Q2 W6 Comments

Bea- https://beassblogg.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-to.html?showComment=1480365935116#c4524303919871661683

Mary Francis- https://maryfrancissblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-to-stay-close-to-your-sibling-when.html?showComment=1480366072426#c1375130409109753079

Symbolism

Jane is shopping at the mall. She is using all of her money like any other teenager, until she is pushed while walking from a fight. She turns around to see that 2 people are having a fight. She doesn’t do anything and keeps on walking. The fight hits another person named Evan, and he just takes a picture of the fight and uploads it to social media.

Finally, a person named Emily brakes up the fight. She gives the 2 men band aids, and doesn’t leave until they are okay. This quality the Emily has is very special. At a certain point inline, you have to decide if you are going to be like Jane and Evan, or Emily. Everyone thinks that they will be like Emily, but when a situation arises, they get scared and walk away. 

Jane: Bystander, scared, doesn’t step up 

Evan: Bystander, tries to be “cool” by uploading the fight

Emily: Upstander, peace, order

How to live with a sibling

Living with a sibling can be tough. You are sometimes not favored, even though your parents say they don’t have favorites. Follow this guide to learn how to live with a sibling. First things first, create a good bond. You will create no greater friends than your brother/sister. Even though you might think you are better friends with someone else, you aren’t. You and your sibling will know each other so well that they can order your food at restaurants without even asking you. Second, do some pranks! You will have the biggest laughs with your sibling, and this will also strengthen your bond. It’s always fun doing pranks because you know that you are going to get something in return, so be on the lookout.

Lastly, enjoy their company, especially if you have a older sibling. Even though there are many bumps along the road, and you feel like you hate your sibling at some points, you will miss them so much when he/she leaves. I am saying this off of my experience; my sister just left to go to college, and I miss seeing her every day. Take in their presence, and occasionally go to the movies or somewhere with your sibling. 

Q2 W5 comments

Liza- Critical scene from LOTF- http://lizasenglish1blog.blogspot.com/2016/11/critical-scene-from-lotf.html

Anna- LOTF Response- https://annakweb.blogspot.com/2016/11/lotf-responce_11.html?showComment=1479255711724#c1207076008950683054

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Not very often my whole extended family is together at once. This includes my grandma, uncles, aunts, cousins, and of course, my family. I love sitting around the table and taking in their presence. My family has a lot of humor, and normally at some point I laugh until I can’t breathe. From telling me what’s in style, to taking selfies on snapchat, it’s never a dull moment with them. 

After my sister left for college, I really started to take gratitude when my family is together. I was so used to her being home, and now she is starting her life away from home. I leave in 3 years, and I will do the same. Now when she comes home, I enjoy it and make new memories to remember. 3 of my cousins are graduating this year, and I remember when we were all kids playing uno, building forts, and playing twister.  There’s so many countless memories from thanksgiving from our childhood, but I know that we will make new ones. 

critical scene from LOTF

I think that a critical scene from Lord of the Flies that everyone needs to understand was when Ralph was running for his life (literally), and encountered the pig's skull on the stick. This was in chapter 12 and the conch was mentioned again even though it has been shattered by now. It said, “He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer him cynically.”

After the discussion in class, the conch is also a symbolic object in that line. It used to be pink, but it eventually wore away and faded into white. When the boys arrived, they were rational humans, but as time passed, they could care less about being rescued and the pink “wore away”. The pig’s skull is symbolic to the conch. The pig used to be pink, and now it’s white. When I read that line for the first time, I did not read it that deeply and didn’t see its symbolism. Now I see its symbolism and that is why this line is an important line for everyone to know. 

Q2 W4 comments

Griff- https://griffsenglishblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/q2-w4-lotf-post.html?showComment=1478646980669#c2282101103024216622

Kaya- https://kayar82.blogspot.com/2016/11/skyrim.html?showComment=1478647200715#c800507143892790823

My own prompt

At Ninfas, there was always this one desert that a symbolic item for me as a child. It had fried dough, bananas, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate chips. Every time my family went to eat at Ninfas, there was question about ordering that desert or not. The flavor of this desert was so indescribably good, and there were never any remains.

However, as I got older, my family and I just stopped ordering it. This was a symbolic item of my childhood because it showed that I am growing up. I got this desert about a week ago for the first time in about 3 years, and while I was eating, childhood memories were popping in my head. I associate this desert with wonderful memories, and I will always get this desert every once in a while as memory of my childhood.  

Lord of the Flies Response

The passage I am going to use is:

The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.  Once there was this and that; and now--and the ship had gone. [... Jack refusing to give Piggy the floor when he has the conch...]

"The rules!" shouted Ralph.  "You're breaking the rules!"

"Who cares?"

Ralph summoned his wits.

"Because the rules are the only thing we've got!"

But Jack was shouting against him.

"Bollocks to the rules!  We're strong--we hunt!  If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down!  We'll close in and beat and beat and beat--!" (91)

This passage is important in The Lord of the Flies in so many ways. Rules are the only thing that are holding the boys together. They frequently argue, and dispute about the fire. The rules were the only thing to hold them together, and in this passage the rules are abandoned. 

This is significant because from here on now the boys will start to fall apart, and so will their “society”. I read ahead a little bit, and this is true. Even though this book has had a slow start, it has a very good plot, and I am excited to read more to see what happens. So far, Jack and Rodger are the only two boys that have lost their sanity.