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.