Camouflage Paint analysis

What is the significance of the camouflage paint that Jack puts on? How does it affect his personality? Why will it make him a better hunter? In what ways does it hide his personality? In what ways does it reveal his personality? Discuss its symbolic meaning as well as the others’ reactions to it.

The camouflage paint that Jack puts on, tries to show that he wants to be see through. Its shows that he wants to be strong and isn't a very socializing person; in addition he wants to be dangerous and scary. It will make him a better hunter, because his opponents, the animals, wont see him. It hides his personality, because it doesn’t show how greedy for power he actually is; and how insecure he is about himself. The others are scared of this new idea.

10 Vocab Words from Chapter 4

Bumbling - liable to make awkward blunders: a bumbling mechanic.

Agonized - involving or accompanied by agony or severe struggle: an agonized effort.

Chanting - A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan: the chant of the crowd at the rally.

Audible -capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.

Charitable - generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals: a charitable man giving much money to feed the poor.

Timidity - characterized by or indicating fear: a timid approach to a problem.

Humiliation - an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.

Bolting - A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.

Gyration - the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.

Squatting - to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.

Passage analysis Chapter 4

Simon put out his hand, timidly, to touch Ralph; but Ralph started to run, splashing through the shallow end of the bathing-pool, across the hot, white sand and under the palms. A moment later, he was battling with the complex undergrowth that was already engulfing the scar. Simon ran after him, then Maurice.

Drew, reached out to touch Eamon, softly; Eamon was frightened and started running to mr. Mc Leod. On the way there, he got stuck on a pin that was sticking out of the wall; and had a deep hole in his freshly shaved leg. Drew kept running after him, and Ika followed.

Island needs

Marlow's List:

Physiological needs. Biological necessities such as food, water, and oxygen. These needs are the strongest because a person would die if they were not met.

Safety needs. People feel unsafe during emergencies, or times of disorder like rioting. Children more commonly do not have this need met when they feel afraid.

Love and belonging needs. The need to escape loneliness and alienation, to give and receive love, and a sense of belonging.

Esteem needs. The need to feel valuable. to have self-respect and the respect of others. If a person does not fulfil their esteem needs, they feel inferior, weak, helpless, and worthless.

Self-actualization needs. Maslow taught that a very small group of people reach a level called self-actualization, where all of their needs are met. Maslow described self-actualization as a person’s finding their “calling.” He said, “a musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a poet must write.”

Relation to the book (chapter one and two):

The characters in Lord of the Flies have taken care of their needs to a pretty big extent. They have organized a place to get food from (center of the island), as well as water, and oxygen is provided anyways. Most of them also feel loved as well as having met their belonging needs, as they are all part of a group and most people like each other. In addition, their esteem needs are covered as nearly everyone in a group is very valuable to the others surviving and having a satisfactory life. The two things they haven't quite been achieved are the safety needs, like on most islands around the world this isn’t very easy; it is very complicated to supply islands with its needs because everything needs to be transported over water via ship or plane. In addition, the self-actualization needs aren't completely met, as not everyone does what they actually should or wants to do. Overall though, the group of children have done the best they can to achieve needs.

Letter from Roger to best friend after chapter two:

Letter from Roger to best friend after chapter two:

Dear Paul,

I know this really sounds strange, and believe it or not, our plane was shot down and now we are stranded on this island in the middle of nowhere. I am on this island with a bunch of children younger than me, who are completely annoying, and especially one person, Piggy. He is intelligent, but I really can’t stand him, his way of acting everything, it really provokes me. I don’t know how to survive the time here; it’s really annoying, I want to get off here as quickly as possible, and go partying again with you. I hope I’ll see you very soon. Enjoy the time without me.

Current situation in Iraq

The current situation in Iraq seems better than before. The amount of war and fights has decreased, but are still immense. George W. Bush agreed that all American troops remove from Iraq cities by June 2009 and from the entire country by 2011. The new president, Barack Obama did not disagree to this new agreement; although he is considering, a slightly slower pace of removing troops from the country. But until then, the Iraq government will have much more control in combat operations, detentions of prisoners and even prosecutions of American soldiers for grave crimes. Overall, this proves that slowly the Americans want to make their way back out of the country, and leave the Iraqi alone.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html

Graphic Novel/Comic Terms and Concepts

· Layout:

o Panel:

· This panel consists of four frames showing the American clearing away of the lions. The first and last frames are rectangles stretching horizontally across the page sandwiching and the two frames in the middle are stretching rectangular as well, but in the vertical way perpendicular to the first and last frame.

o Frame:

· The first frame shows three soldiers and two of them are talking next to each other. They talk about what they have just done and if they feel alright about it.

· In the second frame, we can see the soldier, who killed the lion, putting his hand on him and seeing if he is still alive.

· In the third frame, we can see four soldiers and two dead lions. The soldiers are discussing where the lions came from, and if they are wild walking around. They come to the conclusion they don’t walk around wild.

· In the last frame on the panel, you can see a bird flying and a voice saying, they're free, relating to the lions not being wild, but free.

o Gutter:

· The gutters between all of the frames are identical.

· They are white and show that the frames are in relationship to each other.

o Bleed:

· No images bleed in this panel.

· No images extend to and or/or beyond the page.

o In-depth frame's analysis:

· Overall:

§ Fore-,mid-,back-ground

· None of the frames are in front or behind others.

§ Graphic

· The frames aren't contrasting each other in color or anything like that. All of the pictures are drawn with more or less the same colors.

· First frame:

§ Fore-, mid-, back-ground:

· In the foreground, there are two soldiers with their weapons talking about how they feel after what had just happened.

· In the midground, we can see another soldier with his weapon.

· In the background, there is the view of the burning city.

§ Graphic weight:

· The contrast in this picture isn't too special. It is isn't very high and makes the eye fall into a sad mood.

· The only pattern repeated here, are the soldiers with their weapons, and their uniforms, they are more or less identically next to each other three times.

· The dark colors here are matching each other very well, which can persuade one mood, sadness very well.

· Second frame:

§ Fore-, mid-, back-ground:

· In the foreground, we can see the dead lion.

· The midground is featured by the soldier, and his hands on the lion.

· The background consists of the sky.

§ Graphic weight:

· As well as in picture frame one, the color contrasts aren't too big. But, his clothe are up next to the lion.

· This still doesn’t increase the contrast a lot, because the lion's fur has nearly the same color as the hands of the soldier, which doesn’t provide any difference.

· The only pattern repeated is the texture of the clothes, as well as the hair on the arms, and the lion’s fur.

· The only color more deep on the page is the weapon of the soldier which we can only partially see. It is much darker and kind of stands out.

· Third frame:

§ Fore-, mid-, back-ground:

· The foreground in this picture consists of a black bird sitting on an antenna. He is watching the soldiers and the dead lions.

· The midground is occupied by the soldiers and their equipment.

· The lions make up the background, as they lie deeper than the soldiers stand. They aren't really in the background, but are the objects/shapes/elements that are the furthest back in this frame.

§ Graphic weight:

· The black bird creates a big contrast to the lions, their blood, and the floor. It is black vs. a beige-ish color tone of the floor and the lions.

· The color pattern repeated here is once again the one of the soldier’s uniforms. They look similar, and in this case are even four uniforms are close to each other.

· No elements stand out bright, but the bird and the antenna he is standing on, are obvious to see because of their darkness. They are much darker than the rest of the picture.

· Fourth frame:

§ Fore-, mid-, back-ground:

· In the foreground, we can see the black antenna.

· The midground is filled by the black bird which was already present in the picture before.

· The background is the sky, which is fading from dark brown to orange, which shows its dark and the sun is just setting.

§ Graphic weight:

· There are not too many contrasts, similarities, not color repetitions in this frame, as not too much is going on.

· Figures:

o Faces:

· The faces in all of the frames are drawn.

§ The soldiers are either shown from behind or from the side; not with their face to the viewer.

· With the exception of the first frame, the faces don’t look dramatic because they don’t have a detailed backdrop.

§ The first frame shows the background with burning houses and in front the face of a soldier, which really does look dramatic because of the backdrop.

o Hands/feet:

· The hands of all soldiers, in all of the frames, except the second, are on the gun, which shows a protective positioning of the body. The soldiers aren't very comfortable with the situation and don’t really care about it either.

· Their feet are positioned wide apart to show they are ready to fight, if someone would attack.

· The exception is the second frame. The soldier has his hands off the weapon, and on the lion to show how sorry he is for what he has done. He didn’t really want to kill him, it was a natural reaction he had.

· Text:

o Captions:

· There are no captions in this plane.

o Speech balloons:

· There are a bunch of external as well as internal dialogues on the plane. External dialogues are in each frame, and internal dialogues are in every frame except the last one.

o Special-effects lettering:

· There are two special-effects letterings on this plane.

§ The first one is in the third frame and emphasizes the word wild. One of the soldiers asked if the lions are wild, and there was a big emphasizes on the word, because in his opinion they shouldn’t be wild, because they are dangerous.

§ In the last frame, the word free is emphasized. It is related to the lions that aren't wild, but free!