Lost in the Woods

  Unfortunately, one day, if I suddenly lost in the woods, I supposed to arouse my skills for the purpose of survival. First of all, I might try to call attention to anyone who was at the forests, whether a tourist or a hunter, they might be capable to direct me the right way. However, if I was unlucky, such as the character in '' Hatchet'', I had to depend on myself. Finding a shelter and enough food for survival are very significant, since they could support our basic needs. If there is a natural cave, at least, I could live in the cave and avoid cold. If I was unfortunate, I had to build a shelter with collecting branches, leaves, and grass by myself. Next, I had to find wild fruits with clean water ( or I would be sick) to satisfy appetite and complement energy. Furthermore, If I discover a river, I could go along with it; since most of the rivers would gather into an influx, even support a town. I might have a chance to discover a town that could phoning others. At night, if I was good at astronomy, I could follow the North star and infer my position, and then direct the way. On the other hand, if I lost in the desert, I couldn't even adapt the weather. It was pretty hot and dry in the morning, and it was really cold at night. There were only several animals and plants live at the desert, and it seldom rained at there! Moreover, I didn't sure that I'm too lucky to find the oasis. Anyhow, I wouldn't like to miss my way in the forest or even the desert.

Personal Assets

  According to the story'' Hatchet '', for the sake of survival in the wilderness, Brian had used lots of personal assets. I think that the most important personal assets are self-reliance, problem solving, encouragement and courage. Brian had to be self-reliance in the story, since people didn't even know his position, for the sake of survival, he had to arouse his living skills. He fought against nature and tried to solve the problems within them, such as fighting against mosquitoes. Since he considered that how worrying his parents might be ( if they knew he got lost ), he decided to subsist independently. Thanks to his father and his friend, Terry, he got a hint about survival-- hatchet. Through a series of groping, he then discovered that sparkles could make a fire ( although it's because he couldn't control his emotions ). However, he had the bravery to survive independently in the wilderness. Furthermore, I think that the most significant is that he was lucky. He had good luck on survive through a plane crash, he had a good luck to discover how to make a fire, and he had a good luck on picking and collecting berries which a bear won't even hurt him. On the other hand, I don't think that I have any greatest assets. Anyhow, I think that the assets that I have are serene, hardworking ( because I'm not smart ), and helpful ( but often fails ). Moreover, I don't think that my assets could help me to survive in the wilderness, but serene might be the only possibility.

Solving Problems

  Since I haven't confronted serious challenges in my life, I have broadened knowledge by solving problems. My Chinese language skills had made me chatted with friends in Taiwan easily, and causing me capable to read favorite novels daily. Furthermore, I could write letters to my friends in order to express my feelings. If I lost the ability to speak or write in Chinese, I would have to depend on my body gestures to communicate. It wouldn't be a really good idea since I am kind of a cowardly person, and it would cause a lot of troubles.Thanks to the everyday tests in local school, practicing my math hardly, so I could have basic skills. Having some basic math skills allowed me to count numbers, pay money, and bargain with the owners of stores. ( just kidding~ ) It also allowed me to measure regular and irregular objects and calculate a person's speed. I won't say that this skill is particular, because it is pretty general. My swimming skill protects me while I am supposed to swim at the sea. Although I didn't swim fast, at least, I had safeguard against drowning or spasm. While I'm swimming at the beach, I don't have to worry about too much, since I learned how to do CPR. Though I didn't have certainty, I could choose to call to the hospital :)

Long Life

  Last week, my family had celebrated eighty-year-old birthday of my grandmother. Before sliced the first cake, my grandma made three wishes. One of them was the most important, and almost all of the elder people incline to hope, it was "longevity". Increasing our life span was general, and most of the people might wish to learn the Goddness in the moon, Chang-E, stole special medicine, and live happily forever. Since we tried very hard to achieve the goals in our lives, we didn't want to leave the world previously. According to the story '' The Secret", I don't think that people should declare the secret. Because there are already 6 billions of people on the Earth and it is overcrowded; there are even 1/6 of them are starveling right now. If all of the people migrate to the moon, it is even smaller and infertile than the Earth, it might cause pretty much problems. On the other hand, for the sake of longer living, people would persist in staying on the moon. If people on the moon reproduce the offspring, the moon supposed to be filled with people. Everywhere or anywhere, we might have to jump through the others' head and pass the way. Eventually, people can't endure this kind of thing happens everyday and started the World war III. However, if I have a chance to enter the moon, I would rather give up, since I don't want to leave my family and my friends far away, and I don't want to leave the world that I have seen such beautiful scenery. Furthermore, through Chinese poet,Chang yin, he wrote about that Chang-E must regretted to steal the specialmedicidine, because she had to stay at the moon forever without her husband accompanied.   

The Secret

  According to the story ''The Secret'', Dr. Hastings became suspicious since he discovered that a hamster can live more than 5 years on the moon, while hamsters normally can only live two years on the Earth. Compare and contrast between the difference, people and animals spend their whole lives fighting  gravity, and the hearts lift tons of blood through far away, so it wears down their muscles, pulling their stomachs out of shape. On the other hand, all the strain is reduced to a sixth here on the moon, it could increase the lifespan. Since there are 6 billion of people on Earth and it seems people had lacked of continents, Dr. Hastings wasn't willing to unveil his discovery. Furthermore, the moon is too small to migrate all of the people, and the people might rush to the fore when they discovered the news. In fact, people live on the Earth might dislike to living on the moon forever. It is because the Earth is not actually an overcrowded planet. Although living on the moon could cause people to live longer, but our organs might grow old, and we might walk with difficulty. I don't think that sitting on a wheelchair for the rest of our lives seems interesting. However, we couldn't stay with our families, friends, and pets on the moon; that's the most significant reason that I don't want to live on the moon. 

Setting and plot

  Setting plays a considerable role on plot, which causes a chain of events occur. Since the time and the place in the story are different, individual events occur during each setting. If a person lived at west America in 19 centuries, he might have a civil war which made most of people had to carry guns. When both of people had to fight, they might turned around and stamped forward 3 steps, and counted numbers-1, 2, 3; turned back and shot the enemy depends on their speed. It sounds pretty exciting just like a play, in fact, it's a play that people gamble their lives. Furthermore, people might subsist by bribe the government or being a spy for another country. It sounds people had already lost his or her patriotism, for the sake of survival, people might against one's conscience. If a person lived at Hiroshima in 70 centuries, he might hurt by forceful and powerful nucleic bomb, and get serious illness, or invade by virus, such as cancer. People might want to leave Hiroshima as quick as possible, since they don't want to live in a place which full of nucleon. Therefore, Hiroshima's economic might be destitute and fail for a period of time. The two plots were different from many ways, since the setting is unlike. However, setting could truly affect the design of plot.      

Writing is Difficult

   To most of people, writing is truly a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation. People might struggle against writing, hesitate for expressing our feelings deeply and sincerely, but not unnecessary words. Since we have to task our mind for thinking the contents again and again, we must try our best to make the articles plentiful but concise. To me, I'm totally not good at writing in English, because I'm lack of vocabularies, but I will still make efforts on it for the purpose of improving. On the other hand, I love writing in Chinese since I could express my feeling fluently, such as writing a diary. Moreover, I appreciate on Chinese poems which conclude only few words, yet it could clearly express the meaning. It makes me pretty interested in it, willing to recite or compose poetry, and would like to create a poetry, too. Although I love writing in Chinese, I am sort of confused for being my career. I think that writing is natural imagination, whenever we have new ideas, we could record down, and then design a story; if it's a pressure for writing exactly perfect essays,  it would be really dreadful and agonizing. However, we could seek our interests, pursue towards our dreams, and then being convinced to our careers.

Chronological Order

  Through the story, ''There Will Come Soft Rains'', we could observe a series of events that had happened on August 4, 2026-- the extinction of humans. Although the clock reminded for waking up and repeated for perfect breakfast with delicious toasts, eggs, bacons, and coffees, there is still no responses. After sensing the time, the robots cleaned up the food and the entire house. It's almost noon, a dog who survived the nuclear war seeking for signs of lives in the house. After it totally despaired for finding nothing, it eventually turned resentful and crazy, ended its life with chagrin. Soon, the house involved by the fire, and tried everything to save itself, it still got blazed and exploded into ashes. Just like the poem that study ceiling said: '' And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn/ Would scarcely know that we were gone.'' Since people were greedy, they lose what they own before, and lost the dreams that they could create in the future. I think that the author is trying to tell us the state of content is significance, since greedy is vanity. We should banish greedy from money, from power, and from victories. One false step brings everlasting grief. The only thing that still exist in the world was the forever regretful memory.

Irony

  According to the story "There will come soft rains", though humans have already lived abundantly, they still covet more money, more power, more territories, and religion. Therefore, they ended up destroying themselves in a nuclear war. People may have war with the others, since they couldn't satisfy what they possess; they are always greedy at others. Because people have emotions, they love others, but being envious of others in the meanwhile. I know that it's sort of strange, but if humans lack of emotions, we become cold bloody.The same piece of cookie, we eat hasty, others eat slowly and contentedly, so we begin to jealous of their cookie. The same principle, people cast greedy eyes on others' treasure. They were looking for a better life. We'll never think of others, we'll become egoism. People fight for money, which can provide a better life for them. People fight for power, since power could made them stronger, citizens have to listen to kings. People fight for religion, because they always consider that their religion is the best, they didn't know how to respect. It is pretty ironic that people couldn't satisfy what they possess, but at the same time, it is the truth. People were looking for a better life and the thoughts of want to have a better life have brought them destruction. However, nowadays, through the advantage of technology, people have an ideal life. On the other hand, if people start a  war, and then it's a forever war with the end of the world. 

 

Thankful

  Since I was born, my parents loved me really, really much. One of the reason is that I'm their first kid, they take care of me cautiously, and wished me could glitter myself on the future stage; so I am always trying my best to repay their kindness and expectation. Whenever I'm sorrowful or ill, they look after me carefully, comfort me, encourage me; hope that I could recover as soon as possible. Thanks for their consideration that always give everything that is the best to me, I gradually grow up in happiness and peaceful. Since I was in childhood, I learned lots of  knowledge through the teachers' teaching. They direct me on the correct way of life, point out my mistakes, and expect me to have a bright future. They taught me something more important than the textbook-- attitude.Whatever you're doing or studying, we should have a correct attitude towards our works. No matter we have understanded the knowledge before, we always have to keep modest in mind, eager for knowledge; therefore, we could improve ourselves and being more open-minded. Thanks for the teachers, I have promoted myself by their teaching and directions. Since I was bored, I listened to music, read favorite novels, and chatted with intimate friends or thinking about this class. I love music and novels because they express my feeling through the melody and the exciting plots, they even unload my pressure. When I'm listening to music or reading novels, I could forget all of the vexation in the world, expel my pain in my heart, such as enjoy myself in the heaven lightly. Also, I'm very glad that I have such kind of friends who always support me whenever I was at low tide, they treat me sincerely, embolden me genuinely, and chatted with me for the purpose of clearing up. Furthermore, I truly love my friends and this class very much. They make me feel happy-go-lucky everyday. They are pretty optimism and having lots of laughs, which often makes me grinning all the time. Thanks for music, novels, friends, and the class, they make my life more beautiful and wonderful.    

My Invention

  Travel through the whole world is fascinating. We could appreciate the scenery and respect to the  custom and culture. Travel through the world history is absorbing. We could study the wisdom of the ancients and model us on their dilligency for development and extension. Travel through the cartoon is interesting. We could enjoy ourselves in the humorous of plot and play cosplay or pretend we are the characters. Travel through the novel is extremely wonderful. We could carry out our adventures and detect the clues for unveiling mysteries. Journey always makes people feel relax, enjoy our lives, or begin an exciting adventure. So, I truly love travel. No matter in a real world, historic events or in fictional cartoons, novels; I could often seek my original intention, which fulls of touch and emotion. I found that the happiness we pursue very often is usually stay beside us. If it is possible, I would like to invent a '' time shuttle '' which can shuttle back and forth through the real and fiction, through the future and the past. The time shuttle might contain four comfortable seats ( which can represent as a bed ), so a regular family can travel together, and lounge on whenever they feel tired. There will be  kinds of color since it depends on the feature. I might design one of the color as mysterious silver with serene white, because it makes a feeling on taking a trip with a space shuttle. The other features might be a cartoon character, such as Doraemon, Mickey Mouse, and Winnie the Pooh; because it attracts the view of children.  However, although I don't sure whether the technology is so advanced that my invention will develop, I'll attempt and make it come true.

New Technology

  New technology will affect our lives in a beautiful way after hundreds years with environmental protection. There will be handed up a magic mirror on the walls. It could truly reveal people's kind and vice. Furthermore, it could predict people's future, and it changes our hereafter everyday. We could also pretend that we're the evil queen and asked the mirror:''Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful woman all over the world?''But, the thing that the mirror might appear was our vanity. Before a new transportation was  developed, we usually drive cars or take MRT. Now, we could ride on a bird, whose feathers are made of materials which are lighter and smaller than nano. The floss feeling make people feel comfortable, and make a steadfast friendship with birds--we could even learn the language of birds. A bird ride is fast enough as a car, but still full of dangerous, so we have to wear a specialized helmet to ensure our lives. The birds are experienced in specialized trade which have got flying license. This kind of ride could reduce air pollution by relieve the amount of carbon dioxide; and a bird ride is even cheaper than a taxi, because it depends on the relationship with the rider and the bird. Besides the invention of cold robots and  automaticity, we can seek our humor and mood when we get along with animals, and face the enthusiasm of ourselves truly.   

Setting as Character

  It is possible for the setting to take on the role of a character, although it's not pretty general. The general way of setting can take a role by acting backgrounds or conflicts. According to the story, In Trouble, if there was a blizzard or a avalanche, then it might be rational for the setting to be a character; because the nature might conceive thinking to affect the narrator by accidents. Furthermore, the setting characters may have internal conflicts. The events that would  happen totally different in the story if the setting was a character; since the story would include the feeling and thinking of setting character and its viewpoints. There are some facts happened in our lives, such as people who trapped in World Trade Center during 911, though they were terrified and fearful, they still have to face the truth-- the airplane was impacted to the building. The setting is sort of acting as a character. On the other hand, people who isolated on an island  might feel lonely and solitarily, since they would like to go back to civilization; they cannot  help but stay.The setting also affected the characters by taking a role of a character.

Compare and Contrast Dogs

  Because my zodiac is a rat, I have sort of relation with mice. I have recognized two mice since I was an innocent kid. One of them is an active, yellow, furry mouse named pikachu. Another is a talking mouse with big, black ears, and always has sincere friendship--it is Mickey Mouse.
  Both of them are fictional character in cartoons, but always affect kids by their action. They are helpful,  kindhearted and willing to venture themselves in order to protect others, such as pikachu loves its owner and secures him by battling; Mickey Mouse treasures not only its girlfriend, Minnie Mouse, but also its friends truthfully, and risked for solving their problems. They don't sick of helping others again and again, but pleased to aid them; because they know that they are doing the right things. Although they are just fictional, but their attitude is worth for us to learn.  
  Compare and contrast the difference between them, pikachu is bellicose because it fights against other pokemons to  increase its power. Pikachu could store electricity in its cheeks and release it in lightning-based attacks. It is also pretty sociable on making pokemon friends, it could reconcile the dispute between them. Mickey Mouse is more lamblike than pikachu, but it doesn't mean it often shrinks. In fact, Mickey is pretty intellectual at some points. It thinks deeply to help its friends  passing crisis, and leads them to achieve the goals. 

Knowledge of Dogs

  According to the story "In Trouble, the author Paulsen said: " They had great, old knowledge; they had something we had lost." I think it means that dogs have some important characteristics which humans have forgotten, such as loyalty. From the fact of the story, it seems that dogs could link their hearts with their owners. No matter where the owners were, they would try their best to protect them, to take care of them; because they love their owners very, very much, dogs would repay their owners by contributing its whole life. That's why the author said that the dogs had great, old knowledge that we don't have. Dogs are also used as a guard. They could avoid people who might threaten their master by observing their conducts. They can distinguish the difference between good and bad people. I think people can learn a lot of things from animals by observing their actions. Because I didn't really have a pet before, I just told a  news  I had heard before. An tired, old, black dog had been found at a park , it was pretty dirty, because it had abandoned by a teenager who thought the dog was too old . This is the fourth time that the master had abandoned the dog. We could observed that there were tears on its face. Could  you believe that the master had abandoned it at south Taiwan, but the dog walked day by day till North Taiwan and near its master's house? Although it knew that the master didn't love it anymore, it still didn't give up. All of the animals have humor, they know the feeling joyful, anger, sorrowful or fear; we have to treasure them as good friends, not kind of garbage when they're old and you dislike them.  

Describe a Place You Know

  One of the place that I knew pretty well is the local school that I transferred before. I would like to talk about it because I had a impression on it deeply.Actually, it was not a good memory,  it was kind of dreadful. The facade of the school is European fashion with gorgeous and modernized design; it was painted as slight yellow. It made an impression on me when I noticed its appearance, feeling that it might be a heaven of peace and happiness.There is a international auditorium on the fifth floor, it could contain 500 capacity and serve as a venue of performance. The school is shape as U; in the middle of  school, there was a flat of soft, emerald grasses, which makes most of the people want to lie  on and enjoy the sunlight. (But we couldn't, we might mark by a warn from the school) Walking through the  hallway,  the ensemble is always neat and dapper , also, students are silence and quiet ,so we could clearly hear the sound of reading aloud . Then, why did I say that it was sort of dreadful memory? Because we have unlimited quizzes, tests, exams everyday. Under the silence and quiet, we are studying. We have to pay attention for every classes, since we might fall behind to our classmates, to the placing of grades of whole school. Therefore, I don't think it is worth to the meaning of study and learning for grades.

The Setting of ''In Trouble''

     The setting of "In Trouble" is really mysterious and terrifies me . The weather in the story is pretty cold and chilly. It's so cold that your throat might start to bleed, the fingers and toes might be frozen. The climate over there is very cold, no animals or other creatures will be active (even the animals had tons of fats or thick furs), most of the creatures are silent under the cold world. Snow covers everything, even the vitality is covered with white . The setting is really significant, it tell the readers that the story is happened freezingly. We might wonder if there is a place in the world, and how could humans alive? So, we could infer that it isn't a good place to live indeed. Because the chilly and horrible setting, the story makes me enchanted that I'm over there and makes my feeling more extreme and intense. Furthermore, mood can be built from the setting.The readers can feel whether joyful, anger, sorrowful or fear. The setting plays lots of important things for the plot. The cold winter makes the plot seems to be kind of creepy and dread of our hearts. 

Chinese Cinderella Summary

The main character in the novel is AdelineYen-Mah , who is the fifth child in her family ( Wu Mei ). She was born in a rich family of China during the War World II. She got one elder sister, three elder brothers; and one younger brother and sister from stepmother, Niang. It was kind of traditional big family. Adeline's mother came down and died with a high fever three days after she was born. Therefore, her relationship with her brothers and sisters wasn't good, they detested her and had misunderstanding to her.
  Their father then married a new women, a Eurasian girl,Niang. She was despised by her children, because she treated wicked to the kids who weren't born by her.  The only person who was treating Adeline nice was her aunt Baba and Ye Ye. Aunt Baba encouraged her to study hard and get go lived without cruel Niang and father when she grown up. But, in order to avoid the kids organized and resisted, Niang decided to bribe their leader, big sister. Right now, Big Sister had turned to the "other" side for the propose of rewards, such as pocket money. Although Adeline had to rely on her own efforts, she still didn't shrink back. Adeline was intelligent, and she always did a great job at school. She loved school, because she got many friends there. One of her closest friend was Wu Chun-Mei. Thanks for Wu Chun-Mei, Adeline was even elected to become the president of their class. Niang didn't allow any kids in the family to go to others' house. Once, for celebrating her birthday, Adeline had gone to Wu Chun-Mei's house . Niang was very furious after she found out. She thought that was because of her aunt for spoiling a child. After all, she had a scheme.

The Influence of Setting

  One early autumn morning, the sound of many birds singing awakened me. I could have lain in bed until noon but I did not do so. Why ? There was a sudden change in the weather and I knew that autumn was coming.
  When autumn comes, the leaves of the trees will turn yellow with each passing day. The ants and bees would be busy preparing and storing food for their winter-sleep.The winds of autumn will be blowing leaves to the ground. Winter will soon come around. With these thoughts, there I stood staring in front of the window, one early autumn morning.
  Autumn is a wonderful time of the year. It is not as hot as summer and not as cold as winter. It's a time of change : the seasons change, the colors change and people change a little, too. Autumn has often been compared to the last turn before you die. Many people prefer spring and compare it to the beginning of life.
  The events of a story could be influenced by settings because the plot depends on the settings.If the setting is temperate, the plot might be a warm and happy-ending story. But, there is still require a climax in the story, whether it's a understanding or a surprise, in order to enlighten or astonish readers .

Setting

   When we have to overcome with an irresistible force, or rush out besetment, some of the people might give up, some of the people might " wrap up " themselves, such as telling a lie.
   Not all of the lies are bad beautiful lies with goodwill make people believe things, at least, they feel better than discover the truth, such as comforting a baby. Though we know that it might die for horrible sickness, we still couldn't tell it the truth, we love it and have pity for its life. On the other hand, ugly lies make us wrapt too much unreality for covering our mistakes. Honestly, I must tell the truth, I have told lies before. Specially for my parents and teachers, I feel sorry to them, and apologizefor my falsehood. Like what I shared before, when I have to overcome with an irresistible force, sometimes, I lie . I could dree pressure for moments, but not always. So, I choose a way to shirk - telling lies. While I was lying, I felt uncomfortable with, unprecedented fear and the darkness of future. It seems that there are lots of secretive contempt on people's face - everybody is despising me. Actually, after I lie, I start thinking the motive of lying, just feel that I'm kind of silly. For the sake of short freedom, I lose my credit.
However, from now on, pass our lives by honesty, so we could feel relaxed and pleasant.     

What I Like About This Class

  In last journal, I've shared my shallow minds for what  I disagree about English class. On the other hand, English class has lots of treasure which needs us to discover, such as Greek or Latin roots. First of all, I have to declare that I don't really like tests, because I'm not acute or smart enough, I just like the way the teacher does. He makes us practicing roots by quizzes; if he didn't test us, I don't think I would hardworking initiate and learn roots for improving vocabularies. I might sit in front of television whole day just for entertainment. ( just kidding ! ) Although it was sort of exhausted for memorizing roots and having a quiz per week, it was worth for us to increase our skill and knowledge. The most important thing that I love English class was the energy of the teacher. He was always vigorous for teaching and being humorous for joking. It often makes me feel comfortable and lusty to learn. I also feel kind of enjoyable for circulate and fresh air with beautiful scenery, which makes my mood serenely and relaxes my eyes. Furthermore, the sound of the teacher was sonorous and clear, which makes us won't fall asleep in class. Unlike some classes, the sound of the teacher just like hypnosis, which always makes me have a good dream. Therefore, it is value for us to have such an entertaining English class which requires diligence.   

What I Don't Like About This Class

   I've just transported to PAS for about two months. Fortunately, I gradually adapt to the new environment, and glad to have such lovely and thoughtful friends. But, I kind of don't like some "customs" in English class, I just want to share my shallow mind.
    During English class, the teacher is interested as humorous. He always makes us feel relaxed in the class, and gives us a great mood for concentrating ; yet, I don't wish this great mood carries on while we're having a test. I'm not an intelligent student who concentrates attention wonderfully. I've always been distracted easily from thinking. When I am trying to figure out how to write an essay question. I need great concentration for thinking, thinking for correct answer or thinking for creative. I don't have gigantic amounts of vocabulary and quickly writing --- it  even makes me more fretful and slower. I'm not as smart as my classmates who could always write fastly and score high grades. Another reason that makes me kind of disagreeable is having complicated form for homework assignments. Although the teacher explains really, really detailed and explicit, we students still sometimes stick at few points. I'm not smart enough to understand thoroughly, luckily, thanks to the teacher, I'm now more accustom on your complex form ~
    In fact, I don't really have many aversions to the way of teacher doing things. At least, the teacher still asks our opinions for improving !       

Frietchie v. Jackson

  According to the poem, we could determine that both Barbara Frietchie and Stonewall Jackson were doing the right thing.Babara Frietchie was willing to contribute herself by risking her life to get the flag of oppenents. Stonewall Jackson was intelligent enough to identify the right and brave that an old woman would venture for her country, so he decided to order his troop not to injure her.
  The story is admitted by all that Barbara Frietchie was no myth, but a worthy and highly esteemed gentlewoman, intensely loyal and a hater of the Slavery Rebellion, holding her Union flag sacred and keeping it with her Bible; that when the Confederates halted before her house, and entered her dooryard, she denounced them in vigorous language, shook her cane in their faces, and drove them out; and when General Burnside's troops followed close upon Jackson's, she waved her flag and cheered them. Stonewall Jackson, another hero character, did a right thing.While their army was marching through the town, he heard the words which Barbara Frietchie said. He felt guilty and humiliate about it. Then, he commanded the soldiers not to touch the old lady, because he knew that she was protecting her own country, even sacrificed herself. From the action he did, we could see that he respect his enemy. 

Do the Right Thing

  One definition of a hero is a person who does the right thing even through he or she might have to act along. I think that both Harriet Tubman and Barbara Frietchie are heroes.  
  Hariet Tubman risked her life in order to free them from slavery, even through she could enjoy her freedom. Because she knew how suffer was a slave, she was so thoughtful that she wanted to help others. Barbara Frietchie ventured her life to wave the flag of Union in front of her enemies. Her action made us knew how supportable she was to her country. That was a courage deed which I couldn't image. In addition, Stonewall Jackson was also a hero. He stopped his army from shooting and injuring the old lady. Because he knew that she was doing the right thing, dared to contribute herself for her country. Stonewall Jackson was wise enough to judge right and wrong.
  Another heroine that I admired,Mother Teresa,devoted herself. She used her power of love from God to help those in desperate need. Mother Teresa didn't get paid for anything she did nor would she except money from organizations or donations. It was not like Mother Teresa had an overwhelming amount of money but she was simply a person who devoted her entire life to serving others and helping those in need.She was doing the right thing. Once, I had done the right thing about being sincere to friends. Although I might be betrayed, I still believe them. I believe that " A friend in need is a friend in deed ",  I will truly support them to pass the difficult point.  
 

Standing up for Your Beliefs

  Through the centuries, there are lots of people who contend and strive for their beliefs. They parade to support their faith, pray devoutly for their creed, or even fight to perseverve their beliefs. Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun, cherished and took good care of every people selflessly. 
  She established hospices and homes for people who are dying and orphans who are helpless, caring them attentively and prayed to their own god to concern them. Unlike someone, she did not preach religion to them. She even refused to get paid for anything nor would she except money from organizations or donations. Once, she had faced a diverse range of criticism, her belief in the spiritual goodness of poverty was doubted by others, she still stood up for beliefs. Mother Teresa practiced and taught payer, faith, love and peace. She also taught that observing silence and reflecting will solve problems for people, because our mind is quiet enough for thinking.
  Although Mother Teresa didn't have a great amount of money, she devoted her entire life to help others indeed and in need by noble spirit which supported her to stand up her beliefs.

Cinderella Story

    I don't exactly recognize people who had experienced a hard time when they began learning skills, and eventually succeed their life. In general, lots of hardworking great - people are " Cinderellas ".
    Thomas Alva. Edison, one of the greatest scientist and inventor, had been discriminated against his teachers while he was young. He was even been classified as idiot, because he always asked persistent questions. Edison was quoted as saying, " Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration " His life prove this sentence. During his life, he patented 1093 inventions ; the most famous was an incandescent light bulb.Thanks to his efforts, the whole world was lit by electricity.    
     On the surface, success and failure are entirely different things. However, there is only a fine line between them, and that fine line is our attitude. That is, if we oversimplify the cause and effect, success and failure are poles apart. If we keep them in perspective, they are two sides of the same coin. Success is never a single event. Each failure has a say in the final stage of success. In a word, each failure helps come closer to the success we pursuing.

Hero Biography

    Through the centuries, there are tons of heroes and heroines. Some of them are public, some of them are backstage. Part of them are actual, part of them are unreal. (such as the character in The Return of the Condor Heroes )
    However, I still need to share a biography of a heroine, who was intelligent, brave, and sober at the critical moment --- Joan of Arc. She was a peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed the guidance of God. She led the France army as a director and regained lots of territories to several important victories. Once, she withstood a blow from a stone cannonball to her helmet as she climbed a scaling ladder, but she didn't shrink . Her courage had been impressed with performance. Unfortunately, once, when she ordered a retreat, she assumed the place of honor as the last to leave the field, but the city was afraid of the enemies, they didn't wait for everyone then close the city gate.  So Joan has been captured by the Burgundians . Opening a trial anyway, the court also violated ecclesiastical laws in denying her right to a legal adviser. She signed an abjuration document with illiterate. Later, she was trapped at the stake and prepared for burn.While the fire was burning, she prayed constantly with holding a crucifix in front of her. Then, the suffer went over. Twenty-five years after the execution, other people examined the trial pronounced her innocent and declared her a martyr.     

What is a hero?

    A hero is a person who has great courage and bravery, or willing to help and sacrifice for others without any interest. Being a hero, I think that the most important quality is contribution. No matter how brave or coward a person is, we just have to learn the ability of contribution, it then won't be in vain to our lives.
    Through the history, we could discover hundreds of thousands of people who glittered their lives. Florence Nightingale, the kindhearted heroine in my heart, made most of people admired. Although she was a nobility, she persisted in working as a nurse (a job which was a low level at her era ) after she heard the decree of God. she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment and cared for the soldiers by overworking during the Crimean War. Nightingale also promoted and improved general woman by having more respect and jobs.
    One of the beautiful compensations of this life is that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping itself. To be a hero, we exactly require this quality and great courage and bravery for shining our lives.

Leaving Everything Behind

    Once, tons of people compelled to work for the emperors ; once, they left everything behind just for commands --- Shi Huang - ti, the most famous tyrant in china's history , concentrated all of the power on himself.
    He created lost of criminal law, concluded some boring laws, such as entrance guard for eleven o'clock, if someone violated, they must severed their noses. ( because he was scared of someone was planning to usurp the throne )  Shi Huang - ti also burned thousands of books, in order to make his citizens lack of knowledge, so they won't criticize his mistakes. ( How  creative he is ! ) 
    Otherwise, the most significant and cruel command was that he made thousands of hundreds of citizens to build the Great Wall. The main reason was to defend the Huns in the north, but he never thinked of how ruthless he did done to his citizens. Chinese peasants were forced to leave their farms to the actual work of building the Great Wall with no payment to provide for their families. Chinese soldiers were also forced to leave their barracks to move the brickbats for the Great Wall. All of them have never seen seen their family again after they began to work. Some of them died by too weary, and some of them died strangely with no skeletons. 
   Under the oppressions, the workers have no choices. They would like to have democracy, but it seemed too far to them. Nowadays, I'm pretty glad to enjoy democracy of Taiwan.

The Promised Land

   Freedom is worth to treasure. Except violate the laws, nowadays, we could could enjoy things what are legal with no restraint --- this is kind of freedom. Thousand years of histories, people had social classes in order to discriminate respect. Higher classes such as kings, pharaohs, and priests, they could direct others as worse than pigs or dogs ; on the other hand, lower classes such as slaves have no freedom, even self - respect. Decreed by fate, it depends on your backgrounds. 
    Harriet Tubman and Moses were both indeed saviours to the slaves. They are kindhearted and having thoughtful thinking to others. Although, they could enjoy the freedom which they made a great effort to gain, they still make plans for saving Hebrews and slaves. Moses accepted the task of helping the Hebrews to enter " the promised land " which the god guided, he vantured through crossing the Red Sea, got risk of the armies which pharaoh dispatched to battle, But, unfortunately, he failed while he was almost reached the land. On the contrany, Harriet Tubman spent almost all of her intelligence, risked her lives and the future of slaves again and again. Fortunately, she entered her promised land, Canada.    
     Anyhow, although some of the libertors failed, they indeed attempt a great job for a model. We could discover definitely --- pursue the desire till your life ends.   

Why Risk Your Life?

    More than one person has lost his mind searching for the meaning of life. It's not easy to find. Most people lose their wide- eyed amazement for the world. Life is import because there's only once. I believe the only meaning of life is what you choose to give it --- Harriet Tubman, chose to risk her life for saving the slaves.  
    Harriet Tubman is brave and bright . She could plan escape at only a faint of hope for the purpose of rescuing other slaves. Because she knew how suffer was being a slave, she treasured her life by risking it to devote for others. Her spirit of contribution wasn't everyone could reach it. She didn't enjoy her freedom, rather thought for her families, and other slaves ( even she didn't know them well ) how they could escape. She had already known if the police arrested her - torture cruelly or so far as to die. Even though, she still make a great effort to help others. Facing to the death, she advanced bravely as before. 

    Why risked her life ? Because she understood that the worth of her life was contribution. She's kind of a model for everyone. Even if her life was at the end, she had discovered the meaning of life, such as a candle, flames up herself, shines bright and warm to others.  
  

For the Sake of Freedom

     Over the centuries, people all over the world had endured all kinds of suffering for the sake of freedom. Whether the Jewish, Africans, or Asian people, they had been discriminated against the color of skins and social classes, so they have to be slaves in order to satisfy societies.
    It was pretty unfair for the slaves to obedient to the system of slavery. They have to work hours and hours with no payment and poor, despiteful treatment. Some of them have already forgotten human rights, cowardly scared to their master, even everyone in the community, because they have already having no idea to believe people. They have given up their self-respect, so they chose to have faith of only themselves. Being slaves, some of them are desperate to their lives, but some of them have a faint of desire--they are planning escape. Thanks to Lincoln, through his great effort, the Civil War has an ending of slavery --- Slaves didn't have to plan escaping to Canada or other hidden places.
     However, no matter which color of people or social class you are, the worth of a person is equitable and just.

What happens ?

  After a moment of their tea party, Billy started feeling thirsty, became parching, and then extremely scorching, such as he couldn't live if there's no a droplet of water. He could not but drank all of the tea though it was little bitter. He then felt so comfortable that he falling asleep ... ...
  In a daze, he saw that the landlady wearing a suit of white dress, light as a feather, she jumped up to the edge of the roof, such as she knew Free Running ! Her gauze coattail was swinging while breezing, but Billy changed his mind that she was beautiful when he looked up her face  --- fulled of wrinkles with dim and dark. She sighed with regret :  " How come the time was transient ? How come my beauty had disappeared ? " She then floated down the roof and muttered something to herself : " Once, here was a valley which trees and flowers were lush, but now, everyone was died, I have just came back from the gate of hell, I was so lonely. " She then muttered after another sigh : " I loved my husband so much, but he betrayed me, he had another sweetheart, and wanted to kill me in order to marry her.''  She then turned to a shrill voice : " From now on, I was going to wrest all of the cute and handsome gentlemen who passed my house ! " Afterwards, she laughed loudly and wickedly. In the instant, Billy was wet with cold sweat, he found that he wasn't in a scary dream, he was in the truth ! Now, he felt aching and limp with fright, and he had no power to escape the evil house ! In the meanwhile, the landlady floated in front of him with a sweet smile : " My dear, just a moment, and and then all of the suffering was gonna to vanish, concluded your skill of being a human, you were going to have a forever peace and ......silence ! "
  Billy could feel that he was bleeding with painful, but after a moment, he was confused that he was almost numb --- he wasn't hurt ! Actually, he even paralyzed at his heartbeat, there wasn't a heart ! He changed lots of mind, but finally stuck at a point, he was stuffed. He was screaming but there wasn't a sound, Billy was disappeared, there's only a pet replaced him, and an unknown, paltry pet ! " Being a silent pet, and enjoyed your forever life with peace is wonderful, right, Mr. ah ... Weaver ?

Stuffed Pets

  The cruel truth which landlady had to told Billy that she stuffed all her little pets herself when they passed away, I could infer that Billy was sinking into the pitfall of the landlady. He is besetting with crises, falling into spells, losing his way, being stuffed and kept as a collection forever. His behavior has been calculated, such as the two quests before him, whose spirits were trapped in pets for a long time, he is following their steps, going on the same destination, I feel pity for Billy and the two guests who are in the story, they were lingered around the darkness, breaking their future and ended their lives while they entered the crafty boarding house.  
  According to the experiment of the character, I enlighten a significance deeply: One shouldn't have the heart to harm others, but must be vigilant so as not to be harmed. We shouldn't have thinking to injure people by ridicule or bully, because nobody would like to be humiliate by others. Also, we need to protect ourselves in order to avoid danger, or head off a disaster, because we can't assure that all of the people are friendly and safety. It happens frequently that people trick people for money or kidnapping, even injure innocents, and make people can't go over the shadows and take one's own life.
  However, no matter when we are, we must secure ourselves, and treat people with sincerity in  the meanwhile.       

The Landlady’s Perfect Guest

   On the basis of my inspections and opinions from the story, the perfect guest for the Landlady must to have special conditions,  in order to satisfy Landlady's requirement.
  First of all, they have to be men who are youthy, because old ladies love to appreciate young guys and get in touch with them, yet they nostalgia for the memories. Above all, the gentleman has to be tall and extremely handsome, also with an elegant attitude. Only the guests  who have those conditions are allowed to seek true features of the boarding house. I believe the two guests are killed, but their spirits are still stay at her fourth floor in boarding house. Their spirits might trap into stuffed animals, and being obedient just to the Landlady. She could forever keeping them as collections or controlling them as what she prefers. I have a prediction that Billy is on the same way to the same destination, though his thinking makes he remotes the scary " witch " , but he couldn't control himself. She is attracting Bill into a terrible way, and he couldn't stop. 
  After all, the price of the boarding house is too cheapness to be true. However, we must be careful and act with caution whenever we do anything.    

The Landlady-Prediction

  I began to suspect whether the landlady is witchy or spookish, while she was apparently magical, and Billy didn't notice at all. How could he attract by something such as compelling him, even he did want to leave few minutes ago ? How could the door swing open with not necessary to push the  bell button ? How could the landlady prepare everything completely just like she forecast the arrival of  Billy ? It's really astonished to me that  Billy didn't thing of one of those questions. It seems that Billy had already affected by a spell.
  I've made lots of predictions to this story, but none of them are fairly correct. First of the prediction, I thought that the landlady is a witch, and she may attack Bill while he's paralyzed by her spell. The forecast hasn't been proven yet, but I have a sense that the climax is developing. My second prediction is that the two guests who had allured to landlady's house are still kidnap on her forth floor, in order to be her forever collections. Sadly, this forecast hasn't been proven as well. But, on the other hand, we haven't seen a guest at " Bed and Breakfast " since a year ago ; so the possibility of my second prediction is probably to happen. The third prediction is that the tea which landlady given to Billy was poisonous by a spell. Since  Billy noticed that it tasted bitter, nevertheless, he didn't mind. Evidently, pay attention to landlady's queer behavior, the tea is probably making Billy to another handsome collection for slaving. This prediction is hasn't proven yet, but I believe it will soon happen.
  Anyhow, the writer didn't give us an answer, he wanted us to image the story by ourselves. The foreshadowing of this story is so excited that make us interest to read it. Also, the ending is testing our imagination skills.

Bed and Breakfast

  The sky was gloomy, and I was in low spirits. I don't know whether was the tragedy of novel or the bad grades affect me. I wandering around in a daze. However, I just took a train with a blank ticket, because it was a special train that could take you to your dream.
  Taking off the train, while I was walking through a forest, I heard something extraordinary jarring --- It was sort of sword. I hid behind a tree, and carefully watching, a couple and an army were fighting. They were fought too seriously to notice that I've moved circumspect into a cabin. There are lots of dazzlingly beautiful roses creeping on the roof, and there is a sky-blue curtain behind the window. I looked over the window, there was a big sign that says, " Bed and Breakfast ".
  I knocked the door without thinking, suddenly, the couple came out, I've been so surprised that I kept silence for a while, and then cowardly asked for a night's lodging. They then smiled friendly and response pleasurably. The way which they talked to me wasn't the way they fighting, I felt relaxed about it and started falling asleep. I heard the woman telling fairy tales and singing songs to make me sleep comfortably. While my eyelids were gonna to close, she covered the blanket for me. Her behavior just like I'm her kid. At last, she kissed me and blessing to have a good dream.
  I thought that I've dreamed, but I didn't. Someone had waken me up--- it's my mom. I gaze at her with pleasant smile. Whatever, I feel delight to have a softly fragrant dream and my real mom.
   
  

“Broken Chain,” Thinking Critically

  Most teenagers emphasize their appearance, they want to have outstanding exterior, such as Alfonso, the main character of Broken Chain. He was taking notice of his crooked teeth, deeper ripples on his stomach, and cool hairstyle.
  Although I had some similar realistic with Alfonso, formerly cared about my looking beside the mirror, I had making great effort on changing my mind. I've told myself how significant to promote your interior, behave virtue and sincerity, and then we would have good friendship beside good - looking. 
  Teenagers also attach importance to their popularity. They take notice of their appearance for the purpose of being popular. Alfonso did want to have good friendship with girls, but unsuring that whether he could. I require to have friendship in order to have partners who could comfort and encourage me while I'm frustrated or sorrowful.
   However, though we don't have good looking, we could embellish us by amiable smiling and sincerity, though we don't have popularity, we could have the most genuine friends in the world.  

Advice Letter

Dear all:
  My name is Alfonso, I really have some grievous problems, so I'm asking for your advices. Could you give me some ideas ? Last week, I saved a girl's younger brother by ensuring him from the barbed - wire. Both of them are grateful, then we talked a moment, became more closer. I asked her whether having a date with me by riding a bike on Monday, which is tomorrow.
   Also, I require to prepare another bike for Sandra ( the girl's name) . I think I could treat goods to my elder brother for lending his bike (although it wasn't good enough as mine). So, I treated him as handmade cookies and embarrassed telling him the truth.  Incredibly, he definitely refused in icy attitude, cause he was jealous at me !  What a genius brother ! How could he even careless about his only kid brother, just because he wouldn't like me to have a great day with my friend ? Also, while I was cleaning my bike for making it good - looking, I was so exert that its chain fell off and broken.
    Now, I've broke my promise and broke our friendship I couldn't image how disappointed she is . What could  I do ? I have only a stingy friend, who will charge the bike. Should I just tell her the truth or giving her a excuse ? I really didn't want our hope dashed into pieces. So please give me some advices on my " bike traveling " or kind of replacement. Please reply me soon. Thank you for your help.




                                                          Gratefully,
                                                                   Alfonso   

Broken Chain – Thinking Critically

   Do you take the notice of good-looking ?
  Most of teenagers take notice of their exterior, want to be handsome or beautiful, Alfonso, the  Broken Chain's character isn't an exception. He was so cared about it that he always attempted to push his crooked teeth into straight teeth doing sit-ups for burning apparent ripples on his stomach; studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a cool hairstyle.
  Lots of girls mind their aspect. They want to be prettier then average. Girls will dye hair, wear braces or haptic lens in order to be good-looking. They also wear fashion clothes to sublimate their temperament.
   In  my imagination, while talking to my lover, I'll be especially nervous as for stutter. That's because we always want to show the perfect face to our sweethearts, and forget about nature. Both boys and girls want  to "decorate"  themselves for the sake of attracting others vision.
    In fact, bring yourself is the most significant thing. No matter  what do you look, keep a considerate heart, treat people with sincerity, and you will find your true love.      

English Journal Popularity v Intelligence

  If you have a chance , which do you prefer, popularity or intelligence ?  Popularity and intelligence are always make us eager . Actually , there are also problems with them.
  If you're popularity, people love to gather with you, but you're intelligence, people love to probe questions with you, but someone will excessive rely on you. I prefer to be intelligence instead of popularity, because popularity just make you satisfied the reputation, Intelligence can help you avoid the problems or solve the questions, and then you can create wonderful interpersonal relation. 
  As you sow, so you will reap Making great efforts is the sacrifice of both popularity and intelligence. You must to give classmates gifts while their birthday. You must to preview and review every subjects.
  Perhaps, being unusual is most people's dream. We can be so special that everyone come in sight of us . But, maybe there are people who thing We're swagger, and detest us maybe there are people who stealthily comment badly about us. 
  Unusual isn't perfect, so we need to do our best ! 

English Journal What do 13 or 14-years-old kids think?

Teenager is a special phase in our life. 
Many of us change our mind in thinking .
Most thirteen and fourteen years old kids feel either contented or dissatisfied about themselves.They take notice of their appearance for the purpose of  being popular. Also, they want to join the popular group in order to show off . Some of them are contented ,and having self-confidence of their smart , cool or beauty ; some of  them are cowardly of their imperfect . In fact , our inward is the most significant thing.
What's important in life is how we treat each other.
Whatever how do you look, being amiable to your friend , respect and respond to your teachers and parents , you are a good kid for everyone !