Lord of the Flies Practice Assessment

Describe at least one important object in the written text.
Explain why that object was important.

Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding and was published in 1954. It is a story of a group of boys aged 6 – 12 who have been evacuated from a nuclear war and are shot down on a deserted island without any adult supervision. They battle with many issues mainly how being alone without order brings the bad out of them

One if the most important objects would be the pig head known as “Lord of The Flies.” This is because of its symbolic meaning that the strange character known as Simon gives it. The pigs head itself was placed as a offering to the “beast” by jack and his hunters. Simon who is one of the oldest kids is an in-between of Ralph the rational leader and jack who is a ruthless savage. He is rational but also aware of the dangers of the island. his connection with nature is the reason he first sees the ‘Lord of The Flies’ while on one of his journeys into the jungle. unaware of jack and his hunters placing the head he comes across it and has a hallucination. his subconscious uses the pigs head to tell him what he already knows but wont accept.

The Lord of The Flies symbolizes the beast that the boys had been hunting all along “And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?”  The ‘Lord of The Flies’ says this to Simon in chapter 8 which confirm his thoughts in chapter 5. “What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us.” Simon urgent to end the fear says that the beast may only be them. The Lord of The Flies say that this evil they have been hunting all this time has been right in front of them, it is the center of their destructive nature and savage human instincts inside them. it talks about how this evil human instinct is deep inside all of us, its what causes us to hold ourselves back from greatness. on a global scale, the evil is what causes the mass murder in war and stops everyone working together. The boys are the evil and they have been fearing themselves all along. not some snake in the jungle. it also explains why they were never able to see the ‘Beast’. It was inside them all along

Simon describe the pigs head to be swarming with flies with a dark abyss of black inside its mouth. The flies on the outside just show that the pigs head is just decaying but it symbolizes that we all have the potential to have a stinking evil come out and attract all that is bad. the blackness of the mouth shows that inside us we have a darkness to us, even if it is not shown on the outside it always there and waiting.

 

Lord Of The Flies Study

title  ·  Lord of the Flies

author  · William Golding

Plot:
A plane full of boys 12 and under is shot down onto an uninhabited.

Ralph the main protagonist meets Piggy and the find the conch. they blow into it and boys from the crash find their way to the Ralph and Piggy on the island.

Ralph is elected as leader against Jack who is then placed in charge of his choir for hunting

one of the younger boys says he has seen a beast in the woods and all of the older boys dismiss this and call the young boy stupid.

the boys decide the best way to be rescued is to build a signal fire for passing ships. and puts jack in charge

Ralph Jack and Simon hike up a mountain to confirm if they are actually on an island and find a good spot on top of the island to light the signal fire. they find a pig and Jack is about to kill it when he hesitates and it gets away

Piggy suggests that they use his glasses to light the fire with the sun and the boys rush and start a huge bonfire causeing a huge part of the jungle to catch and they loose a young boy

jack and Ralph agree that shelters are needed to comfort the little kids

tensions rise between Jack and Ralph when Jack and his crew forget to keep the fire going because they are to focused on attempting to hunt.

Jack claims that he himself saw the beast and say that he will hunt it and kill it. while Ralph tries to keep order and attempts to be rational saying they can overcome the fear of the beast and that it is only in their heads.

jack convinces a group of the boys to come with him and he bribes them with pig. jacks new tribe turn to savagery and impale a pigs head to a spear

Simon comes across the impaled pig head and has a hallucination of it talking to him and call it the lord of the flies. it says the beast isnt anything the can hunt because the beast is nothing but the violence in the kids. he then faints

when Rimon awakens he runs to jacks camp and all the savages that used to be kids mistake him for the beast and brutally kill him. even Ralph and piggy get caught up in it.

jack decides that they should have the fire so him and a bunch of his goons jump piggy and Ralph and take Piggy’s glasses to start the fire. leaving Ralph and piggy in pain

Ralph Isn’t happy so he and piggy confront jack about it and they get into a fight. piggy is killed by a rock and the conch is destroyed

out numbered by jacks savage followers Ralph dashes to the shore racing against the now burning Forrest.

when Ralph gets the ocean he spots a naval officer and the naval officer sees the boys trying to kill Ralph he says he is disappointing and takes them away.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Ralph:
Appearance:  12, blond, “built like a boxer”
attributes: Natural leader, positive, rational
relationships:
Contflicts: Jack
Friends: Piggy.

Jack:

Simon:

Piggy:

Roger:

Sam and Eric (samneric):

 

Creative writing Assessment. PLAN

Forest

 

Day:
suns out. warm. bugs buzzing. birds chirping. soft breeze. leaves rustle in trees. rabbits hope around. calm. music in headphones.

Night:
moon dimly lights floor of forest. crickets distantly hum. stray animals scurry across the fallen leaves. footsteps echo from the trees. sticks snap left and right. chilling breeze rolls through the rows of trees.

dystopia

beyond the guarded white car towered the ominous city mellow puff factory

behind the strange vehicle stood the rookie guard his first day and his last.

beneath the towering smoke stacks purred the engine of the inspectors car, surrounded by trigger happy mercenaries.

on the draw bridge was a white car surrounded in guards

upon the suspicious car loomed the town hall of farmville

 

State of Mind

Act 2 Scene 1

“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation”

Shakespeare shows how someones mind can be changed and damaged because of guilt and regret. if the dagger were to be real in his mind that would damage and possibly kill him. his mind is dealing with the guilt by altering his vision making him believe it is real. he creates the dagger to move the blame to someone else and make him think it is not him doing the killing. he reaches out to the dagger only to find that it is untouchable as it is a “dagger of the mind” this suggests that not only will this dagger be killing Duncan but it will also damage Macbeth mind. The human mind is very complex, it creates false thoughts to deal with guilt and regret. it also shows in hindsight that using the dagger and killing Duncan may lead to his own demise.

Andy Weir| The Martian #5

The Martian is a science Fiction set in 2035 on Mars and Earth. the crew are forced off of mars 6 days into their month long stay and they all leave except Mark Watney the books protagonist who was believed to be dead. he was to survive for 550 sols (24 hours and 40 minutes). he does this by growing potatoes and rashoning while getting communication with earth back on and travelling 3,200 kilometers to get to the next mars mission. he is faced with many dangers. his crop dying due to explosion, his transport flipping but his biggest threat is loneliness.

A main theme for this book is perseverance. many times life has hit Watney hard but he always got back up on his feet and continued. This relates to me with my Computing Web Development task. i had many issues that seemed impossible to fix but after taking a minute or a day to think about it i managed to fix it and make my work 100% better each time.

due to my perseverance and stubbornness of not wanting to change my design I ended up receiving an Excellence mark for my hard work. another text which follows this theme is Ready Player One which is about a boy in a dystopian future determined to do anything and everything to win and survive

 

soliloquy – Macbeth

she should have died hereafter

There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Earnest Cline| Ready Player one #4

Book — Ready Player One

Author — Ernest Cline

Ready Player one is a science fiction set in a dystopian world in 2044. with crime rates through the roof and a global energy crises the populations only escape is the OASIS which was created by James Halliday. this device is a virtual reality MMO which is connected to everyone. Halliday has died and hidden an Easter egg in the game which grants the finder his entire empire. Wade Watts is the main protagonist who works with many friends against the IOI and their head of operations Sorrento.

A huge theme in this book is addiction. not the type of addiction for drugs but addiction technology and unreal realities. with the world so heavily broken and dying its whole population is in this Virtual world. even the schools are hosted there.

I can relate to this theme of addiction as i am an avid cellphone user. if i wear to get off my devices for good i could achieve so much more would would have more time to do book reports in English, more time to hang out with friends. this theme of addiction speaks loud and clear about the state we live now. people would rather be on their phones and tv’s watching brainless shows while producers milk us for money then going for a walk and actually seeing the sun once in a while.

if people of 2044 would realize that this great escape is actually causing more harm then they would be able to do something about the world around them and fix the thing they hate so much.

another film with a similar theme is a series called the black mirror with each episode going over another piece of advanced technology. for example one episode i saw was about a virtual reality which was so realistic that the person inside didnt know what was real or fake. this caused him to loose his mind and ended dying. it is similar as this person was so involved in this false reality that they forgot what was real and what was not.

 

MacBeth Paragraph writing.

Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t

if this wasnt a metaphore this would mean that people see a flower and not see what it is hiding. for shakespear this means that Macbeth was a warm friendly person on the outside (flower) but really he is evil on the inside with evil intentions (serpant)

 

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

scene one, act one summary

characters. The three witches

location. A desert place

Time. Before the end of the battle

Events. The witches plan to meet with Macbeth on the hearth after the war has ended.

Quote. “When shall we three meet again,  in thunder, lightning or rain?

Scene two, Act one summary  

Characters: King duncan, Malcolm, donalbain, lennox, sergeant, rosse, angus

Location: a camp near forres

Time: during the battle

Events: the king is greeted by an injured soldier who informs him of the battle. rosse enters and tells him about the out come and how it was won. along with who was involved.

Quote: ” What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.”

scene four, act one summary

characters: Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lenox, Macbeth, Banquo, Rosse, Angus

location: Kings palace

Time: unknown

Events: Duncan is notified of the traitors’ death and congratulates Macbeth and Banquo om their efforts and appoints his son Malcolm as the new King

Quote: “That is a step on which  I must fall down, or else o’erleap for in my way it lies.”

scene one, Act five summary

characters: lady macbeth, Macbeth, Messenger

location: Macbeth’s castle

time: Unknown

Events: Lady Macbeth receives a letter from macbeth explaining the witches and his eagerness to be king, Lady macbeth fears a lack of evilness and plans to kill the ming herself when he arrives. macbeth seems not to sure about the idea of killing his friend.

Quote: ” we will speak further”

Act One, Scene Six, Seven Summary

Characters: Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, Lennox, Macduff. Ross, Angus

Location: Macbeths Castle

Time: Unknown

Events: Duncan Arrives for dinner at Macbeths, Macbeth is out in the kitchen contemplaiting the murder of his friend and king. Lady Macbeth convinces him to continue with the plan and then explains it to macbeth. he then joins them for dinner. Duncan knows something is up

Act two, Scene One Summary

Characters: Macbeth, Banquo, Fleance

Location:Macbeths Castle

Events: macbeth decides he is going to kill the king at midnight lying to his friends. he talks to an imaginary dagger and questions his sanity

Quote: “is this a dagger i see before me”

Act two, Scene Two

Characters: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth

Location: Macbeths Castle

Time: After midnight

Events: Macbeth kills duncan and returns to Lady Macbeth. She returns the daggers to the gaurds and frames them, Macbeth feels high guilt while Lady Macbeth brushes it off as if nothing happened. there is a knock at the door and it is time for them to pretend to be inocent.

Quote: “Will Great neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? no, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making green the red.”

Act Two, Scene Three

Characters: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Malcolm, Porter, Macduff, Lennox, Banquo, donalbain, Ross

Location: Macbeths Castle

Time: Morning after Duncans death

Events: Porter opens the door to Lennox and Macduff, who are there to check on the king. Macbeth joins them and leads Macduff to Duncan. he discovers he is killed and macbeth has killed the guards out of anger. the guests hear the news and Donalbain and Malcolm leave due to the threat that they might be blamed for the murder. people don’t believe it was the guards.

Quote: “The Lord’s anointed temple, and stole thence
The life o’ the building!”

Act Two, Scene Four

Characters: Macduff, Old Man, Ross

Time: 2 days after murder

Location: outside Macbeths Castle

Events: They talk about the messed up order of nature and choose who will go to Macbeths king making thing and Duncans Buirial.

Quote”Then ’tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.”0

Act Three, Scene Two.

Characters: Lady Macbeth, Servant, Macbeth

Location: The Palace

Time:

Events: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are talking about the killing of Duncan and that they will need to eliminate Banquoe and fleance. Macbeth is trying his hardest to hide the truth and is struggling with the guilt. Lady Macbeth is deflated because she doesn’t think it was worth loosing all that she had. They talk about how there is still a risk and grave danger although Duncan is in his grave.

Quote: “We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it”

Scene Five, Act Three

Characters: First Witch, Hecate

Location: A heath

Time: Unknown

Events: with one is greeted by an angry hecate. Hecate is complaining about being left out of Macbeth trick and announces that they will meet him again

Scene Six: Act Three

Characters: Lennox, Lord

Location: Forres

Time: Unknown

Events: Lennox and Lord discuss the people traveling to England and prepare for war against them.

UNFINISHED

Scene One, Act Four    

(First Apparition: an armed Head)

(Second Apparition: A bloody Child)

(Third Apparition: a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand)

Characters: Macbeth, Apparitions, Witches, Hecate, Lennox

Location: Unknown

Time: Unknown

Events: Macbeth meets up with the witches seeking answers. he meets Hecate and three apperitions answer his queries. he is shown that banquos children and their children will be kings to come. he is told no mortal can kill him but macduff is still a threat. lennox arrives and tells macbeth Macduff has fled to England. Macduff begins to question his sanity about seeing the witches

Quote: “Be lion-mettled, proud; and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspires are:
Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill
Shall come against him.”

Scene Two. Act Four

Characters. Lady Macduff, Son, Murderer, Messenger. Ross

Location. Fife

Time. Unknown

Events. Ross informs Lady Macduff and her son that Macduff has abandoned them and fled to England. Lady Macduff tells her son that Macduff has died and her son is not worried.  A messenger arrives to inform lady macduff of her danger moments before a murderer arrives and says that macduff is a traitor and kills her son. she runs away.

Quote. “What had he done, to make him fly the land?”

Scene Three Act Four

Characters: Malcolm, Macduff, Ross, Doctor

Location: England, Before the kings castle

Time: Unknown

Events: Macduff and Malcolm are in England and macduff learns of his families death. they decide to use the English army to throw Macbeth off. also they argue a little bit and talk about what is happening in Scotland.

Quote: “Be called our mother, but our grave” – referring to the country”

Scene One, Act 5

Characters: Lady Macbeth, Doctor, Women Person

Events. Doctor is called because lady Macbeth be tripping. Sleep Walking

Scene two, Act Five

Characters: MENTEITH, CAITHNESS, ANGUS, LENNOX, and Soldiers

Location: Country near dunisnane

Time: Unknown

Events: The lads got togeather to chat about where Donalbaine is. they are preparing for battle

Quote: “Now does he feel
His secret murders sticking on his hands;
Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach”

Scene Three. Act Five

Characters: Seyton, Macbeth, Doctor, Servent

Location: A room in the castle, Dunsinane

Time: Unknown

Events: Macbeth is Taking his anger about the thousands of men waiting to take is kindom out on his servants. He demands the imposible from the doctor wanting a medical cure for what is going to happen. Seyton is told to gather more information about army. Macbeth is Stubborn and beleives that this army cannot kill him untill the forest has moved.

Quote: Bring it after me.
I will not be afraid of death and bane,
Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane.

Scene Four, Act Five

Characters, Malcolm, Siward, Mentieth

Location: Country near Birnam wood.

Time: Unknown

Events: Malcom And Co rally up the soldiers ready for war against Macbeth

Quote:But certain issue strokes must arbitrate:
Towards which advance the war.

Scene Five, Act Five

Characters: Macbeth, Seyton, Messenger, Soldiers

Location: In the castle

Time: Before war

Events. Macbeth is getting his troops ready for war when a messenger informs Macbeth of Lady Macbeths death. at first he is in denial but when it is explained she killed herself he beleived the messenger.

Quote: I have almost forgot the taste of fears;
The time has been, my senses would have cool’d

Act Five, Scene Six

Characters: siward, Macduff, Malcolm

Location: Before the Castle

Events: The three meet to discuss to kill the tyrant macbeth

quote: Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.

Act Five, Scene Seven

Characters: Malcolm, Macduff, Macbeth, Young siward, Siward

Location: Part of the battle field

Events: Macduff, Malcolm, Siward, young Siward and Macbeth are on the battle feild. Macbeth slays Young siward, Macduff screams at macbeth to show himself.

Quote: Thou wast born of woman
But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish’d by man that’s of a woman born.

Act Five, Scene Eight

Characters: Macbeth, Macduff, Malcom, Siward, Ross

Location: another part of the field

Events: Macduff and Macbeth duke it out on a field. Macbeth claims he is unkillable but macduff says that there is a loop hole. Macduff kills Macbeth. Siward Malcolm and Ross enter and talk about young siwards noble death. macduff re enters with Macbeth’s head and Malcolm is named rightful king.

Quote: We shall not spend a large expense of time
Before we reckon with your several loves,
And make us even with you. My thanes and kinsmen,
Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland
In such an honour named. What’s more to do,
Which would be planted newly with the time,
As calling home our exiled friends abroad
That fled the snares of watchful tyranny;
Producing forth the cruel ministers
Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen,
Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands
Took off her life; this, and what needful else
That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace,
We will perform in measure, time and place:
So, thanks to all at once and to each one,
Whom we invite to see us crown’d at Scone.