This week in our lit circles we were told to focus on imagery and connections. When we discussed imagery, we were told to fill out a worksheet with quotes that have good imagery. We were then told to talk about them in our lit circles and hand in one sheet in. One quote that I found that had good imagery was “Piggy glanced nervously into hell and cradled the conch.”(P.45). Piggy sees that the island is like hell because of all of the kids are acting disorderly and not listening, however the conch seems to give Piggy hope that the society will stay together and survive. For the other lit circle we were told to make as many connections as possible, and then share them with our group. After that we were told to hand in the best one. Our group came up with many connections. For example, for me in kindergarten we had an object that if you held, you had permission to speak in front of the class. This is kind of like the conch in Lord of the Flies, because for someone to speak in the society, one must be holding the conch. This is important because having rules of who can speak makes the society much more organized with only one person talking at a time. Another connection we made was that the splitting of the tribe is kind of similar to the situation in Libya. How Ghadafi has spilt his country into two sides. When the society tried to rebel against him, he began to kill them. This is similar to the Lord of the Flies because Jack and his hunters refused to keep the fire going and only focused on hunting. This made Ralph and Piggy mad because they know that the fire is their only ticket to get off the island. So Ralph and Piggy rebelled against Jack and his hunters in order to have a better society. This did not work to well and Jack has all of the Biguns and is thus more powerful than Ralph and his group. We connected this connection to the essential question: What does power have to do with fairness and justice? We said that as someone gains more power, they will become less fair. This can be seen in both the Lord of the Flies and the situation In Libya as both Jack and Ghadafi gain more power and make their societies less fair and just. The gaining of power caused the war currently in Libya, and the separation of the society in Lord of the Flies. Also when the power was split between Jack and Ralph, the society was more cooperative and just, this is because there was not one person making decisions for his or her own benefit. Overall, there are many similarities between the situation in Libya and the separation in the Lord of the Flies.
Our lit circles have been going very well. Most people are contributing regularly with meaningful and thoughtful ideas; however some people do not contribute, or take the group off topic. I have contributed a lot in these discussions and I feel that I have improved my ability to be able to speak in front of my group and contribute ideas. Overall, our lit circle has been going very well.
To improve this journal, I explained my essential question in more detail, I added an update to how our group is doing in the lit circles, and I edited my journal.
