Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Lord of the Flies starts of with a group of British boys whose plane crashes on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. With no adults, the boys are left to fend for and govern themselves. The boys range in age from six to twelve, and Ralph, one of the older boys, becomes “chief” with the assistance of a conch shell.
The first trouble begins when the boys become fearful of a “beast” somewhere on the island. Troubles aside, they decide it would be best to build a fire to signal any passing ships. To do so, they use the glasses of a boy named Piggy.
Things heat up when another boy, Jack, jealous of Ralph’s power, decides the boys should devote their energies to hunting food instead of maintaining the fire. Jack, among many others, seems to become more and more savage the longer they are on the island. Meanwhile our other key player, a wise and philosophical boy named Simon, works with Piggy to build shelters.
It all goes swimmingly until these conflicts become not so strange and the boys who are supposed to be tending the fire skip out on their duties to kill a pig. The scene makes all the boys seem like primitive savages instead of well-behaved British gentlemen. The blood and gore of the hunt is all very exciting until they realize that, while they were out being bloodthirsty boys, the fire went out and a ship passed by without noticing them. Jack has also managed to punch Piggy in the face and break one lens of his glasses.
Right about this time a dead man attached to a parachute blows in Mary-Poppins-style to the island. The war going on outside the island seems to be responsible for the fact that he is dead. Anyway, the mysterious parachuting creature is mistaken for the beast, and the boys begin a massive hunt to kill it. Only Simon is doubtful that there is such a creature, believing instead that the beast is part of them, that their fears are only about themselves. He goes off into the woods to contemplate the situation while Jack and Ralph ascend the mountain and find the beast but don’t stick around long enough to see that it is in fact only a dead man.
Back in the group, Jack decides Ralph shouldn’t be chief anymore. He secedes from the union, if you will, and invites whoever wants to come with him and kill things. Ralph and Piggy set about building the fire, but realize by the end of it that most of the older children have gone, presumably to join Jack. During all of this, Simon is hidden in his nifty meditation spot, watching Jack and Co. hunt a pig. This time, they slaughter a fat mother pig, cut off her head, and jam it onto a stick in the ground.
Simon stares at the head, which he calls “the Lord of the Flies” as it tells him that it is the beast and that it is part of him. Simon passes out, gets a bloody nose, and wakes up covered in sweat, blood, and other generally disgusting things. Despite all this, he decides to continue up the mountain to face the beast. Simon discovers that the beast is in fact just a man. Then he vomits and staggers down the mountain.
By now, Ralph and Piggy are attending a big feast/party that Jack is throwing. It’s all a frenzied reenactment of the pig hunt until Simon, still bloody, sweaty, and covered in puke, stumbles down into the center of the crazed boys. He tries to tell them about the beast, but he is unrecognizable and the boys jab at him with their spears until he is dead. Again, the boys are portrayed as savage animals.
Simon’s body is washed out to sea that night, as is the body of the dead parachuting man. Ralph and Piggy later convince themselves they didn’t take part in murdering Simon.
It’s all downhill from here; Jack’s crew attacks Ralph and Piggy and steals Piggy's eyeglasses to make fire on their own. When Ralph and Piggy decide to calmly talk it out with the “savages,” Roger pushes a huge boulder off a cliff which kills Piggy. Ralph ends up running for his life, finds out that there’s a head-on-stick future planned for him, and at last makes it to the shore of the island where he runs into…an officer of the British Navy. The boys are rescued from their mock war, but we’re left with the image of the Navy’s “trim cruiser” from the real war of the adults.
The first trouble begins when the boys become fearful of a “beast” somewhere on the island. Troubles aside, they decide it would be best to build a fire to signal any passing ships. To do so, they use the glasses of a boy named Piggy.
Things heat up when another boy, Jack, jealous of Ralph’s power, decides the boys should devote their energies to hunting food instead of maintaining the fire. Jack, among many others, seems to become more and more savage the longer they are on the island. Meanwhile our other key player, a wise and philosophical boy named Simon, works with Piggy to build shelters.
It all goes swimmingly until these conflicts become not so strange and the boys who are supposed to be tending the fire skip out on their duties to kill a pig. The scene makes all the boys seem like primitive savages instead of well-behaved British gentlemen. The blood and gore of the hunt is all very exciting until they realize that, while they were out being bloodthirsty boys, the fire went out and a ship passed by without noticing them. Jack has also managed to punch Piggy in the face and break one lens of his glasses.
Right about this time a dead man attached to a parachute blows in Mary-Poppins-style to the island. The war going on outside the island seems to be responsible for the fact that he is dead. Anyway, the mysterious parachuting creature is mistaken for the beast, and the boys begin a massive hunt to kill it. Only Simon is doubtful that there is such a creature, believing instead that the beast is part of them, that their fears are only about themselves. He goes off into the woods to contemplate the situation while Jack and Ralph ascend the mountain and find the beast but don’t stick around long enough to see that it is in fact only a dead man.
Back in the group, Jack decides Ralph shouldn’t be chief anymore. He secedes from the union, if you will, and invites whoever wants to come with him and kill things. Ralph and Piggy set about building the fire, but realize by the end of it that most of the older children have gone, presumably to join Jack. During all of this, Simon is hidden in his nifty meditation spot, watching Jack and Co. hunt a pig. This time, they slaughter a fat mother pig, cut off her head, and jam it onto a stick in the ground.
Simon stares at the head, which he calls “the Lord of the Flies” as it tells him that it is the beast and that it is part of him. Simon passes out, gets a bloody nose, and wakes up covered in sweat, blood, and other generally disgusting things. Despite all this, he decides to continue up the mountain to face the beast. Simon discovers that the beast is in fact just a man. Then he vomits and staggers down the mountain.
By now, Ralph and Piggy are attending a big feast/party that Jack is throwing. It’s all a frenzied reenactment of the pig hunt until Simon, still bloody, sweaty, and covered in puke, stumbles down into the center of the crazed boys. He tries to tell them about the beast, but he is unrecognizable and the boys jab at him with their spears until he is dead. Again, the boys are portrayed as savage animals.
Simon’s body is washed out to sea that night, as is the body of the dead parachuting man. Ralph and Piggy later convince themselves they didn’t take part in murdering Simon.
It’s all downhill from here; Jack’s crew attacks Ralph and Piggy and steals Piggy's eyeglasses to make fire on their own. When Ralph and Piggy decide to calmly talk it out with the “savages,” Roger pushes a huge boulder off a cliff which kills Piggy. Ralph ends up running for his life, finds out that there’s a head-on-stick future planned for him, and at last makes it to the shore of the island where he runs into…an officer of the British Navy. The boys are rescued from their mock war, but we’re left with the image of the Navy’s “trim cruiser” from the real war of the adults.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Discussion Notes
- Having internet helps people around the world ask questions that anyone can answer. People are able to answer questions and learn in another way.
- Learning opportunities don't stop in the classroom, because you have people out there who are able to help you out and teach you something you want to learn.
- In the cyber world we are able to do something great and are able to change the world.
- "First step to bettering the world starts with question" and we can solve our issues through this way without leading to violence.
- The more rules you have, the harder it is to break those habits. They have helped you survive and stay out of trouble.
- Do what you love, but its also as important to love what you do
- Everything you do requires trade offs and even if you love it, then it will eventually turn into work.
- School is so directed and has so many restrictions. This has taken away from people self-learning and has take away people's ability to go out and learn on there own.
These concepts can enhance my learning because it gives me a reason to go and learn something on my own. Like we said in class, school has taught us to go things a certain way and that has take away from our self-learning that we do when we are younger. Also something like video makes me want to make some questions of my own and figure out the answers to those. If I were to do that then I would be learning in the process and not even really realizing it.
They can help me for the Ap test because they give me the idea to ask questions about what I don't know and try to figure that out. I can find ways to learn how to write a better essay or to do better on the multiple choice section. Also if we were to learn in a different way like we were talking about in class, I think I will have more enthusiasm for the class. Then I will eventually be more successful on the Ap test.
We will be able to collaborate with other people by putting reaching out to people. Whether that being asking a question or finding a common interest with that person. It will also improve the information exchange and overall value of your learning network. There will be an exchange because the people we are reaching out to will be able to answer questions we have and they will be able to use our blogs in whatever way they want too.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
What is 'dropping knowledge?' video notes
The Internet allows globalization, localization and delocalization.
Listen talk and understand each others religion concepts and view points of the world.
How do perceive the world around you? Is it strange and unfamiliar or you have an understanding.
Every effort to change the world starts with asking questions.
There needs to be big meetings to discus the issues that people question.
The modern form of communication is from multiple viewpoints and these people asking questions.
Even though we are all different we have a lot of the same problems.
We should come together as one to celebrate diversity and multiple viewpoints.
Present voices aren't usually magnified in the media.
Are brands more powerful than governments? Some brands are more powerful and some brands are governments.
If Darwin's theory is right and life began in Africa, why are African states less developed than western states? It's not about the theory it's about power relations and how they are structured, we need to deconstruct and separate power.
If these questions are asked how are we going to get the world to listen? The answers will be on the Internet and will be protected by a copy left
license there fore every answer belongs to society and everyone will be able to work with these answers.
What's your question???
Listen talk and understand each others religion concepts and view points of the world.
How do perceive the world around you? Is it strange and unfamiliar or you have an understanding.
Every effort to change the world starts with asking questions.
There needs to be big meetings to discus the issues that people question.
The modern form of communication is from multiple viewpoints and these people asking questions.
Even though we are all different we have a lot of the same problems.
We should come together as one to celebrate diversity and multiple viewpoints.
Present voices aren't usually magnified in the media.
Are brands more powerful than governments? Some brands are more powerful and some brands are governments.
If Darwin's theory is right and life began in Africa, why are African states less developed than western states? It's not about the theory it's about power relations and how they are structured, we need to deconstruct and separate power.
If these questions are asked how are we going to get the world to listen? The answers will be on the Internet and will be protected by a copy left
license there fore every answer belongs to society and everyone will be able to work with these answers.
What's your question???
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Literature Analysis 5
1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two friends named George and Lennie, they are going to a new job to work on a ranch. George is a shorter man but very smart and witty, on the other hand Lennie is a bigger stronger man but slow on the intellectual side. We learn Lennie has a mental disability and George is the one who has to take care of him. There are sometimes when George feels life would be easier if he didn't have Lennie, but its obvious their friendship and devotion is mutual. The men arrive at the ranch and George tells the boss that the two of them are cousins and Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse when he was young. They are hired and meet the workers for the first time a short period after that. George admits to Slim that he and Lennie are not cousins and they are best friends. He tells him that Lennie has gotten them into trouble in the past, like their last job where he got accused of rape. Candy gives in to the pressure and lets Carlson kill his old dog. Curley picks a fight with Lennie and in the altercation Lennie breaks his hand. The next night the men go out and Lennie is left behind with Crooks and Curleys wife. While in the barn Curleys wife approaches Lennie in the barn, he tells her he likes to pet soft things and starts petting her hair. He pulls to hard and she starts screaming and in an attempt to quiet her he snaps her neck. Lennie leaves to the spot where George told him to go if he got into trouble. George meets him there a short time later and doesn't seem mad but just talks to his best friend. While his head is turned he puts the gun to his head and kills his friend out of mercy. When the rest of the people get there, they are confused on what had happened as Slim and George walk off.
2. One thing in this novel is friendship and how much of an impact it can have on people. The friendship between George and Lennie is very strong and is the closest thing to brothers either of them have. They both have one another's best interest in mind, protect each other, and know that there is someone in the world who is dedicated to looking over them. They each have a dream that brings their friendship even closer and that dream is what shapes their life. Even though there is a tragic end to the story, there is still no doubt that their friendship is as strong as ever at the end of the story.
3. The tone for Of Mice and Men is both sentimental and tragic. It is sentimental in the fact that the audience starts to gain compassion for Lennie and then there is a plot twist towards the end. The audience feels bad for Lennie and that's why there is a sentimental tone to it. It is tragic because right when you get a sense that things are starting to go right for George and Lennie, there is a turn in the story that brings a sense of failure for their life.
4. One literary technique that is used often are symbols. One symbol is George and Lennie's Farm and this is what their dream is. It also seduces all the characters in the story and it also makes the reader want to believe that there is the possibility of a free life. The farm gives a sense of freedom and protection from the outside world. There is also foreshadowing and one example from the book is when Lennie is petting the dead mouse at the beginning of the story. We learn that he likes to pet soft stuff and ends up killing some animals. At the end of the story he accidentally kills the bunny which leads to his downfall and eventually his death.
2. One thing in this novel is friendship and how much of an impact it can have on people. The friendship between George and Lennie is very strong and is the closest thing to brothers either of them have. They both have one another's best interest in mind, protect each other, and know that there is someone in the world who is dedicated to looking over them. They each have a dream that brings their friendship even closer and that dream is what shapes their life. Even though there is a tragic end to the story, there is still no doubt that their friendship is as strong as ever at the end of the story.
3. The tone for Of Mice and Men is both sentimental and tragic. It is sentimental in the fact that the audience starts to gain compassion for Lennie and then there is a plot twist towards the end. The audience feels bad for Lennie and that's why there is a sentimental tone to it. It is tragic because right when you get a sense that things are starting to go right for George and Lennie, there is a turn in the story that brings a sense of failure for their life.
4. One literary technique that is used often are symbols. One symbol is George and Lennie's Farm and this is what their dream is. It also seduces all the characters in the story and it also makes the reader want to believe that there is the possibility of a free life. The farm gives a sense of freedom and protection from the outside world. There is also foreshadowing and one example from the book is when Lennie is petting the dead mouse at the beginning of the story. We learn that he likes to pet soft stuff and ends up killing some animals. At the end of the story he accidentally kills the bunny which leads to his downfall and eventually his death.
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