Simon of the Lord of the Flies

In the chapters 3, 4, and 5, Simon becomes more significant. At the previous chapters, he was described as African descent boy who was part of Jack Merridew’s choir. “The boys round Simon giggled, and he stood up, laughing a little. Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was a skinny, vivid little boy, with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair that hung down, black and coarse” (Golding 22). In chapter 3, Simon shows his hard working by building the shelters. Ralph quotes, “They’re hopeless. The older ones aren't much better. D’ you see? All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They’re off bathing, or eating, or playing” (Golding 49). Also, Simon resembles the good aspects of religions. He is hard-working and kind. “..., Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back to the endless, outstretched hands” (Golding 55). From the quote, Simon proves his selflessness. Also descriptions such as “He came at last to place where more sunshine fell. Since they had not so far to go for light the creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle” (Golding 55), gives an image of religious prayers. Also phrases such as “candle-like buds” and “mats” are used throughout the chapter.

The Ultimate Frisbee

 Due to my friend Ellie's enthusiastic invitation, I started Frisbee this year. This is my official first team sport so I experienced various things from joining the team. First I learned running isn't too bad. I used to hate running; I hate it more than reading the pages of AP World History text book. But since the sport requires two laps before the practice, I had to run no matter what. That made me think of 'why am I doing thing that I hate the most?' However, after the lap, the practice is so fun that I forget about running the laps everyday. Playing sports with friends is really fun. It's unfortunate that I couldn't experience that from last years tennis team. By then, I just moved so I didn't know anyone, in contrast, this year, I had lots of friends that I met from choir last year, so I was more relaxed. Moreover, by joining a school team sport, I felt more committed to the school. I felt like I was representing the school in a way. If one goes to school and does not participate in any school or extra curriculum activity, one will just consider school as a place they learn academics only.

The Howler: King, Graham. Monarch Ultimate Frisbee catches Championship Title. 2012.

Piggy

A fat boy called Piggy in the novel, Lord of the flies, is an interesting character. He is described by quote, “He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat” (Golding 1), which suggests that Piggy has not very attractive appearance. Although, Ralph, who thinks he is superior than Piggy, thinks he’s better, Piggy is more logical than Ralph in many ways. When Ralph forced Piggy to run Piggy answers, “My auntie told me not to run,” he explained, “on account of my asthma” (Golding 7), which logically proves his statement that he should not run. From the quote, we can also find out that Piggy is dependent or faith in his auntie or an adult supervisor a lot. Throughout the chapter, Piggy mentions his auntie continuously. Also when Ralph brags about his father, who is a commander in the Navy, Piggy answers “My dad’s dead,” he said quickly, “and my mum-” (Golding 12). Also he quotes, “I used to live with my auntie. She kept a candy store. I used to get ever so many candies. As many as I liked” (Golding 12), which states that Piggy used to live with his aunt but not currently. Moreover, Piggy’s shape might have been a result of obsessive consumption of candies. Piggy is also a very intelligent character; when Ralph and Piggy finds the conch, Piggy immediately finds a way to gather up the scattered children: to blow the conch. However, even with his intelligence, Piggy is treated badly within the group. He is called nicknames from even the youngest, tiniest, and the most wick boys. Unlike the boys, Piggy has experienced loss of family members and is able to see the world in a critical way. While other boys don't accept the fact that they’re thrown in an island by themselves and think it’s a playful journey, Piggy quickly figures out that this is a reality. However, still as a young boy, Piggy didn't think about how the boys will react. Although it’s a fact, the boys refuses to hear the truth from Piggy and wants to hear sugar-coated-imaginations from Ralph.