Mind Domination!!! DX

Last night, my father was talking to me about the importance of being in control of your life. My dad has always told me to never be afraid to speak my mind or standing for what I believe in. He tells me to never be intimidated by anyone because intimidation is a weakness. He warns me to keep my guard up and under any condition not to let weaknesses be shown. He explains: some people are just waiting for an opportunity to pounce and gradually they break you down. That's if you let them of course. My dad has a saying, "Quien la mente domina, la vida domina." In other words: he who lets his mind be dominated, lets his his life be dominated as well. Dad sets an example, if someone's negative comments about you gets to you and you have a weak spirit, soon you yourself will begin to believe those comments about you. Then you won't be able to stand up for yourself, because you've let a person's false comments break you down. My dad tells me he strives to guide me to become a strong, independent woman, who won't let anyone's (negative) comments affect her.
Piggy is ridiculed by the other boys due to his pathetic appearance. Being pudgy, wearing huge thick glasses and suffering asthma "ass-mar" is prone to be a reason for taunting. Despite being disrespected and made fun of, Piggy always has something to say, and he always wants his opinion to be heard. Piggy always fought for his voice to be heard, and the conch assured him that it would, that's why he really admired and respected the conch. The conch encourages him to speak without fear of being silenced. Although Piggy is called names, he does not let this affect his opinionative self. The conch and the protection it gave Piggy from being silenced, allowed Piggy's thought to be recognized. With the conch, everyone had to hear to Piggy's ideas, point of view and opinions. Piggy neve let the other boys' comments go to his head, and he never stopped being who he was.

Lord of the Flies

Lately we have been talking about Lord of the Flies in english class. We talk have talked about how if the boys couldn't work together, they would get no were and probably wouldn't survive. In there little community, I saw that the boys didn't necessarily have to like each other, they just needed to get there jobs done. Jack and Ralph certainly didn't like each other but if it weren't for Ralph's leadership they would have fallen apart, and if it weren't for Jack's hunting abilities they would be starved. Every summer, I go to Camp Greystone for 5 weeks. Of course I have my 4 best friends that are always there for me, but after 5 weeks in a cabin with all girls it can get pretty catty. Even after two weeks you can start to dislike people. There was one girl in my cabin, this past camp session, that i really didn't like because she wined about everything. We were at camp we were suppose to be having fun. Although I didn't like this girl, I had to deal with it. She was there to stay. I didn't have to see her during my classes, but we did have to do our job in the cabin to keep it clean for the benefit of both of us. We would set our differences apart for 45 min a day to help clean up the cabin as a group. We sometimes even learn to cope with the people we don't like. Jack and Ralph tried this at first and then Jack couldn't take it anymore. This girl would always whine to my friends about how she wanted to go home and blah blah, but I never said anything, I just found some of my other friends and left the cabin. Jack turned into a monster trying to take everything from Ralph, while Ralph just let him have it his way and carried on with what he was doing before. We all have to deal with people we don't like but it is best just to leave things alone than make a scene. Just distance yourself and maybe have a friend to vent to, then you won't have any enemies or people chasing you through the woods trying to kill you.

Lord of the Flies compared to "Lost"

Over the past few weeks we have been discussing The lord of the flies in class. We have discussed the difference in Jack and Ralph's way of leading the kids. Also we have talked about how the kids create their own microcosm on the island. As i was reading the book i realized that there were many similarities between the book and the unrelated show. First both of the survivors were stuck on the island because of a plane crash. As they grouped together the adult survivors on lost picked a leader that they thought would help them the most, yet unlike the kids there was less tension between the people because they all got a say in what they would put their efforts toward and they all agreed on it. Also on the island in Lost, the survivors find out that there is another 'tribe' on the island and the people that make up the tribe are not afraid to kill the survivors. Even on the island the adults seem to find man's violent nature in effect. The survivors looked to their leader to help them survive and hopefully get off the island. Unfortunately the other tribe had no plans to let any one off the island. Also when other people finally come to the island, they save some of the survivors, but their real mission is to kill the people of the island. Just as in The lord of the Flies the survivors cannot seem to escape the violent ways of humans. The survivors on the island were thrown into another world (microcosm) where when they try to survive in a civil way they were forced to show some savagery toward the mysterious other tribe.

Two Islands, Both With No Order

For the past few days in English class, we've been discussing about Golding's reference to "mankind's essential illness," and the monstrosities that man is capable of doing when all order is lost. On August 29, 2005 America was soon about to experience a devastating natural disaster that would end up changing peoples' lives. In Lord of the Flies, a group of English choir boys are stranded on a deserted island, because while flying, their plane was shot down. The boys to some extent relate to those that were trapped in New Orleans during and after the hurricane. Those trapped found themselves literally and figuratively on a island, where help was far far away. New Orleans soon became a deserted island, similar to the one the boys were stranded on. In both cases, there was no order, laws, police, punishments, and regulations, only ordinary people. The boys soon were able to do whatever they wanted only because no one had control over them (mainly Jack did). In New Orleans, the people that stayed behind were capable of doing anything. They were above the law, only because there was no law. Like on the island, Roger was able to get away with the murder of Piggy, and Simon's death was somewhat ignored. Before that dreadful day of August 29, New Orleans was a lively city, filled with zest and tons of energy. The city was ALIVE!!! but after Katrina, the lovely city of New Orleans suddenly became a ghost town. People robbed abandoned stores, and took whatever they could have of value. When there is no order or law people that were once civilized become animals. This also happened with Lord of the Flies. The boys were very polite and civilized, but once they were left alone on the island their animalistic state overpowered them; and they did things that if they were back home, they would have never done. Laws prevent man from doing evil acts, but when the law is absent, so is the humanity within man. However, although times seemed rough and harsh for both the boys and the citizens of New Orleans, they never gave up. They stood strong and believed that help would eventually come. In the end, the boys were rescued from they hell they lived in, and the people of Katrina were saved. Today, New Orleans is back to how it once was, thanks to those people of New Orleans who never gave up and the continual help and support of those outside of New Orleans. Although New Orleans and the island the boys were on are very different, and so far away from one another, they are merely mirror images of each other. One in the 1940s and the other in 2005. Both experienced bad, but overcame the evil by good.

Rowing Through the Waters of Hatred

Lord of the Flies is a book about boys that are stranded on an island, and some how they have choose a leader and try and survive. Ralph is the leader and none of the boys like him. They dont think that he is a good leader, and that he is annoying in how he makes them tend to the fire and keep water. In crew, we row in doubles singles and quads. In a double and a quad, there is a bow. That is the person that is the leader of the boat and tells the other people what to do. If you dont like your bow then your most likely not going to listen to them, and just ignore them. This is like lord of the flies when they dont feel the need to listen to Ralph. Even though they didnt want to listen to them, some of them had to listen to him because theyd idnt want to go in Jacks group. You may not feel the need to listen to the bow, but you have to because that is the person that guides you through the scary waters of the lake. Just like Ralph and Jack had to cope with each other even though the greatly disliked one another, we as humans have to do that. just because i do not like someone does not mean i wont listen to them. It can put our lives in jeproady. Today when we went rowing, all of a sudden it became really windy and it started to rain and lightening. we were in the water, so somehow we had to work together to get back on land, even if this ment rowing against the wind. There were people complaining and almost in tears in my boat because they were so scared, but we all had to get it together and work as a team. It worked and we got back safely to land!

Man Vs. Wild

The past several weeks in class we have been discussing about The Lord of the Flies, which is a book where many British schoolboys are stranded on and island and have to survive until they are rescued. This book and our discussions closely relate to a TV show titled Man Vs. Wild. In this show Bear Grylls is left in the wilderness with only several common items and has to survive and find his way out. In one episode Bear is adrift at see on a life raft in the ocean. Much like the children in The Lord of the Flies who crash into the ocean and wash up on a deserted island. He is adrift at sea for a long time and has to make fresh water and catch fish off his raft. He soon turns up on a deserted island where he has to build a shelter and find food. He knows that the essentials to living are food, fresh water, and shelter. He knows which fruits and plants on the island are poisonous and which have the most nutritional value. Ralph, in The Lord of the Flies, also knows that the essentials are food, shelter and fresh water. He tries to lead the others to build a shelter and help find more food and water but when Jack rebels Ralph doesn’t get to build his shelter and find more food. Jack takes most all the kids to his clan and Ralph isn’t left with enough people to build his shelter. Bear also knows another essential to survival is fire and he always keeps one going for warmth and for the smoke for rescue. Ralph understands this and tries to make the others understand but they refuse to keep a fire on the mountaintop burning. This is one of very few ways to get rescued on a deserted island. In the end Bear is rescued due to the smoke from his fire. Bear and Ralph are much alike because they understand the essentials of survival and they know that smoke and other things needed to be done to survive and be rescued on a deserted island.

Lord of the Flies compared to the outside world

Are there examples of Man's essential illness in our every day lives? Can you turn on the TV or put on a movie and witness Human beings' acting violent? Does the gaming industries' violent games affect us as an individual to the point of us cracking? Do we act like our fictional characters?

Quoting William Rupert, "Playing Grand Theft Auto IV is a great example of Man acting violent." In the game you run around the streets with the option to storm a hospital and shoot down everyone inside. You can also input codes that allow you to have better weapons, vehicles, and a helicopter that flies you around town. You can beat people up with a bat, blow up a cop car with a bazooka, or meet up with your fellow mob members. The point is can playing this game day in and day out affect you as an individual to the point of you snapping? If a kid has no education and just lives off playing this game and others like it will it make him/her go down the street and kill someone?

If gaming doesn't do the trick then why don't you just put on a fun action packed movie. We leave our reality and join in the fictional tales of our favorite films. We could be a wizard thinking we can open locked doors with our fake wands, or a gangster thinking our hands are real guns. Does watching these movies affect us like the violent games?

TV can also produce violent shows. Reality TV, Cop shows, and action packed shows illustrate how Humans can snap or go crazy.

There are many examples of Human beings acting violent, be it TV, Grand Theft Auto IV, or a classic DVD movie, you can find multiple examples in your everyday lives.