Own Prompt

Why do you think in LOTF Jack always argues with Ralph and his decisions, or disapproves of how Ralph is a leader?

I think that Ralph and Jack have two completely different personalities. Jack's personality symbolizes savagery and Ralph's symbolizes civilization. Ralph tries to find the most reasonable way to handle problems. Having the least amount of conflict, Ralph tries to have order and think of ways to be productive on the island. His main concern is getting rescued in a sensible way. 

Jack on the other hand is all about hunting and acting wild. He is starting to become inhumane. He is so quick to hate on Piggy. All the boys are mean to each other on the island, but Jack is in particularly rude. He is so obsessed with power and everything going how he wants it to go about. 

I think further in the book the tension between them two will start to heat up and some major problems will form. Some maybe even including their life safety, or weather they get reduced or not. 

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Thanksgiving is next week, Christmas is in just  little over a month and I can hardly contain my excitement. One thing I really love about these 2 holidays is you get to spend it all with your family. For Thanksgiving everyone usually comes to my house. It's my grandparents, my mom's brother and his kids, my dad's aunt, uncle, and cousins, and their husbands. It's so much fun because I don't see my dad's cousins that often and I love being around them. I like Thanksgiving so much because its one whole day all about eating! We have a huge turkey, mashed potatoes and rice, lots of rolls, green beans, lots of different pies and cakes, dressings, deviled eggs, and so much more. I also love waking up early in the morning to watch the parade. It all makes me really happy.

After Thanksgiving is over all I can think about is Christmas and Christmas break. I love Christmas because its celebrated over more than just one day. On Christmas Eve my family goes to a party during a lot of the day, go over to my cousin's house, my mom's side of the family, to open presents and eat dinner. After that we come home and open one gift from my parents. We go to bed and wait until the next morning. On Christmas day we go to my dad's parent's house with my dad's side of the family. We eat dinner and open more presents. I really can't wait(:

Puppy

About one month ago my family got a new yellow lab puppy. We named him cooper. He was 8 weeks when we got him. Pretty small and calm. I liked him a lot when we first got him. Now he really grinds my gears. I like him still but he is so jumpy, and energetic, and he barks all the time. He chews pup all my things when I am not looking. He almost cracked my phone screen because he took it and was biting it. He will run up and jump on you then starts biting you. I have so many scratches on my arms and hands. Even though he is still a puppy his teeth are sharp and it really hurst. He also has sooooo much energy its like his heart pumps red bull. He never just takes a breath, its crazy.

Despite all of that bad stuff he does is still really cute. When he has gotten rid of his energy he will come and lay on you flap and just fall asleep. Plus when he is tame he will fetch with you, then lay down and let you rub his to mach. I like him but he can just be a lot for such a small animal.

Desert Island

In class we acted out our class being stranded on an island without any adults, food, or resources to signal back home. At first everyone was kinda frantic but then we established that passing around an object symbolizing who should talk would be best to listen to everybody's ideas. It took a while for everyone to have input and agree but we then established groups to do certain jobs. One group was hunting and gathering, one group was shelter, and etc. Since it was 16 of us and 16 1st graders with said that we all should "adopt" one so not one person was in charge of all and everyone had their responsibility. By the time all of this was established we were out of discussion time.

If this were an actual event, I think events of planning would have played out a lot differently. We all wouldn't have bickered, or we would have bickered more. I'm not actually sure how everything would have played out but I don't think everyone would have been pleased the whole time. From my point of view the class exercise wasn't very useful and productive, Dr. D said we were the best class to have the best plan and time management she has seen so that was good.

Reading Log:
-literary analysis: 2 hours 47 mins
-LOTF: 30 mins (in class)
-LOTF: 30 mins (at home)

reading times this week

literary analysis: 45 mins

Gone: 38 mins

Free Post

This week is homecoming week. I'm really excited about all of it, but at the same time a little stressed out. I have to practice for the pep rally coming up on Friday and I also have to cheer for that game. We are doing hard stuff in the pep rally so practice is extra long and difficult than normally. I also have to have costumes for each day at school so I had to find all of my costumes and that was challenging because the halloween stores are so picked over already. Thursday is Halloween, cheer practice, powder puff game, and homecoming decorations at school. I won't get home until like 9:30 or something so that will be hard. Plus I have to get all of my stuff together for the actual dance on Saturday.

Its all really exciting but verrrryyyyy stressful too.


reading times-

45 mins- A Worn Path
25 mins- The Sniper
15 mins- Araby
1 hour 23 mins- short story draft

3 annotations response

The 2 1/2 stories I read were "A Worn Path", "Araby", and "The Sniper". I didn't finish reading and annotating "Araby". I liked the story "A Worn Path" because it was different than every thing we have read. I liked how the author described all the different places that Phoenix walked to and through. The way she was described as a character too.

I didn't like "The Sniper" as much as I liked "A Worn Path". It didn't have as much details and the ending really through me off. I liked the story but it wash't a good choice for a literary analysis.