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Kaya- LOTF Human Nature
Wyatt- LOTF Reading Response

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a story that makes a person think about survival along with enjoying the story. The first chapter grabbed my attention and has held it since. The relationship between Piggy and Ralph fascinates me. Ralph acts like he doesn't care about Piggy, but we see flashes of Ralph caring for Piggy and protecting him from Jack. I feel like Ralph is ultimately going to stand with Piggy rather than Jack. Jack's bloodthirsty mindset is going to cause issues in the future with himself and the rest of the boys.

The boys on the island all have at least one thing in common, innocence. The boy's innocence is going to cause more problems than setting part of the island on fire. They are going to start running out of ideas and aren't going to know how to take care of themselves. If things start to spin out of control and Ralph can't glue things back together, the boys are going to default to the basis of human nature which is survival. The boys are going to get violent and savage and blood is going to be spilled. I have no idea the direct path of this book, but I do believe it is heading in this direction.

Human Nature

Everyone has a different take on human nature. I believe that everyone is born with the intention of surviving. A person's default personality is to do whatever it takes to survive and the rest all depends on how they are raised and the experiences they go through. Someone who is raised with manners and has been taught the difference of right and wrong, shown generosity, love, and respect is most likely going to be a great person. On the other hand, a child that is neglected, beat, not shown the correct way to act, does not know the difference between right and wrong is most likely to be a "bad" kid.  But, there always are a few exceptions. There are some people who are just mean and rude and there are people who are naturally kind and respectful. In my opinion, it all depends on which one choses to act on the light or the dark. Although in a survival situation, you switch to your default, do whatever it takes to survive.

My parents and mu experiences led me to these beliefs. I was raised to be respectful and do my best to be kind, so I am. Most of the time. I have had good and bad experiences but I have learned that I enjoy the good rather than the bad. People learn things from both sides. Like I said, it all rides on the specific person's shoulders. Whatever they choose is how they will be. I firmly believe that no matter what kind of person you may be, you will do anything to survive.

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Anna- Fall
Griff- The Waltz of the Fat Man

Free Post

Sometime in March when I was in 6th grade I met my best friend, but I didn't know it then. It was the first volleyball practice of the season and I was on a role in sports that year. Our softball team had won a championship and so had our basketball team. I was determined to win a volleyball championship, so I was practicing very hard. I was tossing the volleyball up in the air and serving the ball trying to hit my spots and I saw someone I had never seen before. I knew she had to be a new kid because at St. Luke's everyone knows everybody. I noticed that she looked a lot like me and then she was walking towards me. She walked up to me and asked, "What's that thing on your eye?"
I replied, "It's an extra piece of skin. I was born with it."
She said, "Oh okay," and walked away. From that point on I knew she was special. I liked that she wasn't afraid and her curiosity put a smile on my face.

Nowadays we are always together. Some people think we are sisters which is true but not blood sisters. Her name is Addi LeBouef and she's always there for me and is my most loyal friend. We have played softball, basketball, and volleyball together, have SOOO many inside jokes, and have been through some crazy stuff. Addi and I will always be best friends and if she hadn't have walked up to me that practice and been what some people consider rude, we might have never became friends.

These Shallow Graves

I have recently started to read These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly. It was recommended to me by my old english teacher who likes to read the same genres I do. This book is a mystery and has a female protagonist named Jo Montfort. Her dad was murdered but she doesn't know why and her uncle covered it up. In this point in time women were only good for marriage and kids, at least that's what the majority of society thinks, not Jo.

This book lives up to my love of mysteries. I have always loved mysteries and I always will. The author allows us to really understand Jo's thought process and how the society she lives in works. I am only on page 87 but Jo's story is just about to take off. I'm ready to see how Jo figures out what happened to her father without destroying her family's reputation and her's in the process. Jo has a long journey ahead of her and she's going to have to toughen up to survive.

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Ryan- procrastination
Jordan- Fast Food

Procrastination

I read a interesting article on procrastination. I have never thought about procrastination hurting my future self. Honestly, I do not procrastinate a lot. There are two things I procrastinate for homework and shopping. I will do just about anything to not go shopping. Shopping is like torture for me, I have never enjoyed it. Ever. I  think everyone procrastinates on homework. None of us want to do homework. We would rather watch Netflix, go outside, play video games, and that's what we do to procrastinate. This does end up hurting our future selves. Think about it, if you put off your homework until 8 o' clock and you know you have a boat load of homework and you stay up late doing it, then you are a zombie the next morning.

I blame my procrastination on unwillingness. I don't want to do my homework or go shopping. It bores me, and in my head I have thousands of other things to do that are way more fun. One thing I do to minimize the procrastination on a weekend is to set a time that homework should start and I tell a few people to remind me and tell me to do it and it has gotten a lot better. On weekdays I struggle more. I haven't developed a strategy yet but I am working on it. I haven't beat procrastination yet, but I am taking it down little by little and I plan to keep doing so.

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Alex- Flash 
Ellen- Reading Response