All of a sudden, i realize something i never realize before. The scar in my eye. It had a been a year. it can't be seen but once you touch it.You will know it is there. i keep scratching it. Everytime it heals and harden on my skin... i scratch it once again... and once again it bleeds and bruised...i had been doing it the whole year disturbing it from healing itself.
Everytime it turns pinkish to heal...i will touch it...slowly scratch it... and the hardened skin took off once again and bleeds...sounds painful? yup...but i get used to it...
wow...it is just like how we live our lives right? what a good simple example... just like how you have hurt people around you...once you've hurt them...it will take a really long time to move on and be healed... one can never let go... i don't believe in letting go after what Dr Vijay said to me... memories will keep pulling you back...we have to give them time to heal...give them space to harden and took off by itself... just like how i have been scratching and disturbing my scar...i should have let it heal by itself long time ago...but i didn't .. i take a stupid step to keep bleeding it..in the end... it hurt me back...
give them time and space.. it may took months..even years... but be patient..because you love your skin...you love the people around you... let time and space cleanse away the ugly invisible scar.
Love,
Leigh Anne
Thursday, 28 October 2010
ANIMAL FARM CHARACTERS
1. NAPOLEON:
The pig who emerges as a leader of Animal Farm after the rebellion.Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal dogs) to intimidate the other animals and consolidate his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves more treacherous than his counterpart Snowball.
2. SNOWBALL
The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after the rebellion. Snowball is intelligent, passionate, eloquent and less subtle and devious than his counterpart, Napoleon. Snowball seems to win the loyalty of the other animals and cement his power.
3.BOXER
The cart horse whose incredible strength, dedication and loyalty play a key role in the early prosperity of Animal Farm and the later completion of the windmill.
The pig who emerges as a leader of Animal Farm after the rebellion.Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal dogs) to intimidate the other animals and consolidate his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves more treacherous than his counterpart Snowball.
2. SNOWBALL
The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after the rebellion. Snowball is intelligent, passionate, eloquent and less subtle and devious than his counterpart, Napoleon. Snowball seems to win the loyalty of the other animals and cement his power.
3.BOXER
The cart horse whose incredible strength, dedication and loyalty play a key role in the early prosperity of Animal Farm and the later completion of the windmill.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Animal Farm (CHARACTERS)
We were all lead to watch a really interesting cartoon movie known as 'Ánimal Farm'. Gosh, it is such a long story and it took us almost one and a half hour to actually finish watching the cartoon movie itself. I was surprise on how a simple cartoon movie could be inserted to our literature class. It was interesting though, how literature provides surprises and unexpecting situations that one may be able to see. It is amazing though, how a cartoon movie contains so many values, so many tragedies, so many events. I myself love how the story actually leads its amazing way to form so many characters, so many unexpecting events, so many unexpecting situations.
There are various characters that i am able to identify:
1. NAPOLEON:
The big ugly black-chocolate pig which stand out to be the next leader after the rebellion. Unlike his longtime counterpart, Snowball; Napoleon leads and monopoly the animal farm the military way by raising few puppies which all grow to be fierce ugly dogs which are trained by Napoleon to attack. No only, Napoleon hates Snowball, he as well hates the way Snowball handles and monopoly the animal's life in the animal farm.
There are various characters that i am able to identify:
1. NAPOLEON:
The big ugly black-chocolate pig which stand out to be the next leader after the rebellion. Unlike his longtime counterpart, Snowball; Napoleon leads and monopoly the animal farm the military way by raising few puppies which all grow to be fierce ugly dogs which are trained by Napoleon to attack. No only, Napoleon hates Snowball, he as well hates the way Snowball handles and monopoly the animal's life in the animal farm.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
The murders in the rue morgue (THEMES)
Our test fot the story "murders in the rue morgue"was in an essay form. Basically, there are nothing much we could actually explain about as we didn't really focus on the story itself. Though, lucky us; we manage to get some interesting themes that are related to the story from google search.
The themes that i found quite interesting from the net is:
1. Cunning and cleverness:
Dupin distinguishes himself from the police because, while they are both analytical and cunning in their way, Dupin has the imagination to think outside of conventional assumptions.
Dupin's genius for observation is incompatible with social interaction.He uses human emotion as evidence in his chains of reasoning rather than as a means for bonding with others.
2. Justice and judgement:
Dupin's desicion to take on the case to repay a favor from Le Bon shows that he believes more strongly in honor than in justice.
3. Awe and amazement:
The narrator's astonishment gives a plot level reason for why Dupin needs to talk through his solution carefully and slowly. It signals the readers that they are suppose to similarly in awe of what Dupin is doing. It increases the suspense. The gap between the narrator's understanding and Dupin's keeps us on edge, as we wonder what Dupin knows that the narrator does not know.
The themes that i found quite interesting from the net is:
1. Cunning and cleverness:
Dupin distinguishes himself from the police because, while they are both analytical and cunning in their way, Dupin has the imagination to think outside of conventional assumptions.
Dupin's genius for observation is incompatible with social interaction.He uses human emotion as evidence in his chains of reasoning rather than as a means for bonding with others.
2. Justice and judgement:
Dupin's desicion to take on the case to repay a favor from Le Bon shows that he believes more strongly in honor than in justice.
3. Awe and amazement:
The narrator's astonishment gives a plot level reason for why Dupin needs to talk through his solution carefully and slowly. It signals the readers that they are suppose to similarly in awe of what Dupin is doing. It increases the suspense. The gap between the narrator's understanding and Dupin's keeps us on edge, as we wonder what Dupin knows that the narrator does not know.
The murders in the rue morgue (CHARACTERS)
I was horrified when Mr Saiful actually gives us a test on a story that we never touched before which is "The murders in the rue morgue". None of us in class knows and understand anything about the story. Basically, to admit it; none of us read through it fully. Though, of course as usual; we browse through the internet to get a full vision of what's the story about.
This is what i actually understood about the characters:
1. Monsieur C.Auguste Dupin:
Dupin is like the search engine that picks out what we know when we can't figure it out for ourselves.Dupin comes from a family that has fallen on hard times.He has a private income but still has to live on a tight budget.He doesn't have to work for a living but also doesn't have a social or political obligations of someone from an aristocratic background who still has lots of money.
2. The narrator:
He seems to be an empty character.He appears to spend all his time with Dupin.His sole task in this fictional world seems to be to catalougue everything Dupin says and does. The narrator is like Dupin's cheering section.
3. Ourang-Outang
Ourang-Outang is the most emotional of the emotional-he slashes a woman's throat because she won't let him shave her.
This is what i actually understood about the characters:
1. Monsieur C.Auguste Dupin:
Dupin is like the search engine that picks out what we know when we can't figure it out for ourselves.Dupin comes from a family that has fallen on hard times.He has a private income but still has to live on a tight budget.He doesn't have to work for a living but also doesn't have a social or political obligations of someone from an aristocratic background who still has lots of money.
2. The narrator:
He seems to be an empty character.He appears to spend all his time with Dupin.His sole task in this fictional world seems to be to catalougue everything Dupin says and does. The narrator is like Dupin's cheering section.
3. Ourang-Outang
Ourang-Outang is the most emotional of the emotional-he slashes a woman's throat because she won't let him shave her.
Monday, 18 October 2010
THE BLACK CAT THEMES
I love the story The black cat. it combines both love and hate at the same time. it shows how evil man can be if he or she let their emotion emotionalize them instead of rationalizing themselves. i read through all the answers and texts that i googled through internet. thus, from the information that Encik Saiful gave, the whole class get to understand the black cat in detail.
The very first theme that i could find is:
1. a human being has a perverse, wicked side-another self that can goad him into doing evil things that have no apparent motive. We humans, are born with a "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" thingy inside our souls. we are born and meant to be an angel at times, though sometimes a devil at heart. one could never judge the book by its cover for one will never really know the other party's real self unless one gets to live and really know him or her. I believe in equality in life and i believe in equality in everything that we do. as well as equality in our actions. i believe we are an angel outside most of the time, though sometimes when we are alone; we unconsciously let the devil in our hearts control and monopoly part of us. Just like the narrator for the black cat, he himself could not explained exactly why he wants to murdered both his own beloved wife and pets. anger, hatred and revenge filled him, without sitting down and staying calm for a while to let rationale invade his heart, he let the evil of his anger and hate emotionalize himself by abusing his own beloved. just imagine how one can do such a cruel thing to his or her own beloved family whom he has lived and known for so many years.
2.The second theme that i found which is quite interesting is: Heavy drinking can bring out the worst in a human being.
i can actually relate this to my own father whom is an alchoholic. my sister and i used to hate him to the core. Though, my father didn't really abuse anyone yet him and his teriible attitude had caused a big burden for 22 years of my life. i came from a kind of broken family where mom and dad don't really like to speak with each other. They don't even stay in the same room. my father's stupidity and unchangeable characteristics kills us deep inside every single day. he will come back late at night for at least 3 times a week, drunken and sometimes bruised. he will shout nonsense outside the house to asks for key to get in and neighbours remember us for the stupidity of our father. this can actually be related to the narrator in the black cat, how man can be so evil in the midst of anger, hatred and drunk. Abused, he did to his own beloved wife and pets. one can really forget themselves and let the evil "Mr Hyde" overframe love, overframe their real self. What he did to his wife and pets will one day be judged up there. one will never be able to change if one could not asks for any sincere forgiveness.
These themes really strike me to its core as it really relates a lot about my personal life. i have to admit that i am still struggling to forgive my father and let go of the past. i bet if the cat or the narrator's wife is still alive, she will be struggling as well to forgive her husband. the more you love, the more pain you get. the more you care, the more you get hurt. But love itself is endless, once you love; it is never easy to let go and once the person that u love hurts u to the core, it eats you up inside and one could take years to let go and forgive.
what a beautifull and meaningful story to relate to one's life. Thank you Encik Saiful.^^
The very first theme that i could find is:
1. a human being has a perverse, wicked side-another self that can goad him into doing evil things that have no apparent motive. We humans, are born with a "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" thingy inside our souls. we are born and meant to be an angel at times, though sometimes a devil at heart. one could never judge the book by its cover for one will never really know the other party's real self unless one gets to live and really know him or her. I believe in equality in life and i believe in equality in everything that we do. as well as equality in our actions. i believe we are an angel outside most of the time, though sometimes when we are alone; we unconsciously let the devil in our hearts control and monopoly part of us. Just like the narrator for the black cat, he himself could not explained exactly why he wants to murdered both his own beloved wife and pets. anger, hatred and revenge filled him, without sitting down and staying calm for a while to let rationale invade his heart, he let the evil of his anger and hate emotionalize himself by abusing his own beloved. just imagine how one can do such a cruel thing to his or her own beloved family whom he has lived and known for so many years.
2.The second theme that i found which is quite interesting is: Heavy drinking can bring out the worst in a human being.
i can actually relate this to my own father whom is an alchoholic. my sister and i used to hate him to the core. Though, my father didn't really abuse anyone yet him and his teriible attitude had caused a big burden for 22 years of my life. i came from a kind of broken family where mom and dad don't really like to speak with each other. They don't even stay in the same room. my father's stupidity and unchangeable characteristics kills us deep inside every single day. he will come back late at night for at least 3 times a week, drunken and sometimes bruised. he will shout nonsense outside the house to asks for key to get in and neighbours remember us for the stupidity of our father. this can actually be related to the narrator in the black cat, how man can be so evil in the midst of anger, hatred and drunk. Abused, he did to his own beloved wife and pets. one can really forget themselves and let the evil "Mr Hyde" overframe love, overframe their real self. What he did to his wife and pets will one day be judged up there. one will never be able to change if one could not asks for any sincere forgiveness.
These themes really strike me to its core as it really relates a lot about my personal life. i have to admit that i am still struggling to forgive my father and let go of the past. i bet if the cat or the narrator's wife is still alive, she will be struggling as well to forgive her husband. the more you love, the more pain you get. the more you care, the more you get hurt. But love itself is endless, once you love; it is never easy to let go and once the person that u love hurts u to the core, it eats you up inside and one could take years to let go and forgive.
what a beautifull and meaningful story to relate to one's life. Thank you Encik Saiful.^^
Saturday, 9 October 2010
THE BLACK CAT
On the first week of our lecture with Mr Saiful, we were asked to categorized to a group of three to four person. We were given our first task of the semester which is to read the short story, The Black Cat and define it. Thus, in a group of three person, we were asked to do a poster , a book coverand present starting for next two weeks onwards. i were paired up with Amin and Hanis.
It was quite satisfying though because both Amin and Hanis are good teammates. Though, we didn't get to really meet up to discuss about our mini project, yet we managed to accomplish and present it. We were the very last group to present.
Hanis is in charge of the design of the book cover. Amin is asked to do the designation of the poster. I am basically the main presenter for the whole presentation as i googled up the characteristics of the black cat, the wife and the murderer. It was really amazing how much information i am able to get due to lack of time and last minute work. Though, because of our determination and hardwork, we the threesome manage to get it done on time.
Here are the characters of the short story: "THE BLACK CAT"
1. Narrator:
The narrator in the story is a violent and abusive man whom was at first described to be an animal-lover. He is an abusive-bully and made home a living hell to his own wife and cat. he made an extreme transformation from being a nice guy to really villain. All good from his personality had been driven out after he killed his wife. He met a second black cat which looks exactly like his very first cat but he hate it to the max.
2. Narrator's wife:
The narrator's wife is described as a loving wife whom is faithful to her husband although the husband had been abusive towards her. although her husband had bullying her but still she stayed with the husband without leaving. This shows how much love she has for her husband.She is kind, loyal and gentle.The narrator makes readers think he is a complete bad guy because of how kind and loving she is. She shuts her mouth when her husband abused her beloved pets.
3. Pluto:
Pluto is the first black cat owned by the narrator and his wife. Pluto is all black, fuzzy and large.Pluto moves from a pampered pet to anabused beast.Pluto loves his owners.Pluto is made believe a symbol of witch from his transformation of being a pampered lovable pet to a total beast.He was hanged to the tree by his owner, the narrator.
4. The second cat:
The second cat looks almost exactly like Pluto. He's big, black and missing an eye.The only difference is the white spot.The spot starts off innocently enough, but then grows into an image of gallows.Readers might think that the second cat is some kind of supernatural version of Pluto.
It was quite satisfying though because both Amin and Hanis are good teammates. Though, we didn't get to really meet up to discuss about our mini project, yet we managed to accomplish and present it. We were the very last group to present.
Hanis is in charge of the design of the book cover. Amin is asked to do the designation of the poster. I am basically the main presenter for the whole presentation as i googled up the characteristics of the black cat, the wife and the murderer. It was really amazing how much information i am able to get due to lack of time and last minute work. Though, because of our determination and hardwork, we the threesome manage to get it done on time.
Here are the characters of the short story: "THE BLACK CAT"
1. Narrator:
The narrator in the story is a violent and abusive man whom was at first described to be an animal-lover. He is an abusive-bully and made home a living hell to his own wife and cat. he made an extreme transformation from being a nice guy to really villain. All good from his personality had been driven out after he killed his wife. He met a second black cat which looks exactly like his very first cat but he hate it to the max.
2. Narrator's wife:
The narrator's wife is described as a loving wife whom is faithful to her husband although the husband had been abusive towards her. although her husband had bullying her but still she stayed with the husband without leaving. This shows how much love she has for her husband.She is kind, loyal and gentle.The narrator makes readers think he is a complete bad guy because of how kind and loving she is. She shuts her mouth when her husband abused her beloved pets.
3. Pluto:
Pluto is the first black cat owned by the narrator and his wife. Pluto is all black, fuzzy and large.Pluto moves from a pampered pet to anabused beast.Pluto loves his owners.Pluto is made believe a symbol of witch from his transformation of being a pampered lovable pet to a total beast.He was hanged to the tree by his owner, the narrator.
4. The second cat:
The second cat looks almost exactly like Pluto. He's big, black and missing an eye.The only difference is the white spot.The spot starts off innocently enough, but then grows into an image of gallows.Readers might think that the second cat is some kind of supernatural version of Pluto.
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