Cup. 7 Blog post

In chapter 7, the author uses third person to kind of give you an idea of what everyone is feeling. Writing this chapter from third person allowed the author to give insight on the thoughts and concerns that each individual person could be having. In this chapter, the group of boys go and search for the beastie in the woods. The fear factor definitely plays a role in this as each boy is scared at least a little, and telling the story in third person allows the author to tell us that with more detail.

Chp. 4 Response

One connection I can make with the text is when the children start to have doubts about what is in the forest. As a kid, I was scared of the dark and would often find myself wondering what sort of unknowns were in it. More often than not,  I thought about scary things, like the kids and the beastie. Humans fear the unknown and as a kid, that unknown for me was the dark.

Comparison

This represents Ralph in that he is immature and wouldn't agree with Jack over what takes priority

Chp. 3 M.E.A.T

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author shows Jack and Ralph's to be one with both many disagreement s on priorities and differences in beliefs.
"Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I'd like to catch a pig first-" He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground. The opaque, mad look came into his eyes again. Ralph looked at him critically through his tangle of fair hair." Pg. 53. This quote shows the difference between Ralph's and Jacks opinion. Jacks first priority is to catch a pig whereas Ralph wants to build a shelter and get rescued.
"I was talking about smoke! Don't you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig,pig,pig!" "But we all want meat!" This quote shows that Jack believes everyone wants meat. On the other hand, Ralph believes everyone wants shelter and to be rescued.
All in all, both Jack and Ralph have their difference in beliefs. In time though, they might find a way to bring their two beliefs together.

Chp. 2 Response

I wonder why the author has the kids try to start a fire. So I think he has the kids start a fire because he wanted to show just how naive and not mature all of them are. Just the idea of starting a fire gets the kids all riled up in anticipation for a fire. This probably has to do with the fact that fire was forbidden in their homes so making one is both against the rules and exciting. They are not mature because the kids don't realize that fire is a dangerous and potentially harmful thing. The entire forest could be burned down.