Othello Journal 2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-768956312207897325#

Really good video about the Moors and their rule in Spain around during 700-1300
The video really helped me understand why Moors were so hated in Europe
Unfortunatly really long video though

My two research links about oppression

http://www.religioustolerance.org/sla_hist.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005469


Random quote I found
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Napoleon Bonaparte 

How LotF would be different with female Characters

If there were female characters in "Lord of the Flies" Golding would have to change a number of things. First he would have to change many and/or all of the dialogue throughout the book. Perhaps the whole entire story would have to change completely due to the roles that females played when the book was written. Females would think more logically and peacefully than many of the decisions made by the male characters in the book. Having both sexes on the island would mostly likely create a more peaceful enviroment than the chaos in the book. Adding female characters would essentially destroy the all the main ideas shown in the book. This is mostly likely why Golding decided only to put male characters in the book.

Journal 1

On the first page Goldberg decides to create a careful, knowledgeable character who we soon learn is named Piggy. In creating this character he has brought the only child in the whole book who thinks before acting. Also when Goldberg puts spectacles on Piggy it makes him seem like a more intelligent persson, but he names him Piggy making him ridiculed. Throughout the book he is treated as a low life form, but gives the most helpful advice helping the children so many times. Piggy always thinks before he acts throughout the book especially when they have assemblies. Goldberg has also given you someone to feel sorry for, he has asthma and is overweight, he is almost just dead weight among all the children. Goldberg has created Piggy as the punching bag of this book but at the same time the character who is most intelligent and sane in the end.

On the first page Goldberg makes two alliterations first with the chapters title then second with the sentence "'Where's the man with the megaphone'". First the alliterations echo the sound of the ocean. Since they're on an island the sound of the ocean would be there all the time. The title foreshadows the assembly that is called later in the chapter. Also both the alliterations have to do with sound. It makes me think that sound is emphasized throughout the book.