Item 1:story
APPLE TREE.
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come
and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples,
took a nap under the shadow… He loved the tree and the tree loved to
play with him. Time went by…the little boy had grown up, and he no
longer played around the tree every day.
One day, the boy came back to
the tree and he looked sad.
“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
“I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” -The boy replied.
“I want toys. I need money to buy them.”
“Sorry, but I do not have money… But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money".
The
boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left
happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree
was sad.
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned And the tree was excited “Come and play with me” the tree said.
“I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me? "
“ Sorry”, “I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches To build your house.”
So
the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.The tree was
glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree
was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, The man returned and the tree was delighted.
“Come and play with me!” the tree said.
“I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” - Said the man.
“Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy”
So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the man returned after many years.
“Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you…” - The tree said18
“No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” - The man replied.
“No more trunk for you to climb on”
“I am too old for that now” the man said.
“I really cannot give you anything… The only thing left is my dying root,” - the tree said with tears.
“I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years” - the man replied.
“Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, come, come sit down with me and rest”
The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…
Rhetorical devices
Metaphor: apple tree – the parents
The boy- everyone of us
Message:this is significant story of everyone who a pinch of understanding, love and gratitude. The apple tree is like our parents and the boy is anyone of us.when we were young ,we loved playing with them and took care of by them ,but when we grow up,we leave them...only come back to when we need their help or something or to be in trouble. No matter we did ,our parents will be always there and do anything for us they could just to make you happy.perhalf you can think the boy is cruel to the tree,but that is how all of us treat to our parents.let be grateful for your parents!
Message:this is significant story of everyone who a pinch of understanding, love and gratitude. The apple tree is like our parents and the boy is anyone of us.when we were young ,we loved playing with them and took care of by them ,but when we grow up,we leave them...only come back to when we need their help or something or to be in trouble. No matter we did ,our parents will be always there and do anything for us they could just to make you happy.perhalf you can think the boy is cruel to the tree,but that is how all of us treat to our parents.let be grateful for your parents!
Item 2: cartoon
Rehtorical device
metaphor:
the warrior toys-war
the earth-the life in the earth
the pine tree -the happiness and peace
blood-the cost of war
message:
war is not only the evil of human being. The cost of these wars which human being pay is extremely expensive. It brings tremendously painful for millions of people in the Earth. The trickles of blood are dropping down into the pine tree.after that we will drown in sea of blood. The christmas pine tree is presentive for happiness and peace of life in the earth but now it is threteaned by our flaws.the warrior is falling down from the tree.it means the wars is killing itself.if we do not stop war and violence ,my earth will be exterminated.
item 3 :poem
Paper boat
By Tagore Rabindranath
Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.
Rehtorical device
-Metophor:
paper boat-love of life
-Metonymy:
shiuli flowers -the author's country and gift of childhood(shiuli flower is the official flower of the state of West Bengal, India )
Message”
“paper boat ” is a great poem. The poet wants to send the meaningful message. The paper boat is like the love of life.he inspirited us the thirst ,hopeness and cherishing .life is so wonderful, let love and discover it , athought we can get troubles in the storms traveling of life.
References:
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http://www.poemhunter.com
i like your entry very much, especially the first item. Here are some my opinion:
Trả lờiXóa- Item 1: Besides metaphor, I think the author use climax (apples -> branches-> trunk-> root)
- Item 3: metaphor (paper boat – hope and wish), (white bulging sail- clouds in the sky),
i think your entry is great. i like your story and your poem which encompass a much of meaning. besides i have some opinion.
Trả lờiXóaitem 1: i think apples, branches,trunk and root ( which the apple gave for the boy)- what parent sacrificed for our growth.
item 2: in my point of view, the boat- the dreams of childhood
the running stream _ the life
In my view, you have done your entry quite successfully. I only have some small comments about it:
Trả lờiXóaItem 1: I have watched video about it and now I read a poem again.I am really impressed by a meaningful poem. After reading, I think we should love our parents more because they sacrificed for our growth. However,I think the author also use climax (apples -> branches-> trunk-> root)
Item3: I agree with Sang’ comment:
the boat- the dreams of childhood
the running stream _ the life
Your story in the first item is very moving. I like it most. I still think there is a very interesting rhetorical device in that story: Oxymoron: smiled with tears.
Trả lờiXóaThanks for your entry!
- In the 1st item
Trả lờiXóa+ I agree with Trang and Thuy’ that climax is used in this story
+ I think you should make the message more concise. And I want to give my supplementary idea to the message. This story is not only about our parents but also about our teachers, relatives and friends who care and love us through the years. We must show our gratitude to them. Don’t hesitate. Don’t wait until it is too late.
- In the 2nd item
I totally agree with you
- In the 3rd item
+I also want to give supplementary to the message: This poem also shows child’s psychology. It is a universal message of peace, love and joy which are the dream and hope of the child as well as human being.
i like the story about the boy much because it reminds each of us of our attitude toward our loved people.we often recieve lots care,love from them but we sometimes forget to learn the way to give our love and compasion to our parents, friends,etc.
Trả lờiXóai also wonder what the image of the earth and soldiers hang on the pine tree as toys we often see at christmas. there have many people died in the wars to protest the peace.it is likely that the price for peace is costly.
I want to add some comments.
Trả lờiXóaIn the first item, I think it has one more rhetorical device and that is repetition: Come and play with me.
Your story educates us much.
Thanks for sharing us another message in your third item.