Entry1_Nguyen Thi Thoan

Name: Nguyen Thi Thoan

Class: 11e12

                                             Entry 1

                                               Part 1: a poem

If You Forget Me 

by Pablo Neruda

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine

Source: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/pablo_neruda/poems/15705

Rhetorical devices: repetition (if)

Message: this poem is about a sad love story, a pain of  the separation. They have broken up but not over. The poet can not wait for his darling to make up her mind and he must “seek a new land”.

                                                Part 2: a picture

                             

                             

Sources: http://9gag.com/gag/17575

Guideline:

People at the door: the real society

The computer: virtual society

Message: Nowadays, many people, especially the young, are spending too much time, emotion on facebook, a virtual society. They think that it is a good way to show their value. And, they ignore the surrounding people, who are real friends at the real society.

                                              Part 3: a video

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRbVEGHZlQ

Guideline:

The ball, the cell phone, the briefcase are many kinds of opportunities on your way.

Message: receiving new things on the way of development is very important. However, it is not good if we are too greed. So, remember that sometimes perfection is not good.