attack in the the night?

33Why were Piggy's Glasses stolen?

34What is the significance of the glasses being taken?

35Why is the signal fire still important all the way to the end of the novel?

36Why is Piggy killed?

37Who causes Piggy to die?

38What does the Castle Rock signify?

39Why is half the jungle lit on fire?

40How does the story end?

polished response

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                                    “Oh the horror...the horror...”

(Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now)

         In the novel “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad, the protagonist says: “Oh the horror...the horror...” The reason that he said this was because of all the bad experiences he had lived. In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding , the kids commit terrible things, like killing each other, they acterd wildly and forgot all civilized manners.

Oh the horror

Polished Response

“Oh the horror…the horror…”

In the novel Heart of Darkness the quote "Oh the horror... the horror..." are the dying words of the character Kurtz. Kurtz is an ivory trader and the words probably described what was going on in the trading post. The Europeans used the native Africans to gather ivory and Kurtz probably grew to find this very disturbing. This reflects upon the dark nature of mankind that the boys in Lord of the Flies discover in themselves; some, not so much. Wealth, power, and reputation make up the skin of the dark onion and are sought after by terrible people. Kurtz was one to understand the flaws in the human race yet he had a role in the ivory trading and did nothing about it. We all carry a darkness inside of us no matter how small it may be.

Book vs Move

Piggy dies first and then Simon dies soon after.
The Pig talks to Simon.

The boy who claimed to have seen the beast goes missing.

These are things that are only in the book.

The boys smoke out Ralph to kill him.

Simon dies and then piggy dies the next day.

These are things that are only in the book.

The plane crashes on an island leaving a group of boys alone to govern themselves.
The hunters are always howling and barking like wolves.

A small boy claims he sees a beast.

These are all the things that are found in both the book and the movie.

Bank of questions

1. Why the children chose Ralph to be the leader?
2. Why Jack was the leader of the hunter?
3. What is the difference between Jack and Ralph?
4. Why the used the shell as symbolism? 
5. Why the bonfire was important to the kids?
6. What the conch means to the kids?
7. Why  Jack was obsessed with the idea of killing a pig?
8. Why Jack camouflages his face with clay and charcoal?
9.  Why a lot of children left out Ralph's group?
10. Who change in the story? Jack or Ralph?
11. Why Jack was telling to the kids that they will never go back to their homes?
12. Why the kids stopped to believe in Ralph?
13. Why do Sam and Eric turn on Ralph?
14. Why the boys refuse to vote Ralph out of power?
15. Why Piggy wants to stay in Ralph's group?
16. Why Jack and his group killed Simom?
17. How do they did this?
18. What happened with the kids? 
19. Why the kids were acting so wildly at the bonfire?
20. What the pig symbolizes for the children?
21. Who was the monster on the island?
22. Why the kids stole Piggy's glasses?
23. Why the kids wanted Piggy's glasses?
24. Who killed Piggy?
25. Why they killed Piggy?
26. Why the kids stole Piggy's glasses?
27. Why Ralph hid on the forest?
28. Who rescues the boys?
29. Why did they come to the island?
30. How did they find the boys?

The horror

In the Heart of Darkness when Kurtz is about to die, he realizes he has nothing to be proud for and says “The horror, the horror!”, reflecting what evil things he has done in his life to get where he was. This relates to the novel I'm reading, Lord of the Flies because both novels theme are about how viscous and barbaric people can get when fighting for power or something they want. Jack and Kurtz relate a lot in a way because of how they both manipulated things and people to get what they wanted and rise to there success. At the end of Lord of the Flies Jack and his tribe are chasing after Ralph and trying to hunt him down. Once Ralph reaches the beach he falls to the ground, exhausted physically and emotionally. Before the boys reach him, Ralph looks up to see a Naval officer, seconds after the rest of the boys viciously burst through the jungle onto the beach; the naval officer is thrown off guard how such innocent boys had come to such brutal savagery in such a short time. The boys all break down into tears; realizing the dignity they had, the feel is now gone. This relates to Kurtz quotes before his death because when they are saved they look back on what happened, what they have become and are not proud.

Polished Response

“Oh the horror... the horror…”
-Kurtz, Heart of Darkness

In the novel Heart of Darkness the protagonist Captain Kurtz exclaims “Oh the horror! The horror!” as his dying words. The reason he said this is because of the darkness he had seen in himself and others throughout his life. This quote directly relates to Lord of the Flies because the boys although starting of bright and wholesome have gone downhill and the darkness inside of them has really came out. The isolation made the boys commit acts they wouldn't have dreamt of regularly, they became savages without even realizing it.

Bank of Questions

Lord of the flies

Part1

1.       Why the children choose Ralph to be the chief?

2.       What’s the symbolism of the conch?

3.       What’s Ralph symbolism to?

4.       What different between Ralph and Jack？

Part2

1.       How is Jack change?

2.       What’s the real monster on the island?

3.       Why lots of children left out Ralph group?

4.       What’s the symbolism of the beast?

The hunger games

Part1

1.       What’s the symbolism of the hunger games?

2.       Why Katniss surprise when Effie called “Peeta Mllark”?

3.       Why Haymitch asks Katniss stay with Peeta?

4.       Why Peeta say he loves Katniss?

Part2

1.       Why Peeta saves Katniss from the tributes from the richer districts?

2.       Why Rue and Katniss become ally?

3.       What present Katniss sings to Rue until she dies?

4.       Why the game makers change the rule?

Part3

1.       Why Katniss tricks Peeta and heads to the feast?

2.       Why the game makers change the rule back?

3.       Why Katniss will find idea to threaten to commit dual suicide?

4.       Why Haymitch tells Katniss she is in trouble?

Polished Response Writing: Life of Pi

"Oh the horror...the horror..." (Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now)

In the novella Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad's tells a two-dimensional tale of an expedition into the "heart" of the Congo River where Marlow, the main character, undertakes a journey because he wanted to do something, to have an experience, to gain some kind of enlightenment. The further he travels to the inside or the nearer he comes to the core, the more evil and despicable the life and people he sees and meets become. He experiences the beastly, untamed animal world of these people and as he reaches the "heart" of the river, humanity and moral ground are gone. This realisation of  how raw,  how brutal and how brittle life really is, this is the horror expressed in this novella. Now comparing Heart of Darkness with Life of Pi we can see the exact same things, the exact same horror. It all starts off with the killing of the zebra. The hyena eats the zebra while it is still alive. Further on in the novel Pi starts the disgusting, cruel and brutal killing methods and at the end even cannibalism is introduced tp the story. There is a constant increase in how brutal, beastly and untamed the actions and events become. Summing up the novel, it clearly shows that Pi also lost his humanity and his innocence and so the book or rather the story lost its humanity too. The quote "Oh the horror...the horror" (Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now) describes this enlightenment the best. It is what you are thinking, it is pure horror.