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Choose Our Leaders!

Posted by Azirah Bowman in English 2 · Pahomov · C Band on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 9:29 am

How do we as people choose our leaders? When we vote we have the right to choose the person that will have the right opportunity to be the best person to make decisions for us at a local level. According to a news article in Daily News Philly, that states the way in when we are guided on how to vote,When voting, we oftentimes choose our leaders based on who appeals to us the most. This is observed through their physical characteristics, their actions, and what they advertise. These are all things that make making this decision a lot easier. In William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, a story that tells about a group of schoolboys, who are trapped on an island, between  the ages of 6-11. With the loss of the adults, as days pass, the boys decide that they need a leader and a hunting pack. Remarkably, the boys have  the understanding of a conch shell to guide them if they ever need to gather up and have meetings. Going forward the boys began to see the true views of one another and they realized that they are in the middle of the war and that things need to change because the way in which the boys chose to pick their leader for the island, was decided but what they observed from the candidates and who they thought would be best to make their decisions for them. Because there were a variety of boys, all with different abilities, choosing a leader was not as easy and became a thing of who appealed more to them. Some candidates appealed more with physical characteristics while others with their ideas and knowledge about the next steps they should take before being rescued.

One of the candidates Jack was considered based on, a former choirmaster at his school when the plane crashed he sense the success in controlling over others since he has the eager to make rules and punish those who break them. His main interest is hunting, a seek that begins with the desire for meat and builds to an overwhelming urge to master and kill other living creatures. Jack has an attempted to dominate the groups of boys rather than working with Ralph to benefit him. But with the thought of the boy's decision of a remarkable leader of their actions he commenced to lose the boundaries of attending to any of the other responsible for the betterment or survival of the group. But the autocrat that becomes in jack grows to dominate in his personality during the fear of the beast being sighted. But as the days go by, Jack strives additionally to establish on becoming the prime leader of the group, he reinforces the illusion of power by using the other boys who were in the group choir at his school understood that he was a considerable lead.Notwithstanding Jack becomes power-mad.¨ painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol¨ (115) ¨Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape.¨(116) Therefore, Jack is a represented as an evil and violence, a dark side of human nature, he is with the devil on his shoulder as his own animality, looking to master other creatures.

Additionally, the next candidate Ralph was considered based on as a socialized, civilized and decently intelligent. Ralph is the one who conceives the coming together place, the fire, and the huts. He synthesizes and applies Piggy 's knowledge is worth keeping for reasons, and he recognizes the false fears and superstitions as a barrier to their survival. He works hard and makes sure that the group is still in the thought of being rescued. But overtime Ralph began to lose his power of organized thoughts such as when he struggles to develop a docket for the meeting but finds himself lost in an inarticulate maze of vague opinion. Ralph's departure from verbal ability bodes ill for the group because his authority lies. He becomes worn down by the hardships and awe of primitive life history and is gradually infected by the savagery. Therefore, he Ralph got punished and was tracked down by Jack and his pack and Once Ralph becomes prey,¨lying there in the darkness, he knew he was an outcast.¨(145) But when he began to get frustrated with staying in one dark place, he began to knock things down and headed to the beach and encounters the officer and gets rescued ¨Squirming a little, conscious of his filthy appearance¨ realizing that the world is not all positive but does have evilness in it as well and is in all people of all.   

Moreover,  the next candidate is Piggy who was considered based on, as an intellectual with poor sightedness and has a weight problem. He looks at the world different than other, he looks at as a rational world, he has the calm and negotiator thought process. Yet the boys saw that piggy would not be a great and leadership, and he lacks the qualities and has no understanding of other boys. Piggy thought of the idea of the conch and thought that he could have a heard. Piggy asserts that "Life . . . is scientific."(64)  Piggy is so purported on preserving some remnant of refinement on the island that he assumes improbably enough that Jack group have attacked Ralph's group so that they can get the conch when of course they have come for fire and the reason for that was to preserve some remnant of civilization for the groups.Therefore,“What are we? Humans? Or animals?? Or savages? What're grown-ups going to think? Going off- hunting pigs- letting fires out- and now!” (99) Piggy meaning of this is saying that we as children think more creative and crazy when adults are no longer present.

In conclusion, The Lord of the FLies is the theme of which fierce/cruel is occurred of civilization. We are shown that the boys have all different characteristics,  Ralph represents civilization as he wants to enforce convention and let everyone have a match say and vote on intelligent wise.Whereas Jack who represents viciousness and is not interested in what they have to say, worried about getting voted for the strengths he has. Considering Piggy represents civilization as he think of the world as a different and scientific place that everything can be solved if you look at it from a different perspective, as well as acknowledging that voting shouldn't be for the intelligent or the ability to control other but to make sure the human that are around you can get the help from you and you get the help from them. So with this saying the boy's action show us consciously that forces them the infamilar things to make sure society functions properly.


Works Cited

Golding, William. Lord Of The Flies New York: Penguin, 2006.

Fitzgerald Thomas. Voters Guide  Pennsylvania and New Jersey general elections, 2017.



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¨You Finally Understand¨

Posted by Azirah Bowman in English 2 · Pahomov · C Band on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 11:26 am

I feel like...i'm slowly falling apart

And you think you understand?

She´s Gone!

And all I have left to think about is

her laugh, her smile, her touch, her kisses

It’s been a year!

Sitting with her in the hospital, talking to her while she’s under… nevermind

“I'm tired of being in this hospital, take me home,” is what she said, and it made her realize she's getting tired of nurses that attempt to help her. .

But I knew when she goes home she won't be there for long.

I still hear her say to me, “Hey sweetheart, how you feeling?”

¨I know its hard but you will get threw it because you are a strong independent young lady, and i know you won't let nothing change that¨.


My mom told me when gram knew it was her time to go, she squished her hand tightly and looked her in the eyes and smiled.

My gram died from cancer, and I wasn't there when she passed

Walking into the room I seen everyone crying and my mom taking off her mask

I was Saying to myself ¨ This isn't real, please come back, I need you.

Remembering the first time when she feel out of bed and was rushed to the hospital

Her sitting in bed, getting sick as the days pass.

Do you understand now?

The stuffed nose, the redness in your eyes, the screams in the pillow

Did you know I cried myself to sleep every night.

And nobody, nobody understand the pain I'm going through.

Everytime I see an elder they  slightly resembles my grandmother.

I swear it's her… alive, here in front of me.

And you still say you understand?!

No, no you don´t,

I really miss her, my mom says she´s in a better place.

In a beautiful place called heaven.


Hey Gram,

I know your looking down on me.

Can you see me?

Me and mom try to make your delicious chicken and dumpling, but we can never get it and it makes mom sad because she wishes you were with her so you can teach her the recipe.

Can you hear me?

I need for you to hear me when I cry at night and tell me it's going to be ok, and you are always here with me.

I really really miss you

And I try not to be sad and I'm trying not to cry but it hurts and it's so hard

You feel my pain? You feel my pain?

Huh, Ridiculous…

People only notice someone when they are happy,having fun but never notice when they’re upset or scared.

And it hurts.

It hurts when you realize your tears aren't as important as your smile.The desire to cry, the desire of feeling sadness for someone who is no longer here

Is linked to emotional stress

But the most difficult thing is to stay moving on in life

But the easiest part is acting like everything is ok and pretending to wear a smile.

I’ma just stop explaining myself because i just realized all I needed was for someone to listen to me. So moving on, tomorrow i will continue to work on my improvements of moving on in life,But still having that section in my heart for my grandma.

Laugh!!!

Im so glad you understand me at the end.

So now you are willing to help me strive for excellent for my future goal and career.

Thank you so much!!


https://soundcloud.com/azirah-bowman-214769291/monologue

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Bluford Series By Paul Langan & Anne Schraff

Posted by Azirah Bowman in English 2 · Pahomov · C Band on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 10:09 pm
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Restriction

Posted by Azirah Bowman in English 2 · Pahomov · C Band on Monday, October 2, 2017 at 1:05 pm

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Restriction

This is why I have restriction on my phone. LISTEN! I snuck to an event with a person I wasn't allowed to go with, and yes I felt bad after I got caught , and yet I still think it  wasn’t worth it. But I did it and I am still getting punished for it. I haven't had social media on my phone for a whole summer and now during school. I think it's going too far. The restriction is a mode on your phone that takes away your app store and you can't get into it unless you know the password. So now I have to redeem myself to get a social media at this point in time. Therefore, I am upset that I have to keep asking for it.

It all started when I was going to the Penn Relays,  I had gotten permission to go. Once I got there,  I saw someone  I was  not allowed to hangout with , but  the next thing I  knew I was hanging out with him.  He even encouraged me into going back the next day . So I got home and,  I tried to convince my mom on letting me go.  When she said yes, I was excited. However, when I walked out of the house I felt ashamed,and discourteous. I also knew the consequences. The consequence would be  to take all  of my apps away.  I would have to wait  about a month and a couple of days, until I would be  allowed to ask my parents for an app on my phone. I'm only allowed to get one app at a time, and if I mess up, they make it two weeks until I can get another app. But,  I have to show that I deserve it or I won't get it . But I wasn't thinking, I think it was that  I didn't care or all the excitement got to me,  that made me forget about the consequences. I kept walking to the event.

Once I got to the relays, I was about to go back home but as soon as I turned to head back , I saw him and I no longer felt guilty, and we had fun that day. I felt as though I got away with going behind my parents back. However, when I got home, , my mom began to ask me questions, such as ¨who did you go with?¨, ¨how did you get back home,¨, and ¨how did you enter the event without a ticket? I was so scared that I just let everything out and told her. When she sent me to my room,  I went to sleep.When she woke me up from my nap, I  felt so sorry for doing this to her. I made her lose  trust in me, and  knew and still know that it's going to take awhile to redeem it. Also, I knew my mom felt heartbroken just because i went behind her back. She was so scared and I was so wrong. Mr.Terrance is my step dad who lives with my mom and takes care of us.  He came in the room and took my advice, he added restriction. As soon as he did that,  I knew it was wrong for me to go behind my parents backs and I know I won't do it again, but the thing is, I still regret it to  this day.

I learned that negativity always comes back to you, no matter what you do, there will always be a time where it comes back. It's like the cycle of life, what goes around comes right back around. So to this day I know, that I need to do what I need to do and fix my mistakes.I am always positive and I know that once I feel guilty of something, I need to turn the other way and do the right thing.
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