A Christmas Carol Movies

After reading the book A Christmas Carol, the teacher showed us town different version of A Christmas Carol. One is the cartoon version, which was produced in 2009. The other one is from 1984 with real people staring the characters. I personally like the cartoon one more and I don't really like the old one. Because the old one was from a while ago, so the movie is kind of fake. When the ghosts come out, it is just real people hiding behind the curtains and pretend to be a ghost. But it is very fake and ludicrous. On the other side, the cartoon version is very cool and the effects are way better than the old one. But it is also bias for me to say that I like the cartoon version, because I am a fan of cartoon. So that is probably an other reason why I chose the cartoon one as my favorite. 

why do we have universal education

Why do we have universal education? When the teacher asked us this question, the first thing I thought about is to have a better environment. Children having school is mandatory in Taiwan. We are required to have 12 years of education before we go into the society.  The reason why we go to school is to learn. We learn how to differentiate the rights and the wrongs, how to cooperate with people, and basic things of live. A hundred years back then, there is not public school. Education was for the rich people. Most of the children at our ages had to go to work, boys need to help the family to farm, while girls were taking care of the youngs. Since they didn't go to school, they are very easy to believe in people, because they don't have the ability to know what is the right and wrong. My grandfather didn't go to school when he was little. Every time he heard something, he believes it. When he got sick, he didn't want to go to hospital. He trusted the people in the small clinic. Of course the people there would just tell him to take the medicine and he will be fine. He didn't even know that he had cancer until the last moment, because he believes that his illness would recover by eating those medicine that he randomly bought from the store. We should have education to help us learn things that we should know. 

Cherished item

My most cherished possession is a necklace. The necklace is a shape of a butterfly. It is a gift from my aunt. She lived in America, we only see each other once or twice a year. Even though we lived far apart, but she always called us twice a month. I can talk to her for an hour. I loved to listen to her stories and funny anecdote when she was in college. I would go to America to visit her during summer time. But she died two years ago. The last time I saw her was when she gave me the necklace. She told me that she saw the necklace at the airport and thought that It was very suitable for me, so she bought it and gave it to me. The necklace is the first thing I would safe if there is a fire. 

Which Ghost Affected Scrooge the Most?

In the story, A christmas Carol the main character Scrooge met three spirits, they were the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Each of the ghosts took Scrooge to different places and showed him the past, the present and the future. I think the Ghost of Christmas Yet to come affected Scrooge the most, because the ghost showed Scrooge the grave of himself. After seeing his own grave, Scrooge started to beg in the ghost to undo all the events in saw in the visions and also he promised to honor Christmas. So I think that the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come affecter Scrooged the most. 

The Victorian Workhouse

Victorian workhouse were where poor people who had no job and home lived. In order to live in the workhouse, these poor people had too work in the workhouse. Also there were orphaned and children that were abandoned by their parents. The people in the work houses were mentally or physically sick. I think that the idea of a workhouse is actually good. Because the workhouse provided the poor people a home to live, a place to work and earn money with free medical care and free education for children. I also don't think that Scrooge understand what it would be like for people to be live in a workhouse. No one would want to live in a workhouse if one's has the ability of taking care of himself. The workhouse was for people who has difficulties in living, which most rich people can't imagine. 

Theme for Liberty and Exile

The theme of the short story Liberty by Julia Alvarez is that people often need to face  separation. In the story, the main character got a new dog.  He likes the dog so much. But because of their family issue. They need to move to America. And he was told not to bring the dog with him. The main character has to face he struggle of leaving his beloved dog behind. In the poem Exile also by Julia Alvarez the family was leaving their home to America. The theme is also that people often face the separation.