Lord of the Flies #7

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 think the violation among the students at schools is very related to this novel. I kept thinking about the scene where Simon is killed by the evil people trying to tell them the messages. Simon realized that there are beasts inside of the people. Nowadays, the students are getting more wicked and mean. The students try to do whatever they want to do, even though it's not what the students should do. Also the boys are going more into the dangers and chaos, which is very sad. The boys never listen to anyone. When the other boys kill Piggy and destroy the conch shell, Ralph flees from Jack’s tribe and encounters the naval officer on the beach.The falling action makes the novel to shed some light. When I was reading this book, I felt weird and sad several times. Each time the boys are trying to bother the others and kill them, I felt stupid and awful. I wanted to go into the book and fix the situation. In Korea, lots of schools are making laws and rules so that they can protect their students well. But in the book, there is no protection for those who already died. I really hoped them to live.
Overall, I liked the story because it made me to think once more and think of the world first.

Lord of the Flies #6

what is the major theme of this novel? why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

Civilization vs. savagery; the loss of innocence; innate human evil

This theme is very important to a teenager living in 2007, because nowadays there are lots of teenagers who keep the evil inside of themselves. ALso there are many people who are guilty and evil around us. The innocence is getting lost by the people in the world. The people become selfish and mean. The people try to live only for themselves and never try to help the others. Even if there are some people trying to help the others, some citizens don't look at that situation as a good one. They try to misunderstand the events if it's not satisfying them.
The teenagers should be honest and kind to the others, not hurting the others with their words and actions.

Lord of the Flies #5

are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? or disturbing? or memorable? describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

The deserted tropical island makes me to think of the place clearly. One boy is killed by the others and they don't try to listen to Simon. Also the people are totally different from us, so I get to think of them once more. The story is very similar to the present that the people only think about themselves and they are selfish.

Lord of the Flies #4

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.

. His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

This quotation says about Jack’s mental state in the aftermath of killing his first pig, another milestone in the boys’ decline into savage behavior. Jack exults in the kill and is unable to think about anything else because his mind is “crowded with memories” of the hunt. Golding explicitly connects Jack’s exhilaration with the feelings of power and superiority he experienced in killing the pig. Jack’s excitement stems not from pride at having found food and helped the group but from having “outwitted” another creature and “imposed” his will upon it. Earlier in the novel, Jack claims that hunting is important to provide meat for the group; now, it becomes clear that Jack’s obsession with hunting is due to the satisfaction it provides his primal instincts and has nothing to do with contributing to the common good.

Lord of the Flies #3

what is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?
Dark; violent; pessimistic; tragic; unsparing
This novel saddens me when there are the boys trying to kill Simon although he was just trying to tell the messages to him. Also since the place where it's setting is a deserted island, it makes me more nervous and sad.

Lord of the Flies #2

what is the climax of this novel? what happens? how do the events of this novel make you feel?
Simon encounters the Lord of the Flies in the forest glade and realizes that the beast is not a physical entity but rather something that exists within each boy on the island. When Simon tries to approach the other boys and convey this message to them, they fall on him and kill him savagely. This event makes me to think of the cruelness of the world. Even though it's talking about the beast that's inside each of the boys, there are people who really keep psychological beasts in themselves.

Lord of the Flies #1

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?

Ralph - The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. Ralph attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. Ralph represents human beings’ civilizing instinct, as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack embodies.

Jack - The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. Jack becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses. Jack, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents.

I like the characters, because they are close to the teenagers which I can feel similar to. Also they are special because the young people are leading the story.

Question 7

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"?

North Koreans are similar to the story, in my opinion. They are caught by the country. They can't do what they want to do. Also they are poor, so they need to starve days and days. If they do anything that looks like a spy, they have to be caught and tortured. There are some North Koreans coming to South Korea secretly crossing the rivers. They want to get new lives that are more hopeful and comfortable mentally and physically. The novel also make the people follow their commands and do what what the government make them to do. They can't even buy an object they want to buy without any permission. Winston bought a diary secretly and wrote diary, trying not to be caught by the thoughtpolice. The novel doesn't give any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed", and I don't think North Korea would be changed even though there comes out a book about the solution.