1)What do you think Golding might have been trying to say about society and politics?
-I think Golding was trying to bring to our attention that politics are everywhere no matter what age. Jack, who was popular among the boys, quickly persuaded them to take his side and vote him to lead with Ralph. The smarter choice would have been for Piggy and Ralph to lead who both had brains and common sense. The society is influenced by politics every day. Everything has become a popularity contest instead of choosing someone or something best fitted for the position.
2)Two symbols that stood out to me
-The first big symbol was the beast. The littluns swore that they saw a beast which started the hunt to kill it. It just so happened that a man died on the island and was mistaken for the beast. The boys went crazy and when they thought Simon was the beast, Simon ended up dead. The second symbol is the pigs head. That is how the "Lord of the Flies" was first brought up. Simon thought the pig was talking to him but passed out before getting back to the boys. Ralph went back to the pig, which after was just a skull sitting upon a stick. Ralph used the stick as a weapon to protect himself from the other boys.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
First Responses
1)Suspend your rationale thinking for a moment, and imagine that the place you all know best involving established authority - school - is suddenly without teachers, Ms. Nadeau, etc. for an extended period of time (think weeks). What would happen?
-I think that if we were at school without any supervision, kids would break up into several groups. Almost like Rome, kids would have their own city-states and fight for who rules. Seniors would try to lay down the law but immature underclassmen would test their boundaries. It would become chaos, with stealing, fighting and doing anything to get your own way.
2)On page 70, Golding writes that Ralph "...wanted to explain that people were never quite what you thought they were." Write about this, both in the context of the book and its characters as well as your own experiences in life.
-In the book, we learned that Jack and Roger were very violent and caused most of the trouble between the boys. Jack, who at first tried to lead along with Ralph, quickly started doing things his own way and ignoring anything Ralph said. Then, after teasing Piggy and beating on other boys, we learned that he wasn't who we thought he was in the beginning of the book. In life we see this everywhere. The death of Monica, Coty and Amy was not only tragic but surprising. Killed by their own father, and ex-husband, we all never thought Steven would go this far and murder them. Even when you think you know someone completely, there can always be a surprising twist.
-I think that if we were at school without any supervision, kids would break up into several groups. Almost like Rome, kids would have their own city-states and fight for who rules. Seniors would try to lay down the law but immature underclassmen would test their boundaries. It would become chaos, with stealing, fighting and doing anything to get your own way.
2)On page 70, Golding writes that Ralph "...wanted to explain that people were never quite what you thought they were." Write about this, both in the context of the book and its characters as well as your own experiences in life.
-In the book, we learned that Jack and Roger were very violent and caused most of the trouble between the boys. Jack, who at first tried to lead along with Ralph, quickly started doing things his own way and ignoring anything Ralph said. Then, after teasing Piggy and beating on other boys, we learned that he wasn't who we thought he was in the beginning of the book. In life we see this everywhere. The death of Monica, Coty and Amy was not only tragic but surprising. Killed by their own father, and ex-husband, we all never thought Steven would go this far and murder them. Even when you think you know someone completely, there can always be a surprising twist.
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