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The Last Word

2010-03-03T00:59:00.000+07:00

By CoOlKaVe

The last word is the one of short story by Graham Greene. This is a story about the last Pope, John who was downfall move than twenty years earlier with the institution of new world government under General Megrim. The Pop is now a weak old man.

He has forgotten most of his past. Then the General’s officer arrests him because he is the last Pope. The General wants to finish what General Megrim haven’t done it yet. He offers him an opportunity to die with dignity “The last Christian. This is a moment of history”. The two men share a grass of win before the General is shoot him with a gun and John’s last word are “Corpus domini nostri…”.

The Moment of Truth

2010-03-02T23:47:00.002+07:00

By CoOlKaVe

The moment of truth is the one of short story by Graham Greene. This is a story about the waiter who falling in love with the guest.

Arthur Burton is a waiter in the Kensington restaurant, which was called Chez Aguste. He falls in love with a guest, but she already gets marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hogminster are the American couple, which very happy. Burton very closed to this couple because he always gives them an advice. Mrs. Hogminster is very attached to him. He is dreaming about her everyday. Later, Burton founds that he got cancer. He is depressing and feels lost. He is thinking more about Mrs. Hogminster.

Finally, he gets a letter from Mrs. Hogminister. He is very happy because he thought Mrs. Hogminister is caring about him. But the story is upside down, when he opens a letter and he found only coins about three one-pound and a note, which say thank you from Mrs. Dolly Hogminister.

The Man who Stole the Eiffel Tower

2010-03-02T23:25:00.002+07:00

By CoOlKaVe

The Man who stole the Eiffel Tower is the one of short story by Graham Greene. This story are quite sarcastic with the social in the present, which very busy and competitive. The people don’t care everything around them because they care only themselves.

The story started with a French man who tells the story. One day, when he looks at the Eiffel Tower and thinks about what going to happen if the Eiffel Tower lost. Does anybody notice that it lost? Everybody are so busy with the business till they forget the person who really close to them.

I like the way that the writer compared the people with a big thing as the Eiffel Tower. I think the message of the writer to the reader is “Even a big thing as the Eiffel Tower lost and no one notice that, so what about if the person next to lost. Will you notice that?

Pride and Prejudice

2010-03-02T18:26:00.004+07:00

Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, which is first published in 1813. This is the story about the Bennet family, which composes of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia. They are living outside the London. In this place, they have the law of the land, which all the property could be, inherited by a male heir but the Bennet family has no sons. This cause makes Mrs. Bennet really fearful that if Mr. Bennet is died, she will be rejected from the house. She has to find a man for her daughters as soon as possible before her husband died.

The main characters in the story are Elizabeth Bennet (the heroine) who is the 2^nd daughter of the Bennet family, Mr. Darcy (the hero) who is wealthy, aristocratic, and arrogant, Jane Bennet (the 2^nd heroine) who is Elizabeth’s older sister and she will come to marry with Mr. Bingley (the 2^nd hero) who is a new favors wealthy young gentleman neighborhood and a friend of Mr. Darcy.

The story start with Jane who falls in love with Mr. Bingley but Mr. Darcy and Caroline disagree with Mr. Bingley’s behavior and they think this is too quick. Then invent to have Mr. Bingley go to London. Then Mrs. Bennet makes a plan to send her daughter to visit her uncle and aunt in London.

Elizabeth doesn’t like Mr. Darcy for the first time when she meets him. She thinks Mr. Darcy is really arrogant Elizabeth begins a friendship with Mr. Wickham who is the enemy of Mr. Darcy. The story are more complex when of Mr. Collins who is Mr. Bennet’s clergyman cousin comes to stay with the Bennet family. He tries to propose marriage to Elizabeth but she is refused. From a disappointment, Mr. Collins turns to propose Charlotte (Elizabeth’s friend) marriage and she is accepted.

In London, after Mrs. Bennet sends Jane to visit her brother then Jane meets with Mr. Bingley, she also send Elizabeth to Mr. Collins’s house to meet with Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Then Mr. Darcy comes to tell his feeling to Elizabeth. Then she learn to know more about Mr. Darcy day by day and she has a good new impression with him.

Elizabeth received a letter about her young sister Lydia that she has run away with Mr. Wickham. She really worries about them because both of them don’t have any money. Then she has to leave from Mr. Darcy.

Elizabeth found that Mr. Darcy is the one who responsible for founding of Lydia and Mr. Wickham. He arranges both of them to get marriage and prevent her family reputation form shameful.

In the final, everything becomes better. Mr. Bingley proposes marriage to Jane and move from Netherfield to located near the Darcys in Derbyshire. Elizabeth accepted Mr. Darcy’s proposal, and two become engaged. For the first time Lady Catherine doesn’t like Elizabeth much but over time the relationship becomes better. They live happily ever after.

Reflection

In my opinion, this story has a very classic plot, which is interesting. The conflict between the characters are reasonable. The story's hitch are not complicated, quite easy to understand.

For language, I think it's not too hard and not too easy. I still need to open a dictionary to find the meaning of the words. But I can guess the meaning from the context.

Actually this is not my favorite genre of novel. I don't like to read the romantic-drama novel because I prefer to read the fantasy novel such as Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, but after I read this book, I might change my mind because this kind of story can happen in real life and I can also adapt some consideration point with my life. It might be useful someday when I grow up.

Joke: House Calls

2010-01-05T20:48:00.002+07:00

Howard was feeling guilty all day long. No matter how he tried to forget about it, he couldn't. The guilt and sense of betrayal was overwhelming.

Every once in a while he'd hear a soothing voice trying to reassure him - "Howard, don't worry about it. You aren't the first doctor to sleep with one of his patients and you won't be the last."

But invariably the other voice would bring him back to reality -"Howard, you're a veterinarian."

Beauty and the Beast

2010-01-05T20:28:00.008+07:00

Once upon a time as a merchant set off for market, he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress, the second a pearl necklace, but the third, whose name was Beauty, the youngest, prettiest and sweetest of them all, said to her father:

"All I'd like is a rose you've picked specially for me!"

When the merchant had finished his business, he set off for home. However, a sudden storm blew up, and his horse could hardly make headway in the howling gale. Cold and weary, the merchant had lost all hope of reaching an inn when he suddenly noticed a bright light shining in the middle of a wood. As he drew near, he saw that it was a castle, bathed in light.

"I hope I'll find shelter there for the night," he said to himself. When he reached the door, he saw it was open, but though he shouted, nobody came to greet him. Plucking up courage, he went inside, still calling out to attract attention. On a table in the main hall, a splendid dinner lay already served. The merchant lingered, still shouting for the owner of the castle. But no one came, and so the starving merchant sat down to a hearty meal.

Overcome by curiosity, he ventured upstairs, where the corridor led into magnificent rooms and halls. A fire crackled in the first room and a soft bed looked very inviting. It was now late, and the merchant could not resist. He lie down on the bed and fell fast asleep. When he woke next morning, an unknown hand had placed a mug of steaming coffee and some fruit by his bedside.

The merchant had breakfast and after tidying himself up, went downstairs to thank his generous host. But, as on the evening before, there was nobody in sight. Shaking his head in wonder at the strangeness of it all, he went towards the garden where he had left his horse, tethered to a tree. Suddenly, a large rose bush caught his eye.

Remembering his promise to Beauty, he bent down to pick a rose. Instantly, out of the rose garden, sprang a horrible beast, wearing splendid clothes. Two bloodshot eyes, gleaming angrily, glared at him and a deep, terrifying voice growled: "Ungrateful man! I gave you shelter, you ate at my table and slept in my own bed, but now all the thanks I get is the theft of my favorite flowers! I shall put you to death for this slight!" Trembling with fear, the merchant fell on his knees before the Beast.

"Forgive me! Forgive me! Don't kill me! I'll do anything you say! The rose wasn't for me; it was for my daughter Beauty. I promised to bring her back a rose from my journey!" The Beast dropped the paw it had clamped on the unhappy merchant.

"I shall spare your life, but on one condition, that you bring me your daughter!" The terror-stricken merchant, faced with certain death if he did not obey, promised that he would do so. When he reached home in tears, his three daughters ran to greet him. After he had told them of his dreadful adventure, Beauty put his mind at rest immediately.

"Dear father, I'd do anything for you! Don't worry, you'll be able to keep your promise and save your life! Take me to the castle. I'll stay there in your place!" The merchant hugged his daughter.

"I never did doubt your love for me. For the moment I can only thank you for saving my life." So Beauty was led to the castle. The Beast, however, had quite an unexpected greeting for the girl. Instead of menacing doom as it had done with her father, it was surprisingly pleasant.

In the beginning, Beauty was frightened of the Beast, and shuddered at the sight of it. Then she found that, in spite of the monster's awful head, her horror of it was gradually fading as time went by. She had one of the finest rooms in the Castle, and sat for hours, embroidering in front of the fire. And the Beast would sit, for hours on end, only a short distance away, silently gazing at her. Then it started to say a few kind words, till in the end, Beauty was amazed to discover that she was actually enjoying its conversation. The days passed, and Beauty and the Beast became good friends. Then one day, the Beast asked the girl to be his wife.

Taken by surprise, Beauty did not know what to say. Marry such an ugly monster? She would rather die! But she did not want to hurt the feelings of one who, after all, had been kind to her. And she remembered too that she owed it her own life as well as her father's.

"I really can't say yes," she began shakily. "I'd so much like to..." The Beast interrupted her with an abrupt gesture.

"I quite understand! And I'm not offended by your refusal!" Life went on as usual, and nothing further was said. One day, the Beast presented Beauty with a magnificent magic mirror. When Beauty peeped into it, she could see her family, far away.

"You won't feel so lonely now," were the words that accompanied the gift. Beauty stared for hours at her distant family. Then she began to feel worried. One day, the Beast found her weeping beside the magic mirror.

"What's wrong?" he asked, kindly as always.

"My father is gravely ill and close to dying! Oh, how I wish I could see him again, before it's too late!" But the Beast only shook its head.

"No! You will never leave this castle!" And off it stalked in a rage. However, a little later, it returned and spoke solemnly to the girl.

"If you swear that you will return here in seven days time, I'll let you go and visit your father!" Beauty threw herself at the Beast's feet in delight.

"I swear! I swear I will! How kind you are! You've made a loving daughter so happy!" In reality, the merchant had fallen ill from a broken heart at knowing his daughter was being kept prisoner. When he embraced her again, he was soon on the road to recovery. Beauty stayed beside him for hours on end, describing her life at the Castle, and explaining that the Beast was really good and kind. The days flashed past, and at last the merchant was able to leave his bed. He was completely well again. Beauty was happy at last. However, she had failed to notice that seven days had gone by.

Then one night she woke from a terrible nightmare. She had dreamt that the Beast was dying and calling for her, twisting in agony.

"Come back! Come back to me!" it was pleading. The solemn promise she had made drove her to leave home immediately.

"Hurry! Hurry, good horse!" she said, whipping her steed onwards towards the castle, afraid that she might arrive too late. She rushed up the stairs, calling, but there was no reply. Her heart in her mouth, Beauty ran into the garden and there crouched the Beast, its eyes shut, as though dead. Beauty threw herself at it and hugged it tightly.

"Don't die! Don't die! I'll marry you . . ." At these words, a miracle took place. The Beast's ugly snout turned magically into the face of a handsome young man.

"How I've been longing for this moment!" he said. "I was suffering in silence, and couldn't tell my frightful secret. An evil witch turned me into a monster and only the love of a maiden willing to accept me as I was, could transform me back into my real self. My dearest! I'll be so happy if you'll marry me."

The wedding took place shortly after and, from that day on; the young Prince would have nothing but roses in his gardens. And that's why, to this day, the castle is known as the Castle of the Rose.

Do I like it? Why/why not?

Of cause yes, I really love it! It would be the first fairytale story that I read. I always enjoy reading it.

Is it an interesting story?

Sure, the conflicts between the characters are quite interesting. This is a romantic fairytale story.

Who do you think would enjoy reading it? Why?

I would like to recommended this story to everyone.

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2009-12-28T13:34:00.001+07:00

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