Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2007

Snow falling on Cedars (Task 2 Love)

In this text I will explain you the relationship between Ishmael Chamber, the local reporter and Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of Kabuo.
When Ishmael and Hatsue were young children they spent a lot of time together and played very often. Although Ishmael was even eight ore nine we can see easily that he loves Hatsue with all of his hard, but we also can see that Hatsue does not respond this in such a strong way.
As grown-up they spent a lot of their time under a cedar tree and loved each other. It was a secret love, because in this time it was out of question that an American boy has a Japanese girlfriend. Under this cedar they had their first sex.
As the Second World War all Japanese had to go into an internment camp and so Ishmael and Hatsue had to separate. In this internment camp Hatsue wrote a letter to Ishmael and said him that it is over. After that Hatsue got to know her Husband Kabuo and married him.
Ishmael stayed alone for the rest of his life. After fourteen years he saw Hatsue in the court, because Kabuo had a trial. But she didn’t want to talk with him. I think she didn’t want to talk with him because she knows that he have still strong feelings for her. One day as it looked very bad for Kabuo, Hatsue asked Ishmael to help her husband. And he does. He found proof that Kabuo can’t be guilty and that was the reason that Kabuo became free. That is a good point in the novel where you can see that Ishmael loves Hatsue really. Because he want that she could be happy even with another man.
I think that is true love.

Dienstag, 27. November 2007

Task 1:
Dear Raphaela,
Last week I was in a art gallery and there I saw an incredible picture by Norman Rockwell called “The Problem we all live with”. The focus of this picture is on a young black girl with a white dress, white socks and shoes and a white ribbon. She is walking from the right to the left side of the picture and she is carrying two books and a ruler. On the left side of the picture there are two men in front of the young girl who are wearing suits and black shoes. The man in the foreground wears a gray suit and the man in the background wears a brown one. They all sow have a yellow band around their arms and on this band it …. “Deputy US Marshall”. In the background of the whole picture there is a wall. When you look closely onto the wall you can see the word “Nigger” which was wrote on the wall. On the right side there are another two “Deputy US Marshall” who are walking behind the girl. In the background you can see a tomato which was thrown at the wall and now the tomato is on the ground. When I was this picture my first emotion was sadness. I think the artist wanted to show us something about racial segregation, racism and race hatred.
Yours Mattias.

Task 2:
Hi. My name is Hans and I read your discussion about this photo. I think that all of you wrote such a nonsense that I can all sow add my trash.
I think nowadays everything is art no matter from which artist and whether it was intentional or not. Perhaps you don’t like everything, but it’s still art. This photo you are talking about and discussing is all sow art I think. But I don’t think it’s very good. It looks like a photo taken out of a garden magazine from may mother. It looks pretty nice but it’s not really good art like photos from Erwin Olaf. If you have time and most of you look like they have much time, visit the page www.erwinolaf.com and talk about that. I wish you a nice live.

Montag, 19. November 2007

About death

I think there are three big topics which belong to “death”:
1. What happens after death?
First, there are people who believed in life after death with a paradise or hell hand heaven. Second, others believe that everybody has a soul which is reborn in a different body like an animal, a flower or even a stone. Further, some people have a strong unshakeable faith that after death they will be a ghost, and finally, there are also people like me who think that there is nothing after death at all.
2. Near death experiences and reports:
From the past until now people have reported such experiences about near death and they’re very similar: a bright light at the end of a tunnel and beyond this there is a beautiful landscape. For this people it was like heaven and they could hear voices and they said that it was a moment of decision after that they return.
This idea can also be found in many religions. Even very young children ore blind people reported of such an experience. Many people report out of body experiences, they float above their body. Very few people report horror visions and they don’t want to talk about them they call it hell.
3. active/passive Euthanasia:
In my opinion passive euthanasia is alright and in some cases it also would be okay to allow active euthanasia. If a person is totally ill, he/she should have the right to make his/her own decision, but only if this person is in full possession of his/her a faculty.

Sonntag, 30. September 2007

Dear editor

Last week I read your article “Giuliani forced into climb-down”. In my opinion it’s a very interesting topic, because I know the paintings of Chris Ofili and I know how provocative they can be. On the one hand I have been very glad to read that the museum wins the court process because on the other hand it really would be a restriction in freedom of speech. I like it when art shocks like the Virgin Mary adorned with elephant dung, because maybe when people see something like that they start to use their brain and maybe they think of something they have never thought before. In my opinion art should make people thoughtful, like your article. When I read your text I started to think about the mayor, the museum, Chris Ofili and art. I hope that I shortly will find a new article from you.

Yours,
Mattias

Donnerstag, 3. Mai 2007

A single smile

I never forget this pretty eyes and this beloved smile I saw after two weeks in Lowood. When I arrived in Lowood it was a cold and unfriendly place for me. Nobody of the pupils talked to me and the teachers were very strict. But after two weeks I saw a cute girl sitting in her bed how was reading a book and as I entered the room she looked up und smiled. From that moment my heart got warmer and warmer and now, after one year, I am one of the happiest pupils in Lowood because my best friend is this incredible girl whose name is Jane Eyre.

I am twelve years old and my name is Raquel Welch. I came to Lowood as a poor, parentless and unhappy girl but now I am rich in friendships, I have a new family by my friends Jane and Helen Burns, another very friendly girl, and Miss Temple. And now I am as I sad one of the happiest girls in this school.

Every day in Lowood becomes better than the day before. Day after day I become better in school and the education makes more fun. My classmates become friendlier to me and my life is better than it ever was. And my whole gratefulness goes to Jane. Because she was the person who gave my life a meaning and I am so glad that I have met her. It is amazing that a single smile in a single moment can produce a totally new human like me.

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Sonntag, 22. April 2007

Report about a burglary

CRUEL BURGLARY WITH THE EXCHANGE OF SHOTS

London. (KLIMO). In the night of the 27th March, two men and a little boy broke into the villa of Mr. Brownlow. They wanted to find money. All three thieves were able to flee, but one of them got shot and wounded.The police is suspecting that the wirepuller is none other than Bill Sikes. He is the most wanted crook in London. Bill is a pickpocket leader and a brutal professional burglar. He sends dozens of children out to the streets to steal whatever they can get in their hands. The boy is assumed to have entered the house threw the window in the bathroom. Mrs. Bedwin, Mr. Brownlow's housekeeper, woke up in the night, because she heard a noise. When she was creeping out to the stairs, she saw the little boy. He opened the front door for the two other men. Mr. Brownlow woke up, because Oliver cried for help. Then two shoots fell from the gun of one of the criminals and one of them wounded the little boy. He is called Oliver. In a later Interview Mr. Brownlow told the police, that he knows the little boy which was crying for help. He was put up by Mr. Brownlow and some day he disappeared.Then the boy got gripped by the bad men and they drew him out of the house. "Oliver looked so scared and he was bad wounded, but I was shocked and wasn't able to help this poor creature", said Mrs. Bedwin hysterically to our reporter team.Nothing was stolen but the house is watched by some observant police men now. Mr. Brownlow and his housekeeper are anxious and everybody hopes that nothing bad happened to the probably innocent boy.All inhabitants of London are called upon to watch out of the dangerous crew and their follower, before they are able to start a new burglary. Detectives are still looking for that gang of criminals, but everyones help is kneed! For details or tips to this fall- please go to the next police station

Freitag, 23. März 2007

Interview

Interviewer:
Hello. I am very glad to speak to you Prof. Smith. You are one of the most popular Professors from our University and your mats are history and geography and your special topic is Victorian age. That’s the reason why I have some questions to you because I have to write an article for our school-magazine “Bob” about the Victorian age.

Prof. Smith:
Thank you for your invitation I am really looking forward to give you interesting encouragements to your questions.

Interviewer:
One thing I ever want to know is: What are the most important changes in this time?

Prof. Smith:
The Victorians created astonishing innovations and changes in ideology, politic and society. Really new for the 19th century was democracy, feminism, unionization of workers, socialism and other modern movements. It was the time of Marx and Engels, Darwin and Freud.

Interviewer:
How did the Victorians fare?

Prof. Smith:
For the most people, no matter if they were young or old, the life was not easy. It was normal to work seven days a week and child-work was a matter of course. They had to work in mines, as servants and in factories since they are five or six. Later in the 19th century there came a rule which said: children have to be more than ten years old in order to be allowed to work in a mine or a factory. But when Queen Victoria died in 1901 there still were children working so hard under ten. It did not exist a pension, a health insurance or any other social security. The payment was really bad. For hard work they got nearly nothing. Often they had to live like beggar. For the poor children something like childhood or a good education did not exist, they even had no toys to play. On the other side, the rich social stratum had every thing. The children had very much toys, nurses, private schools and they did not have to work.

Interviewer:
Today it is normal for us to get a good education. How was it in the Victorian age?

Prof. Smith:
Less people were able to go to school because it was too expensive. But in 1870 in every country and village had to be a school and all children had to go to the school. It was very strict with hard punishments. Girls and boys where separated. They had different doors to get into school and they also had different mats.

Interviewer:
Thank you for your detailed answers. That’s exactly what I want to know about this age.

Prof. Smith:
You are welcome and I hope I could help you with your article.

Montag, 5. März 2007

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