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Here's your blog to respond to in connection with the story "The Lord Of The Flies"...in case this is the book you are currently reading. Another challenging one...
EUPHEMISM - the use of an indirect, mild, delicate, inoffensive, or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, sordid, or otherwise unpleasant, offensive, or blunt. The word is from the Greek euphemismos derived from euphemizein, meaning “to speak words of good omen.”
Common examples of euphemisms are “passed away” for died, “little girl/boy’s room” for bathroom, and “terminal illness” for deadly illness.
"Focusing on any scene from this story, what good and clear example of a EUPHEMISM can you give based on the given definition on top? Within the entire story, there are a lot of good examples to support this concept of euphemism, which is why this posting is going to be another "first-come, first serve basis only" posting---this means that once an example has already been given, it cannot be used by anyone else. Please make sure to read the postings first before you put your own blog so that you will not end up wasting your time...?!"
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25 comments:
Pea 9C
"Sooner or later" for not so long time, this is in a scene that Ralph was talking after they (Ralph&Piggy) saw group of kids on the beach. A good thing for using this word is that it is not appear suddenly and it is not taking so long time.
During the feast when Simon got killed, instead of saying we've killed Simon, they tried to comfort themself by calling Simon it.
*Another one for Pea (in case the first one is not okay)*
Throughout the story, they always called chief instead of boss. It is good because the boss has to pay something to get something, but the chief (in this story) get choose by other people.
alice 9a
when the twins tell ralph to go, because jack will come and find him tomorrow they said
"they hate you, ralph. they're going to do you."
"they're going to hunt you tomorrow."
Yui 9B
At the very end where they met the officer, the officer said, "Fun and games" when he saw the little boys' messy bodies and 'with sharp sticks in their hands.' The phase Fun and Games sounds better than a direct phase of disappointment towards them.
Mandy 9C
When Piggy got strucked by the big rolling rock, it was not meant clearly that Piggy was dead.
( It says: "His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed." )
In the story, the conch that Ralph hold is an euphemism of "authority".
Also, in the last scene of chapter 1, Jack snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk, it's an euphemism of a beginning of fighting.
Pau 9A
The title Lord of the flies itself is an example of a euphemism because the word “flies” have another name as Beelzebub. In Hebrew Beelzebub is like Satan. So the title lord of the flies is a euphemism of the king of destruction or the demon.
Jin 9B
In the novel, they never say "toilet" they say something else like "those rocks".
In one part of the story they said "There's another thing. We chose those rocks right along beyond the bathing-pool as a lavatory. That was sensible too. The tide cleans the place up."
This is euphemism because "toilet" is quite impolite so they use other words for "toilet" instead.
Jenny 9C
Jack(chief) and his savage tribe had some kind of ritual dance of their own that they perform and chant.
They chanted "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" as their dance, which is actually not a DANCE, but instead, it's some kind of a 'Killing Ceremony'.
*They also called Simon a BEAST when Simon appeared so suddenly from the edge of the forest.
Endele 9B
Instead of saying "Ralph is dead" or "Jack's so happy that he could be the Chief, and he's so exiting that he could be Chief after Ralph's dead", but it said-
Suddenly Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly.
"See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone----"
He ran forward, stooping.
"I'm Chief!"
I think the euphemism is showing that Jack's happy, and would like to be the chief.
in the story the sea shell that ralph and piggy found is kind meaning of a rule(in story you have to hold it in case speaking in the assembly)
by the time jack destory it with piggy means there is no longer any rule beside what ever jack says and he is the rule.
after a while jack order hunting rlaph down.
Everyone said that Simon was “batty” to think that the beast is actually themselves. Batty actually means the buttocks, but in this case, it means to be silly or mentally irregular. Instead of using those words, the boys decided to use “batty” to represent Simon’s abnormality so that it won’t be too offending.
In addition to my first response, Ralph held a meeting in some part of the book and talked about where the littluns should “taken short”. This is a euphemism for the act of using the toilet or ill from diarrhea, which is not polite, and therefore has to be represented be another word.
**Note: I don’t think that this is the same one as Jin’s but if you think it is, tell me and I’ll take it off and try to replace it with another one.
Page 31 of Lord of the Flies
Ralph said "You should stick a pig, they always talk about sticking a pig." At this point, jack had missed the chance of getting lots of meats for a feast. Ralph was scolding him: "You should stick a pig" and he said it "fiercely" as described in the book but didn't show rude words because he didn't want to be rude to him.
The sea shell that Ralph have is mean the power of the whole group, when Jack break it, that means Jack is no longer is the power of sea shell.
PONG 8A
we didnt steal the glass we are just borrowing it.This is euphemism cause they say steal as something lighter ike borrow.
Chia Yu 9B
In the story, the children are classified into "littluns" and "biguns."
In my opinion,i think in name only, it apparently seems to be very fair that seperated by their ages. However, i think actually it is seperated into group who just play everyday, and another group who do the serious stuff.
DEMI
At the first Ralph make a rule that anyone gets the rule gets to talk, but instead of 'letting' other(piggy) to talk he gets the power to choose who to talk. The euphemism of this is that Ralph let other people to talk but really he is choosing people to talk. He doesn't really mean any people gets to talk.
Bow G9c
LOTF
"It was an accident..."
After Jack had died...it's the connection between Him and Jack. Although it isn't the accident at all. Still he try to thinks like that.
In the story, they call the plane crash site the scar, this is euphemisn.
When Ralph sad that’ better Piggy than Fatty'. The people perspective Fatty is a negative way of calling people. A better word of saying is Piggy, because this name is cute and not affects people feeling
Is Euphemism because, the word Piggy is lighter then Fatty.
TONY 9A
This is for TONY 9A
There was a long pause while the assembly grinned at the thought of anyone going out in the darkness. Then Simon stood up and Ralph looked at him an astonishment.
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