This week our group had a discussion on the book "Lord of the Flies" once again. Most of us have gotten up to at least chapter 5/6, and the story is starting off slow. It is still kind of the same old stuff. The kids are left in a deserted island, and they are to coordinate and so to survive. Their basic plan was to keep a fire/smoke going on the top of the mountain in case some nearby ship comes by and rescue them, hunt pigs to survive, have a cook to cook the food, and some of them are also trying to avoid the supposedly "beast" that is mysteriously on the island lurking at them. Conflict was heavily discussed in our group because the kids on the island are starting to have arguments about the things they are doing. Conflicts always happen even in the real world, I could see that happening more in younger people, and the results of a conflict could lead to negative things because arguments tend to make people mad and do stupid things.
Group discussion this week was pretty decent. All group members contributed evenly and mostly tolerating, but we sometimes would sidetrack , but thats minimal. I hope I can better opinions in the future because I think my ideas are just on the first layer, would have to work on getting into that second layer that we learned about earlier this year.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Summative Assignment for Novel
http://vblogger.glogster.com/conflict/
Definition of Conflict :
The word I chose to discuss about is "Conflict"
Conflict is usually some sort of tension or disagreement between two parties.
Comes from disagreement or difference of opinion , followed by negative emotions between the two parties.
Both parties will think that their solution is the best choice, but only one can be exercised. Therefore leading to a debate or argument of some sort and that is what conflict is.
A difference of interest and the disagreement following that.
Conflict usually leads to inefficient using of time, therefore making the task at hand unproductive. Slowing down the progress of the task will bring out negative emotions such as frustration and anger.
If the conflict is not quickly resolved, it could even bring the whole task to failure. Which makes the parties go back to square one again. Which was not the purpose of either parties.
Even if the conflict is resolved, both parties might still carry hard feelings and might not be as friendly towards each other afterwards.
Connection with Story
The group of kids have had no experience in surviving in the wild. Kids are still kids, they were in the range of 12 years old. In our society nowadays a 12 year old could not possibly look after themselves in the wild. But luckily for this group of kids, they've got each other. They had gave everybody a job to do on the island, but of course, some would slack off , others would work hard. Their whole idea was to survive killing pigs on the island, keeping a fire going so if ships come by they can come and rescue them, and build shelter and such to keep themselves warm at night. Argument is obviously unavoidable in a group of people. Everybody is different so they would always have a different opinion. Even adults have arguments and couldn't agree on things the simple way, that why we have all these political parties and governments and such. I have a feeling this group of kid will learn how to work together in the end, and cooperate and tolerate each other in the future. Making their survival much easier and they will become more experienced. Conflict will always bring you to the other parties' point of view, although you might not agree with them and think your idea is the best, different opinion is what makes us learn and grow.
Definition of Conflict :
The word I chose to discuss about is "Conflict"
Conflict is usually some sort of tension or disagreement between two parties.
Comes from disagreement or difference of opinion , followed by negative emotions between the two parties.
Both parties will think that their solution is the best choice, but only one can be exercised. Therefore leading to a debate or argument of some sort and that is what conflict is.
A difference of interest and the disagreement following that.
Conflict usually leads to inefficient using of time, therefore making the task at hand unproductive. Slowing down the progress of the task will bring out negative emotions such as frustration and anger.
If the conflict is not quickly resolved, it could even bring the whole task to failure. Which makes the parties go back to square one again. Which was not the purpose of either parties.
Even if the conflict is resolved, both parties might still carry hard feelings and might not be as friendly towards each other afterwards.
Connection with Story
The group of kids have had no experience in surviving in the wild. Kids are still kids, they were in the range of 12 years old. In our society nowadays a 12 year old could not possibly look after themselves in the wild. But luckily for this group of kids, they've got each other. They had gave everybody a job to do on the island, but of course, some would slack off , others would work hard. Their whole idea was to survive killing pigs on the island, keeping a fire going so if ships come by they can come and rescue them, and build shelter and such to keep themselves warm at night. Argument is obviously unavoidable in a group of people. Everybody is different so they would always have a different opinion. Even adults have arguments and couldn't agree on things the simple way, that why we have all these political parties and governments and such. I have a feeling this group of kid will learn how to work together in the end, and cooperate and tolerate each other in the future. Making their survival much easier and they will become more experienced. Conflict will always bring you to the other parties' point of view, although you might not agree with them and think your idea is the best, different opinion is what makes us learn and grow.
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