I talk to my friends in a different way than I should, so when I begin to write, I write what I’m use to speaking. This is another major problem I have in writing because I will never learn how to write proper English. My third goal is to focus and understand a piece of literature. In other words, if we begin to read an uninteresting book, I start to slack off and not pay any attention. I need to learn to get use to books that I never imagined me reading because I don’t have a choice but to do it.
Nicholas Carr is giving voice to these concerns. This article is about one skill that he believes is being eroded, that of reading: "I'm not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I'm reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I'd spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose.
Unlike Ralph's peaceful, democratic leadership, Jack believes in violence as a way to rule. Jack uses anarchism, the absence of government, as his method of winning over the boys and convincing them to leave Ralph. When Jack is originally unsuccessful as convincing the boys to convert over to his own methods, he resorts to savagery in order to become successful in gaining power and sovereignty over the boys. Jack's disrespect, desire to hunt, and violent tendencies are all ways in which he gains and maintains power over the converted boys. Most importantly, Jack's disrespect towards the other boys makes him fearful to the others, and therefore the boys feel obligated to follow his orders if they want to avoid consequences.
This aspect of the human condition is expressed through the differences of Jack and Ralph’s interests and the struggle between the two sides of the boys’ nature, which soon leads to conflicts between good vs. evil and civilisation vs. savagery. When the boys first assemble together on the island, Ralph and Jack appear to be friends and allies; however the tension between them becomes more palpable as we read on. Ralph and Jack epitomises the two different representations of humans. Ralph focuses on safety, organisation and rescue. He stresses the important of keeping a signal fire and building shelters.
Since my strengths are harder for me to write about I will start with my weaknesses. Finding the time I need to write a paper as well as the right atmosphere is a difficult task. I have to literally force myself to sit down, relax, think, and write. I do not like sitting down and relaxing when I have the
Throughout the majority of the novel it is obvious to see that Ralph is not the rightful leader, and that Jack should be the leader as he has a strong sense of control over the island but does not have the same agenda when it comes to being rescued as he does not see the importance in the fire, whereas Ralph does, “You let the fire out.” This shows Ralph to understand that to escape from the island the boys need to create a signal fire for other ships. Jack is the apparent rightful leader, but the one that shows the intelligence and is the main reason to why Ralph became chief is Piggy, as from the start he understands the severity of the situation “We may stay here till we die.” Piggy’s intelligence is shown through the
Ina Koraqe Engl 91, Prof. Tara Thompson October 22, 2013 Reflective Essay Reading Autobiography Reading is a long career which everyone of us has to built on its own path. To read isn’t that boring as it sounds. Reading is an “external” part of my academic life. We don’t have a good relationship, but we get along. At this point, I think it depends on what are your reading interests and how reading meets your interpretation skills to be understood or to get you involved on its field.
Before I did any research for this assignment, I wanted to give my own reasons why I believe writing is essential to many, if not all aspects of life. My number one reason is for the stability of our future and the futures, after. I have never been great at writing. It is very difficult for me to properly, communicate my thoughts onto paper. I was not taught this where I live, here the educational system is a shame and is only getting worse.
It is because my knowledge does not cover enough for the fields that I may not be interested in like literary, chemistry ... So, if I want to improve this weakness, all I have to do is balancing my knowledge. I need to read as hard as I can to cover up the knowledge of the fields that I missed so that I will have more ideas to talk about whenever I receive a topic, no matter it is my favorite topic or not. The second issue I want to mention is that I am really bad at using the correct vocabulary for each topic. For instance, when I have already found out the ideas for my topic, I still have difficulty in choosing the right words to express my ideas.
Typically, I would go through and just read a piece of writing without taking the time to really look into the meaning/purpose and message. But this project really taught me to not be as oblivious and what to pay attention to. With that, I was able to take address a few learning outcomes; which among these are, Language and the Individual, Language and Social Relations, and Language and Belief. Instantly, I knew that I wanted to incorporate a poem when doing this assignment, but I had no clue or idea what one to pick. I read through tons and tons of poems until I found The Road Not Taken.