Entry 1- Hoàng Thị Thùy

Entry 1- Hoàng Thị Thùy

Item 1: Short poem.

Warning !

Jenny Joseph 1932 -

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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Rhetorical devices:

-          Repetition: “I shall wear purple” and “start to wear purple”

                “I shall… And”

-          Antithesis:   “ And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
                    Or only bread and pickle for a week “  

Message: While there are responsibilities and commitments that must be honored, there is time for one to enjoy life and live that way one wishes to.

Item 2: Cartoon

Rhetorical devices:

Irony: two young men are in suits, but stand in cornfield

Message: refer to difficulties to finding jobs after graduating colleges.

Item 3: Short story

The Sun and The Wind

Once The Sun and The Wind happened to have a quarrel. Both of them claimed to be stronger. At last they agreed to have a trial of strength.

"Here comes a traveller. Let us see who can strip him of his cloak?" said the Sun.

The Wind agreed and did choose to have the first turn.

He blew in the hardest possible way.

As a result, the traveller wrapped his cloak even more tightly around him.

Then it was the turn of the Sun. At first he shone very gently. The sun went on shining brighter and brighter. The traveller felt hot.

Before long he took off his cloak and put it in his bag.

The Wind accepted his defeat.

Rhetorical devices:

Metaphor: the Sun with its action ”shone very gently” to the man: persuation

                    The Wind with its action “blew in the hardest possible way”to the man: force

Message: To think about the idea that persuasiveness can be more effective than force.