Item 1: Poem
Personal Jesus
Your own personal jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who’s there
Feeling unknown
And you’re all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I’ll make you a believer
Take second best
Put me to the test
Things on your chest
You need to confess
I will deliver
You know I’m a forgiver
Reach out and touch faith
Your own personal jesus...
Feeling unknown
And you’re all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I’ll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I’m a forgiver
Reach out and touch faith
Your own personal jesus
Reach out and touch faith
Rhetorical Devices:
- Metaphor: “personal jesus” - someone who's there to listen to what they have to say, who will listen to their hopes and fears,...
- Rhyme: unknown - alone - bone - telephone, best - test - chest - confess, deliver - forgiver, receiver - believer
- Repetition: “Your own personal jesus”, “Someone”, “Reach out and touch faith”
Meaning:
There are several interpretations of this song, such as it’s about drub-abuse or even against Christianism. In my opinion, this song is about the importance of having a friend or just about anyone who listen to you about your hopes, dreams, fears,... and will be there for you even in the times of hardship.
Item 2: Fable
The Fox and The Grapes
It was a sunny day and fox was walking across the fields. Soon he came to a vineyard. As he came nearer, he could see some bunches of juicy grapes. The fox looked carefully around him. He had to make sure that he was safe from the hunters. He decided to steal some before anyone came along.
He jumped upwards but he could not reach the grapes. He jumped again as high as he could. He still could not reach them. The grapes were just too high for him! He was not ready to give up. He backed off, took some running steps and leapt into the air towards the grapes. Again he failed to reach them. It was getting dark, and he was getting angry. His legs hurt with all that running and jumping. At last he stopped trying. As he walked away, he said to himself, "I don't really want those grapes. I'm sure they are too sour to eat."
Rhetorical Devices:
+ Metaphor: "Juicy grapes" - good opportunity/ goal but hard to achieve.
Message:
- Sometimes, hard work alone is not enough to achieve your goal, you also need a good plan to get it.
- Do not make excuse for your failure.
http://lil-legend.blogspot.com/2009/03/classic-short-story-fox-and-grapes.html
Item 3: Cartoon
Rhetorical Devices:
- Pun: "think outside the box".
- Symbol: +Litter box: "the box" - constrained and unimaginative thinking.
Message:
It is not always good to think outside the box.
http://www.shirtsnob.com/archives/006806.php
Le Hong Hoa
Trả lờiXóaitem 2: I think we should firstly identify our ability after that we have good plan.
I also think that this fox does not really make excuse for its failure I suppose it comforts itself.
item 2: I don't agree with you the first message. I think the moral from this fable is that we will be sneered if we try to get the things we cannot get.
Trả lờiXóaItem 2
Trả lờiXóaI'm strongly impressed by your story. It's so interesting because I think there are đifferent meanings to perceive it. Through your message,you said that "sometimes, hard work alone is not enough to achieve your goal, you also need a good plan to get it". However, i suppose that we shouldn't try to gain hastily the target which is too far out of our reach. We need to evaluate our ability and plan carefully before acting to achieve our expected result. In addition,if you think that we "do not make excuse for your failure", my lesson is that we should learn the way to live and think more optimisticly to enjoy the happy life. :)
From my point of view, the story is not about to teach people a moral lesson but to criticize, actually. Most of the story is very suitable to convey a moral lesson: you have to try your best to achieve your goal no matter how tough difficulties you may encounter. However, the last sentence, as I think, is the most profound message. By saying: "I don't really want those grapes. I'm sure they are too sour to eat.", the fox denies all its previous effort. He feel smug and satisfied with everything even though when bad events happen or when he cannot perform something well. This reminds me of AQ- a person with the same character in a novel by Lo Tan.
Trả lờiXóaIn the story: “The fox and the grapes” has one more rhetorical device is irony that shows in detail the fox said to himself: "I don't really want those grapes. I'm sure they are too sour to eat."
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