Entry 1-Le Thi Hanh

Item1: Song

Tell Me Why

By Ian Mack, Stuart Mack, Barry Mason for Declan

In my dream, children sing,
a song of love for every boy and girl.
The sky is blue, and fields are green,
and laughter is the language of the world.
Then I wake and all I see,
is a world full of people in need.

Every day, I ask myself,
what will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight,
to prove to everybody who I am?
Is this what my life is for,
to waste in a world full of war?

Tell me why, does it have to be like this?
Tell me why, is there something I have missed?
Tell me why, 'cause I don't understand,
when so many need somebody,
we don't give a helping hand?

Tell me why? Tell me why? Tell me why?
Just tell me why?
Why, why does the tiger run?
Why, why do we shoot the gun?
Why, why do we never learn?
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?
Why, why do we say we care?
Why, why do we stand and stare?
Why, why do the dolphins cry?
Can someone tell us why we let the ocean die?
Why, why if were all the same?
Why, why do we pass the blame?
Why, why does it never end?
Can someone tell us why we cannot just be friends?
Why, why?

Rhetorical devices:

- Repetition: tell me why? And why do (does)…?

- Rhetorical questions: Why does the tiger run?;why do we shoot the gun?; why do we never learn?; why we let the forest burn?; why do we say we care? and so on.

- Rhyme: man-am; for-war; this-missed; understand-hand; run-gun; learn-burn; care-stare; cry-die; same-blame; end-friends.

Message: telling us about the life in a good dream of children about peace and about a life at our bad world that full of wars and that let’s protect and save the Earth.

Item 2: Story

The obstacle on our path

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many others never understand.

Rhetorical devices:

- Metaphor: the boulder-obstacle and challenge.

Message: Obstacles give us opportunities to improve our condition. The peasant tried to move the stone (he didn’t mind facing to difficulty and was willing to overcome) and the result was that he had opportunity to change his life.

Item 3: A cartoon

Message: let’s save the Earth, it is blooding, it is hurt. That means our life is in danger. We have to heal its pain and protect ourselves also.