I AM MOVING TO LONDONI AM MOVING TO LONDON
Who is he??????
He is my middle school teacher Mr. Kim. He is just a normal teacher in a normal school, but he is famous enough to be in a newspaper. Actually he is blind...
In our first class, he was clicking some buttons on that strange device under his hand in the picture. I thought it was just a new device that is connected to computer and helps teaching, He clicked a button and a powerpoint pop out. Then he started to talking about famous blind people. At first, I thought he was doing the usual encouraging us that we can do anything as disabled did. However, just after he finished talking, he confessed that he is blind. He told us that he can barley see an outline of object. He cannot tell whether we are men or desk until we say something to him. The first thought that passed my mind was 'How in the hell that blind men can teach us?'
Nevertheless, he continued talking. He told us how hard he studied in order to be a teacher. He told us that he had memorized whole textbook so as to teach students successfully. He seemed to be little depressed when he talked about difficulty he faced because of his disability but mostly every word he says alluded his passion and excitement. Gradually, I began to respect him. When the finish bell rang, he bowed to us and said " Where there is a will, there is a way. I wanted to teach others and I tried. This small dream came true and now I am standing in front of you. I ask your co-operation as I will face many problems while teaching. Thank you" I applauded and it continued for over several minutes.
I am sometimes so fear the fail that I lose will to move one step forward. However, whenever it occurs, I think about Mr. Kim, living epitome of the quotation 'Where there is a will, there is a way'
4 years ago, at march second, I,
smaller that even now, was standing in a line with a school uniform and exited
due to the rumor I have heard. My parent told me that middle school is a place
of anarchy. I guess my parent told me this story to advise me to think about my
own safety. But I interpreted as every crazy thing I imagine can be true there.
So, with a huge dream to do something crazy, I entered middle school.
At that time I was going through puberty
so I was a typical, angry and rebellious frosh ready to say no for the sake of
saying no. Whenever my mom said ‘종현아
이제 충분히
놀았으니까 그만
놀고, 공부해’ I replied ‘싫어’, if she goes one step further
and says ‘엄마한테 말버릇이
그게 뭐니?’
then I would reply ‘알았어 그만해’
and then would play more.
A frosh going through puberty in
middle school were like a man finally meeting his mate. Studying was not at the
top of my to do list unlike my mother wish. Hanging out with my new friends was
all I wanted to do. When we hung out, we did crazy stuff that I now really
cannot understand the reason why we did that. We played baseball in a classroom
with actual bats and actual balls and actual gloves. That time we broke a window
and got about 10 penalty points. We played poker in school of coarse betting
real money. I once got 100,000 won in one day. We played a game one time called
“Hi” The rule was the one who loses rock scissor paper must sneak out and say
hi to a teacher in a nearby classroom. We once found a dead fish in the pond
and somehow decided to burn the fish. I will not explain further in this matter
but just one thing. At one period, we were running away from a cop.
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Those, however, are not the
craziest thing that we had done. One day we were watching a music video for
heartbeat by 2PM. In the music video, there is one scene which the dancers
create a pyramid. After watching the video, we just decided to try that out. As
I was one of the lightest students in that group I was positioned over there. Of
course as we are not professional dancers, our pyramid fell down real quickly,
and unfortunately one which by the way was my best friend fell down knee first above
my chest. Just after the crash, I literally could not breathe, I thought I was
going to die and I panicked. But at the same time, I thought the accident
really hilarious and laughed with my friends. I found out my rib was cracked
and I really get freaked out whenever something comes close to my chest. If you
want to check this out throw a ball at my chest, there will be retribution. The
first year at middle school was a blast for me with countless crazy incidents.
I was really having fun and that made me overcome all the 학원 hell I faced. Also, even now
whenever I feel down I just think about that time. The joy I felt at the middle
school gives me energy to go one step forward.
During middle school, we were
all careless idiots. At least I was and all my friends were too. I’m not that
crazy now but still time to time I just throw caution to the wind and do
something crazy. My friends, especially so called ‘Naemi’s, are doing nothing
except studying. They seem to be deprived of joy. Some say they find joy in
studying but I think that is bull shit. What would life mean without any fun? Just
relax not always but time to time and lose yourself in your potential insanity.
Your stress will be relieved and life in KMLA would be much bearable.
How does the use of genre and writing style support the main ideas in George Orwell’s ‘Why I Write’?
How
does the use of genre and writing style support the main ideas in George
Orwell’s ‘Why I Write’?
The
main idea of ‘Why I Write’ is inner conflict of George Orwell. Throughout the
essay, George Orwell continuously and carefully considers what to choose
between his literary instinct and a call of the age wanting him to write
serious political writings goes on. He wanted to write books with huge artful
descriptions, but the chaotic age he was living in forced him to produce
serious political ones. George Orwell admitted that he was not able to abandon
the world view that he acquired in childhood and tried to compromise between
two motives by making political writing into an art. But still he couldn’t be
satisfied so he had no choice but to choose between his literary instinct and
the needs of the times. His inner conflict is well depicted with the use of
various methods in the essay and I am going to show how various methods
supported the main idea in George Orwell’s ‘Why I Write’
Mostly,
‘Why I Write’ is written in plain style because as a political writer, George
Orwell wanted his prose to be like a windowpane; meaning he used precise words
and verses. Therefore, the essay was effective in conveying his inner
complications because there was no double entendre, which makes readers to confuse
with the main idea of an essay. Especially, the use of passionate words such as
‘Outraging my true nature’, ‘Ghastly failure’, ‘Astonishing speed’, and ‘Tumultuous,
revolutionary way’ between the sea of precise words made the words stand out
and showing his natural aesthetic instinct.
George
Orwell claimed that an understanding a life of the author is crucial before
understanding the writing as writings are mirrors of writers. Thus, he used genre
autobiography in order to make readers to understand his life so that they can
comprehend the inner conflict. He gave descriptions of his life before he
became a professional writer. The descriptions were mainly about how he
suddenly discovered the joy of mere words and made the same meticulous
descriptive efforts. For example, he recalled that after reading ‘Paradise Lost’,
he felt shivers down his backbone because some words were used partly for the
sake of their own sound which is related to his literary instinct. Therefore,
it was clear that the kind of book George Orwell wants to write have been and
will be an aesthetic writing with full of detailed descriptions and purple
passages.
George
Orwell used expository writing style to show why he betrayed his lifelong dream
to follow his aesthetic taste of writing. He explained the four most motives of
writing are sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political
purpose. Then, he explained that the age, he was living in, was littered with
international problems such as the Spanish civil war, the totalitarianism, the
poverty in Burma, the imperialism, and the democratic socialism so he had no choice
but to produce serious works meaning he chose a political purpose as the motive
deserved to be followed and left aside all alternative motives, even aesthetic
enthusiasm. Therefore, he explained why he follows the political motives even
though it was a dream of his life to write aesthetic novels.
Then,
the poem he wrote in 1939, when he still failed to reach a firm decision
between aesthetic enthusiasm and political purpose, expressed the dilemma George
Orwell faced. There are lines in the poem such as ‘But girl’s bellies and
apricots, Roach in a shaded stream, Horses, ducks in flight at dawn’ clearly
indicating what he wants to produce is books with full descriptions of bucolic
villages in countryside of England. However, there were lines such as ‘A happy
vicar I might have been Two hundred years ago’, ‘All these are a dream’, and ‘It
is forbidden to dream again’ meaning that he felt an obligation to produce
serious works in the age of turbulence he lived in. Therefore, the poem
indicates that he had been constantly contemplating about what motive to
follow.
George Orwell used various writing
styles and genres to support the main idea above. George Orwell’s desire to
write aesthetic novels was well descripted by the use of genre of autobiography
and plain writing style. Additionally, the use of expository writing style explained
why he produced serious writings against his desire to write aesthetic novels.
Then, the poetry reflected inner conflict of George Orwell. George Orwell,
therefore, successfully delivered his inner complication by using various
methods.
Isn't it beautiful?
Ineffable beauty.
W : This has the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen
And they are necessary here.... as the air on earth
M : But I still say they're flowers.
W : If you like
M : Do you sell them
W : I'm afraid not
M: But maybe we could make a deal
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Epistrophe means the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. … It is antithesis of anaphora.
It is from Greek word epi-, strophe.
By using this rhetorical device,
1. Epistrophe can be very dramatic because the emphasis is on the last words of a series of sentences or phrases.
2. It is particularly effective when one wishes to emphasize a concept, idea or situation.
3. Repetition makes the lines memorable
4. The speaker’s words have rhythm and cadence.
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- Barack Obama: "Yes, We Can"
"For when we have faced down impossible odds, when we've been told we're not ready or that we shouldn't try or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.
"It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation:Yes, we can.
"It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights: Yes, we can.
"It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness: Yes, we can.
"It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as our new frontier, and a king who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the promised land: Yes, we can, to justice and equality.
"Yes, we can, to opportunity and prosperity. Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can repair this world. Yes, we can."
(Senator Barack Obama, speech following a primary loss in New Hampshire, Jan. 8, 2008)
Intertextuality means the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related textsinfluence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting. [dictionary.reference.com]
Youtube video to help you understand the concept.
Even the great speech 'I have a dream' uses a lot of rhetorical devices in order to allude other concepts especially from Bible, Black people's song, etc. It is to say that the idea from speech is not original to Martin Luther King jr. In near future, I am going to research about intertextuality in 'I have a dream'
According to this concept, we can say that every idea we have is not original but related to some other concept whether we intended or not. This leads to that we are very influenced by others than we know.
Anaphora has a few different meanings, but as
a rhetoric term, it means repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses,
clauses, or
sentences. It’s from the Greek, meaning “to bring back” or “to carry
back”
By using this rhetorical device,
1. The speaker’s words will have rhythm and
cadence.
2. Key words or ideas will be emphasized, often with great
emotional pull
3. Repetition will make the line memorable.
This
rhetorical device is used a lot in various speeches and I will give three
examples of it.
Examples
“I have a dream
that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons
of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of
brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state
sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression,
will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that
my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have
a dream today.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington,
D.C., 28 August 1963
“As you know, we’ve got the iPod, best
music player in the world. We’ve got the iPod Nanos, brand new models, colors
are back. We’ve got the amazing new iPod Shuffle.”
— Steve Jobs,
Macworld 2007 Keynote Address
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— Winston Churchill, House of Commons,
London, England, 4 June 1940
It is already summer~! Meaning, our final exam is near.............
It has been really hard to concentrate for all KMLA 18th waver because of the disease, Visiontripitus.
However, the time for study has come and here is a good song to hear while studying.
The composer and also the player is Hisahishi Joe. He is a real famous composer, and one of my favorite.
Especially, I already like this "summer" and by the way it was the first piano cover I tried!!
It took only one and a half week to master it so it is quite easy cover. Still, It is so good.
In economics, people are considered selfish
so they always do things according to their profits. Demand also can be
explained by this concept. They buy goods because they earn utility when they
earn goods, not because they are benefactors. Not only behavior of modern
people but also that of our antecedents cannot be a deviation from this
concept. However, there is a huge difference between the motive of consumption
of modern and ancient people. Ancient people’s motive was survival, they have
to demand dead carcass in order to survive, but modern people’s motive is an
aggregation of survival motives, ‘show-off’ motives, and ‘advertisement’
motives.
‘Show-off’
motives mean people consuming because they want people to know they have an
economical capacity to buy such expensive goods. It is apparent in the demand
of ‘Gucci’ bags. It is much more sensible to think that if a price of the bag
rises, the demand would decreases. In this example, however, the demand of the
bag increases as the price rises. We can conjecture the fact that people do
have ‘show-off’ motives when they consume. Even in ‘black Friday’, which first ‘buy
nothing day’ started, many are buying presents not to make the receivers happy,
but to impress them, saying that I am rich enough to buy this kind of presents
for you. Therefore, ‘buy nothing day’ is all about criticizing ‘show-off’
motives as it begets unnecessary demand.
It
is possible to see different kinds of advertisement every step you take,
meaning there is a deluge of advertisement these days. These advertisements
make confusions between need and desire. Let’s confirm this using an example.
You wanted to drink milk, so you went to the market. There were two kinds of
milk on the shelf. One was A milk and the other was B milk. Suddenly, you
remembered watching B milk’s advertisement, saying that it was milk from the
Alphes. So you bought B milk though A milk was cheaper. It is apparent that
people decide because of ‘advertisement’ motives as what you needed was milk
and what you desired was B milk, so you bought more expensive B milk, an
exception of the law of demand. Once, major broadcasting stations denied
advertisements of ‘Buy nothing day’. This denial is a sign of self-admitting
that advertisements input desires to people. ‘Buy nothing day’ can be a protest
of excess consumption that came from advertisements.
‘Buy
nothing day’ is a movement against modern problems of consumption. We can
specify the problems into two motives of demand, ‘show-off’ motives, and ‘advertisement’
motives. A long time ago, people did not have to face this kind of problems as
their motives were more about surviving in unfavorable environment. Therefore,
they consumed according to the amount they needed, not they wanted. No current
problem appeared itself at that time. ‘Buy nothing day’ is a movement that
allows people to understand current problems, which is vital for overcoming the
problems.
The 21st century has begun. What changes do you
think this new century will bring? Use examples and details in your answer.
The difference between the 21st
century and before is a presence of an equality of information. In the 20th
century, books were the primary material that conveyed information through one
another. Therefore, only elites, who have an ability to read and access to those
books, could be enlightened and lead others. Knowing nothing, however, the commoners
were ousted from power; thereby lost a right to speak. Then, Invention of World
Wide Web (www) which was invented in the last year of the 20th century
became a signal that information is no longer a privilege of elites and every
people can get information he wants to know.
The commoners wanted to speak their opinion with the information they acquired thanks to the Internet, not only to people
around them but also to the public. Blogs and Social Networking Services were
created in order to fulfill the needs and they have become a square of diverse
ideas and debates. Therefore, in the first decade of the 21st
century, the Internet became a place where people can express various ideas
freely and discuss them. Armed with sufficient information and an arena to
speak out, the commoners will play a far more significant role than just
expressing their ideas by being a part of politics. This, however, would change the world
in a harmful way against a common belief that it must be beneficial when people
take parts in making polices. At first, a campaign to obtain signatures of
approving or disapproving issues will be a main way to be participated in politics. However,
as time goes by, the commoners won't be satisfied with indirect ways; hence they will crave for more direct actions. They will
form various factions with people who have the same interest or opinions online;
thus causing factions. Blackmailing will appear so as to win the factions. The
Internet would be a miniature that involves all problems in the status quo. In near future, the Internet would be an arena more brutal
and nasty than the Coliseum.
Some people who participate in online politics have a
fundamental arrogant belief that they know enough and the world would change in
a better way if it moves according to their knowledge. However, that judgment
is what makes the internet into a far more detrimental place. Looking the
history, you would find that the most successful leaders were humble and modest
people, not arrogant large-headed people stuttering around yelling “I’m the
best”. Ahn Chul-Soo, a former presidential candidate, gained popularity because of his humbleness and is now changing Korea based on that quality. Looking at the 'some' people, on the other hand, they suggest mostly ridiculous ideas based on their wrong belief and superficial
knowledge. Opinions of those people pouring out into the Internet without
filtering can manipulate people’s mind and even a government policy. Some might
argue that most of the opinions are not accepted by the public so it
cannot be that detrimental. However, it is no different than a nuclear bomb.
Even if we defend our country from ninety nine nuclear bombs but when one
nuclear bomb slips out, still the country will be destroyed completely. Some
wrong ideas in a government policy can directly affect our daily lives badly in an instant.
The 21st century, people can access to a astronomical amount of knowledge, exclusive to elites before, whenever they want very easily. This
difference will beget a tremendous change in a near future but not in a good
way. The world would be much more dirty and chaotic as people would thoughtlessly try to
be a part of politics. Now it may seem optimistic that the commoners can
express their opinions freely which was prohibited before. However, the
Internet would be just a miniature of a society with even more dangers lurking
around. There is a reason why elites led the world for thousands of years and the world has been harmonious.