Jack C's English 1 Blog 2016

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The young children's playground is buzzing with activity at noon on Tuesday. Little Peter can always be seen talking to the kid crying over his parents divorce. Max is typically causing trouble, beating smaller kids noses into the dirt as Lucy tries to stop the fights with her little, soft, seldom heard voice.  Sam is usually sitting on the bench, reading, his huge glasses resting on his nose.  Then there is Billy, the one who does different things on different days. He is like a clean slate every recess. He can be driven to help others, or to harm. He can lean toward intelligence, or toward peace. Kids like him are the ones who will decide what direction this world is headed in. There is always the good and the evil, but the ones in between can be forgotten at times. There is always that point in a young one's life in which he or she decides whether he or she will be good or evil. Peter: Kindess/compassion Max: Evil Lucy: Peace Sam: Intelligence/knowledge

Middle school is portrayed as awkward, rough, and miserable in movies and books. There is plenty of nasty things in middle school, but it's only as bad as you make it. I had my fair share of struggles in middle school, nut overall it wasn't too bad. One fatal mistake in middle school is trying to be "popular." Nobody will care about that later on and you should just try to get some good friends who make you feel good about yourself. This is especially important if your middle school feeds into a high school, because these could very well be your friends until you graduate. The people you are friends with influence you in ways you can't imagine. Even if you don't think they do, others notice. That means they can influence you in a good or bad way. As cliché as it sounds: don't hang out with the wrong crowd. Your friends are seen by others as a direct reflection of who you are. For example if your friend who you always hang out with is seen as a jerk, they...

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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the weather at that time of year. It also means one important thing for me, even though we don't do it any more. It means my cousins are coming in town. Every year they used to come in town and we would have the best time. I look back on those memories and could cry right now. They are some of the best memories I have. Sometimes I wish things could stay just like they were. Now one of those cousins has passed away and we only have one. They don't come down for Thanksgiving anymore because it is very hard. They usually make it anther time, but it's not the same. There are of course still other great thanksgiving traditions I have like hunting over the break and watching LSU play, but it's all changed.

On page 143, Simon is talked to by the Lord of the Flies. The lord of the flies is really just a dead pig head. It is very debatable whether this is a hallucination on Simon's part or real. I believe that it is real in this story because it is symbolism of Simon as a Jesus-like figure. The lord of the flies says stuff like,"I'm warning you, I'm going to get angry." He has a bad temper and is very symbolic of Satan tempting Jesus. Another thing he says is "I'm the reason why it's no go." This shows that the beast has been interacting in the island all along. This gives us a lot of insight to Jack and the others' motives. This shows us that Satan may be acting on their behalf. Even if this is a hallucination, it is still very important to the story.

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The most shocking, scarring experience of my life was without a doubt the death of my cousin. I was in the 4th grade when it happened, and I didn't know much about the world. I had never had a major event even close to the magnitude of my cousin's taking of his own life occur. Whenever I heard the words come out of my mother's mouth, I couldn't even process it. It wasn't until about 20 minutes later when I got in the shower that I really understood what happened. I bawled my eyes out, collapsing on the floor, desperately trying to get a grip on the whole situation. I guess I should provide a little bit of background information: My cousin, Connor, lived in New Hampshire. He was 14 when he passed, a freshman in high school, just as I am now. He was an extraordinarily smart kid, a lover of the Boston Red Sox, my favorite team. He, his younger brother Drew, and his mom, Aunt Tara (aka Uncle Fred) would usually visit on Thanksgivings. Those are some of my fondest chi...

In this passage, there is a quarrel over who gets to speak between Piggy and Jack. Ralph is also involved, he is on Piggy's side. Piggy has the conch and he is the one who deserves to talk, based on the system of rules that is in place. Jack is disrespecting that system and he is saying that he doesn't care about the rules. There is a bit of a direct representation of how this book is symbolized in this small disagreement. You have Ralph and Piggy on team logic, while Jack is on team power. This passage is ver important to he book because it is the last straw before Jack splits off. It is also very important because it shows that Ralph really favors Piggy over Jack as well as logic over brute force. It also gives us a further image of the animal-like Jack. Overall, it is a small event that ends up being huge because of built up resentment between Jack and Ralph.