Have you ever listened to songs by Miley Cyrus? She is 18 years old now, and the super star of the world! Her songs have great effect on my heart because her songs are very directly reach our hearts. One of the songs I love is "Nobady's Perfect". Please watch this music video. Can you undersatand what she want to say? Everyone is special in their own way, so we don't have to be "Perfect", "imperfect" is quite good for humen, i thought such like that when i listened to the song. Music is an important part of me, it made me happy and encouraged. Especially miley's songs are nice!
2010年7月14日水曜日
Dogs Help Children Become Better Readers
Dogs are very popular pet in United States ,and a special group of dogs are known as “Therapy Dogs.”Some therapy dogs work in schools and libraries. For example, In California, they have become children’s reading buddies. The dogs belong to a therapy dog group called PAWS for Healing. Eight of these special dogs have been trained to be listening companions for young readers. The dogs make a good audience. They don’t judge a child who cannot read well, they just listen calmly. The children can read at their own pace. They look forward to reading to the dogs, and the dogs love the attention. Therapy dogs play an important role in the education.
Usually, dogs make us relaxed and give selfless love. Even if children go to a library to meet the dogs, I think it’s good thing that meeting them will be a chance which the children start reading books. When the children who are stressed meet the dogs, they will feel so better than ever. Because they are just listening to his voice. The more they read to the dogs, the more they have self confidence. I think it is important that children read books without suffering from inferiority complex. So children should read at their own pace. Now, Japanese students hardly read books. Therapy dogs should work in Japan too. And the dogs will be good friends and also good listeners.
The Differences Between Japan and The U.S.
Japanese education is different from American one. In Japan, we attach greater importance to acquiring public morality, so keeping social order is also recognized as educational purpose. The content of Japanese education is criticized it places too much emphasis on knowledge. What is called “Education Stressing”. That’s why other countries take the view that we lack critical thinking power, creative power and communication or negotiating power. In Japanese education, including discipline, children are brought up freely and unhabitually in childhood, however the more they aged, the more instill rules to them. This trend is opposite of American education. On the other hand, Japanese education is epoch-making and tends to treat students as a group than as an individual. And that sometimes it is criticized that it lacks the function developing children’s critical thinking power. The biggest difference between them is that skipping a grade doesn’t exist in Japan. So the results of examinations are not important and your graduate school brand is much important.
In America, they have their own tradition of programmatic, and are keeping the tradition of Elite education originated from Europe. Basically, they’re said that they trend to respect independence of the individuals. You can negotiate about rules and so on in every ways, and when you try to enter the school , you will be examined closely from various points of views.
There are so many differences between Japan and American education. But they have an advantage and a disadvantage each other. In Japanese education, they took great importance to knowledge, so children must be busy with memorizing their textbooks. They become a grownup and face the international conference. Their lack will be clear! In American education, They have critical thinking power and communication or negotiating power but they lack knowledge. I think it is the most dangerous thing that people don’t know their own history, a war will happen because they don’t know the cruelty of wars.
I think we should develop our education with imitating each other’s advantages!
In America, they have their own tradition of programmatic, and are keeping the tradition of Elite education originated from Europe. Basically, they’re said that they trend to respect independence of the individuals. You can negotiate about rules and so on in every ways, and when you try to enter the school , you will be examined closely from various points of views.
There are so many differences between Japan and American education. But they have an advantage and a disadvantage each other. In Japanese education, they took great importance to knowledge, so children must be busy with memorizing their textbooks. They become a grownup and face the international conference. Their lack will be clear! In American education, They have critical thinking power and communication or negotiating power but they lack knowledge. I think it is the most dangerous thing that people don’t know their own history, a war will happen because they don’t know the cruelty of wars.
I think we should develop our education with imitating each other’s advantages!
Unforgettable Day
When I was fifteen years old, I visited New Zealand on a school excursion.
I stayed at a farm. In here, I was taken care of my host family whose names are Shirley and Owen Pearce. I called them “papa” and “mom”. For only three days I stayed here, but our relation was so good. We have sent letters with each other until now.
One day I was sprawled out on the carpet with watching TV. Papa came to me and said “you are noisy girl!” he kicked my hip and was laughing.
I answered “I know. Yeah, I am noisy but cheerful! How nice!” We were laughing together.
Tuesday, he took me out to shopping. We visited a souvenir shop. It was so excited, and I bought many things. In those things, I bought a present for my host family. It is a photograph stand. I wanted them to put our photo into it.
Last day, I had to go back to Japan, I got ready to return and got into his car. That moment, mom shed tears and waved her hand as if she hurries me up. But her real feeling was sad, I want to think so.
When I get into a bus , I had to say “Good bye.” I cried again and again, the tears welled up in his eyes. I felt a person’s warmth and kindness.
I wanted to stay here with my host family ever after.
After three years , now we are still good family. We are not real family, but I think we are family.
That caused me to decide to be a mediator between Japan and New Zealand. The day changed my life. I didn’t like English before that. But now, I am in the department of English and American literature at our university.
I do like English, so I am deeply grateful to my host family for changing my life. I want to study English more and become an English speaker like a native speaker. That is my dream.
So it is the day that I cannot forget.
I stayed at a farm. In here, I was taken care of my host family whose names are Shirley and Owen Pearce. I called them “papa” and “mom”. For only three days I stayed here, but our relation was so good. We have sent letters with each other until now.
One day I was sprawled out on the carpet with watching TV. Papa came to me and said “you are noisy girl!” he kicked my hip and was laughing.
I answered “I know. Yeah, I am noisy but cheerful! How nice!” We were laughing together.
Tuesday, he took me out to shopping. We visited a souvenir shop. It was so excited, and I bought many things. In those things, I bought a present for my host family. It is a photograph stand. I wanted them to put our photo into it.
Last day, I had to go back to Japan, I got ready to return and got into his car. That moment, mom shed tears and waved her hand as if she hurries me up. But her real feeling was sad, I want to think so.
When I get into a bus , I had to say “Good bye.” I cried again and again, the tears welled up in his eyes. I felt a person’s warmth and kindness.
I wanted to stay here with my host family ever after.
After three years , now we are still good family. We are not real family, but I think we are family.
That caused me to decide to be a mediator between Japan and New Zealand. The day changed my life. I didn’t like English before that. But now, I am in the department of English and American literature at our university.
I do like English, so I am deeply grateful to my host family for changing my life. I want to study English more and become an English speaker like a native speaker. That is my dream.
So it is the day that I cannot forget.
Tobacco tax should be incresed in Japan
In this world, many adults smoke cigarettes to relax and make themselves look cool. According to the website, Searchina, about one billion men and about 2 hundred million women smoke cigarettes in the whole world now. (1) Almost all smokers would begin to smoke because of having curiosity at first, and many smokers can’t stop smoking even if they want to quit. It is very difficult for smokers to quit smoking because the nicotine is addictive. In Japan, the government is planning to increase tobacco tax. Ex-prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama said that tobacco tax should be increased to 1000yen at a stroke. There are three merits to raising tax on cigarettes: to decrease the number of smokers, to prevent the damage of passive smoking, and to reduce the number of minors who smoke cigarettes.
The first reason why tobacco tax should be increased is that it can stop increasing the number of smokers. Someone who intends to smoke cigarette from now will stop buying a cigarette because the price of cigarette is very important for smokers in such a depression. Each pack of tobacco costs 320 on the average now. According to a poll on the website, mycom journal, 28, 5% of smokers will stop smoking if tobacco tax increases more than 1000 to 1999yen, and the average price which can make smokers stop smoking cigarettes is 927, 6yen in this poll. (2) Most smokers will begin to quit smoking, but some people who are depending on tobacco will not quit smoking no matter how much it costs. Even if those who people keep buying cigarettes, tobacco tax should be increased because the number of smoker is sure to be decreased in the future.
The second reason is to decrease the damage of passive smoking. The Cancer Information Service states that passive smoking causes various diseases and early death to both adults and children who don’t smoke at all. Lung cancer is related to passive smoking. The possibility people live around smokers will suffer from lung cancer by passive smoking is larger 20 to 30% than people who lived with only non -smokers. (1) There is another problem of passive smoking. It is the influence on unborn babies, infants, and small children. Generally speaking, pregnant women should not smoke cigarettes because of causing serious diseases to their unborn babies. According to The Latest Information of Tobacco, decrease of birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) due to passive smoking by pregnant women, and not only unborn babies, but also five-ten years old childrens whose parents are smokers may be taken risks of suffering from pneumonia, respiratory disease, otitis media, and something bad diseases. (1) Then, passive smoking gives bad influences for example, lung cancer, asthma, decline of lung function, on both smokers own self and around the people may be family or boyfriends or related to them. If tobacco tax is increased drastically, many smokers will quit smoking.
The third reason is to stop smoking by minors. In Universities in Japan, many smoking places are set everywhere. Some of them who smoking at there are not adults but they smoke cigarettes as if nothing is bad. Ninemns states two-year-old Aldi who lives in a fishing village on the island of Sumatra casually smoking cigarettes for the cameras shocked people around the world as it circulated on the internet. His parents claimed their child was “healthy” despite providing him with about 40 cigarettes a day. (1) Of course, in Japan, many young people under twenty years old smoke cigarettes every day. According to a website, No- Tobacco Life, the percentage of smokers who are high school students in Japan is as follow; boy is 8.5%, and girl is 3.1%. In short, three boys and a girl of high school classmates smoke every day. (2) It easy for junior or high school students to buy cigarettes by them self. Therefore, Japanese government won’t be able to break through this serious situation. If tobacco tax is increased, minors will not be able to buy cigarettes because they don’t have enough money to purchase cigarettes. According to a research by Oricon, junior or high school students are given 5376 yen per a child on the average for pocket money. (1) If the price of cigarette is increased to 1000yen, they will lose one-fifth of their allowance at one go. Therefore they will not want to buy cigarettes anymore and minors who begin to smoke will quit buying cigarettes.
In conclusion, increased tobacco tax has three merits. One merit is to stop increasing the number of smokers. Another merit is to eliminate the passive smoking problem, and the other merit is to decrease the number of minor smokers. Cigarettes are like narcotics and it is difficult to quit smoking and a lot of patience and endeavor is needed. People who want to keep smoking even if they will die because of smoking surely have freedom to keep buying cigarettes, that’ why increased tobacco tax is better way for heavier smokers than abolishing tobacco entirely. The more higher it costs, the more number of people intend to quit smoking. So, tobacco tax should be increased in Japan.
The first reason why tobacco tax should be increased is that it can stop increasing the number of smokers. Someone who intends to smoke cigarette from now will stop buying a cigarette because the price of cigarette is very important for smokers in such a depression. Each pack of tobacco costs 320 on the average now. According to a poll on the website, mycom journal, 28, 5% of smokers will stop smoking if tobacco tax increases more than 1000 to 1999yen, and the average price which can make smokers stop smoking cigarettes is 927, 6yen in this poll. (2) Most smokers will begin to quit smoking, but some people who are depending on tobacco will not quit smoking no matter how much it costs. Even if those who people keep buying cigarettes, tobacco tax should be increased because the number of smoker is sure to be decreased in the future.
The second reason is to decrease the damage of passive smoking. The Cancer Information Service states that passive smoking causes various diseases and early death to both adults and children who don’t smoke at all. Lung cancer is related to passive smoking. The possibility people live around smokers will suffer from lung cancer by passive smoking is larger 20 to 30% than people who lived with only non -smokers. (1) There is another problem of passive smoking. It is the influence on unborn babies, infants, and small children. Generally speaking, pregnant women should not smoke cigarettes because of causing serious diseases to their unborn babies. According to The Latest Information of Tobacco, decrease of birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) due to passive smoking by pregnant women, and not only unborn babies, but also five-ten years old childrens whose parents are smokers may be taken risks of suffering from pneumonia, respiratory disease, otitis media, and something bad diseases. (1) Then, passive smoking gives bad influences for example, lung cancer, asthma, decline of lung function, on both smokers own self and around the people may be family or boyfriends or related to them. If tobacco tax is increased drastically, many smokers will quit smoking.
The third reason is to stop smoking by minors. In Universities in Japan, many smoking places are set everywhere. Some of them who smoking at there are not adults but they smoke cigarettes as if nothing is bad. Ninemns states two-year-old Aldi who lives in a fishing village on the island of Sumatra casually smoking cigarettes for the cameras shocked people around the world as it circulated on the internet. His parents claimed their child was “healthy” despite providing him with about 40 cigarettes a day. (1) Of course, in Japan, many young people under twenty years old smoke cigarettes every day. According to a website, No- Tobacco Life, the percentage of smokers who are high school students in Japan is as follow; boy is 8.5%, and girl is 3.1%. In short, three boys and a girl of high school classmates smoke every day. (2) It easy for junior or high school students to buy cigarettes by them self. Therefore, Japanese government won’t be able to break through this serious situation. If tobacco tax is increased, minors will not be able to buy cigarettes because they don’t have enough money to purchase cigarettes. According to a research by Oricon, junior or high school students are given 5376 yen per a child on the average for pocket money. (1) If the price of cigarette is increased to 1000yen, they will lose one-fifth of their allowance at one go. Therefore they will not want to buy cigarettes anymore and minors who begin to smoke will quit buying cigarettes.
In conclusion, increased tobacco tax has three merits. One merit is to stop increasing the number of smokers. Another merit is to eliminate the passive smoking problem, and the other merit is to decrease the number of minor smokers. Cigarettes are like narcotics and it is difficult to quit smoking and a lot of patience and endeavor is needed. People who want to keep smoking even if they will die because of smoking surely have freedom to keep buying cigarettes, that’ why increased tobacco tax is better way for heavier smokers than abolishing tobacco entirely. The more higher it costs, the more number of people intend to quit smoking. So, tobacco tax should be increased in Japan.
How To Survive Valentine’s Day Alone
I watched a short movie.
SUMMARY
VOCABURALY
*literally: in a literal way
The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’.
*crass: very stupid and showing no sympathy or understanding
The crass questions all disabled people get asked.
*florist: a person who owns or works in a shop/ store that sells flowers and plants
I’ve ordered some flowers from the florist’s.
*decadent: having or showing low standards, especially moral ones, and an interest only in pleasure and enjoying rather than serious things
The decadent lifestyle.
*rotten: (informal) very bad
I’ve had a rotten day!
*fuzzy: covered with short soft fine hair or fur
I have fuzzy images of it.
SUMMARY
The short movie tells me how to survive Valentine’s Day alone. It introduces 7 steps. First step is “Realize you are not alone”. That means we had better think millions of others don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day. Second Step is “Remember: it’s commercial”. Tell yourself that Valentine’s Day is a crass commercial holiday that mostly brings happiness to florist and candy makers. Third step is “Do something decadent”. On Valentine’s Day, you should book something decadent that you’ve always wanted to do. Fourth step is “Think of people in rotten relationships”. Think of all people who were in a rotten relationship just to get a heart-shaped box of cheap chocolates. Fifth step is “Feel superior”. Feel superior to those people who are dating. Sixth step is “Consider the holiday’s origin”. Valentine, a 3rd-century priest, who wrote a love letter to the warden’s daughter, therefore being someone’s Valentine is really being a doomed, lovesick prisoner. Seventh step is “Enjoy half-priced chocolates”. On February 15, we should purchase a now half-priced box of chocolates. We give the same warm and fuzzy feelings we have when we’re falling in love without any of the heartache by phenyl ethylamine which is contained in chocolates.
VOCABURALY
*literally: in a literal way
The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’.
*crass: very stupid and showing no sympathy or understanding
The crass questions all disabled people get asked.
*florist: a person who owns or works in a shop/ store that sells flowers and plants
I’ve ordered some flowers from the florist’s.
*decadent: having or showing low standards, especially moral ones, and an interest only in pleasure and enjoying rather than serious things
The decadent lifestyle.
*rotten: (informal) very bad
I’ve had a rotten day!
*fuzzy: covered with short soft fine hair or fur
I have fuzzy images of it.
Book Report#2
Book Report#2
IE3 CORE
Chizuru Hayasaka
Author: Lewis Carroll
Book title: Alice In Wonderland
Publisher: Macmillan
Place: England
Date: 26 November 1865
*Summary*
One summer day Alice is sitting on the riverbank with her sister when a big white rabbit runs past. "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late," the rabbit says, taking a look at his watch. Then he pops down a large rabbit hole, and Alice just has to follow him. Arriving at the bottom of the hole, found small doors all around the hall, but they were all locked. She picked up a tiny golden key on a little three-legged table. The key fitted to the lock of one of the small doors. Alice was very happy but she became noticed that the door was too small for her to go out. Alice was confused but she found a little bottle on it, and tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label with the words "DRINK ME" beautifully printed on it in large letters. Alice tried to drink it and suddenly her body was shrinking! She was now the right size for going through the little door into the lovely garden. She noticed she left the key of the door on the table she could not reach anymore. A cake with "EAT
ME" on it causes her to grow to such a tremendous size her head hits the ceiling.
Alice was unhappy and cried and her tears flood the halfway because of eating the cake. After shrinking down again due to a fan she had picked up, Alice swam through a pond made of her own tears and met a Mouse, who was swimming as well. She tries to make small talk with him but all she could think of talking about is her cat, which offends the mouse.
The sea of tears became crowded with other animals and birds to convene on the bank and the question among them was how to get dry again. After the conference, the white rabbit appeared again in search of the Duchess’s gloves and fan. The white rabbit ordered her to go into the house and brink them to him. She went in and found a cake and thought it would make her body shrink. Therefore Alice ate it and reduced her again in size.
Alice came on a mushroom and sitting on it is a blue Caterpillar smoking a hookah. Caterpillar advised Alice to eat which of sides on mushroom he was sitting. With some effort, Alice brought herself back to her usual height. Alice became a guest at a “mad” tea party along with the Hatter, the March Hare, and a sleeping Dormouse who remained asleep for most of the tea party. Alice was so tired of the stupid tea party and left and entered the garden where Alice came on three living playing cards painting the white roses on a rose tree because the Queen of Hearts didn’t like white roses very much. The Queen and King went to her and invited Alice to play a game of croquet. Of course, the game descended into chaos because of the Queen’s familiar phrase “OFF WITH HIS HEAD!” The grinning Cheshire Cat appeared on the tree front of Alice, and said “How are you getting on?” As soon as he appeared, the King came to Alice and took small talk with him but the cat was so offensive and made the king angry. The King ordered executioner to cut off Cheshire cat’s head. But his head is all that can be seen of him so executioner couldn’t do that. After the game, Alice attended a trial whereby the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the Queen’s tart. During the jury, Alice found that she was steadily growing larger. Alice was called up as a witness. Her height was too big for the court. The King and Queen ordered Alice to be gone following Rues 42, but Alice disputed their judgment and refused to leave. And then, the Queen shouted “Off with her head.” Alice didn’t be afraid of it and calling them out as just a pack of cards. Alice ran away from the solders of card and waked up from her long long dream.
Character
The main character is Alice who is seven and a half years old. She is very curious and imaginative girl, and she follows a white rabbit and wandered into the wonderland. The White Rabbit is always shouts “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” He has a clock in his hand and run in a hurry. The White Rabbit is written as a herald-like servant of the King and Queen of Hearts. Cheshire Cat always appears in front of Alice with grinning, and helps her make decision. Anyway, he is a good friend for Alice. The Queen of Heats is short-tempered woman and her familiar phrase is “Off with his head!” She shouts every time something gets on her nerves. She invites Alice to play a game of croquet. In this game, she orders an executioner to cut off many animals and people’s head.
Point of View
“Alice in Wonderland” is written from third person. This book contains of many conversation, therefore we can read this pleasantly. Although readers can empathize with the hero of the story, the conversation is difficult to understand because of its hard dulls. It is difficult for me to understand what the writer wants to say.
Conflict
There is a big conflict in this story, and it is an escape from the real world. Alice wandered into a wonderland because she was bored sitting on the riverbank with her sister. Alice was very curious girl and eager to something like interesting thing and thrill, so she made an imaginary world in her head and felt as if she went into the world.
Irony
Alice experienced many strange occurrences in the wonderland she made. In this world, there are animals and peculiar creatures which can talk like a human. Readers may be deceived as if Alice is actually in the wonderland and it is not Alice’s imaginary world. The writer make readers believe in that Alice gets lost in a strange world; however the wonderland is just her dream and she makes it in her head. This is an irony.
Symbol
A lot of symbols exist in this story, but now I introduced a big symbol. It is ‘red’. Red symbolized red roses, bloods, passion, love, and the queen of Hearts. Queen of Hearts likes red roses, and cutting with her hated people. Because she is starved for love and she believes in that everything and everyone follow as she says. She shouts “Off with his head” again and again when someone doesn’t follow her order. When executioner cut off with someone’s head, his bloods can be seen. As I said, ‘red’ symbolized the queen of Hearts.
Theme
The theme of this story is ‘mad’. A deck of cards comes to life, all the animals talk, and everything gets curiouser and curiouser. All things the residents in the wonderland say is very mad. The writer imagined something never happen in the real world can cause in the wonderland. In the 19th century the writer made this story, Britain caused wars against China and India. The writer would think the British government were mad, and expressed this feeling trough the story.
IE3 CORE
Chizuru Hayasaka
Author: Lewis Carroll
Book title: Alice In Wonderland
Publisher: Macmillan
Place: England
Date: 26 November 1865
*Summary*
One summer day Alice is sitting on the riverbank with her sister when a big white rabbit runs past. "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late," the rabbit says, taking a look at his watch. Then he pops down a large rabbit hole, and Alice just has to follow him. Arriving at the bottom of the hole, found small doors all around the hall, but they were all locked. She picked up a tiny golden key on a little three-legged table. The key fitted to the lock of one of the small doors. Alice was very happy but she became noticed that the door was too small for her to go out. Alice was confused but she found a little bottle on it, and tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label with the words "DRINK ME" beautifully printed on it in large letters. Alice tried to drink it and suddenly her body was shrinking! She was now the right size for going through the little door into the lovely garden. She noticed she left the key of the door on the table she could not reach anymore. A cake with "EAT
ME" on it causes her to grow to such a tremendous size her head hits the ceiling.
Alice was unhappy and cried and her tears flood the halfway because of eating the cake. After shrinking down again due to a fan she had picked up, Alice swam through a pond made of her own tears and met a Mouse, who was swimming as well. She tries to make small talk with him but all she could think of talking about is her cat, which offends the mouse.
The sea of tears became crowded with other animals and birds to convene on the bank and the question among them was how to get dry again. After the conference, the white rabbit appeared again in search of the Duchess’s gloves and fan. The white rabbit ordered her to go into the house and brink them to him. She went in and found a cake and thought it would make her body shrink. Therefore Alice ate it and reduced her again in size.
Alice came on a mushroom and sitting on it is a blue Caterpillar smoking a hookah. Caterpillar advised Alice to eat which of sides on mushroom he was sitting. With some effort, Alice brought herself back to her usual height. Alice became a guest at a “mad” tea party along with the Hatter, the March Hare, and a sleeping Dormouse who remained asleep for most of the tea party. Alice was so tired of the stupid tea party and left and entered the garden where Alice came on three living playing cards painting the white roses on a rose tree because the Queen of Hearts didn’t like white roses very much. The Queen and King went to her and invited Alice to play a game of croquet. Of course, the game descended into chaos because of the Queen’s familiar phrase “OFF WITH HIS HEAD!” The grinning Cheshire Cat appeared on the tree front of Alice, and said “How are you getting on?” As soon as he appeared, the King came to Alice and took small talk with him but the cat was so offensive and made the king angry. The King ordered executioner to cut off Cheshire cat’s head. But his head is all that can be seen of him so executioner couldn’t do that. After the game, Alice attended a trial whereby the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the Queen’s tart. During the jury, Alice found that she was steadily growing larger. Alice was called up as a witness. Her height was too big for the court. The King and Queen ordered Alice to be gone following Rues 42, but Alice disputed their judgment and refused to leave. And then, the Queen shouted “Off with her head.” Alice didn’t be afraid of it and calling them out as just a pack of cards. Alice ran away from the solders of card and waked up from her long long dream.
Character
The main character is Alice who is seven and a half years old. She is very curious and imaginative girl, and she follows a white rabbit and wandered into the wonderland. The White Rabbit is always shouts “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” He has a clock in his hand and run in a hurry. The White Rabbit is written as a herald-like servant of the King and Queen of Hearts. Cheshire Cat always appears in front of Alice with grinning, and helps her make decision. Anyway, he is a good friend for Alice. The Queen of Heats is short-tempered woman and her familiar phrase is “Off with his head!” She shouts every time something gets on her nerves. She invites Alice to play a game of croquet. In this game, she orders an executioner to cut off many animals and people’s head.
Point of View
“Alice in Wonderland” is written from third person. This book contains of many conversation, therefore we can read this pleasantly. Although readers can empathize with the hero of the story, the conversation is difficult to understand because of its hard dulls. It is difficult for me to understand what the writer wants to say.
Conflict
There is a big conflict in this story, and it is an escape from the real world. Alice wandered into a wonderland because she was bored sitting on the riverbank with her sister. Alice was very curious girl and eager to something like interesting thing and thrill, so she made an imaginary world in her head and felt as if she went into the world.
Irony
Alice experienced many strange occurrences in the wonderland she made. In this world, there are animals and peculiar creatures which can talk like a human. Readers may be deceived as if Alice is actually in the wonderland and it is not Alice’s imaginary world. The writer make readers believe in that Alice gets lost in a strange world; however the wonderland is just her dream and she makes it in her head. This is an irony.
Symbol
A lot of symbols exist in this story, but now I introduced a big symbol. It is ‘red’. Red symbolized red roses, bloods, passion, love, and the queen of Hearts. Queen of Hearts likes red roses, and cutting with her hated people. Because she is starved for love and she believes in that everything and everyone follow as she says. She shouts “Off with his head” again and again when someone doesn’t follow her order. When executioner cut off with someone’s head, his bloods can be seen. As I said, ‘red’ symbolized the queen of Hearts.
Theme
The theme of this story is ‘mad’. A deck of cards comes to life, all the animals talk, and everything gets curiouser and curiouser. All things the residents in the wonderland say is very mad. The writer imagined something never happen in the real world can cause in the wonderland. In the 19th century the writer made this story, Britain caused wars against China and India. The writer would think the British government were mad, and expressed this feeling trough the story.
High school musical
Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet at a New Year's Eve party while both are at a ski lodge during winter break. Troy is the captain of East High School's basketball team, and Gabriella is portrayed as shy and academic. At the party, the two are called upon to sing karaoke together (Start of Something New). They seem to be attracted to each other, and exchange numbers before parting.
After break, Troy sees Gabriella in his homeroom, and she explains that she just moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and transferred to East High over break. Troy shows Gabriella around the school, and they pause in front of the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions. This alarms Drama Club president Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), who assumes that Gabriella is interested in auditioning. Wanting to eliminate competition, Sharpay searches for more information about the new girl on the internet and arranges for the scholastic decathlon captain, Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman), to find out about Gabriella's past academic achievements.
During basketball practice, Troy has trouble focusing because his thoughts are on Gabriella and the idea that he might enjoy singing more (Get'cha Head In the Game). Gabriella and Troy both go to the musical auditions, but both are too shy to step forward as Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed), the drama teacher, asks if there are any others interested in auditioning after Sharpy and her brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) perform (What I've Been Looking For). When Gabriella finally summons the courage to step forward, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus tells them that they are too late. After she leaves, Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin), the composer of the musical, trips and drops her things. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and they sing together as Kelsi plays piano (What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)). Ms. Darbus overhears them and gives them a callback audition.
Sharpay and Ryan dance Bop To The Top.When the callback list is posted, Sharpay is furious to learn that she has competition for the lead in the musical, and the rest of the student population is shocked that a basketball star and shy, nerdy girl have auditioned for a musical. Other students confess their own secret passions and talents (Stick To The Status Quo), alarming both Taylor and Troy's friend and fellow basketball team member, Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu). Since Gabriella has agreed to join the scholastic decathlon team, both Taylor and Chad want their teammates to focus on their upcoming competitions rather than the musical. To help Troy and Gabriella return to normal, Chad and the basketball team trick Troy into saying that Gabriella is not important while she watches through a wi-fi link that the scholastic decathlon team has set up. Gabriella is hurt (When There Was Me And You), and decides not to audition for the musical. Troy tries to talk to Gabriella, she refuses to speak to him. Chad and Taylor feel guilty for ruining Troy and Gabriella's relationship, and decide to tell them the truth. After Chad and the basketball tell Troy what they did and offer to support him in callbacks, Troy goes to Gabriella's house. Although Gabriella initially avoids him, they reconcile and start practicing for callbacks with Kelsi.
The cast of High School Musical sings We're All in this Together.Intimidated after overhearing Gabriella and Troy practicing, Sharpay convinces Ms. Darbus to change the callback time to coincide with both the basketball championship and the scholastic decathlon, so that Gabriella and Troy cannot participate. Kelsi overhears Sharpay's conversation with Ms. Darbus, and the basketball team and the decathlon team work together to come up with a plan. On the day of the competitions, Taylor and Gabriella send a computer command to shut down the electricity in the gym, and send a second command that causes a dangerous chemical reaction that stalls the decathlon. With both competitions delayed, Troy and Gabriella rush to the auditorium, and Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song (Bop To The Top), confident that their plan worked. Troy and Gabriella then audition as other students start streaming into the auditorium from the basketball game (Breaking Free). Ms. Darbus gives Troy and Gabriella the lead roles, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies. Troy and Gabriella both win their respective competitions, and the film ends when the entire school gathers in the gym to celebrate (We're All In This Together).
After break, Troy sees Gabriella in his homeroom, and she explains that she just moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and transferred to East High over break. Troy shows Gabriella around the school, and they pause in front of the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions. This alarms Drama Club president Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), who assumes that Gabriella is interested in auditioning. Wanting to eliminate competition, Sharpay searches for more information about the new girl on the internet and arranges for the scholastic decathlon captain, Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman), to find out about Gabriella's past academic achievements.
During basketball practice, Troy has trouble focusing because his thoughts are on Gabriella and the idea that he might enjoy singing more (Get'cha Head In the Game). Gabriella and Troy both go to the musical auditions, but both are too shy to step forward as Ms. Darbus (Alyson Reed), the drama teacher, asks if there are any others interested in auditioning after Sharpy and her brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) perform (What I've Been Looking For). When Gabriella finally summons the courage to step forward, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus tells them that they are too late. After she leaves, Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin), the composer of the musical, trips and drops her things. Troy and Gabriella rush to help her, and they sing together as Kelsi plays piano (What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)). Ms. Darbus overhears them and gives them a callback audition.
Sharpay and Ryan dance Bop To The Top.When the callback list is posted, Sharpay is furious to learn that she has competition for the lead in the musical, and the rest of the student population is shocked that a basketball star and shy, nerdy girl have auditioned for a musical. Other students confess their own secret passions and talents (Stick To The Status Quo), alarming both Taylor and Troy's friend and fellow basketball team member, Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu). Since Gabriella has agreed to join the scholastic decathlon team, both Taylor and Chad want their teammates to focus on their upcoming competitions rather than the musical. To help Troy and Gabriella return to normal, Chad and the basketball team trick Troy into saying that Gabriella is not important while she watches through a wi-fi link that the scholastic decathlon team has set up. Gabriella is hurt (When There Was Me And You), and decides not to audition for the musical. Troy tries to talk to Gabriella, she refuses to speak to him. Chad and Taylor feel guilty for ruining Troy and Gabriella's relationship, and decide to tell them the truth. After Chad and the basketball tell Troy what they did and offer to support him in callbacks, Troy goes to Gabriella's house. Although Gabriella initially avoids him, they reconcile and start practicing for callbacks with Kelsi.
The cast of High School Musical sings We're All in this Together.Intimidated after overhearing Gabriella and Troy practicing, Sharpay convinces Ms. Darbus to change the callback time to coincide with both the basketball championship and the scholastic decathlon, so that Gabriella and Troy cannot participate. Kelsi overhears Sharpay's conversation with Ms. Darbus, and the basketball team and the decathlon team work together to come up with a plan. On the day of the competitions, Taylor and Gabriella send a computer command to shut down the electricity in the gym, and send a second command that causes a dangerous chemical reaction that stalls the decathlon. With both competitions delayed, Troy and Gabriella rush to the auditorium, and Sharpay and Ryan finish performing their song (Bop To The Top), confident that their plan worked. Troy and Gabriella then audition as other students start streaming into the auditorium from the basketball game (Breaking Free). Ms. Darbus gives Troy and Gabriella the lead roles, making Sharpay and Ryan understudies. Troy and Gabriella both win their respective competitions, and the film ends when the entire school gathers in the gym to celebrate (We're All In This Together).2010年7月13日火曜日
10th July 2010
Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
This poem express the beauty of woods and death. In First pragraph, "khow" rhysmes "snow".
In second pragragh, "queer" rhysmes "near" and "year". i was very moved to read this poem.
The road not taken
I think we should not look back our past and have to decide our own future.
I love this poem, but i feel sadness and scilent from it.
This poem express the beauty of woods and death. In First pragraph, "khow" rhysmes "snow".
In second pragragh, "queer" rhysmes "near" and "year". i was very moved to read this poem.
The road not taken
I think we should not look back our past and have to decide our own future.
I love this poem, but i feel sadness and scilent from it.
2010年7月9日金曜日
9th July 2010
Today was a rainy day,so i got very nurvous... i don't like rain.
Now i introduced a movie i watched last year.The name is "Lovely Bone". Do you know this movie? The stoy...
Let us watch this movie and give me comments for it on my brog.
Now i introduced a movie i watched last year.The name is "Lovely Bone". Do you know this movie? The stoy...
Simon who was a young girl had never experienced First Kiss, and she could never kiss her boyfriend since she was killed by someone.(The muderer was declered at the end of the movie.) One day, she was suddenly killed by her neighbor at an evening. She hegitated to follow him at first, but she can't help going to his secret basement for looking his colection. She went there and could't run a way from the basement...she died.Soon she became a ghost who nobady could recognize Simon was here. She was very shocked and she tried to look for the way she was killed. The more she found facts of this incident, the more her family got broken. She couldn't decided what she should do for her precious people. She wondered whether she remained here or left from her family.
Bye!
6th July 2010
Today, i did't inted to meet my frieds but Akane called me and asked me to have a party for Makoto. I said ok.We went to a tevarn. The party was pretty lively. I could enjoyed very much!!
I really like summer because i guess something new will happen in a summer! Im going to visit Hokkaido in this summer vacation. I have never taken a trip for there so i am looking forward to going there very much. I can't help waiting for summer:) I will be glad if someone tell me good tourist resort of Hokkaido. I want to make this summer joyful and useful.
Disney Sweet Memory Part4
Sometimes rainy and sometimes sunny today. I didn't want to leave here but we had to go to the Disneyland. I like parades in Tokyo Disneyland because parades holded on there have quite high quality and make guests enjoy:) Have you ever seen them? If you have not seen, I strongly think you should enjoy the parades! I especially like a parade named "Jubilation". The theme of the parade is "remember the dreams which everyone would draw". I love songs in this parade.
Disney's magic imcredibly make effect on guests, we can be happy, enjoyed, have a fun. So I love Disney.
I was very pleased to stay at Hotel Miracosta and Tokyo Disney Resort for two days! I don't forget the sweet happy memory!
2010年7月6日火曜日
Disney sweet memory part3
We went back to Hotel Miracosta and drunk some coffee together. My heart was beaten in my chest because i worried if my surprise party would be succeeded. I asked a hotel staff to bring a birthday cake to my room at 23:00. Then, after 10 minutes, suprise party would be carried out! I maneged to hide my plan from him with great effort, the time was coming to me and then i heard someone was knoking at the door of my room! "The staff is coming!"I thought, I asked Daiki to openb the door and i can't help grinning. The door was opened, the staff was standing at the front door with nothing in his hands. I was very shockek because he didn't have the cake i prepared for Daiki! The staff said to me" Good evening! May I come in? I have an artcle to be delivered." I said " yeah! Come in, Come in!" Daiki was wondering what happening to us...but he was very surprised when looked the birthday cake. He asked me "Surely you did prepared for me, Chizuru?" I said nothing and just grinned. The staff lit candles and sung a birthday song with me! At the end, he took a picture and put it into a small photo album , then he gave it to me!
Daiki was very pleased and thanks to me. i was happy to see his happy face:)
I was looking forward to going to Tokyo DisneyLand tomorrow, and fell in sleep on the fabuloous bed!
2010年6月22日火曜日
8th June 2010 -part2-
After third priod class, I went out of the front gate and took a walk to Huchinibe Station. I met Daiki at 16:30 in yokohama, and left for Maihama Station. We decided to check in at Hotel Miracosta at first and then go into Tokyo Disney Sea. When we arrived at the hotel, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and dynamism of the hotel. I thought as if i was in differnt world. One staff came to us and brung my baggage to our room. She told us there were many hiding mickey in this hotel and let's try to find them. Finally we arrived at our room, we were very surprised by its luxury. It could take us away to the dream world far awy from daily life. Do you understand what i mean? In other word, This hotel has highest revel i have experienced.
At 16:00p.m. we went in Tokyo Disney Sea. I used the words"went in" but I had already been here because the Hotel Miracosta was built 'in' Tokyo Disney Sea. It may be right i rather said we went to ride on the attractions. At any rate, I bought a teddy bear named 'Sherrymay'. I had been longing for buying it. It tooks a long time to choose the one which i had taken to the teddy bear. I happen to meet my dear girl bear:) She was very cute and her face was rounder than others. After that, we could ride on a lot of attractions and be satisfied.
Thanks for reading my blog, and please check out part3!
At 16:00p.m. we went in Tokyo Disney Sea. I used the words"went in" but I had already been here because the Hotel Miracosta was built 'in' Tokyo Disney Sea. It may be right i rather said we went to ride on the attractions. At any rate, I bought a teddy bear named 'Sherrymay'. I had been longing for buying it. It tooks a long time to choose the one which i had taken to the teddy bear. I happen to meet my dear girl bear:) She was very cute and her face was rounder than others. After that, we could ride on a lot of attractions and be satisfied.
Thanks for reading my blog, and please check out part3!
8th June 2010 -part 1-
My Sweet Happy Memory in Tokyo Disney Risort
Today was my dearlest person's birth day:) He had promised to take me to the Hotel Miracosta in Tokyo Disney Sea while hunting for a job. I could not believe that because this hotel was very high-grade hotel and it would costed about 4o thousand yen if two adults stayed for a day. So i don't think he has enough money to stay at such a luxury hotel. But after he finished hunting for a job, he saied to me he had already made a hotel reservation, the hotel is Miracosta! I was very surprised and jumped fo joy! Thanks Daiki!!
I was longing for the day of staying at the hotel always! To tell the truth, I planed to celebrate his birth day in a secret and i made a phone call to Tokyo Disney Resort Information Center, and asked them to prepare a birth day cake for him. They were delighted to help me and promised me to prepare a cake at that day.
Do you think my plan was succeeded?
please check out next blog!
Today was my dearlest person's birth day:) He had promised to take me to the Hotel Miracosta in Tokyo Disney Sea while hunting for a job. I could not believe that because this hotel was very high-grade hotel and it would costed about 4o thousand yen if two adults stayed for a day. So i don't think he has enough money to stay at such a luxury hotel. But after he finished hunting for a job, he saied to me he had already made a hotel reservation, the hotel is Miracosta! I was very surprised and jumped fo joy! Thanks Daiki!!
I was longing for the day of staying at the hotel always! To tell the truth, I planed to celebrate his birth day in a secret and i made a phone call to Tokyo Disney Resort Information Center, and asked them to prepare a birth day cake for him. They were delighted to help me and promised me to prepare a cake at that day.
Do you think my plan was succeeded?
please check out next blog!
7th June 2010
I watched the baseball game Eagle vs Giants. Since i went to watch the game, I was not interested in Baseball but my mind was changed! I hate Giants , my family also dislike them. My mother said Giant is the team made of dirty money because executives of Giants pick up every hot player in a year. That is very cunning bussiness! I can't help hating Giants! Eagle has good players, Masahiro Tanaka! He is called 'Ma-kun'. He is very cute! I love him. I cheered Eagle but.... finally Eagle was defeated in the battle.....
Yesterday, I baked an apple pie for Daiki because he likes it very much and always tells me " Please bake an apple pie for me!". As i promised him, I baked and gave it to him. He was very surprised and praised me. I was verry happy to hear that the apple pie i baked tasted very good.
2010年6月4日金曜日
Takatsuna and Pooh
Takatsuna tried to get pooh's heart and asked him to suck his own "honeies" as usual as he had been doing until then. Pooh said nothing and didn't make an action to him because he is just a teddy bear or parhaps he didn't like Takatsuna:)haha Let's see the movie! Have a fun!
Today was Friday and the weather was also good for me. The Sunshine was little bit hot but i like Summer better than winter, so recent weather and temperature is very good! As i said, I worked at a wedding banquet and this season is usually popular but this year, not as usual... I guess that beacuse we have a lot of rain in June. Have you heard "June Bride"? June is known for the large number of marriages that occur the course of the month. According to one etymology, June is named after Juno. Juno was the goodness of marriageand married couple's household, so some consider it good luck to be married in this month. Do you want to marry in this month?
2010年6月3日木曜日
Takatsuna want to lie with Duffy
Takatsuna asked again to lie with Duffy! But he found the truth that Duffy huged and lie together with another boy because of his smell. Fight! Takatsuna! Get back your precious Duffy's mind! You can do it!
Takatsuna and Duffy
Takatsuna made every efforts to make us laugh!
He came to school with his friend, Duffy; which is the teddy bear he bought for himself:) The teddy bear costed 10,000 yen! this price is equivalent to my salary when i work all day long. He seems to love Duffy very deeply. In this movie (Version 1), Takatsuna asked Duffy to lie in each other's arms in his "single" bed, but Duffy looked as if he didn't want to get into his bed with him! Now, Let's see it!
2010年5月26日水曜日
26th May 2010
Today was my happy holiday! I recentry had no holiday because of my part time job. I was relaxed to saty at my home and enjoyed watching TV with eating a delicious breakfast.Yesterday was my payday:) I went to the Mitsui-Sumitomo bank at Yokohama to check my salary if it was high or low than last month. I was very surprised to see the number of it, it was 80000 yen!! It was awesome!! Im thinking whether i should buy the DVD "Twilight New Moon". You may say to me "Why don't you buy this DVD? You have enought money to buy it." but i want to save my money because im planing to take a trip at Hokkaido in this summer. So i have to save 200000 yen until August 2010. It is very hard for me to save such a much money:(
This music vide from Hannah Montana, which is my favoraite song and its title is "True Friend". This song tought me the important of true friend and i can remenber my true frinend in my high school days, of course now we are best friend! Please listen and watch the Video! You surely come to like the music, too. I introduced a part of words.
You're true friend, you're here till the end. you pull me aside when something ain't right. TAlk with me now and into the night 'Til it's alright again. You're a true friend.
what do you feel about this song?
Book Report#1
Book Report
IEⅢcore Chizuru Hayasaka
1) MLA citation
Book title: The Remains of the Day
Author: Ishiguro Kazuo
Country: United Kingdom
Publisher: Fader and Faber
Publication date: May 1989
2) INTRODUCTION
The Remains of the Day is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. This is a romance novel and also contains some elements of history. The story is constructed of the scene that the hero of this novel recollects his life from 1920s to 1930s. The setting of the novel is at Darlington Hall in England. In the paragraphs that follow, I will give a summary of the story, including plot, climax, and conflict. Then I will analyze the story more, talking about character details, point of view, theme, symbolism, and irony.
3) SUMMARY
In July 1956, at the present, several years has passed since the World War Ⅱ had finished. A butler named James Stevens, who serves at Darlington Hall. He dedicates his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington. But Mr. Darlington dies and Mr. Stevens services for Mr. Farraday who are the new employer. Mr. Farraday advices him to get out of Darlington Hall for the purpose of taking a holiday. At then Mr. Stevens is troubled with a short of housekeeper. One day, he receives a letter from his ex-colleague called Miss Kenton, describing her married life, which he believes hints at her unhappy marriage. The receipt of the letter allows Steven the opportunity to revisit this one-cherished relationship, if only under the guise of possible re-employment. While he is going on a trip, he recalls his dear memory. Mr. Stevens works for only loyalty and he never expresses his own real feeling.
Working together during the years leading up to Second World War, Stevens and Miss Kenton fail to admit their true feelings. All of their recollected conversations show a professional friendship,which came close—but never dared—to cross the line into romance. Miss Kenton, now she has been married, is a perfect woman, she is intelligent and quick-witted very well, so she would be able to help Stevens. At the beginning, Stevens and Miss Kenton doesn’t have a good relationship. But an incident happens, it’s changed. After Miss Kenton’s coming, Stevens’ father calls on and asked him to give a job as a vice-butler. Mr. Stevens senior is employed and also begins to serve at dinner. But he makes little mistakes continually because of his ages. He is 72 year-old. He is very proud of his career as a butler, and hasn’t no doubt that he can work as well as he served in the past. Stevens thinks it is not important and tiny things such that his father puts a Chinese doll on wrong place, and forgets to put a mop away regularly. On the other hand, Miss Kenton warns Stevens to reduce Mr. Stevens’s senior's work, or he will make a big blunder. But Stevens turns a deaf ear to her advice.One day afternoon, he is warking toward the table where Mr. Darlington and his important friends are talking joyfully to bring a coffee or something. Just then he stumbles and falls down and can't get up by himself. This is the thing that Miss Kenton worried about. Since this accident, Stevens becomes admit her abilities and trys to take her opinion carefully.
Under the important conference which takes place in Darlington Hall, the housekeepers and the other workers send dizzy daily life, also Miss Kenton. But she takes a day off on Thursday and meet a man named Benn who is her associasion.She hides her real feelings for Stevens because their relationship and conversation are on only professional. She marries the man and resigns her job.
After twenty years, in 1956, Stevens and Miss Kenton meet at a restaurant and talk each of their recent life. Miss Kenton has already had her own family and her daughter is told to have a baby. Miss Kenton decided to work at the Darlington Hall again, but she heard this news and wants to stay with her family and her husband. She realizes that she loves her husband very deeply. On the other hand, Stevens returns to the Darlington Hall and decided to serve for his new employer. His face seems so happy.
4) ANALYSIS
There are four characters in the story, James Stevens, Miss Kenton, Lord Darlington, and Mr.Farraday. I will describe them in more details. First, the protagonist is James Stevens, who is an English butler serves at Darlington Hall. He is very Calm and proud of his work so he dedicates his life to serve for Load Darlington. Next character is Miss Kenton; she is a housekeeper at Darlington, afterwards married as Mrs. Benn. Miss Kenton is a sensible, emotional, and beautiful woman, who respects Mr. Stevens very much but they are in trouble because Mr. Stevens is too stubborn and won’t hear her advice. Next is Lord Darlington who is the old owner of Darlington Hall, and failed efforts toward talks between English and German diplomats caused his political and social decline. Mr.Farraday is the new American employer of Stevens, who retires from the political world.
The Remains of the Day is told from the first person of view with the narrator recalling his life. Events in the narrator’s contemporary life remind him of events from his past. It is effective way to understand Stevens’ personality but he hides his real feelings, for example his political concern, and especially feeling to Miss Kenton. This is love. Stevens actually respects her and falls in love without consciousness. Readers will understand such like that, but the author Kazuo Ishiguro doesn’t show clearly. That’ why readers have to imagine what Stevens think or feel by myself. His great dignity makes him difficult to express his motion to Miss Kenton, He would love her and don’t want her to marry Mr. Ben, and wish her to stay together. While he is very busy with his hard work at important conference, Miss Kenton meets Mr. Ben and has a dinner together, finally she is proposed by Mr. Ben, and of curse she is confused because she loves Stevens actually. She wants to make Stevens jealous of her so she meets Mr. Ben. Stevens can’t stop her marriage and tell his real feeling because of his dignity. It is an irony. They love each other although Miss Kenton married another man and she has to say goodbye to Stevens.
I have finished giving an overview of the characters and point of view, now I would like to talk about some themes and symbolism in The Remains of the Day. The theme of The Remains of the Day is dignity. The most important aspect of Stevens’ life is his dignity as an English butler. Stevens constantly maintains an inward and outward sense of dignity in order to preserve his own identity.
Darlington Hall symbolizes Stevens’ life as a sophisticated butler. While the hall is full of liveliness, Steven is satisfied with his states and the success of work. He experiences various incidents such as an international conference and feels something special to Miss Kenton. But the hall decline as time goes by, his surroundings changes and he misses his lost brilliant glory.
In my opinion, the story is difficult to catch that the author wants to say. I learned that recollecting our past is so important to face to the present. Stevens recall his past Stevens and Miss Kenton work together at Darlington Hall, and then he takes a short trip and meet Miss Kenton. Finally he determines to serve for his new employer.
5) CONCLUSION
In conclusion, this novel won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction and rank in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels. Stevens dedicates his life for serving at Darlington Hall and proud of it. About 30 years has passed, his glory days are lost and Miss Kenton once he loves has her own precious family. After he meets Miss Kenton, he determines to get along with Mr. Farraday for the future.
IEⅢcore Chizuru Hayasaka
1) MLA citation
Book title: The Remains of the Day
Author: Ishiguro Kazuo
Country: United Kingdom
Publisher: Fader and Faber
Publication date: May 1989
2) INTRODUCTION
The Remains of the Day is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. This is a romance novel and also contains some elements of history. The story is constructed of the scene that the hero of this novel recollects his life from 1920s to 1930s. The setting of the novel is at Darlington Hall in England. In the paragraphs that follow, I will give a summary of the story, including plot, climax, and conflict. Then I will analyze the story more, talking about character details, point of view, theme, symbolism, and irony.
3) SUMMARY
In July 1956, at the present, several years has passed since the World War Ⅱ had finished. A butler named James Stevens, who serves at Darlington Hall. He dedicates his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington. But Mr. Darlington dies and Mr. Stevens services for Mr. Farraday who are the new employer. Mr. Farraday advices him to get out of Darlington Hall for the purpose of taking a holiday. At then Mr. Stevens is troubled with a short of housekeeper. One day, he receives a letter from his ex-colleague called Miss Kenton, describing her married life, which he believes hints at her unhappy marriage. The receipt of the letter allows Steven the opportunity to revisit this one-cherished relationship, if only under the guise of possible re-employment. While he is going on a trip, he recalls his dear memory. Mr. Stevens works for only loyalty and he never expresses his own real feeling.
Working together during the years leading up to Second World War, Stevens and Miss Kenton fail to admit their true feelings. All of their recollected conversations show a professional friendship,which came close—but never dared—to cross the line into romance. Miss Kenton, now she has been married, is a perfect woman, she is intelligent and quick-witted very well, so she would be able to help Stevens. At the beginning, Stevens and Miss Kenton doesn’t have a good relationship. But an incident happens, it’s changed. After Miss Kenton’s coming, Stevens’ father calls on and asked him to give a job as a vice-butler. Mr. Stevens senior is employed and also begins to serve at dinner. But he makes little mistakes continually because of his ages. He is 72 year-old. He is very proud of his career as a butler, and hasn’t no doubt that he can work as well as he served in the past. Stevens thinks it is not important and tiny things such that his father puts a Chinese doll on wrong place, and forgets to put a mop away regularly. On the other hand, Miss Kenton warns Stevens to reduce Mr. Stevens’s senior's work, or he will make a big blunder. But Stevens turns a deaf ear to her advice.One day afternoon, he is warking toward the table where Mr. Darlington and his important friends are talking joyfully to bring a coffee or something. Just then he stumbles and falls down and can't get up by himself. This is the thing that Miss Kenton worried about. Since this accident, Stevens becomes admit her abilities and trys to take her opinion carefully.
Under the important conference which takes place in Darlington Hall, the housekeepers and the other workers send dizzy daily life, also Miss Kenton. But she takes a day off on Thursday and meet a man named Benn who is her associasion.She hides her real feelings for Stevens because their relationship and conversation are on only professional. She marries the man and resigns her job.
After twenty years, in 1956, Stevens and Miss Kenton meet at a restaurant and talk each of their recent life. Miss Kenton has already had her own family and her daughter is told to have a baby. Miss Kenton decided to work at the Darlington Hall again, but she heard this news and wants to stay with her family and her husband. She realizes that she loves her husband very deeply. On the other hand, Stevens returns to the Darlington Hall and decided to serve for his new employer. His face seems so happy.
4) ANALYSIS
There are four characters in the story, James Stevens, Miss Kenton, Lord Darlington, and Mr.Farraday. I will describe them in more details. First, the protagonist is James Stevens, who is an English butler serves at Darlington Hall. He is very Calm and proud of his work so he dedicates his life to serve for Load Darlington. Next character is Miss Kenton; she is a housekeeper at Darlington, afterwards married as Mrs. Benn. Miss Kenton is a sensible, emotional, and beautiful woman, who respects Mr. Stevens very much but they are in trouble because Mr. Stevens is too stubborn and won’t hear her advice. Next is Lord Darlington who is the old owner of Darlington Hall, and failed efforts toward talks between English and German diplomats caused his political and social decline. Mr.Farraday is the new American employer of Stevens, who retires from the political world.
The Remains of the Day is told from the first person of view with the narrator recalling his life. Events in the narrator’s contemporary life remind him of events from his past. It is effective way to understand Stevens’ personality but he hides his real feelings, for example his political concern, and especially feeling to Miss Kenton. This is love. Stevens actually respects her and falls in love without consciousness. Readers will understand such like that, but the author Kazuo Ishiguro doesn’t show clearly. That’ why readers have to imagine what Stevens think or feel by myself. His great dignity makes him difficult to express his motion to Miss Kenton, He would love her and don’t want her to marry Mr. Ben, and wish her to stay together. While he is very busy with his hard work at important conference, Miss Kenton meets Mr. Ben and has a dinner together, finally she is proposed by Mr. Ben, and of curse she is confused because she loves Stevens actually. She wants to make Stevens jealous of her so she meets Mr. Ben. Stevens can’t stop her marriage and tell his real feeling because of his dignity. It is an irony. They love each other although Miss Kenton married another man and she has to say goodbye to Stevens.
I have finished giving an overview of the characters and point of view, now I would like to talk about some themes and symbolism in The Remains of the Day. The theme of The Remains of the Day is dignity. The most important aspect of Stevens’ life is his dignity as an English butler. Stevens constantly maintains an inward and outward sense of dignity in order to preserve his own identity.
Darlington Hall symbolizes Stevens’ life as a sophisticated butler. While the hall is full of liveliness, Steven is satisfied with his states and the success of work. He experiences various incidents such as an international conference and feels something special to Miss Kenton. But the hall decline as time goes by, his surroundings changes and he misses his lost brilliant glory.
In my opinion, the story is difficult to catch that the author wants to say. I learned that recollecting our past is so important to face to the present. Stevens recall his past Stevens and Miss Kenton work together at Darlington Hall, and then he takes a short trip and meet Miss Kenton. Finally he determines to serve for his new employer.
5) CONCLUSION
In conclusion, this novel won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction and rank in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels. Stevens dedicates his life for serving at Darlington Hall and proud of it. About 30 years has passed, his glory days are lost and Miss Kenton once he loves has her own precious family. After he meets Miss Kenton, he determines to get along with Mr. Farraday for the future.
2010年5月24日月曜日
20th May 2010
Today was a bad day because I realized i forgot to bring my celphone back from Daiki's house.Oh my gosh:( im so sorry,daiki;_; I couldn't stand without my celphone so I met him to get it at Hoshikawa. I decided to have a dinner and went to Satty which is near his house to prepare for Teppanmushi.Do you know it? This is very easy to cook! You only put vesitables on an iron plate as you like,and steam them! it is easy to cook and very delicous! Will you try it once? i will get my story back to right direction, we ate it and after that, we played the game "Super Mario Brothers",which is introduced last month by my blog.
It rained hard today so I had to go home by myself.I felt lonely...
By the way, i want to see the movie named'TORICK' because my favorite actress is starring in this movie, and the series of this movie are very funny. My all family members saw them! the heroine of this movie is Naoko Yamada who is a self-styled popular idle magician.haha Actually she is not famous and has no job because she is always fired. Her partner,Ziro Ueda,is a proffeser of Nihon Kagi University.The combination of them is very funny.I want to see it as soon as possible! Someone won't to go with me???
Miley Cirus is a famous and popular rock singer.Why do you think she is famous?? Because she is starring the TV drama named "Hannah Montana",which is popular with teenagers. Have you ever seen it?? I have seen it and i love Hannah Montana.She is a very cheerful and has a high level joke sense! She made me laugh whenever im in bad mood.I reccommend you to watch this drama!
Im tired and sleepy...I can fall in sleep within 10 seconds now!haha Aoyama Gakuin University is far from my house that'way i have to get up early and transfer for many times. Im fed up with it and want to be the third grade! If i were a student of the third grade,i could go to college at shibuya.
May be a lot of students think like that!!
Bye^^
2010年5月14日金曜日
11th May 2010
Yesterday, my sinior sister gave an unofficial decision of the company she had wanted to work for long time. My family was so glad especially my mother conguratulate her from the bottom of her mind and shed tears, I also wanted to cry for joy but I was ashamed to do like that. I felt quite relieved. Congratulation! Yukie! So we decided to go out for diner at the next day as soon as her work place was decided! And my sister and me planed to congratulate for Mother's day, so we had already bought presents for her.
Today, we arranged to meet at 18:45 in Minatomirai. we went to "IMOZOU", this resuaurant specialized in Kagoshima's food. It tased very delicious but one of the dishes, it was deep-fried shramp. I don't like head part of shramps because it can be looked like insects. My friend talked such like that to me so i becamed scared to eat their head, eapecialy their black and protrude eyes are horrible!! Sorry shramps... It had been long time since we went out to have a dinner last, so this time was very precious for me. My mother was so glad to give our presents. The present my sister gave was the Photo album whe we were little children. My present was the pot my mother had wanted to get! happy time:)
10th May 2010
i waked up at 11 a.m. it was hard for us to wake up early in the morning because we drunk til late at night:( but it was awsome time!
we decided to go out to have a breakfast so we went to Ootoya at nealy Hoshikawa station.
After the breakfast,i managed to go to school and had only the fourth class, i thought i should have been absent at that day...So sleepy. I was little bit drunken.haha
I enjoyed playing a game "Super Mario Brothers". This game is fantastic and was made for every generation so even if small children can play easily. Do you like playing games? Mario is a boy with red suits and hat, and Luisy is the Mario's brother with green suits and hat. They are good brothers and knock down their enemies in cooperation.Nice Story!
2010年5月13日木曜日
Racism in The United States
The United States has been one of the biggest countries in the world, while it is a multiracial nation. According to the research by U.N, the total population is over 309 million and more than 40 kinds of races exist at present. In 19th century, it was believed by many people that White is the most evolved race in the world, and some people still believe it now. Racism in the United States can be divided into two groups; Native American who have lived for at least 20,000years, African American who have lived on America but their ancestor born in Africa. People who were discriminated fought for their own rights.
The first racism is about Native American. The government of the United States looked down on them as encumbrances and adopted the policy that they should eliminate Native Americans from the United States thoroughly. For examples, Thomas Jefferson recommended enclosing them into the reservation, and Andrew Jackson made a speech that Indian is an inferior tribe and it should be exterminated by White in the congress. But, in 1897, the Supreme Court in the United States judged that Indian Removal Act was illegal and put a sentence “Indians are also human” into the decision. According to a poll, 788 million Native Americans live in the United States.
The second racism is about African American. From 18th century, people came from England caught Africans by violence and exchanging money, and sold them to America for obtaining big fortune. Africans were considered to be mere workforce not human. It could amplify the discrimination against Africans. In 20th century, restrooms were divided into White and Black, furthermore in a bus; Black had to give up their seats for White just because they were Black. Thesedays, a number of black people play active roles in various fields. For example, Barack Obama who is the president of the United States now was supported by many white people and won a presidential election. It became very big step for America to approve status of Black people. But it was very difficult to change people’s consciousness that White was superior to Black.
In 20th century, there were a lot of people who fought for getting black’s rights in the United States. African American people who destroyed the state’s transport segregation policies were arrested and fined. On 1st December, 1955, Rosa Parks, a middle-aged tailor’s assistant from Montgomery, Alabama, who was tired after working, refused to give up her seat to a white man. After her arrest, Martin Luther King, a pastor at the local Baptist Church, helped organize protests against bus segregation. He was joined by other campaigners for civil rights, including Ralph David Abernathy, Edger Nixon and Bayard Rustin. The group was persuaded by Joann Robinson, of the Woman’s Political Council, that they should launch a bus boycott. The idea was that the black people in Montgomery should refuse to use the buses until passengers were completely integrated. King was arrested and his house was fire-bombed, but the protest continued. Martin Luther King made a speech at Washington in 1963. The speech is very famous by the beginning phrase of it, which is “I have a dream’. Many people would have heard the sentences, and they are “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”. By those who people’s efforts, the world could change to better direction for Black.
In conclusion, there are two groups of racism in the United States. First is the racism against Native American. Second one is against African American. And a number of people made every possible effort to obtain the civil rights. Not only in the United States but also in the world, various discriminations exist. For instance, sexual, language and religious discrimination. People should face to the problem about discrimination as long as people who belong to different tribe or race live together in this world.
What do you think about this racial problemes?
9th May 2010
I met Mai to see Detective Conan Movie in Minatomirai. I had seen this movie before but it's awsome and worth while to see twice! Conan Edogawa who looks like six-year-old but actually he is seventeen! He was drunk Apotxin1869 and his body was shrunk!
He is intelective and cool! Im crazy about him:) Do you like Japanese comixies??
After that, Daiki came to Minatomirai by his motorcycle to pick me up! We went to a supermarcket and bought foods for diner. We drunk various kinds of alcoholic liquors,they tasted very delicious! We enjoyed drinking them, playing a game and talking about our true feeling. Super Mario Brothers was so fun and awsome! It was difficult for us to reach the goal because we got drunk each other:)haha I love such an atomasphere and try to keep on recent relationship!
My friend,Roko,is very pretty girl and she became twenty! She is about nine months older than me.Surprise!haha She is very kind to everyone and beautiful and cute! I want to become a part of her Funclub! I should make such a club(^^) At first I have to reccommend her for Miss Aorama contest! I guess she will win the first prize of it!!
From tommrrow, our classes will get started again, oh my(>_<) I want to see my friens but having classes made me tired. Teachers in Aoyama Gakuin University have an interesting thinking way and nice! especially James is very cool and teach us gently. I have a high motivation for that class which is taken charge by James.
bye!
2010年5月5日水曜日
Golden Week has arrived !!! (5th May 2010)
i couldn't enjoy my Golden week at all because of my part time job! Yesterday, I went to work at 9:30 and came back home at 24:30, its terrible isn't it?? I was so tired that my I have a musclar pain at my whole body! i must do part time job harder than any other students, sorry it is overstatement to say likr that.
i have to go school tomorrow.oh my.... i don't want to go there but want to see my friends:)
30th April 2010
it was a nice day! no rain! sunny:) i planed to celebralte him for getting a job and had a party.i bought a cake and presents for him.we went to Daiki's house.i can't say any more but it was a great time for me:)
next day, we went to Lalaport in Kamoi and going shopping, having a lunch etc. I had never visited there so i was very intersreted! thanks Daiki! we went to Kurazusi and ate a lot of Sushi! do you like it? i love it very much. People had lined up in front of the store when we reached there. Most japanese people love sushi.
By the way, my favorite singer is Mai Kuraki! She is so cute and has a beautiful voice like an angel! can you imagine?haha
I don't have enough topics about my daily life,so this homework is so hard for me!! I didn't do something special!
but i try to keep on doing for myself.
2010年4月29日木曜日
28th April 2010
I went to Minatomirai with DAiki and saw the movie " Alice in Wonderland", I really wanted to see it and it's very very awsome and i understood that evryone wanted to see it:) Alice was so cute and very pale.haha Her skin was very white like a sick person. why did the derecter set her skin and others' white like sick people? i don't know.
Today was Michiko's birthday! we celeblated for Michiko and had party! She was very surprised and grateful for our surprising party:) HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHIKO!! IM VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOUR SMILING AND CUTIE FACE!!
im planing to go to Enosima by motorbicycle at 30th April. There is a grate beautiful night view in Enosima.iM lokking forward to visiting there.
i wanna eat some cake. In THE CLASSICA BAY RERSORT Which is my working place, sometimes i can get some wedding cake and eat them with my teammate. buT recently im SO busy that i can't have enough time to eat them:(
26th April 2010
I had a party called "Dolly meeting" today, the members were Michiko, Saki, Ai, Chizuru, Yuiko and off cource Dolly!!! Dolly was a leader. We decided to meet at Machida after fifth period and go to Mug Mog which is a Bar and resuaurant Ai's boyfriend manages. The restaurant was awsome and had a lot of drink menue and delicious foods. We talked about each recent life(love and study etc.)and it's very interesting and i laughed at stories they talked.They must have high level joke scence!I enjoyed very much:)
By the way, I bought presents for my boyfriend, one thing was a neck tie and another was a pair of socks. I really thought over about the presents because i didn't know what he needs after enter a company. So i spoken to clerks and gave an idea about the presents,and I decided!!
MY writting class teacher named James is so cool and very kind to us and good gentlemen! I have high motivation to study in this class because i like him very much! This class is so interesting and stimulate me to learn English writting skills.
Winter has gone and Spring came to me! Im verry happy! Today was warm and very comfotable to walk along the streets! NIce weather i think.
2010年4月27日火曜日
25th April 2010
i met my friend, Asami, and saw movies "Detective Conan" and "Nodame". They were awsome:) Especially Conan made me excited and took me into their world. The character, Phantom theif KID, was so coooooooooooooooool!PLease give your lip on mine, KID!haha Nodame is so funny movie! It made me very very very tired to see two movies for only a day! My eyes were dry... I can shed no tears.
By the way, we went to meet my boyfriends and had a dinner together. Its very awsome time!! nice. Minatomirai is interesting place, and the night view of Minatomirai was so wonderful and amazing:) I really think taht couples should visit there, may be they will be in good and nice mood:) me too.haha Asami imagined the day when she date with her boy friend,it may be impossible now.
After that, I went to Daiki's house in Hosikawa and ate an ice cream.very delicious.
We saw a movie "TRICK". it's very nice movie and funny!Yukie Nakama starring as NAoko Yamada is so cute, and she told funny story.
Im sleppy.Recently I came back to my home at late night so i went to bed at 2:00 a.m.
My father always angry at me:( but i want to stay with my friends and boy friend more than now.
24th April 2010
Today was a rainy day:(
What a terrible! it has been raining from yesterday. Today, my boyfriend took me out to Minatomirai and we saw the movie "Alice in Wonderland" together:) it's very interesting! Joney Depp was so coooool!
He starred as Mad Hunter in this movie. We can see it as three dimension movie. So I saw this movie as if characters come out of book!
Very funny!! The actress who starred as Alice was also pretty:)
She is an Australian, not a harrywood star.But She became very famous so her life may changed to better direction.
Recently i keep a pretty cash book and make deep thinking about my wasteful habit. Last month, i spent all my money! it's horrible.orz
I will go to see the movie"Detective Conan" with my friend the day after tommorrow. I haven't seen her for a long time so im looking forward to meeting:)
Asami is my best friend.She also like Conan very much! So we have nice relationship and often get in touch with each other, do you have such a relationship?
Today was bad day. I slipped and fell in this morning.I scraped my knee.It's so painful for me... I hope tommorrow will be nice day.
2010年4月20日火曜日
What is Sugi Ball?
Sugi ball is a spherical molding made from sugi leaves. It's also called "Sakabayashi". In the past, people offer sugiball to God of Sake for expressing their gratitudes.
20th April 2010
Today, it was rainy day.im so nervous. Because Everything i try to do is not get well, and i don't khow why. I worried about my character.I always overthink than people usually do that. I say in mind "Someone gets angry to me. I should apologize to someone else. Oh terrible..." Like this:(
I try to keep my face smieled, but my brain is burn by worries. I don't know how to manage to control my mind.This is my trouble recently.
By the way, i put the movie on the blog. This movie is from HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL3,music video"can i have this dance?". Gabriella and troy danced together for their prom. Troy asked Gabriella to be his partner for prom and dance together. Gabriella said "Yes, IN all language." It's amazing and so romantic. I want him to do same thing for me,Zac!! He is very cute!
At night, I ate YAKINIKU with my family. I often go out and eat dinner with my friend, so we all 4 together is rare recently. It's fun to eat dinner with family, I think.
I want to become a person can communicate with foreign country people in English very well. SO im studying English for TOEIC test now. It's quite difficult for me and i don't have an idea I should do to get high score in the test. hmmmm
I try to give questions to Mr Richardson.
I try to keep my face smieled, but my brain is burn by worries. I don't know how to manage to control my mind.This is my trouble recently.
By the way, i put the movie on the blog. This movie is from HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL3,music video"can i have this dance?". Gabriella and troy danced together for their prom. Troy asked Gabriella to be his partner for prom and dance together. Gabriella said "Yes, IN all language." It's amazing and so romantic. I want him to do same thing for me,Zac!! He is very cute!
At night, I ate YAKINIKU with my family. I often go out and eat dinner with my friend, so we all 4 together is rare recently. It's fun to eat dinner with family, I think.
I want to become a person can communicate with foreign country people in English very well. SO im studying English for TOEIC test now. It's quite difficult for me and i don't have an idea I should do to get high score in the test. hmmmm
I try to give questions to Mr Richardson.
19th April 2010
I did my part time job at The CLASSICA BAY RESORT which is a Bridal salon. I have worked at CLASSICA for a year, this work is so hard for me but the experience I worked is so important and it let me think about myself. I guess my job is very different and helpful than others.
Sometimes i want to cry and get angry, but then i work at "Wedding party",so i hold back my real feelings and give my smile to our guests.
By the way, Where is our spring? please someone takes winter away,i hope! I don't like cold and rain:( Im expecting warm spring!
I have a holiday, only wensday. i have to do my part time job...orz I don't have enough time to do my homework. Please reduce it teachers!haha That is every students' hope!
Im hungry... Recentry, i guess my stomach shrinks may be. That's good? i don't know.
That's all!
17th April 2010
I went to Minatomirai with my boyfriend and went into Annex which is a new shop in Bay Queter. We love visitig new hotty place, for example Annex, TOC etc... (the places which couples in Yokohama may visit!haha) He always rides around on his motorcycle. Since we were together, i became ride on with him. I like it:) he khows it so he picks me up to my home usually. He is so kind to me:)
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL is my favorite movie. Gabriella Montez starring Vanesaa Anne Hudgens, She is very cute and cool. She has a lovely face and amazing beautiful voice. I love her and i respect her fasion. HEr style is always nice.
16th April 2010
After school, I went to Yokohama and meet friends, Mizuki, Ryosuke and Kouhei, we went out and ate at Gyuukaku. The restauran reminded me of my high school days in Summer. Because My high school cooperated with Gyuukaku and sold Bibinbas at school festival.This experience was so amazing but it' so hard to success the project.
My team leader "Yuuna Hirayama" made a new boyfriend who does a part time job. she looks very happy and always told me that she was very relaxed and enjoy in her private time. I was so happy to hear that.
By the way I am interested in Disney recently. I always say" I want to go TDL! Let's go together! When When When????? " BUt I can't decide when I go there.
I want to see the movies "Nodame" and "Alice in the wonderland" and "Detective Conan". Especially COnan. I love Conan.
2010年4月13日火曜日
My irony
Yesterday, at midnight I made a long phone call with my boyfriend. At first, We were enjoying talking about what we did and what happened yesterday each other. I was really worried about our future, and Im not good at speaking out my real feelings ,and I always tell something that is opposite to my heart inadvertently. Also yeaterday, I said to him "I don't want to see you." but I tHink in my mind, I really want to meet him. but I couldn't say like that. Usually he says like this " Oh my god! Plese don't say such a sad word. Let's meet tommorow? right?".So I guessed that he would do as usual. But Yesterday is so differnt. He saied " Ok! Well, Shall we meet since I wont be busy yet? I don't know when the time comes.Are you OK?". I was very surpriesed and I apologized him as soon as he just finished talking. I only think I want to see him, but my lips told a lie,and he was angry to me. Isn't it an irony?
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