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COMMENTS: Tucker's Free Post Gregory's The Flash

     The actual Thanksgiving was in 1621 at Plymouth Rock. In 1621, Thanksgiving was a religious holiday that commemorated the friendship or bond between the God and the Pilgrims. The holiday consisted of prayers of thanks, not a buffet.       Today Americans think that Thanksgiving is a feast that celebrates the friendship between the English Colonists and the Wampanoag. The Pilgrims ate waterfowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash. This feast is not Thanksgiving, it is actually a different holiday in the autumn of 1621, that celebrates the first harvest. As time went on, the two separate holidays were later combined.

My thesis: William Golding chooses to make the boys elect Ralph as there learned for an indescribable quality or a quality beneath the surface. The reader views this decision as silly because there is no logical or socially acceptable reason for Ralph being the leader. Textual evidence: Jack started to protest, but the clamor changed from the general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself. None of the boys could have found a good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy, while the most obvious leader was Jack. But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance, and most obvious yet most powerfully, there was the conch. (page 22) The context of the textual claim: The above claim was made by our third-person omniscient narrator. The narrator made said this to provide an explanation as to why Ralph was chosen to be the leader. Explanation:    First, the gis...

COMMENTS: Thomas-LOFT Reading Response Emma-LOFT response

Passage that I chose: The chief snatched one of the few spears that were left and poked Sam in the ribs. "What d'you mean by it, eh?" said the chief fiercely.  "What d'you mean by coming with spears? What d'you mean by not joining my tribe?" The prodding became rhythmic.  Sam yelled. "That's not the way." Roger edged past the chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder.  The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quiet terror.  Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority. (182) Responce (Language)     In this passage in particular the language that that the boys use is a large indicator that the boys are becoming savages. First, the boys started using more contractions, such as "d'you." This is significant because proper British lads normally do not use such language, they did not use contractions such as "d'you" at the start of the book. Contractions symbolis...

    During World War 1, there was an eighteen-year-old named Goerge, who was drafted into the military. Goerge was eager and excited, as any British lad should be, to make a name for himself. He was stationed in the 501st battalion along with his friend Josh. The 501st  did not receive much action though, they spent their days aimlessly marching and shooting at distant targets. Every night, for one single year, Goerge and Josh sat around the campfire, telling each other what they would do come time for an attack. Across Europe, the Allied forces were being pushed back and lost many men. Then the day came when they were called into action. Men gathered their gear. George tied a small handkerchief around the hilt of his gun.      Wizz! The soldier only feet from Goerge fell to the ground. Goerge looked around, he could hear only muffled shouting. He stopped. Time stopped. Josh pulled him behind a moss-covered rock, and the fighting res...

COMMENTS: Saad's LOFT Reading Response Christian's Vocabulary Post

My vocab words are:  revoke and vocations        Lord of the Flies has a smaller story built into it. This mini-story is Piggy's journey to being accepted. Although Piggy's vocation is his natural smarts, the boys often revoke him because of his massive stomach. Since the narrator of Lord of the Flies goes along with bullying Piggy, by calling him Piggy, it tends to make the reader revoke Piggy as well. This is sad because it makes Piggy did not do anything wrong.      Another smaller story is Ralph, in Lord of the Flies. Ralph is the leader in Lord of the Flies because he looks like a leader, but the boys eventually revoke him when he acknowledges Piggy. Ralph's story is one that starts high and goes downhill over time. Also, Ralph, whose vocation is being a leader is continuously one-uped by Jack, who is trying to steal his position. Unlike Piggy, the reader is able to empathize with Ralph because the narrator portrays him as usually ri...

    Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of kids stranded on a deserted island. The story tells about friends becoming enemies, kids ganging up, kids losing morals, and how characters change over time.     Lord of the Flies is meant to serve a much more profound purpose than a book about kids on an island. This goal is to bring a new life the ideas of power, corruption, and change. The author does this by first telling the story through a non-bias third person narrator. Next, he introduces charactors that are ment to represent a quality of life; Piggy represents what the boys were before they landed on the island, Jack represents what the boys are becoming, and Ralph is the choice between the two. The Lord of the Flies tracks the decisions Ralph, the people, make, and who he is becoming. So far, Ralph was with Piggy, what he was before the island, but in chapter seven he begins to hunt like Jack, and he even gave away his morals by reliving his hunt and n...