Cherie's Literature Blog

Friday, July 31, 2009

IMAGINE YOU ARE THE LONER BOY, WRITE A POEM, TO EXPRESS HOW YOU MIGHT FEEL AND WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, AS THE LONER BOY.

I lean against the wall,
Who apparently is the only one that is willing to be my friend,
The other children are playing and laughing with one another,
All but myself.

I smack my hands on the wall,
Bored, rejected, lonely.
The playground is filled with life and laughter,
Misunderstandings between friends are soon resolved.

The children leave me out in their games,
And I dare not ask to join,
For I have been rejected many a times by them,
And have not had a true friend.

Due to herd mentality and peer pressure,
Those whom I have been friends with,
Leave me alone after a while,
And leave me lonely once more.

As the anger and hatred in me,
Start to increase day after day,
I have become more resentful,
More hateful and more lonely.

When we all grow older and more mature,
I will take action to show them,
Hook or by crook,
How it feels like to be a Loner.

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Friday, July 17, 2009

What are your impressions of the Loner?

The Loner is a person with no friends, and, as his "name" suggests, lonely. Thus, he has only the playground wall as his friend. It is likely that he visits the playground wall often, and stands there with his back on the wall, protecting his only friend. He is rather paranoid and dependent, as he has his back facing the wall each time he is with it, probably wary of something. He also passes his time with “boredom beating tricks”; from tracing patterns with his feet, to scruffing them to make the tarmac squeak. This shows that he has no one else to play with. At the playground, where everyone is playing and having fun, he is left out and is at the wall, watching the other children play. From here, we may infer that he is longing to join the others to play at the playground. Other children pass by him, all in their familiar group of friends, gossiping about the Loner, as mentioned” in slow huddled groups, low talking. No one wants to make friends with him and they think that it is his own “problem”. They probably got rejected by him before, and after a period of time, given up hope on him. On the other hand, it might partially be the Loner’s fault. If he really longed to play with the other children, he could have made an effort to walk up to them and introduce himself. Who knows, the other children would have accepted him as a friend. Or he was probably rejected himself by previous erstwhile friends, and not want to experience that again.

“Watch this space.”

The Loner is a loyal friend and he takes care of his friend even when he has moved. He wants someone to take care and protect his friend, even when he has moved, and although he has no living friend, the Loner knows how to care for one.

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What are your impressions of the other children?

The children at the playground are energetic and chirpy; the “beat is strong” and there is a lively rhythm around the playground. No matter what the severity of a situation is, “strife does not last long” and they are able to reconcile their differences and get along again. Everyone is participating in all the fun, all but the Loner. The other children are gathered together with their familiar friends, chatting and playing together.

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In overall.....

If the Loner was a little less anti-social or more courageous, he could have made friends with the other children. We should understand that for whatever we get, there is a price to pay. As the saying goes “there’s no such thing as free lunch ”. We have to work hard for what we want and what we possess. Hence, we should work towards our goal and not just stay and wish and long for something to happen, as this is almost impossible in reality.

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Do I sympathize with the joker?

I would sympathize with the joker. After being involved in a theft incident, later ruined by Batman, he fell into a vat of chemical waste. He emerged with bleached white skin, red lips, green hair and a permanent grin.

Joker was formerly an engineer at a chemical plant who resigned from his job to become a stand-up comedian, only to fail miserably. Desperate to support his pregnant wife, Jeannie, he agrees to help two criminals break into the plant where he was formerly employed to get to the card company next door. During the planning, police contact him and inform him that his wife and unborn child have died in a household accident.

Overcome with sorrow and agony, he attempts to withdraw from the plan, but the criminals strong-arm him into not breaking his promise. As soon as they enter the plant, however, they are immediately caught by security and a shoot-out breaks out, in which the two criminals are killed. As the engineer tries to escape, he is confronted by Batman, who is investigating the disturbance. Terrified and shocked, the engineer leaps over a rail and plummets into a vat of chemicals. When he surfaces in the nearby reservoir, he removes the hood he was wearing and sees his reflection: bleached chalk-white skin, ruby-red lips, and bright green hair. These events, with his other misfortunes that day, drove the engineer completely insane, resulting in the birth of the cunning and intelligent Joker.

He alone was perplexed as to what actually happened; as he says in The Killing Joke, "Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another... if I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice! Ha Ha Ha!" For this, I would sympathize with the Joker for his misdoings as he is not to be blamed fully.
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What have you learnt from this lesson?

People are not to be completely judged by their appearances and we must not underestimate their power and abilities. As the saying goes, do not judge a book by its cover, and this is indeed true. Also, we should refrain from using underhand means to achieve our goals. Also, we should not only just see the person in one perspective, but in a few. People may seem different in a variety of views and we should not jump to conclusions before understanding the entire situation. Finally, we should learn that to err is human and everyone makes mistakes. However, after making our mistake, we should try to learn to make amendments and not let history repeat itself.

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hi everyone:) this is the FIRST blog post i have ever posted in my life!! (so far) hahas. this blog is for Literature(obviously) so most stuff here would be related to literature(i think). yea... (: hahas

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