Special Forces

Hello, we are three students that live in Danville California and we attend San Ramon Valley high school. We are all sophomores and have great school spirit and pride. Besides our extracurricular activities such as baseball, soccer, and football, we all mainly focus on our academic careers. We all have hopes of attending a 4-year college after high school and living prosperous and healthy lives. The reason we are talking about joining the Special Forces is because it provides numerous opportunities to succeed in life. With all of this said, joining the armed forces can change your life no matter what your circumstances are. If you are struggling in school it will provide a great education in college, it will put you in the best physical shape of your life, you create life long bonds with your other soldiers, it can teach you lessons that will last a lifetime on how to be a better person, as well as serving and protecting your country.

 

Special Forces

Lord of the Flies Analytical Paragraph

Piggy's Specs

              Piggy's spec's represent power and control on the island and which ever boy posseses the specs has the power. Throughout Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, the boys use Piggy's specs in order to make fire. Piggy's specs were the only possible way to make fire on the island. Whoever had the specs possesed fire, or power. At the beginning of the novel the boys need to find out how to make a fire, Ralph geniously figured out that Piggy's specs can be used as a fire starter. Once Jack started to become a savage and left Ralph with the other boys they realized they could not thrive and be succesful without Piggy's specs for fire. Jack and his tribe quickly realized that Piggy's specs were an essential item. "He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses"(168). Throughout the novel so far, Piggy's specs have been used to start fire. As Jack strayed from the boys and made his own savage like tribe, he realized that the only was for his tribe to be in full control over Ralph and the island, was to attain Piggy's specs. After Jack took Piggy's specs after raiding Ralph's camp he essentially had all of the power on the island which in turn simply turned Jack into a bigger savage. This downfall of Ralph's camp made them go into Jack's camp and try and retrieve the specs, which ultimately caused the downfall of Piggy and Ralph and the uprising of savagry. Towards the end of the novel when the savages have taken over the island and are chasing after Ralph,the savages, led by Jack, are stuck in a dilema. Ralph has burrowed himself in some bushes in order to evade death but Jack decides to smoke him out of the bushes, using the specs. This fire that Jack has created ends up catching the fire ablaze. "Then Ralph was running beneath trees, with the grumble of the forest explained. They had smoked him out and set the island on fire"(197). The savages have succesfully smoked Ralph out using Piggy's specs, but by doing so they have set the entire island on fire. Piggy's specs show how Jack had complete control over Ralph, and the island. The specs gave Jack the power to make Ralph come out of the safe thicket. Without the specs Ralph could have stayed in the thicket for as long as he wanted to. Since the specs were in the hands of Jack, a savage, the entire island was set ablaze which was the downfall of the island. If Ralph had kept control of the specs, I believe that the fate of the island would have been completly different. Piggy's specs showed who had control and power on the island as well as the fate of the island based on who had control.



Synthesize Ralph and Piggy's leadership qualities, would this make the perfect leader? Explain.

If Ralph and Piggy's thoughts, or leadership qualities were combined, then I believe it would not make the perfect leader. Together, Ralph and Piggy's qualities would make for a great leader, but not a perfect one. They would not have Jack's aggressive attitude and authority to be able to get a point across to the other children. In the novel, Ralph and Piggy both have difficultly trying to get their point across to the other children, while Jack does not have a problem with that.'" I got the conch-" Jack turned fiercely "You shut up!' Piggy wilted"'(42). Jack has shown throughout the novel that he has the ability to be very powerful, he has the authority but he just lacks the knowledge. Piggy and Ralph on the other hand can be wise and they have great ideas but as soon as they tell the other children their orders, nothing happens, all of the children lose interest and neither Ralph nor Piggy do anything about it. In conclusion, Ralph and Piggy's synthesized leadership qualities would not make the perfect leader due to their lack of authority that Jack attains.

Lost/Lord of the flies paragraph

Hypothesize what might happen if Jack from lost, or Ralph from Lord of the Flies gained too much power.
                So far in the novel Lord of the flies, one the main characters, Ralph, has come out and has been elected as a leador. Very similar in the series Lost, Jack has started to prove himself and come out as a leador by saving many lives right after the crash. If both of these leadors maintain control and power, they may become corrupt, or they could be great leadors, there are many different possibilities.  I believe that if Jack from Lost gains too much power, he will make use of it effectivly not for him but for the poeple. So far jack has showed that he is selfless and looks out for other people before himself. I feel that he will not become corrupt with power. I cannot say the same about Ralph from Lord of the Flies though. Ralph has gained control after an election from the boys but he has shown that he is pretty disrespectful to others and he is still only a boy and I feel that he will not know what to do with power if he gains any.""They used to call me 'Piggy." Ralph shrieked with laughter. He jumped up. "Piggy! Piggy!"(11). Ralph has shown that he is disrespectful to others so in return they will not respect him as a leador. If Ralph continues his ways I am predicting that a revolution might happen. If Ralph gains too much power I am predicting that he will become corrupt with power.

Introduction to me

Hello! I'm Kameron and this is my blog! I am 15 years young and a sophomore at SRVHS, this is my very first blog! I love hanging out with friends, playing sports and normal teenager stuff. My favorite book I have read is the outsiders, I thought it was a great read. My writing goal for this year is to be a very descriptive and in depth writer. One quote that I love personally love is something my old coach told me, " Insanity is doing something over and over again until you get it right, so life your life insane ".