Blog #2

This week in class, we started reading and discussing Lord of the Flies, by William Golding!



Lord of the Flies!

 We have started reading this story and we have been discussing what has happened so far in the story. Golding is a very good writer, so far he has descirbed everything with deep thinking. He takes writing to another level by showing us pictures and giving us descriptions of what the characters look like and feel. Golding has described Ralph as a white boy with dark hair that is very well-built and handsome. He is very leader-like and is prepared and thinks ahead of what he has to do or will do. He is very mature and takes things seriously and is probably in the middle/upper class. Golding also describes Piggy as a chubby boy and more of a closed person where he communicates but is shy at times. He does not like to be called "Piggy" because that is what they used to call him at his school. When Ralph introduces piggy to everyone, Piggy felt ignominy because he told Ralph he didn't want to be called Piggy! Jack is very thin and bony. He wants to be leader, but Ralph is more mature and leader-like than Jack. Jack is more bossy and likes to tell people what to do. He has freckles and blue eyes. He is very sociable and likes to do adventurous things! Simon is a very small boy, I assume that because Ralph and Jack say that Simon walks in the middle of them and they can talk over his head. Simon is very sociable and likes to do the hard/working/difficult things.All these characters are unique from one another because they all have their own characteristics and beliefs. At first when Ralph and Jack meet they do not really like each other, but then slowly the start bantering with each other and becoming more like friends because in order to survive on the island they have to work together like a team!  

                           

The boys have all been evacuated by a plane because the plane was going to crash. One of the boys said that he saw part of the plane with fire.Now they are in a deserted island with no one else on it ..only boys who aren't very mature enough to know what to do. Now the boys have to learn how to work together to find food, shelter, and learn how to stay safe.


http://www.rapturedays.com/apps/forums/topics/show/4551063-thai-navy-rescues-tourists-stranded-on-islands-
In this current event, there were big, heavy rains in Southern Thailand that left stranded many tourists on islands in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand. The Thai navy rescued up to 730 travelers and took them aboard on the Royal Thai Navy's sole aircraft carrier, where they had to spend the night camping on mats. The flood affected 840,000 people in eight southern provinces and inundated 61 highways ! This current event related back to Ralph and the boys that were stranded on the island all by themselves without adults, food, or shelter. The boys can't go anywhere because water surrounds them on all sides! They will soon understand that they will have to work together or else they will die of starvation or shelter!