The Lottery

The lottery is a very shocking story to me. The lottery has a very shocking end, the author put a little clue on the story but still the ending shock me. The lottery is held every year in the 27 of June. The head of the lottery is Mr. Summers which he kept the black box. All adults and children’s gather in the town square to watch or to attend the lottery. The one that could join the lottery is the head of the family. The black box has never been change because of that the wood and the paint is no longer seen. One by one the head of family is called by Mr.summer even him  self attend the lottery. Than the winner is announce, the winner is Mr. Bill Hutchinson. The actual prize is actually stoned and Ms.Hutchinson sacrificed  her self.

War Horse

Idham 9 Everest

War Horse Movie Review

War Horse is a movie based on the famous novel by Michael Morpugo of the same name. War Horse is a drama and historical movie directed by Steven Spielberg, a famous movie director that has make many great movies. The movie stars Joey (horse) a half thoroughbred horse and Albert Narracott (Jeremy Irvine) a young brave boy who is the son of Ted Narracott (Peter Mullan). Ted hates war and likes to drink alcohol to forget his mistakes after serving in the Boer War. The movie begins in a small village called Devon in the English countryside. War Horse is a movie about World War I and the blossoming friendship between a boy and a horse.

The movie begins in the countryside of England where Albie see the birth of a new foal, where he is suddenly attracted to the foal. When the foal is big enough already, the foal gets separated with his mom and the foal was going into an auction. Ted actually must buy a plough horse but Ted is attracted by this half thoroughbred horse and buys it. Albie then name the horse Joey and Albie taught Joey how to plough. Ted actually needed money and they need to plough the bottom field, which is full of rocks. Albie and Joey then plough the bottom field in the rain when the soil is soft and easy to plough. Ted then put the seed inside. The next day there is a big rain and destroys the bottom field farm. With nothing to do then Ted sell the Joey to Captain Nicholls to get money.

In this movie they pick good actors that is suitable for the era in the movie. They pick the professional actors, which already played in many different movies. John Williams is the composer that makes the scene more alive or more emotional because the music makes things more dramatic, without the music the movie would be boring. The shot in this movie is great, They use the low angles, high angles, so that every scene has a meaning. The color of the scene really tells what is the scene actually about, like in the sad part, the color is dark colors but in the happy scene the colors are bright. The animation is realistic I cannot differentiate when is the animation and when is the real part. The setting of the movie is in England and France where World War I actually happened. Joanna Johnston is the costume designer, the costumes and the props are really like from the movie, the design and the style of the costumes are like the 1900’s, the movie date and the costumes are matching.

I really recommend watching this movie. It is rated PG 13 so it can e watched by almost any age, There is not much violence in the movie so it is suitable family movie. It has a great moral, a great plot, and the language is easy to understand. A great movie.

Reflection

In this unit we have been learning2 about the argumentative essay and also debates, which at the end we must make our own argumentative essay and do debate with other groups.

In argumentative essay we have been learning about the thesis statement, APA referencing, Reasons, Counter arguments, and format. A thesis statement is placed at the beginning of the argumentative essay or at the introduction paragraph. Thesis statement offers a solution for an issue.

 In an argumentative essay there must be a format, there are two formats that we know which is the Pro-Pro-Con or the Con-Con-Pro, in which in the first format the second and the third paragraph we fill it with our reason and we must back it up, but in the fourth paragraph we counter other people’s argument where they think its correct but we said that it is wrong. In the final project of argumentative essay, which is making our own argumentative essay, I must improve in referencing in an APA style.

The second one that we have learned in this unit is about debating. We learned about the Pros and Cons, in which the Pros is the one that are defending the topic, and the cons is the one that is trying to state that the topic is actually wrong. We must use evidence and make a statement, and sometimes we use the ARE, which stands for Assertion, Reason, and Evidence. What I must improve in debating is eye contact, I rarely use eye contact on my audience.

Argumentative Essay (Idham)

There has been an accident in tol Jagorawi which include Ahmad Dhani which is Dul age 13, the third son of Ahmad Dhani. The accident happened on Tol Jagorawi at 00.45. Dul was driving towards Jakarta from Bogor.  The accident took life of 7 people that Dul hit in the other side of the lane. We as a group strongly disagreed that Dul’s father must be guilty for this accident.

Some say that the father of the son must be guilty for this accident by not taking care of his son properly but on our opinion is that Dul is 13 years old and that is old enough to know which one is correct and which one is wrong. His father actually doesn’t know that Dul was driving the car alone without the driver that he have, Dul’s driver was actually asked to get home early because the next day he have to go to bandung, in this kind of situation Dul must have understand that he cannot drive alone on the highway, and from what I think that Dul must have told his father that he is going to Jakarta by his own.  According to Jakarta Post, Dul was driving Mitsubishi Lancer sedan at a high speed toward Jakarta. From my opinion is that Dul supposed to understand his conditions that he is not big enough to drive a car and also he break the speed limit. The speed that Dul was hitting the divider of the highway at 105 KMH, and the limit of the highway is only 80 KMH, Dul must have understand what is he doing because he was driving at midnight and breaking the speed limit.

Some resources tells that Dul has a fake driving license and also ID, If we properly passed the driving test we must have realize about the speed limit and also understand the consequences of driving at high speeds. In Dul’s crash he killed 7 people. He was driving fast and then he went our of control and then he crashed into the barrier and the car jumped to the opposing lane and crash into a van which consist of 13 and 7 died. Some say that Dul survived because there is front airbags and side airbags.

In my opinion that Dul is supposed to be guilty not his father, because that dul is big enough to make decisions and to know which one is right and which one is wrong. Dul must have told his father that he is going to drive to Jakarta by him self so that his father know what is he doing. Maybe that he is also sleepy because it is midnight and he crash into the walls.

We strongly disagree that Dul’s father is guilty. The above evidence shows that actually Dul is the one that makes the mistake not his Father. Dul is guilty because he was driving in midnight and also he is breaking the speed limit. We as a group has come up with an opinion that Dul is actually big enough to make big decisions, so Dul is responsible of this accident.