ITEM
1: the story: The Apple Tree
A long time ago, there
was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow… He
loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by…the little boy
had grown up, and he no
longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
“I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” -The boy replied.
“I want toys. I need money to buy them.”
“Sorry, but I do not have money… But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money".
The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left
happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree
was sad.
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned And the tree was excited “Come and play with me” the tree said.
“I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?"
“ Sorry”, “I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches To build your house.”
So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.The tree was
glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree
was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, The man returned and the tree was delighted.
“Come and play with me!” the tree said.
“I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” - Said the man.
“Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy”
So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the man returned after many years.
“Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you…” - The tree said18
“No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” - The man replied.
“No more trunk for you to climb on”
“I am too old for that now” the man said.
“I really cannot give you anything… The only thing left is my dying root,” - the tree said with tears.
“I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years” - the man replied.
“Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, come, come sit down with me and rest”
The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…
longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
“I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” -The boy replied.
“I want toys. I need money to buy them.”
“Sorry, but I do not have money… But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money".
The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left
happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree
was sad.
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned And the tree was excited “Come and play with me” the tree said.
“I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?"
“ Sorry”, “I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches To build your house.”
So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.The tree was
glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree
was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, The man returned and the tree was delighted.
“Come and play with me!” the tree said.
“I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” - Said the man.
“Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy”
So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the man returned after many years.
“Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you…” - The tree said18
“No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” - The man replied.
“No more trunk for you to climb on”
“I am too old for that now” the man said.
“I really cannot give you anything… The only thing left is my dying root,” - the tree said with tears.
“I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years” - the man replied.
“Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, come, come sit down with me and rest”
The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…
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Message: It is no matter how heartless, indifference and
demanding the children are, parents spend their whole life on sacrificing for them
without complaint or repayment. Thus, those children may be moved to repentance
which was the consequence of years of neglecting their parents.
- Rhetorical device: Metaphor:
+The apple tree:
Parents
+The boy: Children
+ Toys, the house, the
boat: the demands of the children
+ The apples, the
branches, the trunk: the sacrifice of parents
Item 2: Poem
As I Grew Older
It was a long time ago.I have almost forgotten my dream.
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun--
My dream.
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
Slowly,
Between me and my dream.
Rose until it touched the sky--
The wall.
Shadow.
I am black.
I lie down in the shadow.
No longer the light of my dream before me,
Above me.
Only the thick wall.
Only the shadow.
My hands!
My dark hands!
Break through the wall!
Find my dream!
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
Of sun!
Langston Hughes
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-i-grew-older/comments/page-5/
1. Message: Dreams and hope for
brilliant future cannot be stamped down by racial discrimination. It is never
too late to embrace and struggling for dreams even they seem lost.
2.
Rhetorical devices:
- Simile: Dream – the
sun
- Metaphor:
+ The thick wall, the
shadow, the night, the darkness: the racial discrimination
+ The sun/ the
sunshine: Hope for a better life
ITEM 3: PICTURE
1.
Message: Deforestation has been exacerbating; and the appropriate
authorities virtually are helpless to prevent illegal loggers.
2. Rhetorical
device:
- Metaphor:
+ The forest ranger: the appropriate authorities
+The destructed forest: the deforestation
- Bathos: the message left by the illegal logger:
“we, the illegal loggers leave this tree as shade for the forestry wardens”
on item 2, rhetorical devices, in my opinion, repitition is used such as slowly,only, into a thounsand, etc
Trả lờiXóaI think In your item 1, you put an excellent interpretation on the hiden meaning of the apple tree. It was not until I read the Message section that I realized the meaning of the story.
Trả lờiXóaStill, there are some unreasonable mistakes: indifference, parents spend their whole life.
commented by Hằng
I've got it, many thanks to Ngọc and Hằng
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