"Lord of the Flies"
Post #1

C. Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

The characters in this novel (Lord of the Flies) are Ralph, Jack, Simon, Piggy, Roger, and other boys. Ralph is the chief between the boys, and he is the protagonist in this novel. Jack is the other chief and he is the antagonist in this novel. Jack has against mind to Ralph. He makes odd things to Ralph. I liked Simon best between all the characters in the novel. He is sensitive and he behaves nice to other boys in the island which they settled and wanted to escape. He gives useful ideas to the boys so that they can survive in that island. Also, I liked Piggy and Ralph. I liked Piggy because he got some helpful ideas for the boys and I liked Ralph because I think he led the boys into positive way to escape the island where they were located in. However, I didn’t like Jack because he disturbed the other boys’ plans and he makes disagreements to Ralph. I think the special things about the boys are they have changed while they tried to survive from the island. In my opinion, the way that the boys changed mind reveals the universal human experience, because I could know the inside of the human’s mind by that. At first time, the boys had negative mind, but their mind changed to positive mind. They really wanted to rescue by planning ideas to escape the island. Ralph reveals that the leader’s mind and wants to keep the safe and peaceful island where they were at.

"The Giver"
Post #5

D. What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?

-After Jonas got his own assignment, which is the Receiver of Memory, he had training with The Giver. On Jonas’s first training, The Giver transmitted the memory of the snow. Jonas got through the situation of sledding. Also, he could feel the cold air and he could see his own breath. Jonas felt it was surprising and later The Giver transmits the memory of snow again. However that memory of snow and memory of rainbow was not painful at all. He felt exciting when he received the memory of snow, and he could see the colors after he received the memory of rainbow. Originally, the job Receive of Memory is really painful to do. When Jonas did his first painful receiving, his face was wet with tears and he felt awful, but he couldn’t get the relief-of-pain because that was the rule for the Receiver of Memory. I think the climax starts from this part. He will go through the hard time on his training and he already got through one of it. This part make feel me very odd, because this assignment was not what Jonas wanted and his assignment had many secrets not to tell to somebody even his family. Also, only a few people were selected to do the Receiver of Memory because it is a much harder job than the other jobs. If I were Jonas, I would feel sorrow for it. I hope Jonas will be patient when he does his training because Jonas cannot change his assignment

"The Giver"
Post #4

G. Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe there settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

- I thought that they have their communities, that was memorable to me because in our lives, I think we don't have communities like in the story has. In our lives, country, school, family, friend groups, town can be a community. And I want to know what standard of community is for them. I am curious about how could they divide into each community and can they change their communities. Because, if someone fights with someone, then they could not be comfortable to live with each other in the same community.

"The Giver"
Post #3

E. What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?

- I think the mood of this novel is sometimes cheerful because of the children's expectations for their own assignments. However, sometimes, the children are very serious about their assignments and what they do in their ages. I kind of feel sad for children because they there are rules that they have to follow so they have to wait until they get older and older. In Jonas's age, they are about to have an assignment so they are about to change little bit more than other kids. Their assignments are really important because the job they assigned for their selves is what they have to do in their lives.

"The Giver"
Post #2

B. Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?

- The back of the book, it says that "There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community." and I think that's related to the workers who came from poor countries to Korea or other countries to make money. They have to do what their boss says and some unfortunate workers injured when they work. I think the workers who are poor are related to this quote ("There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community."), and this novel. There are thousand of people who don’t have their own choices in the world. They assigned by who had authority. Usually, people who don’t have their own choices, they are poor so they obey people who gives them things to do. I am not done with this novel but I think there are no choices to the people who are in the Jonas’s community and also the other community people.

"The Giver"
Post #1

C. Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

-In the novel, "The Giver,” the main characters are Jonas, Jonas's family and his friends. I like the character Jonas's mom, because I think she understands Jonas and respect him. Also Jonas’s dad, he really concern about what Jonas is doing and what his assignment will be. The main character Jonas, he is a normal boy and he is not different from other boys about Jonas’s age. They are curious about their assignments because they are about the age to get their own assignments. The special things about characters in my novel is the people who is in Jonas's community, they have to follow the rules that I don’t follow. When they are same age with Lilly, they have to wear jackets that fastened down the back instead of the get front-buttoned jackets that fastened down the back so that they would have to learn how to help each other dress and learn about interdependence. In the novel, Jonas’s sister, Lilly doesn’t like that rule so she wants to become older so that she can wear front-buttoned jackets. And at nine years old, they get their bicycle and the girls have don't have to wear their ribbons. Also, they get their assignment for as their job. I thought those things are different than what I do now. I think they reveal that they have to follow the rules and the community is strict about it. They have to do what the rule says and it changes when they become older and older.