Post 4

Martynas Kausas 2/18/10
The Fire of Ares
Michael Ford 120-179
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What is confusing in this book? Why?

I think that something in this book that is confusing is that why didn't Lysander's mother tell him that he was a spartan. If he would've known he was a spartan then he wouldn't of needed to work in the field all of his life and live in poverty. Also if his mother would have told him that they were spartans then Lysander's mother wouldn't have to suffer without medicine. If she would've gotten care before then she wouldn't have died.

What has surprised you in the book? Why?

One thing that has surprised me in this book is that Lysander ended up being a spartan. He was always talking about attacking the spartans and letting themselves free. He had a dream about working with the helots in there army and fighting off the spartans. He always dreamed of getting revenge and then he realized that he was one of those people he hated.

book post #2

Blog #2 2/11/10
The Fire of Ares
Michael Ford 61-120
59

What other character(s) beside the main character is really important to the story? How and why?

One character that is important to the story is Timeon. Timeon is Lysander's best friend. He experiences the same things as Lysander by working in the fields every day. Since they both think the same way they train just in case they would have to fight for their people (the helots) in a war against the Spartans. They always help each other out by giving each other food when needed or just helping out with jobs needed to be done. Without Timeon, Lysander wouldn't have the strength to move on.


Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?

I would like to be like Lysander because he is very brave. He always has the strength to keep on going and always has the will to work twice as much as needed for himself so that he could afford medicine for his sick mother. Even when he still worked twice as much he didn't always get what he needed. Because of this he was always getting disappointed but Timeon always made him get happy again.

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Post 1 2/4/10
The Fire of Ares
Michael Ford 1-61
61

What has surprised you in the book? Why?
Something that surprised me in the book is that usually the main character has more then one enemy. In this book I think that the author symbolizes his mental worries as some of his enemies. This evens out the balance between good and bad in the story.

In this book it's surprising that he has all these things to worry about like The Fire of Ares, his mom, getting food and medicine and Timeon. All of these things make Lysander strong and always give him the strength to fight on. I also think it is kind of cheesy how every time he is out of power and doesn't have a will to go on the fire of ares just recharges all of his strength.


If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it?

If I could change one thing in the book it would probably be how Lysander is always just sad about his life and even when his sick mom tries to cheer him up he stays sad. I would change this because it just gives the story a bad feel to it when the main character is just sad all the time and the only thing that keeps him happy is the fire of ares which is just a pendant.

Book Choice

I chose the Fire Fire Of Ares because it is about a war. A good war because it was made up and so anything can happen.

Chapter 12

Lord of The Flies
Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters
Perspective: Ralph



Dear Diary,

Today the first place I hided from the hunters was in a ticket by the castle rock. I was hungry so I went to Sam and Eric. They gave me some meat that they had. Sam and Eric joined Jacks tribe because they are now scared of Jack and Roger. They also know that they now don't stand a chance against any of the hunters because they saw how evil Roger and Jack can be. Sam and Eric have told me that Roger has sharpened both sides of a spear. At first I didn't know what that meant, now I realize that Roger wants to stick my head onto a spear just like the Lord of The Flies. I start to run to look for hiding places because Sam and Eric told me that the Hunters are going to make a CORDON to scout the island back and forth until they find me. I also was informed they will make ULULATION when they find me. They soon find me in a thicket and I start to run and end up going to the beach. When I arrive there I see men with machine guns. I soon find out that they are naval officers. Jack soon appears on the beach with his painted face and with a spear in his hands. When the naval officer asks for who was chief I took blame and said that I was. When he asked for names Percival Williams forgot his own name! The naval officer soon says that he is disappointed in the all of us and said that he would of thought some English boys would of been able to keep a good community going. Also when I said 2 kids were killed he at first thought it was a DIDDLE.

Lord of the flies

Chapter 10: Castle Rock

1. Piggy tells Ralph to call all the boys on the island for a meeting with his talisman (The Conch)
2. Piggy has three reasons for Jack to return his glasses

1. They belong to Piggy

2. It’s wrong to steal and that he owns them

3. Piggy is blind without his glasses

3. He wants to look not insane like truculently but how they looked before they landed on this island

4. When Piggy, Ralph, Sam and Eric go to the castle rock Roger gets in the way

5. He is delirious and is carrying a pig that he killed during his hunt

6. To prove Ralph's point he calls Jack a thief

7. Soon a cecation happens and they get tied up by the hunters

8. While Piggy was talking Roger threw rocks at Piggy but missed on purpose

9. I think that Roger is the one responsible for Piggy’s death. He is the one who pushed the big bolder which killed Piggy. Jack only ordered to protect the castle rock, he did not say to kill Piggy. Also Piggy could not see at all at the time. If he would have seen the rock he could’e gotten out of the way. This gives evidence that it was not Jacks fault but it was mainly Rogers and partially Piggies.

Lord of The Flies

Chapter 8 and 9

Event 3: In this scene the first character in the book talks to the lord of the flies. The lord of the flies is a sacrifice to the beastie from Jack so that his tribe wont get hurt by the beastie. It is a pig head on a stick. The reason he is called lord of the flies is because he has tons of flies eating away at his flesh. In this scene Simon is walking and discovers this pig head. Suddenly the pig head starts talking to Simon and says things like “You thought you could kill me, I am part of you, I’m in all of you, I am the darkness within you.” This makes Simon freak out. Soon the pig head says that he is not only the darkness within you but that he is the beastie! I think this is a hint to Simon that the beastie is not a creature its just our imaginations. The pigs guts then start to fall out and Simon suddenly has a nosebleed. I think he makes this gory scene because the author wants to foreshadow violence using blood. Another thing the author shows is that when Simon has his nosebleed the flies stay with the pig. This is another reason the pig head is called lord of the flies.

I think that Simons death is all Jacks fault. “Do our dance! Come on! Dance!” This quote shows that Jack started the dance. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” This quote shows that he also started the aggressive chant which got all the boys pumped about killing. This is my evidence that Jack is the guilty one. He is the one that is making these boys exited about killing and he also say s that there even is a beastie. If they would’ve been sitting under shelters like Ralph wanted them to then Simons Death would have never happened. Jack is a perfect example of what the pig head said. Jack has a lot of darkness inside of him.