https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-05-18 14:57:14 UTC 2017-06-01 15:11:15 UTC hello@padlet.com mrbullock99 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/172618976 In chapter one of "Lord of the Flies," our group discussed the events that led up to the conclusion of the chapter. This included the plane crash that created the "scar," along with Ralph and Piggy being confused and lost. Once they found the conch and blew it to gather all the kids to one central spot on the island, more order was formed within the group. A leader was picked, Ralph, and Jack was picked to be the leader of the hunters with his choir as other game hunters. We noticed that in this first chapter, many conflicts begin to arise between leadership, especially between Ralph and Jack, since Ralph is the kind of born leader where Jack feels like he's obligated to be the leader since he's the leader of his choir. In chapter two, conflict furthers by beginning the search for freedom. The boys begin to panic when Piggy, who seems like the only logical boy there, says that they only have a short amount of time before life threatening problems arise and that they need to get off the island as soon as possible. Ralph then has the idea to set a smoke signal off the top of the mountain, so anybody passing by the island could tell that there were people stranded on it. For our group, we decided that this would have been a good idea except for the fact that a forest fire was accidentally set and the littl'un who claimed to have seen the 'beast' had perished because of these immature actions. Had they been smarter about the whole ordeal, complications could have been avoided and a life could have been saved. From here, it seems like Ralph's orders and leadership begins to turn on him as his leadership isn't the best guidance. It seems like the person that is best fit for the mentor of the group would be Piggy, as he is the smartest and least impulsive out of the group. He would think things through and make orders for the best of the group that would create the least consequences. Chapter three begins with Jack trying to kill a pig again and making a make shift spear. He seems so obsessed with game hunting that it distracts him from everything else. This is shown when Simon and Ralph are trying to build huts but nobody else is helping and they are just playing in the lagoon. The fact that most of the boys aren't participating in helping build the huts says an enormous amount about their character and how they want everything to just appear out of thin air and don't want to work for anything. Ralph tells Jack his complaints but Jack just keeps thinking about how to kill the pig and isn't really focused on Ralph. This further creates conflict between Ralph and Jack because Ralph believes that shelter is more important than killing pigs, and Jack thinks killing pigs is more important than building huts. We believe that this could be one of the first signs of division between the two and could form a separation in their own little society. Next, chapter four starts to become a daily routine for the boys. When it's the middle of the day, people are delirious from the heat and start to see things out in the water. Piggy, being the smart man that he is, dismisses them as just mirages. The littl'uns keep feasting on fruit and soon begin to get diarrhea. They also continue their habit with horrible nightmares, fearing that the "Beastie" will come and get them at night. We think that the littl'uns need to be taken better care of  because they are just young boys who aren't used to anything like this and need to be nurtured. From here, Piggy and Ralph are in the water and see a boat out of the horizon of the ocean. They think that it see them and will come for them until they look back at the smoke signal fire and notice that it is out because of Jacks arrogance and impulsiveness due to his blood lust for the pig. Jack and the choir then come back with their first kill, having the pig through a stick and carried on their shoulders. The boys are chanting and celebrating while Piggy and Ralph tell them about how irresponsible they are for letting the fire go out. Jack, being mad at Piggy's remarks, hits Piggy so hard that it breaks one of the lenses on his glasses. Ralph then tries to defend Piggy and has a hard talk with Jack. Jack then admits his arrogance but goes on to celebrate about the big kill later on that night while dancing and singing around a fire. We believe that the punch that Jack delivered to Piggy represents the official division between the boys, and the shatter of Piggy's glasses being the bond shattered between the boys. They won't ever be a whole after this moment and will go downhill from here. Chapter five begins with Ralph being concerned at the failure to uphold the rules they have on the island. He calls a meeting together by blowing the conch and tells the boys that they don't help building shelters, they do not gather drinking water, they neglect the signal fire, and they do not even use the designated toilet area. He tries to bring them together as a group, but it is separated when the reoccurring fear of the "beast" is brought up. The littl'uns keep having nightmares of it and are terrified by now. The older boys dismiss is as not being real until Jack claims that it is. We know that Jack does this to increase his power amongst the group and strike more fear into the hearts of the children. Jack then goes on to say that he will hunt it down and kill it. Simon states that the only beast is themselves since everyone is born evil and has savagery in themselves. He wants everyone to be civilized and calm but that notion is overtook by the Jack further stating the beasts existence. Jack also goes on to torment Piggy while other boys chase after him and mimic Jack's actions. Soon, Piggy, Ralph, and Simon are outcasts and are the only civilized and smart people on the island. Everyone else gives in to Jack's power and falls for his trick, not realizing the importance of staying as a group. Piggy wants Ralph to blow the conch one more time as a last attempt to gather the boys but Ralph fears that the group is too divided and nobody will respond to it. This is where the final division between the two group comes into play. Jack and all his followers are one group while Piggy, Ralph, and Simon are the other. In chapter six, airplanes battle over head as the boys sleep. Sam and Eric, who are tending the smoke signal fire, are supposed to be up but are also asleep and don't see it. When the boys wake up, Sam and Eric are the first to see the dead Parachuter and say that they've seen the beast because he looks like a monster to them for the short amount of time they see him. The group gets frightened by this and Jack suggests that they go search the island for the beast in hopes to kill it. They don't find it but instead discover a new part of the island that none of them have seen before. This is a significant part of the story because only Ralphand Jack could pass into this land since it was dangerous for the other boys to cross. Jack and Ralph could feel their bond beginning to strengthen again and symbolizes the first reconstructive of the group. Our group thinks that something good could possibly come out of this, whether that be efficiency in things getting done or relationships between characters becoming more civil. ]]> 2017-05-18 15:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/172618976 alroberts https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/173178023 In the first chapter the boys plane gets shot down and they crash onto an island. This is very brutal and they learned that they were the only people on the island. Next they elect Ralph as the leader instead of Jack who becomes the hunter. Now that they have a leader they want to build a signal fire. Jack says he will keep it going but doesn't watch the little ones around it and that causes one of them to perish. In chapter three Ralph and simon are trying to build huts for the little ones but no one seems to think that it should be a priority. Jack is still raged with killing a pig and the littluns just do what they want. Simon goes for a walk and finds peace of mind while the other boys are fighting In chapter four Roger shows his true personality by throwing rocks and stomping out little kids sand castles. This shows that he doesn't care about the feelings of others. I don't think he is trying to make anyone "tougher," he is trying to have fun while he is on this island. While Jack was hunting the signal fire goes out while a ship was on the horizon. Ralph is very angry at Jack because of this but he doesn't care because he cant get his mind off killing a big. I think killing a pig was a good thing for the group but they still are not working together as a group. In chapter five the littl'uns are scared of the monster that they thought they had seen again. I believe this "evil" is in there head because they want to be scared of something. If they are scared of nothing what is the point to anything? In chapter six a parachutist comes down from the sky and scares Sam and Eric. They go and tell the older kids what they saw and Jack wants to go find it. I believe this would be a good idea so that they can finally set things straight with this "monster." Jack and Ralph are bonding while they are trying to find the monster but don't always have the same ideas. Jack wants to do what's good for him and Ralph wants to do what's best for the group.]]> 2017-05-22 15:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/173178023 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/173419585 In the beginning after realizing that they were the only survivors, the boys all took a vote and elected Ralph as the leader of the group. Ralph symbolizes government as he takes charge and attempts to keep things in order and keep the group civilized. They later find a conch shell which they use as a horn to call for assemblies in the future. Ralph is essentially trying to keep a democracy up and running while the group tries to get the attention of any ships passing by using a signal fire, symbolizing hope. Unfortunately their fire goes out before one passing ship sees it.                 Jack leads a group of hunters to look for pigs to hunt as the boys need food to survive. He manages to catch and kill a pig, but gains a bloodlust in the process. From there, the beast within him is slowly unleashed. The littleuns later have nightmares of a beast and become frightened. Despite Simon’s efforts to calm them down, Jack leads them to hunt down any potential beasts.

]]> 2017-05-23 15:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/173419585 mrbullock99 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/174008870 Chapter 7 discusses the undisciplined behavior of the boys and their acts of almost killing Robert while they reenact the hunt of the pig. This represents the breakdown of the group and how evil is within all of them, even Ralph. What started out as fun, turned into a crime scene. It also foreshadows what's to come since every dance they have after a hunt ends up becoming worse and worse, somebody being hurt almost every time. Chapter 8 is the biggest split the group has scene. Ralph's group goes one way while Jack's group goes the other. Jack's group is becoming extremely aggressive, which can be significantly horrid for Ralph's group, as they do not intend on hurting anybody, but only want to survive. When Jack and the hunters find the sow and kill it, it exemplifies a sort of "rape" that is happening since the pig is slaughtered and put out as a sacrifice to the beast with its head on a stake. This is one of the major savage like attempts Jack's group has had in the book. Most of the scenes before this that were bad were just done out of impulsive behavior or accident. But this event tells the reader that Jack's group of boys are becoming sadists and want to do bad just for fun. Chapter 9 is important because is discusses a huge storm that has struck the island along with the chaos that shows up throughout the chapter. We believe that the storm symbolizes the darkness that has fallen upon the boys and even the best of them are turning towards savagery. The boys look up to Jack because he promises them food, which is sorely needed at this point, while Ralph can hardly even promise them shelter, which none of the boys seem to care about. When Simon finds the dead parachuter and attempts to bring back his parachute to tell the boys that the beast was really just in their minds, they think that he is the beast and attack him, murdering him on sight before noticing its really just Simon. We know by this point that the boys have been completely dehumanized and that one of the only sane boys left, Simon, is now gone. The surprising fact that we have not come to grasp is how Ralph has become a savage since he was the leader of the civilized group that just wanted to survive. This may represent the true notion that evil really is inside all of us and that there is no escaping it. in chapter 10, Jack begins to beat boys to show power and for no intention at all. He claims that anyone with Ralph is a threat and wants them to be deceased. Jack has taken on that dictator role by now, ordering boys to do whatever he wants and nobody having any say in it except for himself. When Jack orders his group to go raid Ralph's camp, they beat the boys, take fire wood, and take Piggy's glasses to use to light the fire. Now, along with murder, Jacks group has just stolen from Ralph and committed the sin of greed, wanting all the fire wood for themselves. As you can see, sin is overtaking Jack's group and almost turning them all into "lord's of the flies" themselves. They are becoming more like the Devil while Ralph's group is trying to keep away from that infinitely powerful evil inside of them, pushing towards civilization and order. Our group knows by this point that there is no hope for Ralphs group and Jack's group is too powerful. Does this show that evil is more powerful than good? or that need is more powerful than want? These questions are answered in Chapter 11 when Ralph tries to call one final assembly together to restore order in both groups. Jack wants Ralph to leave since Jack wants to maintain all the power and not share any with Ralph. From this, they brawl in a fight and Piggy tries to give a speech about how the group needs to be reminded of the rules and rescue of the situation. Roger then shoves a giant boulder off a ledge and it hits Piggy, sending him flying off the mountain and dying on impact. This is the climax of the story, as all of Ralph's group has been either murdered or captured. Only Ralph remains and it tells the reader that order is completely lost and its only a matter of time before Ralph too is murdered. In the final chapter, chapter 12, Jack's group is determined to kill Ralph and nothing else. They go on a hunt for him and chase him down to the beach, where it would have been Ralph's final moments. But then a Naval Officer shows up and saves Ralph before being killed and restores peace to the boys. This can be seen as the ultimate act of savagery, as every boy in Jack's group was on a rampage to kill Ralph just because Jack wanted him dead and nothing else. Why was everyone else so easy to follow Jack? its because of their needs over their wants. They needed food, needed a savior from the beast, needed a leader, and needed somebody who could ensure survival. Jack was the only one that stepped up to the plate offering these things and that's why the boys were willing to kill for their leader. It was either kill or be killed. If you weren't on Jack's side then he saw it as you were against him, and anybody against him would be punished or killed. Without order and a governing system or laws and rules to follow, anarchy can occur, and that's exactly what happened. The beast is truly within themselves, and evil has spread like a wild fire throughout the group in the short amount of time spent on the island. From this, one can infer that evil is more powerful than good if there are no rules set. If there is a governing system in place and order is restored, good becomes present once again and shows that it will overpower evil.

]]> 2017-05-26 15:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/174008870 alroberts https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/174440539 In Chapter 7 Ralph joins jack to hunt the pig. After it is over they reenact the hunt and they almost kill roger. This is showing bloodlust and brutality from the hunters and Ralph. Jack thinks he saw the monster at the top of a mountain but it is only the parachutist. Jack says he is leaving and his group follows him. They kill a sow and cut its head off to put it on a stick. This is very brutal because they didn't just kill it they raped it also. Simon talks to the sow head which is now called Lord of the flies. It tells Simon that he can not escape the island. In chapter 9 the boys are dancing around the fire and reenacting a hunt again. During there dance the boys go crazy and don't think straight. Simon is walking back to the camp going to tell everyone that there is no monster it is only the parachutist. Before he gets to them they think he is the monster and kill him. This is very brutal because they killed a human while in this bloodlust. Simon was seen as a sacrifice for lord of the flies. In chapter 10 Jack becomes more brutal by punishing kids for no reason to inflict his power. The hunters go into Ralphs camp beat him up and take piggys glasses. No one listens to Ralph anymore. Ralph tries to go up to jack and call an assembly but jack doesn't want to so they start to fight. Piggy tries to calm them down but Roger pushes a rock on him and kills him. Roger is very cruel and likes to hurt people. In chapter 12 Ralph is the new target and sam and eric start to help jack. Jack wants to find him so bad he ends up burning down the forest. This shows that Jack will destroy anything to get what he wants.]]> 2017-05-30 15:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/174440539 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/174830626 After the hunters go off to search for the beast, Ralph gazes at the ocean and thinks to himself about how undisciplined the hunters have become. This situation is the beginning of an anarchy as the hunters have little recognition of authority and were influenced by a more charismatic leader.  Later on the hunters kill a pig and reenact the hunt, using Robert as the boar, and they nearly kill him before realizing what they were doing. Later on, while still influenced there is a beast on the island, Jack and his group of hunters break away from the rest of the boys and form their own tribe.  The next morning Simon wakes up and finds a dead pilot stuck in his parachute. That night during the hunters dance around the fire, Simon comes out of the jungle and tries to explain to the others that the “beast” they saw was nothing more than an illusion. The hunters don’t recognize him, and as a result, they tear Simon apart with their bare hands and teeth, killing him. The hunters have lost their sense of reality and their inner evils are fully unleashed. Jack, who rules with absolute power, used the boys’ fear of the beast to gain that power and now rules over them with an iron fist. The hunters later raid Ralph and Piggy’s camp, stealing their fire and Piggy’s glasses. Even though Ralph would have shared with him, Jack’s tribe does not care. Ralph is now an outcast to them. The one who wanted to help them survive in peace was thrown out of power and civilization has eroded among the boys. Piggy then tries to assemble them but Roger rolls a boulder down at him from the mountain and Piggy falls to his death. Ralph hides in the jungle in attempt to avoid the hunters and the chaos that has overrun the island. In attempt to flush Ralph out of hiding, the hunters light the jungle on fire. A passing naval ship spots the fire and an officer proceeds to the island where he finds the boys. Realizing that they are saved, the boys are moved and ashamed of what they had become as they regain their sense of reality and break their influence with the Lord of the Flies.]]> 2017-06-01 15:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/4Blog/wish/174830626