Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2008
CHARACTR-DESCRIPTION
Charlie
Charlie is a special person. He is one of these inconspicuous high-school students, who haven’t an easy-going life. He is very sensitive, soft and introverted. Sometimes he is an extreme cry-baby.
He is interested in books and music. It seems to help him to think about the meaning of life. He often mixes tapes and it seems that he thinks that special moments need special music. He also mixes tapes for his friend, maybe he wants them to feel what he feels.
Charlie really loves his family. He like the feeling of being a part of it and that he has a special relationship to every one of them. It’s important for him to see them happy.
As much as Charlie loves his family, he loves his friends. He wants to be needed and to make them feel good. He would do nearly everything for them. They trust him, because he keeps a secret and he is a good listener. He always wants to make things right and try to come up to everyone's expectations.
Sometimes he forgets himself and tries to fill his emotional emptiness with alcohol or drugs. There are days Charlie feels really horrible, especially when he is scared to lose his friends. He is a person who hates to be alone, because he wants to be a part of a group. Because of his past Charlie has a weak personality and fights a lot with himself. But he wants to feel better and to come over his horrible past. All he wants is to be loved like everybody else.
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Charlie is a special person. He is one of these inconspicuous high-school students, who haven’t an easy-going life. He is very sensitive, soft and introverted. Sometimes he is an extreme cry-baby.
He is interested in books and music. It seems to help him to think about the meaning of life. He often mixes tapes and it seems that he thinks that special moments need special music. He also mixes tapes for his friend, maybe he wants them to feel what he feels.
Charlie really loves his family. He like the feeling of being a part of it and that he has a special relationship to every one of them. It’s important for him to see them happy.
As much as Charlie loves his family, he loves his friends. He wants to be needed and to make them feel good. He would do nearly everything for them. They trust him, because he keeps a secret and he is a good listener. He always wants to make things right and try to come up to everyone's expectations.
Sometimes he forgets himself and tries to fill his emotional emptiness with alcohol or drugs. There are days Charlie feels really horrible, especially when he is scared to lose his friends. He is a person who hates to be alone, because he wants to be a part of a group. Because of his past Charlie has a weak personality and fights a lot with himself. But he wants to feel better and to come over his horrible past. All he wants is to be loved like everybody else.
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REVIEW
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is written by Stephen Chbosky. He was born in 1970 in Pennsylvania in the USA. The book tells the story about the high-school student Charlie. Charlie writes letters to an unknown person, but starts always with “dear friend”. In these letters he tells about his life. He is a very sentimental guy, who tries to cope growing up, friendships and love. Charlie is a trustworthy boy and everyone can lean on him. He wants to be a good friend, good son and a good brother. But there are things, which are happened in his past, which he has to come over and finds his own right way to society.
It’s a really naturalistic book, which shows all the horrible and great, important and unimportant, easy and complicated events in a teenager’s life. In this book you can find nearly every problem a young person could have with love, friendship and finding the right way. The reader goes with Charlie through all his bad and good times. This is a very exciting and startling story. It’s a book which is able to make you thinking. It’s a book full of hope and confidence, and Charlie can (with his philosophic appendage) touch your heart more than once. It’s a book about learning to be like you want to be, never give up and finally how important it is to be loved (particularly for Charlie). I think it’s a really advisable book. We have to thank Stephen Chbosky.
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Samstag, 3. Mai 2008
second exam correction
Writing task:
Violence in our world and in the media is a controversial topic. It’s everywhere, in movies, schools and also in some families. But where are the problems and what can we do?
Michael Medved is an opponent of violent movies and there are some ideas I agree, but also one I disagree with. He says that Hollywood tells us four big lies. The first one is that only a few people are influenced by these movies. I totally agree with Michael Medved, who thinks that there enough copycat killers. There are always some who believe that it’s funny to shoot someone just because a movie shows it like this. In my opinion also the second argument of the advocates is a big lie. Medved claims that it’s absolutely wrong to argue that violent in movies only show the reality. Reality isn’t like this. For example, nearly no one saw a real murder, but everyone watches hundreds of them on TV. In addition, it’s also absolute rubbish that only violent movies are successful, which is (like Medved think) the third big lie. I also agree with this point. If we look at the most really successful movies we can find mainly family or romantic movies, for example “The Lion King”. Finally, there is one lie left and in contrast to the others I disagree with Medved’s at this lie. Hollywood claims, that nobody is forced to watch violent movies. The argument of Medved is that we don’t have to watch it to know what kind of horrible things happen. But I think that it’s not the same. There is a difference between watching this films and hear about it.
We also have to wonder why we are living in a violent society. First, I think that violence is something we learn. Children learn from their parents and their surroundings. In addition, it’s also an instinct. People always were violent and they will be. Maybe violence is something to save our lives. Morover, violence is a reaction. If someone is violent to someone else, it is to expect that one day the victim also gets violent.
If we look at our children, we can notice that also there is a lot of violence. In my opinion there are two things to do, which can stop or reduce that. First we have to stop showing violence on TV. Children should not be allowed to watch that. And the other one is,, that we have to be better role models and show them what is right and wrong.
To conclude, I want to say, that we have to be aware of violence and we should protect our children for a better world.
Violence in our world and in the media is a controversial topic. It’s everywhere, in movies, schools and also in some families. But where are the problems and what can we do?
Michael Medved is an opponent of violent movies and there are some ideas I agree, but also one I disagree with. He says that Hollywood tells us four big lies. The first one is that only a few people are influenced by these movies. I totally agree with Michael Medved, who thinks that there enough copycat killers. There are always some who believe that it’s funny to shoot someone just because a movie shows it like this. In my opinion also the second argument of the advocates is a big lie. Medved claims that it’s absolutely wrong to argue that violent in movies only show the reality. Reality isn’t like this. For example, nearly no one saw a real murder, but everyone watches hundreds of them on TV. In addition, it’s also absolute rubbish that only violent movies are successful, which is (like Medved think) the third big lie. I also agree with this point. If we look at the most really successful movies we can find mainly family or romantic movies, for example “The Lion King”. Finally, there is one lie left and in contrast to the others I disagree with Medved’s at this lie. Hollywood claims, that nobody is forced to watch violent movies. The argument of Medved is that we don’t have to watch it to know what kind of horrible things happen. But I think that it’s not the same. There is a difference between watching this films and hear about it.
We also have to wonder why we are living in a violent society. First, I think that violence is something we learn. Children learn from their parents and their surroundings. In addition, it’s also an instinct. People always were violent and they will be. Maybe violence is something to save our lives. Morover, violence is a reaction. If someone is violent to someone else, it is to expect that one day the victim also gets violent.
If we look at our children, we can notice that also there is a lot of violence. In my opinion there are two things to do, which can stop or reduce that. First we have to stop showing violence on TV. Children should not be allowed to watch that. And the other one is,, that we have to be better role models and show them what is right and wrong.
To conclude, I want to say, that we have to be aware of violence and we should protect our children for a better world.
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