Motisingh,+Shawn

__**Chapter 1: Civilization**__
After the plane crash the boys are left to figure out where they are and what happened. They have no control of the situation, they are usually told what to do and how to behave judging by their school uniforms. Ralph and piggy are the first ones to be mentioned and the first to attempt contact with the other boys.After they found the conch they are suddenly beginning the first step to civilization because they use it to contact the other boys. “We can use this to call the others"(Golding 16). The conch is also used to signify unity and also the leader of the group. This can be seen as success instead of failure because they have already started making laws for their group and the conch will be something to bring them all together.

The problems facing our current civilization are many in different areas. People are struggling to get jobs and some even have no health care to sustain their health. Poverty could be one of the most important issues now in our country because so many people seem to be either broke or struggling to even keep pocket change. We are wasting a lot of money sending troops over to help other countries, where we should be using that money to better our country. These specific areas that should be looked at and solved carefully and could be potentially solved in the upcoming years. We still show success for our civilization because its not like we ignore these problems. People everyday are working to solve these issues to better our civilization.

__Group-think__**__ Chapter 2 __**
The boys have started their civilization as much as they could now. They seem to think if they stick together and work together they will be successful in living on this island. This chapter works well for group think because in this Jack is worrying about making a fire to alert anyone who passes the island. He orders everyone to work together to get the fire going so they all gathered wood so they could start a fire." found the likeliest path down and began tugging at the dead wood. And the small boys who had reached the top came sliding to” (Golding 39). This is where Jack and Ralph help get wood together to start their potential fire.

Group think is all around us everyday in high school. It is something that probably will stick with us our whole lives. There are some things where you cannot do by yourself unless you have assistance from other people. Sometimes its better to have to assistance of some other people because they could give you a better insight on things.

__** Chapter 3 &4: Nyctophobia **__
Nyctophobia starts coming into the book where the unknown fear is mentioned. This can cause someone to hear things and go delusional.In chapter 3 Simon starts to bring up this unknown fear. The group classified it as the "beastie" which became their unknown fear. " As if the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real” (Golding 52). The litluns begin to fear this idea of a beastie roaming around the dark areas of the island that they experience Nyctophobia.

I am usually not frightened by a lot of things now but when i was little i use to be terrified of the dark. I had Nyctophobia when i was little because i would always thing something was in my room or in my house. I never had proof of anything but just the thought scared me a lot. Eventually i just realized that if i just ignore my fear of the dark and pretend like i didn't have a fear in the first place that it would go away. After beating my fear of the dark i became more confident to beat my other fears.

**__Chapter 5: Good and Evil__**
Ralph is starting to realize that nobody cares about working anymore. He's had all he can take and begins to share is thoughts with Piggy and Simon about reliving his title of leader. Ralph is trying to be saved with the plan of using the fire as a signal but everyone else is following Jack. "If i blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. we shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued" (Golding 92). This kind of represents the good and evil because Ralph wants the well being for all of them by helping them get off the island and be rescued but Jack is so determined to prove he is worthy to be leader that he instills fear into the litluns so they will follow him for protection from the so called beastie.

To determine good and evil you have to experience both of them. When someone does good in your life you begin to feel relived,happy,thankful. When someone experiences evil they are either mistreated in some way or wronged in another way. To differ from the two you need to have a good understanding of both sayings. We learn good from evil by hearing and seeing what is good from right. Another good way people get a sense of good and evil is through religion.

__**Chapter 6:** Beelzebub__
The unknown begins to manifest inside all the boys who fear the beastie. When the boys Eric and Sam had fire duties they experienced something that made the fear of the beastie manifest in all the litluns. They said " We saw the Beast" (Golding 99). This is really important because, before nobody had proof of this evil running around the island and now two boys claim they've actually seen it. This shows how humanity will use their fears and blow it out of proportion. This also shows how humanity will do whatever it takes to make others feel the fear they feel.

I think materialization is found in most of the songs these days. There are a lot of songs out there that are exposing kids to things they shouldn't even be knowing at their age. There are kids getting pregnant at early ages because they are expose to the idea of sex at such an early age and they don't know how to approach the situation in a safe way. This could eventually affect a lot of things especially the future we see our children living in.

**Journal Evaluation**

Name __Shawn


 * **Criteria** || **Point Values** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Overall **focus** and flow and use of transitions to make the piece **cohesive** || 5 || **4** || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * **Content** & textual evidence reflect the appropriate themes in the journal options || 15-13 || **12** || 11 || 10-9 || 8-0 ||
 * **Analysis** of quotes are accurate and thorough || 15-13 || 12-10 || **11** || 10-9 || 8-0 ||
 * Personal **connection** responses are articulate and thought-provoking || 10-8 || **7**-6 || 5-4 || 3-2 || 1 ||
 * **Mechanics**, Spelling and Grammar || 5 || **4** || 3 || 2 || 1 ||


 * Total 38__/50__**

__**Feedback**:__ __$___ Provides unique and insightful perspective on the reading ___ Uses effective verbs and word choice to create strong sense of voice__ __$__Content is simplified or too general ___$ Proofread more closely__ __$___ Elaboration needed

**__Chapter 7 Diary Entry__**
Dear Diary, My name is christian. I think i am 7 years old now because my birthday was a month after the crash. It seems like I've been here so long that i could be at least 9. I've been here for some time now with the other boys that i almost forgot what home feels like. Whenever i get home sick Ralph always assures me everything will be alright and that we will be rescued. I use to believe him but after what i saw today i just don't know if we will be rescued. I saw it with my own eyes. I saw Ralph, he "grabbed Eric's spear and jabbed Robert with it"(Golding 114). If Ralph becomes like Jack who is the leader of the hunters and the most out of control boy here, we are all going to stay lost. Even though Jack is really scary he also makes me feel safe from time to time. He seems like a strong and fearless hunter. Sometimes Ralph and Jack fight over decisions which make me feel scared because i know if they worked together we would have a lot accomplished. I hope everyone gets along until we hopefully get rescued because i feel safe with everyone together.

Until next time, Christian

** __Chapter 8 Diary Entry__ **
Dear Diary, I don't things could get any worse around here. Jack and Ralph have been fighting a lot more today. Jack eventually just stormed off the beach saying " I'm going off by myself" (Golding 127). Jack even told us if anyone wants to hunt with him they can come to. I couldn't believe this all was happening now. The group was splitting up now and it seemed to be the worst thing on this island for a moment. Some of the other boys were talking about sneaking off to join Jack's group at night while everyone is sleeping. I really didn't want to leave Ralph and i already had my chance to leave with Jack and i didn't take it. I woke up one night to the sound of Jack raiding our camp.This was pretty upsetting to me because Jack has made it clear that he still wants no part of our group. .I still can't seem to find Simon anywhere either. I looked around for him for a while but i still can't seem to find him. I hope he is doing okay by himself. Hopefully everyone comes to their senses fast and comes back together. Until next time, Christian

**__Chapter 9 & 10 Diary Entry__**
Dear Diary, Today was one of the worst days on this stupid island. I saw a group of the boys chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Golding 152). I quickly became paralyzed with fear.It was like nothing else mattered except to kill the beast. I felt enraged with fear and started to join the other boys. We all took a step back after we had repeatedly attacked the beast. I took the first glance at what we brutally impaled into the dirt. I heard one of the boys scream and then i just ran. Simon was on the ground bleeding everywhere. We all had beaten him to death! I ran away to be by myself after seeing what we did to Simon. I couldn't forgive myself for what i had done. I had only done it because i was scared for my own life. I heard piggy saying that "It was an accident" (Golding 157). I never meant to do that to Simon so i felt good when i heard Piggy say it was an accident. I hope we don't make a careless mistake like this again. Until next time, Christian

__** Chapter 11 Diary Entry **__
Dear Diary, We are still trying to make a signal fire to get off this terrible nightmare. I heard piggy saying ''They stole it" (Golding 169). Jack had stolen piggy's glasses which gave up all hope to make a signal fire. We all decide to head over to Jacks group to get Piggy's glasses back. Once we got there Ralph and Jack began to fight. All of a sudden i see Piggy get shoved off the cliff by a bolder. He fell to his death because of Roger a boy in Jack's group. Jack began to say "See? See? That's what you'll get! I mean that!" (Golding 181).When i saw piggy's death i started to run back to the beach as fast as i could. I saw Ralph running right behind me when i took off. Until next time,  Christian

**__Chapter 12 Diary Entry__**
Dear Diary, Today was the best the day of my life. We have finally been rescued off this island. I heard Ralph scream really loud. After that i went off to find him as fast as i could. I came across Ralph looking into the eyes of an officer holding a revolver. The officer looked at Ralph and muttered "Hullo"(Golding 200). At that moment i knew we would be off this island and be saved. The officer turned to Ralph and said "We'll take you off..."(Golding 201). We Told him about how we lost a lot of good friends but we couldn't finish the story without shedding tears. The officer turned and gave us time to settle ourselves. We were finally off that nightmare called an island. I will never forget my good friends Simon and piggy. This will be my last diary entry of my life on the island. Goodbye forever, Christian