The creator of the Simpsons had a very challenging job, to base this episode "whacking day"on the short story the lottery. The story the lottery is a short tale, it occurs in a small town, the tradition on this town was to participate in the lottery and the one who won it should die beat out with rock by the citizens of the town. The only connection that we can make of why they did it is that maybe they wanted to honor the solider from the world war ll, die in honor for they country. The whacking day was basically the same story but just a little different. It was a day in which people smacked snakes just because it was an old tradition. In both of the stories there is one character who is not in agreement with the situation. On the lottery is the girl who was chosen as a winner at the end story was the only one that disagree with the tradition but she couldn't do anything about it. And on the Simpsons Lisa is totally disagree because she wants to protect the snakes and she doesn't find any sense of why this is a traditions. Both of them try to convince the people of what is correct but not all of them were successful . These types of satires are created to basically critique society and make them realize that not all traditions that now a days are still realized should be continued. They writes re make this satires over an over the years because as the times goes people still stick to their traditions and some of the should be stopped, and one way to make people think of what they do is by this types of satires. Writes transform work from one to another like from the lottery to whacking day basically analyzing the story and making a similar story with the same plot.
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2015 is going to be a year full of opportunities, learning, social life and more. During 2014 I was looking forward to a fresh start, so I could leave behind some things I don't want to remind myself of. I had ups and downs last year, but I discovered a lot of things that now a days I'm thankful for . Last year some friendships got fragile while others got stronger, I met a lot of new people and new social groups, but sadly I started to move away from my family because sometimes y put my friends or myself before them which is something I'm willing to change in 2015 because I need to take advantage of the time I have left with each of them cause you never know how much time they will be beside me and vice versa. Also, some of my closest friends went away for an exchange in Canada, one from school named juanita zapata and one from outside the school, one of my best friends called mateo. That really made me realize that true friends are always there for you no matter what and you should be there for them in return. It also made me think that I need to take advantage of the time I have with them before our destinies tear us apart or something. On 2014 I learned many, many things that will have repercussions during my next years of life. In 2015 I'm willing to leave behind many things and start over, also keep doing some of the stuff I liked from before. Some things will have to change for my own good like being better at time management and trying to get my grades higher, because last year I got the lowest grades I've ever had. Trying to do homework is crucial for making this happen. I also want to learn either French or Italian because I think it is time to start worrying about the next chapter of my life... University. In this paragraph I'd like to focus on my future, I know I still have many years to go but really it is not as much as it sounds. Relax is my word for this year because if I use this word I know everything will get better, for example if I stress I always prefer to give up and stop doing what I'm supposed to do like homework, but if I relax I would definitely do it. If I relax and ignore what's around me I might pay more attention in class. If I relax my time will match better with my necessities like with extra curriculum activities like gymnasium and dance class, because if I relax I would have more time for planning my schedule in order to do everything I want to. Getting better at school is surely one of my goals for 2015. Another goal for this year is to keep up with my social life, continue going out to party (because that is one of the thing I love the most), and keep meeting new people and having fun, but also keeping good grades. This year started with ferias and I had a really amazing time. I met new people and partied a lot and I went to bull fights and had an amazing time. That was the best way to start the year, plus juanita and mateo came back from the exchange so I had an amazing time with both of them. I hope I will still go out with the people I've met and have fun with them like I did in ferias. I hope this year will be an amazing year for finding the perfect balance between family, school and friends. Also, the relationship with my mother is getting worse every day so I hope that will get better as well. I hope and feel that 2015 is going to be a great year. My name is maria jose paredes, I'm 14 years old soon turning 15 on November 4. I was born in manizales Caldas, I could say that is one of the best cities I've ver been to for living, it's small, the climate is cold and is not that insecure as other cities. I first started studying ant colegio los cerezos when I was in k5 I started dancing at the ballet academy called miluzka, it was kind of cool but then I got bored it stayed a year without dancing and then entered to ballet Olga Lucia it was one of the best decision I've made. On the middle of forth grade I changed school I entered to colegio granadino and that has definitely been the best decision I've made in my life. When I came to this school I meet wonderful friends meet wonderful people that my life would be empty without. Some of the most important events on my life that I chose for this assignment have to do with my friends; for me friends are a vital part of me, i couldn't live without them. I really want to think about the moments that have recently marked my life, I find this project a good way to express them, and what a better way than music. I hope I really get to think about my life and how lucky I am for having great moments on It. I really expect to complete this assignment as good as possible because I feel that is important to me, not because is a school project but because I really love my life and the moments I have luckily spent. Chandelier by sia is a song that represents the first moment that impacted my life, my trip to Los Angeles last summer. I really like this song, the rhythm is very nice. During my trip to Los Angeles this song was very popular as right now. We listened to it every second of the day and also sang to it. This trip was a dancing trip, we went (a group of 20 dancers) to two dancing studios there, Edge and Millenium dance complex, both of them wonderful academies. Every time we where on the way to the academies that song couldn't be missed. There is also a meaning or connection or meaning for his song, on the video of the song there is a girl called Maddison Ziegler, during the whole video she is dancing extremely perfect as she always does , this little girl is part of a T.V show called Dance Moms my favorite show ever so that really makes me lo this song even more. This song also mixes up almost all the thing I love, friends, dance,and last but not least Dance Moms. Count on me. Bruno Mars. During many years of our life's we get to know many people all kinds of personalities go trough our eyes but really there are some people that stay they just not come back and forth they stay and we all hope is forever. Friends are one of the things that are very important for me they are my un biological family, they are people I cans trusts and they can also trust me back. During many years I had one of the best friends in front of my eyes and I was so blind to see him, after I realized that It was clear to me that I was one of the luckiest people on earth. He is always there for me no matter what.The song I chose is about friendship trusting each other and knowing they could always count on you. I really feel identified with this song because if I have a friend I really really expect them to trust me because I would listen and keep any secret they want as well as advice I can also do that for anyone. When I started doing mainly this paragraph I realized that I don't only count with one boy best friend I have many friends but I mostly get along with to and they know who they are. True friend by Miley Cyrus, kind of childish but still a song I love. Besides that it is a great song. Friends as I've told before about 10 times are one of the most important thing to me in my life. Since I changed school I meet hundredths of new friends, it was difficult to be far from the other but as the days passed I realized that I've meet some of the best people that I'm going to meet on my entire life. On seventh grade me and my group of friends came together more strongly than it ever had on that time, it was awesome and I think that each of us realized how important we are to each other. The songs basically talks about true friends, and that is what I have, what I think we have, a group of friends that has been together many years in which we've had amazing experiences. Day per day we have fun, we go out together we tell each other everything we share the gossips we have, we talk about our love life's who do we like who broke our hearts and many stuff. We have trust on each one of us and we feel comfortable with each of us . As I've said before this reveals that I really care about friends they make up a very important part of my life. Finally, you just finished reading this assignment, thank you for really taking the time to do it. Three song, that define me in many ways but indentify me in one direction friendship, if you wanna know me one of the first thing you will notice or see is that friendship is really important to me. Chandelier, count on me, true friend, are songs that describe some important moments I've had until now, moments I'm not going to forget because they are going to stay in my heart. I hope they will be more moment such as these or better on the future. On this years of our life's we have the tendency of starting to think that we are not good enough, ugly or fat, our selfs esteems go almost to the underground. These thoughts can later became worst , people could get bulimia, anxiety, they could be self harming themselves, anorexia, or depressions. I think that many of the people that are reading this blog have ever experience one of those tought where you don't feel good you just want to disappear, there is no reason for living or being happy and your only desire is to became invisible. But don't feel bad, they are thousand of teenagers out there feeling like you do or worst, because our society is seeking for perfection in each of us going from physical to psychological things such us beauty and intelligence they don't really understand what they do, all of that pressure could let someone take bad decisions such as suicide. I know that being a teenager it's hard it isn't easy but we have to deal with it because it's part of our battle that we usually call LIFE.
" teenager are the most misunderstood people on the world, we are treated like kids and expected to act as adults". I really could relate to this quote and I think many others could, we are in the stage in witch we grow up from being kids and soon we are becoming adults, there is no one except for us that could really understand. Some times we need to take choices, specially at this age people make some of their most important decisions which will have repercussion on their futures. All of that pressure for a person with 13 to 19 years it heavy. Also in this stage of the battle we grow up, we are supposed to stop playing with dolls and start thinking of our futures, how are we going to make money? what are we going to study at university? what job are we planing to get? do we want to have a family?, and that is hard actually a lot. In every day, hour, minute, and second PRESSURE IS ON. Silence is one of the thing that will always be an option for us, sometimes I feel that no one cares, on those moments my only friends are silence and my thoughts they will always be there for me, at least they won't critique me. The stress and the pressure will be there, not to help you but to ruin you, they will be the ones that would remind you of how perfect you should be in all ways and what a mess you are; they have kind of a similar roles as society in teenagers life, destructive would be a definition for them. And for those that are not teenager yet prepare for the time of your life I which you will suffer and have fun, you are about to experience pressure from all the people around you but remember there is something sweet in every sour taste, as well as sad episodes will occur, happy ones will arrive. Some times we let people decide for us, we think that they have the reason over our opinions or decisions, in the end what they say doesn't matter because what counts is what you love, you always need to have in mind that in the future their opinion is going to be worthless, You can never let someone convince you to stop following your dreams. they might sound crazy or impossible but if it is what you love they might come true. Even your closest friend or your family may to try to stop you from what you want not because they are bad or mean just because they think is the best for you, but they might be wrong. If someone ever tells you to make something different from what you want like for example in your future career, ignore them because they are not going to give you work or anything they probably are not going to matter in the future, FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS THAT'S WHAT MATTERS! Some times it's hard to know that your family doesn't supports you in what you want, the opinion of someone that is important to you can make a big impact on your future decisions, but mostly they tell you this is because they want to help you. Always remember that if you love what you do or you love what you are going to be, you are going to have success in many ways. Remember society is very jealous they would always try to bring you down they would never want to see someone have success more than them, but you know what, they are not important so follow your dreams and ignore everyone who will try to bring you down because they are just jealous of you. I have a crazy dream for my career but I'm scared because people always ask me if I really want to take that risk, obviously that comments and thoughts make me sad because that makes me think that my dream is impossible, it might sound crazy but is one of the things I want, I also like architecture a lot so I thing that I'll be going for the safe one, for now I just want to stop thinking about that I still have 3 years and a half for deciding. But remember try as hard to follow your dreams but you should also think in the consequences they might bring, some of the things people say might also be great advice but we should learn to distinguish the truth from the jealousy.. |
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