Thursday 27 November 2008

Group 6

Fashion isn’t Individuality = All are the same!


PRO: You don’t have to think à Just buy what the others wear
You don’t have to be terrified of discrimination, because others wear the same!
You don’t need so many time in the morning!
You just have more self confidence, because when you wear, what the others wear than you’re normally not an outsider!


CON: People buy exactly what the trend is looking for! à Loose your individuality!
It’s a general flavour and not your own style!
There are also many hanger-on’s!
With the same clothes you can still be an outsider (e.g. school uniforms à can see poor and rich)!
You can’t express yourself (your opinion)!
Lower quality (clothes)!


ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS: You can express your individuality also in other ways, for example, by the hair style…!
It`s not sure that you loose your individuality only because you buy your clothes by “H&M”… (Character is also a part of your individuality)!
Not everyone buys his clothes by “H&M”… à some people like, for example, label clothes…
You can wear what you want; you just have to feel comfortable!
You can get attention by clothes / your style!


Angela, Anja and Sarah.M

Thursday 15 May 2008

Book: Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Describe Charlie!
Charlie is the central figure in this book. At the beginning he is fifteen year old and he was born on december 24. He is in his first year of college and was really afraid of going there. At first he is an outsider, not popular and sitting always in the background. It seems that he is like Peter Pan, who refuses to grow up. He is quiet most of the time, very honest and polite. He also is pretty emotional and sentimental. He always cries a lot but mostly it’s a panicky type of crying. Sometimes he is a roller-coaster with his feelings and a little bit like a freak. But he never lets somebody down and really listens to everyone. He is very anxious to always say the truth. So he thinks a lot about other people or things, just a little dreamer. However, it’s a pity that he thinks he doesn’t deserve something or someone. In addition to that he never feels that he looks “good” until he gets his friend Patrick’s gift, which is a coat. When he makes new friends, he isn’t shy anymore and he tries to act like a grown-up. He also likes to drink and smoke. He begins to solve his problems with taking drugs. His psychiatrist tells him that he is what they call “passive aggressive”. He also asks him questions about when he was younger.
I think he is so “unbalanced” because he repressed the fact that his aunt Helen abused him. Through a dream he realized what had happened to him and after that the psychiatrist’s questions weren’t weird to him anymore.

Book review
The book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" of Stephen Chbosky was published by Mtv Books/Pocket Books, a Division of Simon and Schuster Inc in 1999. Stephen Chbosky was born in 1970 and to this date “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is his only novel. It’s a fiction about a teenager and his struggles of growing up, friendships and love. The main person in this book is Charlie, who is a fifteen going on to sixteen-year old boy. The book is a series of letters and a self-description of his life. He likes to read books and he loves music, which makes him feel “infinite”. He is pretty emotional and frequently sentimental. He always cries a lot but mostly it’s a panicky type of crying. At school he is an outsider at first, nevertheless he makes new friends. Whereas the draw back is that he starts to take drugs. Still in addition to it he crossed in love. I believe he is so “unbalanced” because his aunt abused him. I also think the idea of the author is to show that’s not easy to grow-up and to become an adult. Besides, he also points out that abuse of children has far-reaching consequences.
In my opinion this is a really fascinating book. It’s written very excitingly and I can also recommend it. I really can relate to it mostly because it’s written up-to-date. Moreover it’s about teenagers of the same age, who struggle with the same problems like smoking or drinking. I also think it would be a good idea for parents to read this book, so they can get more understanding for their children’s situation.

Monday 5 May 2008

essay the right correction

Nowadays people are alarmed about all the violence in the world and the media. Many experts are wondering why it is increasing and they are searching for ways to stop this. In my essay I will address these issues.
I personally believe there are various reasons for the violence in this world. To start with, there art some reasons that are frequently mentioned, namely violence is something that we learn. We see and imitate it if we want to. In addition is also the result of stupidity and frustration. When we are frustrated, we become aggressive and sometimes we have stupid ideas. Finally, negative emotions like hatred are often cause by violence.
I totally agree with Medved when he exposes the four big lies of the media and of Hollywood. Like Medved I doubt that violent movies are just harmless entertainment and that they only mirror reality. I also doubt that they don’t influence the public. This argument is illogical because a film studio said that a film saved lots of lives. This film influences people and a violent movie just as much. Likewise it’s right that you don’t have to watch it if you don’t like it, however, it’s impossible to escape such a film. Finally, I’m sure that family entertainment is also very successful so that is no reason to produce more violent films.
I hope and believe in near future violence can only be reduced among children. First, their upbringing is very important because it will influence their attitude to violence. Beside there are diverse films, which are good for the child’s education. Second, the family life helps children to reject violence. To conclude, the best idea to reduce violence among children is to keep them busy with other interesting things. So if your child is aggressive, tell him or her to go to a sports club or to take part in more sporting activities.

essay correction

Nowadays people are alarmed about all the violence in the world and the media. Many experts are searching for ways to stop the increase. In my essay I will address these issues.
I personally believe there are various reasons for the violence in this world. To start with, there art some reasons that are frequently mentioned, namely violence is something that we learn. We see and imitate it if we want to. In addition is also the result of stupidity and frustration. When we are frustrated, we become aggressive and have stupid ideas. Finally, negative emotions like hatred are often cause by violence.
I totally agree with Medved when he exposes the four big lies of the media. Like Medved I doubt that violent movies are just harmless entertainment and that they don’t influence the public. This argument is illogical because a film studio said that a film saved lots of lives. This film influences people and a violent movie just as much. Likewise it’s right that you don’t have to watch it if you don’t like it, however, it’s impossible to escape such films. Finally, I’m sure that family entertainment is also very successful, so that is no reason to produce more violent films.
I believe in near future violence can only be reduced among children. First, their upbringing is important because it will influence their attitude to violence. Beside there are diverse films, which are good for the child’s education. Second, the family life helps children to reject violence. To conclude, the best idea to reduce violence among children is to keep them busy with other interesting things. So if your child is aggressive, go out with him to a sports club.

Friday 22 February 2008

A pro/con essay writing of a ban on violence in movies

Everyday we are confronted with violence. There are many discussions whether violent films should be censored or forbidden, but what is pro a ban on violence in movies?
There are three arguments which argue to a ban on violent movies.

First, I think, so much violence in movies is not realistic anymore. If we look at the most violent films, we notice, that the violence is distended and dramatise. For example House of Wax. Such a film is very unrealistic. Second, non violent movies are successful, too. In films like “Der Schuh des Manitu" or "Ratatouille" there is no violence, but very successful. There are many other things that make a movie famous. The last one is that one of the “Theories of violence” says that we can learn violence. We see the violence in movies and imitate it like my brother.

There are also powerful arguments which are against a ban on violence in movies.
Most films are so unrealistic that a normal person doesn’t copy it. In addition, the majority of people don’t get violent, because of the movies. Finally I think that we don’t turn into a non violent society just because we don’t show violence. Violence is a very big part of movies or of our whole world and it won’t be better just because of a ban on violent movies.

In my opinion violence in films should not be forbidden, because sometime I myself like to watch violent films and violence will always exist with or without violent movies. I also think our life would be boring without violence in world.