The Giver Blog Post

Would you want your future to be decided by others ? why or why not ?

I would not want other people to be decided by others. In the book 'Giver' the people in that community had to follow rules and each dwelling had the book which contained the rules which were to be followed which was called the 'Book Of Rules'. In our world, we have rules & laws that we have to follow but we have the freedom to make our own choices. Referring to the book 'The Giver' people in their community, had their choices made for them and if the people didn't like what they had been assigned to they just had to accept it. If other people chose your future for you, you will not understand what you shouldn't do and what you should do because you'll just be walking a path that other people made for you. If you were to make a path yourself that would be more interesting and if you are not happy with the path you have made for yourself you cant blame anyone else but yourself because that was the path YOU made for yourself. Also, when you have accomplished something, you'll be thankful to yourself and not to the person who chose for you to do it. When you grow up and look back at your past your going to be proud because its the path that YOU created. That is why I wouldn't want others to decide my future for me.

the end is here.... :(

The end is here. What I mean by 'the end' is that it is the end of our tripods book and it's time to get a move on with our lives.. I have chosen to write a letter to Will.

Dear Will,
I have a few questions to ask you. I'm very curious about your relationship with Henry.. Did your relationship with him get anywhere? Are you guys still enemies or good pals? Also, I was wondering whether you still keep in contact with Eloise. Obviously you miss her but do you wish you could go back in time and do it all over again? When the Tripods were stalking you three, did it ever occur to you to give up and just surrender? Enough questions from the past. How are you, Henry and Beanpole doing in the White Mountains? Is it nice there and did you meet any other interesting people such as yourselves? Have you ever thought of going back to your parents?

I can honestly tell you if I were you, I would've already given up. Especially the time where the Tripods were stalking you, I would've surrendered. I liked how you, Henry and Beanpole didn't give up and stood up to what you believed in.

As Ozymandias said the chances to reach the White Mountains is very unlikely I think that you guys did a fantastic job!!

Regards, Clarissa

Review on the Book :

At first I HATED the book but I decided to put away my negativity and i enjoyed the middle of the book but when it reached the end i didn't really like it because nothing really happens.. All that happens is that the writer tells the reader that they have reached the white mountains. I really like the climax because it went from Just henry and Will to Henry, Will and Beanpole and when they reached Chateau de La Rouge new characters were introduced and i found the climax very entertaining.

The White Mountains - The THEME

Hi all you daily bloggers, this time I'm back to talk about a book that we have been reading called 'The White Mountains'.

DESCRIBE how Will is feeling about life in the castle-Give three examples of things he likes about it there.

• "To live wretchedly, like a hunted animal, suffering hardship and despair or this life, with its fullness and security and happiness." Page 125.

~He likes the luxury, the food and all the nice clothes that were given to him.
~He enjoyed his time with Eloise, The Comtesse and the others.

~He got a lot of attention as the Comtesse and Comten treated Will like Will was their son because their sons were far away from them.

~He also liked the fact that he was offered to be a knight.

Will still has questions in his mind of what it would be like to be capped... Describe some of the concerns about being capped and how these concerns relate to the lack of
freedom.

• "Was I to abandon my hope of freedom, surrender the mastery of my mind, for the sake of wearing jeweled leather and having other men touch their caps to me?" Page 121.
  

• "Before capping there might be doubts and uncertainties and revulsion; perhaps these people had known them too. When the cap was put on the doubts vanished. How great a loss was that? Was it a loss at all?" Page 123.

• 'I had thought at first that the Comtesse and the others might be curious about I and want to know how a boy had come by such a possession' but they had shown no interest at all in it. They kept no relics of the skill of the ancients, and time meant nothing to them." Page 125.
  

I think the concerns about being capped are the fear of abandoning your own freedom and surrendering your thinking to the Tripods. When you are capped all of your thoughts automatically turns off. It's like all this while you have a brain switch in your mind and suddenly when you are capped the Tripods have this power to control you and that means they have the power to turn off and on that switch whenever they want. What I mean by 'the fear of abandoning your own freedom is like Henry, Will and Beanpole they had a choice. To leave home to the White Mountains the place where Tripods didn't rule or stay seated and to wait for the next capping day where they surrender their freedom and their thinking. for the second quote, I really think there were at least 5% of people who lived in that area (where Will lives) had doubts and uncertainties about the term 'Capping'. I also think that it was a very big loss to people as you need your brain to think. For the third quote I think because the Comtesse and the others didn't really care or wonder about how Will had come by such a possession. This proved to me that Capping is a great deal. Even when Will had found such a possession the Comtesse and others didn't care. They didn't ask questions or put any thought into it. Also, if Will was Capped he'd loose all interest in what he has been exposed too.

Will finally decides to leave the castle as Eloise has been appointed the position as the Queen of Tournaments. I thought it was very thoughtful of Eloise to take a chance of getting punished to say one last goodbye to Will. When she says goodbye Will is heartbroken because she clearly showed him that she didn't really care about Eloise. His emotions were for her and it was clear to Will that Eloise's emotions didn't return the favor. At this point, Will feels ashamed because he realizes that Eloise doesn't care for him. this is one of the reasons why Will decided to leave the castle because before all that was making him stay at the castle was Eloise and now that Eloise has gone to be the servant of the Tripods there's nothing making Will stay at the castle. So now, Will decides that he will start his journey to catch up with Henry and Beanpole. When he was reunited with them, he didn't want to mention Eloise to them because he felt ashamed and mentioning Eloise to the others brought back the sad memories. He still misses her though but the thought of Eloise at the service of the Tripods didn't make Will happy. Will accepted the fact that Eloise accepted Capping as the countless others had done, not understanding and knowing no alternative.

Pictures Of My Friends And I

World Music - The Power Of The Void

The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides (silence) an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

I find pausing after the word 'provides' kind of makes people think... provides what? It makes people wonder what the person is going to say and what does ISKL provide.

I find that if music composers put a void in the middle of their piece and start playing it loud again suddenly creates tension. Like, first playing the music really loud then pause and then loud again.

Snapshot! MY HOLIDAY!!!!~

The ride that we went on like a million times with new friends.

Enjoying the snow

Enjoying the Scenery

During the holidays my family and I went on a trip to China. It was very exciting and we all had a great time. We had so much fun that we made new friends.


One of the places that I really liked visiting was 'Happy Valley'. Happy Valley was like a version of Disneyland. It still had all the action and of course the feeling that you don't want to go home. As we were exploring the grounds of 'Happy Valley' we met a Singaporean family. They had lived in Shanghai for 5 years. They had 3 sons and a daughter. We enjoyed each others company and and particularly enjoyed the ride 'Spinning Saucer'. We were spinning like a saucer and being titled from side to side.

I also liked the tourist attraction 'Yu Yuan.' Yu Yuan was built in the Ming Dynasty and is a garden, surrounded by shopping. The garden was very beautiful. As it was winter, the garden didn't look very pretty because there were no flowers. One of the things that I observed about the garden was that the garden areas was separated by dragon walls. It was very beautiful and I am sure that it took a lot of work to do.

We also drove for 2 hours to reach Suzhou. Suzhou was filled with tons of sight seeing. The food was good too...

This is my little story from the holidays.

A Reflection On The Life Of 12/12/97

Hola! I'm back after ummm 2 months? This time I'm back to talk about the past. I've made tons of great friends here at ISKL and the techers here are great.

A skill that I've learnt is to be organised and keep track of the work, my own personal rubbish and organise my room. A week ago, I looked at my room and I found it very messy. I started by taking out my old exercise books and textbooks and dumped them in the trash. Later, I started taking out my own personal rubbish and paper that I didn't use or paper that I just scribbled on. I'm still trying to sort things out and I hope that in the end all that work was worth it.

Challenges? Of course, everyone has some challenges. 1 of the challenges that I had and I am still working on it. I'm still trying to be successful in being a piano player. I want to get a distinction in my theory in Grade 5 and to play hard pieces. I am going to try harder and I am sure one day if I try I can be successful in my theory and my playing. Another challenge that I handled was to be on time for classes. It was difficult for me in the beginning of the year to get my locker open, get my stuff and be on time for my next class. It was difficult because my locker was very disorganized and I had a pretty stubborn lock but soon I organized my locker and I had no more troubles on getting on time to classes.

A skill that I want to learn is to write better, use better word choice and elaborate more. I would like to develop this skill because for the last few months, I have received comments on my work, that my teachers think that if I had this skill my writing would be much better. I keep getting comments like this 'Try to elaborate more and use better word choice.' And with that I want to develop this skill.

I have contributed to the 6th grade community positively by being nice to other people. Recently, a new boy couldn't open his locker. He even asked his sister to come help him but they still couldn't open it. So I went over and asked whether I could help them and after a few spins on the lock I opened it. They thanked me and I said, "No problem."

2 goals that I have set up for myself for the new year is to one, be organized, stay organized and live organized. The steps I need to reach this goal is to always clean up after myself. If I don't need a piece of paper I will put it in the recycling bin. My second goal is to keep all my grades up to at least a B. The steps I will need to do to reach this goal is to one, pay attention in class and two, make sure my work is done with all my ability.