Hudson Graham: How to make my Thanksgiving Cake
Sophia Graves: Symbolism
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Monday, November 28, 2016
Symbolism
Lila came home after school like it was any other day. She said hello to her father and then went to the kitchen to grab a snack. Lila grabbed a granola bar and headed upstairs to start her homework. When finally got to her room, she passed by her mirror and stopped. She looked at the necklace then touched it reminding her of her mother. The necklace was a heart shaped locket with a picture inside of her and her mother together. The necklace was the only thing she had left of her.
Lila finished her homework, took a shower, and started getting ready for bed. She started brushing her teeth when she looked down to find that her locket was gone. Lila started to panic and called her dad upstairs. Her dad helped her look but could not find it anywhere. She started to cry learning that she would never find her necklace again. Her father told her that her mother was always in her heart and would never leave just because of losing a necklace. This taught Lila that it was time to move on.
Symbolism=the necklace
Lila finished her homework, took a shower, and started getting ready for bed. She started brushing her teeth when she looked down to find that her locket was gone. Lila started to panic and called her dad upstairs. Her dad helped her look but could not find it anywhere. She started to cry learning that she would never find her necklace again. Her father told her that her mother was always in her heart and would never leave just because of losing a necklace. This taught Lila that it was time to move on.
Symbolism=the necklace
How to Stay Close to your Sibling when they leave for College
It is always hard when someone very close to you to leaves you. It also hard to stay in touch when you are both busy doing things in your lives. I try to always text my sister every week to see how she is doing or what she is doing that week. She also tries to text me at least once a week. We usually text everyday though but whatever works for you.
The next thing my sister and I do is skype. This is better then text because it is close to as face to face contact you can get. I also try to skype my sister at least once a week. It also helps if you try to visit your sibling while they are in college. This is very fun for the both of you because you get to hang out but your sibling can show you around.
Monday, November 14, 2016
LOTF Critical Scene: Simon Encounters the Lord of the Flies
Page 143-144 Simon Encounter the Lord of the Flies
"You'd better run off and play with the others. They think your'e batty. You don't want them to think your'e batty do you? You like Ralph a lot don't you? And Piggy, and Jack?" -- "There isn't anyone here to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast."
This scene is critical to understand because it is one when we first learn about the title of the book and when Simon encounter the lord of the flies. It is also important to understand that Simon is really just talking to a pig head on a stick. Simon think the pig is talking back to him but really its just his fear getting in the way of actually seeing what's in front of him. It is like what we talked in class about how Piggy's glasses is significant because it shows how everyone is seeing the island hazy. Piggy's glasses also show that the boys can't see anything clearly.
The pig head represents a demon. Simon represents a God like figure. It is like when Jesus encounters the Devil for the first time. It is important for everyone to know that the lord of the flies tells Simon to not tell everyone that the beast isn't real. Simon, like Jesus would do, puts others first before himself and tries to tell the group. Simon dies for this just like when Jesus died on the cross for everyone's sins.
"You'd better run off and play with the others. They think your'e batty. You don't want them to think your'e batty do you? You like Ralph a lot don't you? And Piggy, and Jack?" -- "There isn't anyone here to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast."
This scene is critical to understand because it is one when we first learn about the title of the book and when Simon encounter the lord of the flies. It is also important to understand that Simon is really just talking to a pig head on a stick. Simon think the pig is talking back to him but really its just his fear getting in the way of actually seeing what's in front of him. It is like what we talked in class about how Piggy's glasses is significant because it shows how everyone is seeing the island hazy. Piggy's glasses also show that the boys can't see anything clearly.
The pig head represents a demon. Simon represents a God like figure. It is like when Jesus encounters the Devil for the first time. It is important for everyone to know that the lord of the flies tells Simon to not tell everyone that the beast isn't real. Simon, like Jesus would do, puts others first before himself and tries to tell the group. Simon dies for this just like when Jesus died on the cross for everyone's sins.
Friday, November 11, 2016
#thankful
It's almost Thanksgiving and I can not wait for the break starting next Friday! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. There isn't any school and I don't have dance so I will actually get to rest which never happens. My sister is coming home for the break and I can not wait to spend time with her. I am so thankful that I have this time to come together with my family and friends and just be together.
I am thankful for many things in my life but the thing that I am probably most thankful for is my family. I am thankful for them because I know they will always be there for me no matter what. I am also thankful for being able to go to such a great school. I am thankful for my friends who never fail to make me laugh and smile. I am also thankful for my parents and the endless sacrifices they make for me.
I am thankful for many things in my life but the thing that I am probably most thankful for is my family. I am thankful for them because I know they will always be there for me no matter what. I am also thankful for being able to go to such a great school. I am thankful for my friends who never fail to make me laugh and smile. I am also thankful for my parents and the endless sacrifices they make for me.
Monday, November 7, 2016
Create your own Prompt
Write about a time where you didn't want do sometime or go somewhere because you had a negative outlook on it but turns out it gave you some perspective or changed your life in some way.
This past summer I was signed up to go to Camp Ozark for my seventh year in a row. I was not looking forward to it because I was missing two weeks of a dance intensive that I wanted to be apart of. I had already been dancing the whole summer and by this time I didn't want to leave. I even cried when I left the studio because I didn't want to miss out. I put so much pressure on myself, telling myself that I needed to stay and that camp didn't matter anymore. I knew I loved camp I just wasn't feeling it that year at all.
Once I arrived at camp my mood changed and I was glad I was there. This past year was when everything at camp just clicked. I had an amazing cabin, had great counselors, and I found God. When camp was over, I cried because I didn't want to leave. When I was leaving camp, I found it ironic that I didn't want to leave because I loved it so much. Of course though, I can't go this year for dance and I am so mad about it. This experience has shown me to never take things for granite because they can easily being taken away in a blink of an eye.
LOTF Response 11/7
[Piggy:] "I don't agree with all Jack said, but with some. 'Course there isn't a beast in the forest. How could there be? What would a beast eat?"
"Pig."
"We eat pig."
"Piggy!"
"I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly. "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they? You shut up, you littluns! What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear. Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest. Why--I been there myself! You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next. We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right."
He took off his glasses and blinked at them. The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...]
"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back. I know there isn't no beast--not with claws and all that, I mean--but I know there isn't no fear either."
Piggy paused.
"Unless--"
Ralph moved restlessly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless we get frightened of people." (83-84)
This sections shows that the beast is actually the boys themselves. "Unless we get frightened of people." is saying that Ralph and Piggy are scared of Jack. Jack is turning into a savage and is loosing his humanity which means he is the one that they are afraid of. We also get as readers, what is going on in the outside world and how the war will over soon and they will be back home. The fear they are feeling is their imagination.
"We eat pig." is foreshadowing that either Piggy might die or will be hurt soon. Piggy says that there isn't anything to be afraid of in the forest which is a lie because he is just trying to comfort himself. Jack's tribe hunts in the forest, the fire happened in the forest, and the "beast" has been in the forest, these are just some examples of why the boys are actually afraid of the forest. Piggy also says that he has the conch which mean there is still some order before everything goes wrong in chapter 8 and onward. The weather changes and sun goes down which indicates a change mood giving us a creepy setting.
"Pig."
"We eat pig."
"Piggy!"
"I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly. "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they? You shut up, you littluns! What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear. Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest. Why--I been there myself! You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next. We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right."
He took off his glasses and blinked at them. The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...]
"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back. I know there isn't no beast--not with claws and all that, I mean--but I know there isn't no fear either."
Piggy paused.
"Unless--"
Ralph moved restlessly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless we get frightened of people." (83-84)
This sections shows that the beast is actually the boys themselves. "Unless we get frightened of people." is saying that Ralph and Piggy are scared of Jack. Jack is turning into a savage and is loosing his humanity which means he is the one that they are afraid of. We also get as readers, what is going on in the outside world and how the war will over soon and they will be back home. The fear they are feeling is their imagination.
"We eat pig." is foreshadowing that either Piggy might die or will be hurt soon. Piggy says that there isn't anything to be afraid of in the forest which is a lie because he is just trying to comfort himself. Jack's tribe hunts in the forest, the fire happened in the forest, and the "beast" has been in the forest, these are just some examples of why the boys are actually afraid of the forest. Piggy also says that he has the conch which mean there is still some order before everything goes wrong in chapter 8 and onward. The weather changes and sun goes down which indicates a change mood giving us a creepy setting.
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