lord of the flies...ralph?
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That's a very interesting assignment. What is YOUR question? Have you tried spark notes to help you with some ideas?\n\nAlso, there are at least 12 other people who have asked questions about Ralph in Yahoo Answers. You might find some ideas in those...\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=ArZr6Oh1ATWr9oUKlbWPc1cnzKIX?p=Ralph+Lord+of+the+Flies&scope=subject&mc=&fltr=_en&tab=0&asktime=&st=1
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Yes, the book was really good. I'm not sure about the movie, though. I'm going to see it, definitely, but certain things I'm dubious about. Such as the burn mark on Eragon's palm. In the book, the Riders are sometimes called 'Argetlam' which in the ancient language, literally means silver palm. Arget means silver. In the book, the silver mark of the Riders is from touching their dragon. In the movie (as far as I could tell, anyway), the burn mark is swirled in the shape of a lower case E, but does not appear to be silver. If Hollywood changed that, what other things have they changed?
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the quest of the Golden Toadstool. Anyone knows anything about this story? I think my student may have copie? \nI gave an assignment and one student turned in a story about a gnome a golden toadstool and a dragon. The gnome keeps the toadstool in the forest. The dragon takes it away, destroying the forest. The gnome goes and finds the dragon, kills it and returns the toadstool to the forest and the toadstool being magical puts the forest back together. \nThere is no way this student wrote this picture story book.\nThanks for any help!
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I think it sounds pretty good:). I would just brush up your grammar on some of it, rearrange some of your sentence structure, otherwise it is really well done! I read Lord Of The Flies my freshman year of high school, and it was one of the only ones I could read without hating it. The only question I have is-are you sure Golding is giving the early forms of living a bad rep? or is he maybe looking into what he sees may be the future of civilization if we cannot live by our morals and our rules???? Think about it in that sense and you may get a different view on it:). Good luck!:)
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[For whatever it's worth, I’ve tried recasting it, trying my best not to change the way you wanted to say what you wanted to say, relocating some of your ideas for a more unified presentation, better impact, all the while remaining consistent with your preference for the present tense. The paragraph breakdowns are more for consistency, flow and visual impact. Please verify your quotes; make sure they're verbatim and punctuated as they are in the book. Here goes:]\n\nFear is one of the most powerful emotions that control the way a human being acts in certain circumstances. It contributes to one’s instability and, ultimately, to irrationality.\n\nWilliam Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is all about fear and its irrational consequences. It sheds light on that kind of fear that may not be of something physical at all. It is the irrational fear of fear itself, the big horrid “Beast of Fear” with claws, eyes, and teeth lurking inside us. It is the fear we prefer to ignore. In “Lord of the Flies,” it is the fear which leads to irrational acts.\n\nIn “Lord of the Flies,” the boys fear almost everything they see and hear on the island, assuming them to be beasts. As the novel progresses, their fear of the unknown beast becomes exceedingly powerful their attitudes towards it become increasingly irrational. Terror paralyzes their minds, leaving them too weak to face the truth about their fears. \n\nThe beast in the novel symbolizes fear flying around on the island. Fear is evident in all the boys, from the nightmares to the belief in the existence of a beast. From the moment the first littlun claims to have seen snake-monster in Chapter 2, even the hunters begin having nightmares of their own. In Chapter 5, Jack, addressing Ralph, says, “You said they dream and cry out. Now they talk not only the littluns, but also my hunters sometimes talk of a thing, a dark thing, a beast, some sort of animal.” (p. 83). Indeed, the boys’ fear of the beast becomes an increasingly important aspect of their lives. The fact that all the boys on the island are younger than thirteen greatly affects the amount of fear that control them. Their cries can only reverberate within the walls of their own nightmares.\n\nFurther, a little boy named Phil dreams of weird animals, saying, “And I was frightened…and then I saw something moving among the trees, something big and horrid.” (p. 85) His mind is so obsessed with “beasties” it simply refuses to accept the reality that it is Simon he see in the dark. As a matter of fact, imagination and fear shape their illusory description of the beast which the twins, Samneric, describe, “There were eyes, teeth, claws. The beast followed us, nearly touched me.” (p. 100) [Question: Is this the way you intended to write this part? Your original posting made them appear like sub-topics.] But beast, it was not; it was a dead parachutist.\n\nFear of the beast totally conquers their minds, making their brains too crippled to think straight. Their imaginations are so powerful, so overpowering and wild that they fail to see the fear for what it is: the beast that impels them to crime.\n\nFear so control them to the point of believing and doing anything, even trying to regain peace and freedom from fear itself by killing the beast. Thus, when Simon comes stumbling out of the dark forest while the boys are doing a victory dance, everyone surrounds him, chanting, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" (p. 152) Believing him to be the beast, they poke savagely at him with their spears until the “Beast” is dead. The beast is dead, indeed, and fear has just taken an innocent life.\n\nHowever, not all the boys are too affected by fear. Ralph and Piggy struggle to be logical. \n\nWhen the topic of fear is brought up during one of their assemblies, Ralph declares boldly, “The thing is Fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afrai
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"Lord of the Flies" was banned based on the notion that the book is violent and oppressive, goes against religious ideals and expresses the notion that man is by nature evil and savage.\n\nThis might help: http://www.academon.com/lib/paper/56845.html
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Sir Galahad; As I heard the story, the lady of the lake told Arthur to find his champion on the far side of the sea. He made the trip and found Lancelot (we all know how that turned out).\n\nLancelot was good, but it was not he the Lady of the lake spoke of. She meant for Arthur tu find his son, Galahad (who was way too young at the time)
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The Beatles? No, Carroll wrote that book waaaaay before the Beatles. I haven't read that book, but I think Mr. Carroll did some of the old hashish in his day. Supposedly that is what caused Alice's hallucinatory dreams. I guess I should get around to reading it someday. But don't take my word for it, in case I'm wrong I'd hate to slander him, and after all he is not here to defend himself.\n\nJade's explanation is interesting, and now that I think of it, I vaguely remember being disturbed by that scene in the Disney version. The walrus is creepy.
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Ralph, Roger, and Jack go up on the mountain and they see a monster in the form of a giant ape.\n\ncheck out sites like sparknotes.com, cliffsnotes.com, and wowessays.com for help with these types of ? they all offer great chapter summaries and character information.
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um. . . William Shakesphere??!!!
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e-mail me, I know A LOT ABOUT Lord of the flies..idk what you mean about the BOOTS?
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Let's see...I once had a class with a guy named Terry Perry, another with Paisley Posey, new a guy named James Bond (who you had to call Jim, he HATED James), know a four year old boy named Frances Baggot (who will forever be tormented with Frances Faggot in school) and another little one with first and middle names of Jealousy Shye.\n\nWhat ARE parents thinking nowadays?
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King Booker?? I wasn't aware that he was now a boxer, thought he was a wrestler in sports "entertainment'. But, my answer as to who beats him for the, heavyweight top of the heep, I'd have to say without question Ricky Steamboat. (glances over to make sure I'm still in the "boxing" forum, yep that's what it says)
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OK, I read LOTF in 1980 but I think Ralph cried becuase he recognized his own failings as a "civilized" person.  He cried because he had turned savage and he felt he had failed himself and everyone else (especially Tubby).  He was especially bummed because he realized that he only needed to hold on to his civilized humanity a short while longer and he would have been rescued without shame.
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I love the one that is a poem about the monster under the bed and hobbes saves the day by just being there (cause the monster didn't know there was a tiger in the bed).  Best Line: "Hey wake up you stupid cretin! Are you gonna sleep while I get eaten!?!?!?"  I'll check my collection books and see if I can find page number for the rest of ya.
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"What is the fifth son's name." isn't a question.  It's a statement telling us that the fifth son's name is "What".\n\n(**  )<|\nDead Fish\nOllec, the Fish Slayer
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Do you mean the King of Ithaca?  As in Homer's Odessey, Odysseus, and the Trojan War?  I've never seen a movie about Odysseus with a character by the name of DIMIDIOCE.  Sorry.