Lord of the Flies

                I believe that this statement by Andre Gide is true. Although, I believe that this statement is referring to more of a non-physical death, rather than physical. So rather than society actually killing a person, I believe it could kill his or her spirit, or soul. Ways that you could kill a persons’ spirit could be by making them feel like an outcast. There could also be instances where people could have enough power over someone and they could fill their head with lies that make them believe they are not worth it and get in their head and eventually cause the person to commit suicide.

                If we can’t separate our savage self from our civilized self, I believe that our savage self would definitely take over rather than our civilized self. As much as people hate to admit, if things got hard enough, you would rather do what is best for yourself and be greedy rather than trying to help other people, which is a savage. Lord of the flies shows a great example of this. Rather than sticking together, Jack makes his own group and they eventually end up killing each other and fighting. I feel like no matter how hard you try to stay civilized, your savage self will always end up taking over.

                A civilization is created when everyone comes together as a whole to work together and survive rather than working alone and only for yourself. It is hard to decide whether people are controlled by the society, or if the society is controlled by the people, but since I have to choose, I believe that people are controlled by society for multiple reasons. There are lots of rules, laws, and norms that people have created, and everyone just follows them. If someone doesn’t follow the rules, laws, or norms that we have, they either get in to trouble or just stick out.

 LOTF is basically telling Simon to stop trying to help out the rest of the boys because they will never be rescued and will be here forever.

Simon has been doing his best to help everyone in the group rather than being a savage and only helping himself. 

Because LOTF is only in Simon's head. Not anyone else's. 

Refugees

1) 18-24 months
2) 110,000 refugees
3) Democratic Republic & Congo
4) 39,000
5) California, Texas, & New York
6) From 2015 to 2017, the amount of refugees we let in went way down
    I didn't realize how many refugees we let in from Africa
    I figured that there would be more from Africa
7) I didn't realize that a good chunk of the ones we let in are Christians
    We also let a lot in that are unaffiliated which is surprising
8) We have become more accepting of different cultures, and they also have light colored skin.
9) It has moved from Europe to Africa to Asia. Bhutan.
10) There are a lot more of African Refugees than I would of thought
       There used to be a lot more refugees from Asia than there are now
      That Eritrea is settled in Montana
11) 50,000
12) At first it was dropping, but now it is increasing, but still slowly.
13) 1 in 10
14) 6 in 10
15) Norway and Switzerland

I do believe that the US should feel obligated to take in refugees because we are big enough and we have the ability to help, so we might as well.

Formula One Grid Girls

     I have known about things like this, like ring girls, but I have never heard of grid girls before reading this article. After reading this article, it changed my perspective on those types of jobs. I realized that it does not make a woman's image look very good, so I believe that it is a good idea that they have decided to stop doing it. A grid girl has been used to be dressed in a uniform, stand in front the drivers' cars before the race, and hold up their number. They also would stand by the winner at the end of the race. This has been going on for a very long time and is considered a tradition, but I believe that it is a good idea that they have decided to stop doing it.

     There are quite a few shoes that I could put myself into. After putting myself in the grid girls' shoes, I would feel very conflicted because first of all, I probably chose to have that job, and I probably like it. It would be very hard to understand why they made the decision to end it, but eventually, I think I could try to understand. Putting myself into the racers' shoes, I would be upset, because the racers probably like it. Lastly, putting myself in the shoes of the ones who made the decision to end grid girls, I would be proud, because it is helping the image of women.