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        Have you ever waited so long for something to happen, then when it actually does it is the biggest disappointment ever? That is exactly how I felt watching the finale of Lost , the makers of the how completely blew it.It still puzzles thousands of people of loved the series. Another time I have felt like this was when my classmates and I put bubble wrap in a vacuum tank for chemistry. We were expecting a big boom and got nothing but a little poof of air. Or when I work hard on a project and I personally think it's great, then I get a bad grade. My point is most things in life are very unexpected. This also happens in novels such as The Lord of The Flies. I was not surprised when Simon died because there was some foreshadowing as to why he would be killed, however, I was surprised for Piggy's death. I had a feeling he was going to meet his demise, but I was still shocked. He went in such a harsh way too. Roger is psychotic. Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric just went there to

Welcome back readers! So this week I decided to go back to a topic i brought up weeks ago, the t.v show Lost.  Last time we discussed morals and ethics within a character named Michael, well this week I am going to discuss another character named John Locke. John was born an orphan, his mother being very young and dumb. He was given up for adoption and lived his life from foster home to foster home, often being treated unfairly and seen as an outcast. He was bullied by the children of his foster parents and he kept to himself, quietly playing backgammon. When John was older his mother found him, telling him his father wanted to meet him. John reconnected with his father under the impression that his father wanted to meet his son and be the father he never was. However, his father was an international scammer and was using John to steal his kidney. He made himself look sympathetic so that John would think it was his idea to donate his kidney, but it was his plan all along. John

       As you can see i have finally edited the theme of my blog. I am still trying to figure out how to make it work. Anyway, in English class, we started talking about leadership and the qualities of leaders. This is also a topic we have been talking about in ROTC. In the book Lord of The Flies , the leader, Ralph, is chosen to be leader because he is the one who blew the conch and gathered them all to the beach. Nobody knew him or what qualities make him a leader. As the book goes on he begins to fill this role. He is focused on the rescue of him and the boys. Meanwhile Jack, who we thought was leader-like, is drifting away from that. He has developed a blood lust and just wants to kill and hunt. I think this is the result of not killing the pig the first time. He feels the need to redeem himself. He also is very disrespectful to Piggy, leaders should treat all of his followers equally. It is true that Ralph does not fulfill that quality much either, but he does not treat Piggy a