"Responding to Heston, it makes sense that the darkness is internalizing itself over time except for the fact that the younger boys have become increasingly dark too, so what explains their lack of clothes?
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The Cities Inside Us By Alberto RíosWe live in secret citiesAnd we travel unmapped roads.We speak words between us that we recognizeBut…Continue
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Posted by Dustin Driskill on April 15, 2012 at 6:54pm 13 Comments 0 Likes
"Innate Savagery", that was what started class off. Holden decided to hand out pieces of paper with "innate savagery" written on them, as sort of an impromptu discussion card. Needless to say Holden thought that this theme was a major part of Lord of The Flies and in particular one that could answer many questions in our concluding discussion. A few laughs were had with them, but for the most part, the discussion was one of originality and substance with few uses of the…
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Last day o' discussion!
Posted by Georgia Whatcott on April 14, 2012 at 10:07pm 13 Comments 0 Likes
Ok, sorry this is up a wee bit late...technical difficulties. Anyway, we kicked off Friday's Lord of the Flies discussion with a little trip to the movies to watch Piggy's death. We may have set our expectations too high for a lego movie when it came to blood and brains, but the legos never fail to deliver. It was positively riveting. The black and white 60's version, which should be noted for its extremely high quality cinemetography, didn't do much blood-and-guts-wise, but it it…
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Innate Savagery.... I mean, the Last Discussion!
Posted by Kevin Tyler on April 14, 2012 at 3:42pm 20 Comments 0 Likes
The class began with Holden handing out cheat-sheets to everyone in the class that had "Innate savagery" written on them. I applaud your innate cleverness Holden! Anyway, we then listened to Golding talk about his book; he even answered some of our questions, such as "Why didn't he pick girls to land on the island?" For those of you who weren't there, he simply responded "Because I'm a boy!" (among with some other reasons). We then watched Piggy's death scene from the 1970's movie…
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Arrgh. Gfajkhfgsdjfer....interpret THAT.
Posted by Haylee Michelle Johnson on April 14, 2012 at 3:30pm 11 Comments 0 Likes
Alright. This is late. Shame. Typed in Word, yet Haylee didn’t upload to Tweaverville. Realized while eating breakfast this morning. You care so much. But here we go...
Thursday's discussion:
Heston asks why Piggy justifies Simon's death by saying they were scared, etc...
Jessie: Piggy knows it was Simon, but feels the need to settle both of their consciences by excluding themselves from the situation. By not quite standing in the circle, this shows that they are not…
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Adrianne Medina commented on Elizabeth Brooks's blog post Scribe Notes Tuesday April 3rd"The Beast, in these chapters, seems to represent the fear of the boys. I think Mitch made a nice case for this, saying that not all the boys are convinced of the beast but when the fear manifests as the boys talk about it, the fear creeps up…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Adrianne Medina's blog post Scribe Notes 4th Hour Monday April 2nd"Unlike Eric, I think that we as humans all posses evil inside of us. And like Jacob, I think that he is making the point that we can suppress this evil, it is just brought out in the boys on island because they no longer have a need to…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Alexandra Downs's blog post What went down on Friday."Society is evidently starting to disappear in these chapters. The conch begins to lose its power. Jack begins to disregard the signal fire. Ralph and Jack start to fight for power and Piggy is picked on. I agree with Tyler that all these…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Holden Brimhall's blog post 3/28/12 Scribe Notes"I think that Jacob made a good point when he ways that Golding drew a parallel between the leaders in the real world and the leaders within the boys world. Ralph won when Piggy, the most intelligent, should have. But when it comes down…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Jaden Bankhead's blog post Surprise, more Lord of the Flies, Guys. 4th hour. 4/9/12 Discussion"I think Mitch made an excellent point. In my opinion, Golding was trying to make a commentary on human behavior as a whole, while relating it to a setting of war. World War II is a perfect comparison, but the parallels don't need to be…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Eric Staples's blog post Lard of the Flees 4/11/12"I agree with Jacob, that this was no longer killing, but just a motion they boys went through to feel as one. The killing brings them together as a pack of animals."
Adrianne Medina commented on Haylee Michelle Johnson's blog post Arrgh. Gfajkhfgsdjfer....interpret THAT."Going off of Mrs. Weaver's comment that in Jack's group, as opposed to the ones in Ralph's, are not separated by littluns and older boys, I feel that this distinction is important to the idea that when Jack takes over, the boys are…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Sam Vest's blog post THE END!"I, like David, enjoyed the point that Emily made about the island returning to its natural state, and agree with David about the the possibility that Golding used the rebirth of the island to show that any society was susceptible to savagery, that…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Kevin Tyler's blog post Innate Savagery.... I mean, the Last Discussion!"Responding to Heston, I can see what he means by Samneric being representative of a form of schizophrenia. Since the boys are twins their split, like their fighting noted earlier by Piggy is a symbol of brother turning on brother, a sign that…"
Adrianne Medina commented on Dustin Driskill's blog post Our last discussion"I agree with Mitch. They really would've died if they hadn't been rescued. They were almost to the point of no return. Ralph couldn't evade capture forever. The boys had killed off any source of food and killed off any source of…"
Heston Scott Hamilton commented on Mina Amiri's blog post Scribe Notes for Fourth Hour 4/4"It's also worth noting that scraps of black choir clothing and hats remained on Jack's group for quite some time, while other boys, the littluns especially, have no clothing. Could it be that the darkness represented by the clothing is…"
Heston Scott Hamilton commented on Jaden Bankhead's blog post Surprise, more Lord of the Flies, Guys. 4th hour. 4/9/12 Discussion"Personally, I believe defining the characters with WWII parties such as Nazi Germany (which we have attempted with lackluster results) is definitely a stretch. Yes, the war was relevant at the time, and yes, Golding may have included political…"
Heston Scott Hamilton commented on Sam Vest's blog post THE END!"I especially enjoyed Holden's comments about baptism. Having already discussed baptism by water, the cleansing of the island by the baptism by fire set off by the boys gained new meaning. The island underwent a sort of spiritual rebirth as the…"
Heston Scott Hamilton commented on Haylee Michelle Johnson's blog post Arrgh. Gfajkhfgsdjfer....interpret THAT."If Jack is to maintain his authoritative hold on the boys, he has to be prepared to take extreme measures to do so. We've seen this in the defamation of Ralph and Piggy by Jack, Simon's death, and the brutality with which he treats the…"
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