Answer the following question- "According to the authors you have studied, is it possible to create a Utopian community on planet Earth? Why or why not?"
No. Humans are born with sins are they can never be perfect. God made the earth perfect at the very first, as humans, but the whole world got polluted by sins when human executed sins. In the story “Lord of the Flies”, characters tried to become the leader and make a utopian community. However, because every one of us are different and sinful, laws cannot always be promised and they cannot overpower human instinct. Therefore, Utopian community could never exist.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Setting
Are there any settings in this novel that you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.
The Coral Island, which is the place where this whole story takes, itself disturbed me. I did not really like this place because I feel like this place is somewhere where people kill each other and hate each other. Also, this place is very limited and blocked from the world. Moreover, I think this place is where human instincts reveal so that it defeats the human’s heart and ruins them.
The Coral Island, which is the place where this whole story takes, itself disturbed me. I did not really like this place because I feel like this place is somewhere where people kill each other and hate each other. Also, this place is very limited and blocked from the world. Moreover, I think this place is where human instincts reveal so that it defeats the human’s heart and ruins them.
Passage
Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.
Ralph looked at him dumbly. For a moment he had a fleeting picture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches. But the island was scorched up like dead wood – Simon was dead – and Jack had…. The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too………..Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
This passage was very meaningful to me because of few reasons. First, I was impressed and shocked by how humans are unstable. When kids were in the island, they hated each other and even killed their friends to survive. However, at the end of the story, when they got escaped, when they realized that they were safe, they grief about what they’ve done and start to regret. Humans are rude and cruel because they don’t notice that killing friends are something that should not happen. Second, it was meaningful because the feelings of regret are well-described.
Ralph looked at him dumbly. For a moment he had a fleeting picture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches. But the island was scorched up like dead wood – Simon was dead – and Jack had…. The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too………..Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
This passage was very meaningful to me because of few reasons. First, I was impressed and shocked by how humans are unstable. When kids were in the island, they hated each other and even killed their friends to survive. However, at the end of the story, when they got escaped, when they realized that they were safe, they grief about what they’ve done and start to regret. Humans are rude and cruel because they don’t notice that killing friends are something that should not happen. Second, it was meaningful because the feelings of regret are well-described.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Mood
What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
The mood of this story is very cold, full of nervousness, and limited. The whole story flows in between the nervousness. Every single page, it makes the reader to feel nervous about what will happen next. Also, I would say the mood is cold. It is because this story contains no warmness or love. It shows off the cruelness of human and their evil instincts. However, I felt say while I was reading this novel. I was sad about how much human are cruel and how much human could fall down into an animal, which means their instinct wins their hearts so that they become violent like animals. Moreover, the fact that humans cannot defeat instincts made me feel sad about this book. Lastly, I found sadness when the characters killed their friend to survive and they do not like him.
The mood of this story is very cold, full of nervousness, and limited. The whole story flows in between the nervousness. Every single page, it makes the reader to feel nervous about what will happen next. Also, I would say the mood is cold. It is because this story contains no warmness or love. It shows off the cruelness of human and their evil instincts. However, I felt say while I was reading this novel. I was sad about how much human are cruel and how much human could fall down into an animal, which means their instinct wins their hearts so that they become violent like animals. Moreover, the fact that humans cannot defeat instincts made me feel sad about this book. Lastly, I found sadness when the characters killed their friend to survive and they do not like him.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Climax
What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?
Simon finds out that beast does not really exist. But because boys were separated into two groups, Ralph's and Jack's, Simon goes to other boys to tell them the truth but they kills him. After reading this event, I felt really unpleasant and bad. Just a fact that they killed someone made me feel bad. Also, that they were young boys and that they killed their friend.
Simon finds out that beast does not really exist. But because boys were separated into two groups, Ralph's and Jack's, Simon goes to other boys to tell them the truth but they kills him. After reading this event, I felt really unpleasant and bad. Just a fact that they killed someone made me feel bad. Also, that they were young boys and that they killed their friend.
Theme
What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2009?
The theme of "The Lord of The Flies" is that humans are born good but also evil at the same time. So, that human instinct overpowers their goods. William Golding demonstrated the cruelness or violence of human instinct. When human falls into crisis or faces the death, they reveal their real instinct to survive. Also, Golding's idea of using boys as his characters were good enough to show the read
ers what the real society is. Children in this book made their own laws. However, some kids break the law and consequence follows. William here is trying to say that any society without laws will fail. Laws exist because humans are not innocent so that it bans human to show off thier instinct. In the present days, teenagers don't care about the laws, in their society, and doesn't know why they are getting punished. Teenagers live their lives by learning what is right or wrong. This theme could teach them about the real society and that they need to learn how to limit their instincts.
The theme of "The Lord of The Flies" is that humans are born good but also evil at the same time. So, that human instinct overpowers their goods. William Golding demonstrated the cruelness or violence of human instinct. When human falls into crisis or faces the death, they reveal their real instinct to survive. Also, Golding's idea of using boys as his characters were good enough to show the read
ers what the real society is. Children in this book made their own laws. However, some kids break the law and consequence follows. William here is trying to say that any society without laws will fail. Laws exist because humans are not innocent so that it bans human to show off thier instinct. In the present days, teenagers don't care about the laws, in their society, and doesn't know why they are getting punished. Teenagers live their lives by learning what is right or wrong. This theme could teach them about the real society and that they need to learn how to limit their instincts.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)