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Hello everone,
This is my blog for class English 114B.
This blog include my project and reflection.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Fairy tales' value to children education



      When i was 3, i start to contact fairy tales. I believe fairy tales is the important thing to my memories. In my opinion, fairy tales is benefit to children's spirit world because they basic on children's childhood and it can effect people's whole life.

      Why children like fairy tales?
      I think First of all, almost fairy tales about the problems which are relate to death, fear, injustice, despair. All of these qusetions we could be suffer from young to old. For example, we cannot always study good and when we grow up we may not always fall in love with a people who we love.  Sometimes we suffer to life's dark side. But finally we usually re-galvanize. These suffer like fairy tales the hero always can overcome difficulties. These villains are like "evil" in children's innermost being and finally goodness defeat evil.
      Fairy tales is the earliest education for children.  Like me, when i was 3, my parents start to tell me some fairy tales which can easily to understand. For example, snow princess, Red riding hood, The little Mermaid.  These fairy tales give me many great inspiration.  Make me understand beautiful not only on people's exterior but also focus on person's heart.  

Sunday, March 18, 2012

The difference between Water for Elephant's novel and film

Although the book tell the same story with its movie, but they have different emphases. Sara Gruen describe lots of performers in the circus which seemed like luxuriant from outside but the true things are ridiculous. In my opinion, the novel describe social condition at that period, but the movie focus on a relationship between Mariena and Jacob.


In the book,Readers are presented with the day of circus disaster, and Jacob Jankousky admitted he kept the secret of a number for 70 years. Alternating between the nursing home and his memories from 1931, the old Jankowski reveals how he became involved with the menagerie of the Benzini Brothers most spectacular show on earth. In contrast,the first minute of the movie is slow, as an elderly man stares at a circus ticket pooth in the rain. Going inside the manager's office, he begins reminiscing about his experiences at an infamous circus during the time when this was the preferred type of entertainment. Maybe in order to young viewers, The voice change to the younger Jacob. And many of the supporting character present in the book might blend into one in the film version. Jacob retains his standing as a just and compassionate companion.



When I read the novel, I feel Jacob and Mariena Have a romantic love. But when I saw the movie, maybe because the age difference between two author's I feel their voice and their face are the same as I imagined. The second is in the novel Sara Gruen did not write many violence on animals. In the other hand, the movie shows a lot of animal violence and it fails to evoke the audience's sympathy for Jacob.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Water for Elephant

The novel is about a guy named Jacob Jankowski. He is 19 years old and lived in a nursing home. He is told what to do all the time. When he was studying in Cornell University, he received a news that his parents got killed in a car accident. He left school.

One night he jumped on a train which belonged to Benzini Brothers Most Speetacular Show on Earth. Jacob got adopted and shared quarters with a dawrf named Walter. The boss-August wasa brutal man who treat animals badly. Jacob fell in love with his wife Marlena.

Jacob tried to kill August.In the end, several circus workers released the animals and caused a stampede at the performance. August Got killed by an elephant. Jacob and August's wife marlena could finally be together. They opened circus together and lived a good life.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Forever 21 and White House Black Market

http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0302/page35.php


 

http://www.whitehouseblackmarket.com/store/page.jsp?id=24


 

Today, we went to Northridge Mall to do a survey about how people think about if certain age group should wear certain kind of cloth so that they can fit into the society. We visited Forever 21 and the Black House White Market. Like it sounds, Forever 21 is the store for the young people or the people who want to look young. On the other side, Black House White Market is the clothing store for the older and conservative group because it is more simplistic and formal.

We disagree that certain age group should wear certain kind or brand of cloth to plea the society because women cannot be limited by what society's expectation.It is naive to say that women should wear whatever they want to wear because we need to dress in a certain way to meet the social context. For example, when we go to a interview, we have to wear suits to look like formal. When girls go clubbing, they will wear as little as they can to look sexy.

However, people have different personalities. Some people may be more into old-fashion way of dressing even when they are young. Some older people may like the colorful and energetic brands such as Forever 21, H&M, and Pacsun. They should have the absolute freedom to dress the way they want to if it is not too inappropriate to the occasion.

 

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Space

     When I think about space. The three dimensional map comes to my mind.     


 

    This is what I picked up from my math class. In the beginning, we just learned the x and y axis, and that is flat. We later studied the x and y axis with z axis. I came to understand the basic principle of the universe. After, I got the idea of x, y and z axis. I will map out my room with them. I will put objects in my room like bed, table lambs and chairs. Of course, everything can be moved in the space. I can design my room the way I like. I will put my bed in the bottom right corner; I will put my table by my closet which is on the left. The closet is separated with my room by a door. Inside the closet, there are my clothes which are way more than I need. My computer is on my table, and I am charging my cellphone. I can imagine the signal travels and penetrate through every corner of my room even though I cannot see it. Later, I became an art student. 


 

      The idea of space helped me to do the sketches. When we draw two squares, we would put they paralleled to our horizontal eye level. However, things are not always put that way. Sometimes, we have two square with the same size. The one appears closer to us will be bigger than the way which is further away. That is way when we look at paintings, some people in the background is roughly the size of the front person's finger.