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 wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.
2008. 5. 3.
Entry #5
What is the mood of this novel? What happens? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
The mood of this novel is mainly tense and about change of mind of the teenagers in the island. At the beginning of this novel, the teenagers were close and trusted each other. However, they begin to have conflict between Jack and Ralph and even Jack's gang kills Simon and Piggi for their profits. I feel gloomy of this novel as it ends with the teenagers betray each other and being changed after they are left in the island.
Entry #4
What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?
The climax of this nove l is Jack taking Piggi's glasses from Ralph and making his gang. In the story, the glasses are very important and the only thing which allow them to make a fire and broil foods. The glasses are the thing that allow each of them to achieve their own goal become having people at the back. Therefore, taking glasses from Ralph means taking power from him and it is the climax of the conflict between two leaders, Jack and Ralph. Also, all of the teenagers in the island except for Piggi, Simon and Ralph, decide to follow Jack rather than under Ralph's rules. When I read the climax, I felt that the society in the island would be changed and the conflict had begun.
The climax of this nove l is Jack taking Piggi's glasses from Ralph and making his gang. In the story, the glasses are very important and the only thing which allow them to make a fire and broil foods. The glasses are the thing that allow each of them to achieve their own goal become having people at the back. Therefore, taking glasses from Ralph means taking power from him and it is the climax of the conflict between two leaders, Jack and Ralph. Also, all of the teenagers in the island except for Piggi, Simon and Ralph, decide to follow Jack rather than under Ralph's rules. When I read the climax, I felt that the society in the island would be changed and the conflict had begun.
Entry #3
Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?
The main characters in the novel are Jack, Ralph, Piggi and Simon. Piggi and Simon are the kids who follow Ralph, so the most important characters would be Jack and Ralph who are against each other in the story. Most people would think that Jack is bad and wrong because he killed other boy and broke the rule, but his decision could be better than Ralph's decision that vest on authority in a turban shell and hold a meeting when they are faced with a situation that endanger their life. Ralph's formal rule isn't essential for them, but Jack is realistic and knows what is important for them, surviving in the island. Also, the rule he made that if someone touch other's things, they would get punished by whipping. This is much more realistic than the rule made by Ralph that gives black marks to the person break the rule. So I like Jack more than Ralph in the novel.
The main characters in the novel are Jack, Ralph, Piggi and Simon. Piggi and Simon are the kids who follow Ralph, so the most important characters would be Jack and Ralph who are against each other in the story. Most people would think that Jack is bad and wrong because he killed other boy and broke the rule, but his decision could be better than Ralph's decision that vest on authority in a turban shell and hold a meeting when they are faced with a situation that endanger their life. Ralph's formal rule isn't essential for them, but Jack is realistic and knows what is important for them, surviving in the island. Also, the rule he made that if someone touch other's things, they would get punished by whipping. This is much more realistic than the rule made by Ralph that gives black marks to the person break the rule. So I like Jack more than Ralph in the novel.
Entry #2
Are there are any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?
I saw a movie named 'The Mist' and I think the situation in the movie is similar to this novel.
In the movie, people are attacked by monsters in the mist. They are locked in a market which is similar to being left in an island. In the movie, a woman who is a religious fanatic is similar to Jack in 'Lord of the Flies'. As the situation get worse and become acute, people bagin to follow the woman and start losing their reason. The ending is also alike to the novel. The movie ends with the main character being rescued but their families are all killed. Similarly, the novel ends with Ralph being rescued by a pilot.
2008. 5. 2.
What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?
What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?
In this novel 'Lord of the flies', the 25 British teenagers are left in an uninhabited island. They are educated well and try to maintain the order. They work together and make fire to be rescued. However, the island society is destroyed because of revolt of Jack's group who think hunting by themselves is better than waiting for being rescued. The island become primitive and they even kill each other for their adventage. In my opinion, the major theme of this novel is instinct of human. In the island, the teenagers lost the order and rationality. As the teenagers are divided into group(Jack and Ralph), they show the violent human nature. The reason this theme is important to a teenager in 2008 is that it can be seen in different ways. The story makes us to think about who was right in the island, Jack or Ralph as their act in the island was opposite.
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