English
During english this quarter, we had a novel study on the book called ANIMAL FARM, where our project was to create an essay on retelling a part from the book from a character point of view.
Essay:
The Battle of My Life
Early in October, it was such a nice day at the farm, which I enjoyed very much. The pigeons were flying and this excited the atmosphere at the farm that day. Suddenly it broke my mood when Jones, whom we had expected for a long time, came with his half a dozen of men from Foxwood and Pinchfield. Each of them brought sticks, whereas Jones had a gun with him, ready to strike the farm. It seemed that they wanted to start a war, and we accepted it as all the preparations to fight against them had been made.
Thanks to Snowball, the others and I showed no fear as Snowball had read and studied Julio Caesar’s book about Caesar’s campaigns and strategies. As I saw the enemies coming closer to the farm, Snowball started to give us orders. There were three types of attacks that he wanted us to use against the enemies. The first one was the light skirmishing attack involving the pigeons and geeses to create small disorders. The next attack involved Benjamin and the other sheeps, followed by me – Boxer, the horses, the cows and the other pigs as the third attack. All the attacks were planned out very well, and I thought that Snowball had thought through them very carefully. As all of us grew more confident and were ready to attack, we were excited and happy, because we had the same feeling of protecting the farm, which was our home, together. I also felt that I would work and fight even harder to protect my home..
As the battle started, we all thought that Snowball ‘s plan was going well. Each of us, the animals at the farm, obeyed his plan and that it was just like what Snowball really wanted. The light skirmishing attack was to create disorders and unfocusness. The second attack, the heavier destruction would create more serious disorders, just as Snowball had planned. The second line attack pulled Jones and his men from different farms towards the yard. When my turned came, the others and I were filled with excitement. Together we ambushed them with great force. As we were ambushing the enemies, I saw Snowball looking at Jones straight in his eyes. I figured out that Jones was his next target. He looked so eager that he dashed straight forward in front of Jones. When Jones saw Snowball dashing towards him, he pulled out his gun. He shot Snowball, which resulted damage in his back.
When I saw this happening, I became devastated. I just saw my friend got shot and I was just standing there, not doing anything. Then anger grew inside me, an anger that I had never experienced before. All I wanted to do was just hit somebody very hard so that I could release my anger. I tried releasing all my anger on a stable-lad from Foxwood, and I thought I would become the scariest spectacle in the battle. As I was a horse, I was charging, rearing up on my hind legs, and striking out my iron shod hoofs like a real stallion. When I saw the lad passing me, I struckted him with one powerful angry blow towards his skull, which made him flew lifelessly onto the mud. After that strike, all my anger was released and I felt good better.
After winning the battle, I looked at the man who was the only one left, lying down lifelessly in the mud. Jones and his men had left the farm. I was pawing my hoof at him to check whether or not he was still alive but there was no sign of any reaction from the boy, who did not stir as I checked him out.
I thought he was dead. I had no intention of fighting against him to his death. I was talking to myself. It seemed that Snowball heard what I was saying. [pg 58] He replied that I should not have been so sentimental, because according to him “a war is a war, and only good human beings die.” I replied that I had not wished to take any life, not even human life. I felt so bad that I cried. [pg 59]
I felt that it was my fault that the man died. I should not have released my anger towards the man from Foxwood. I had no intention of striking him so powerfully that it took his life. I felt bad for what I had done. If I could go back in time, I would have taken that blow away. I should not have released my anger on someone who did not do anything towards me. I was wrong, I was selfish, and I took this innocent man’s life away for my own happiness.
I talked to myself, “Now look at him, Boxer. Why would you do such a thing? Why did you kill him? What had he done that you killed him?” I felt so bad deep inside me. I released my anger towards someone because of my selfishness. I had only wanted to help my friends but I killed someone. I helped them the wrong way. What kind of horse am I? It was such a mess that I got really confused and sad. I was just like any other bad person in the world! Why did I not think before I struck this man to death? This is the lesson that I should reflect on. I should keep my anger to myself and not towards other people, especially if they are innocent.
In the future, I should think carefully before doing something or before helping friends. I should not do anything that would hurt anybody. I would do things the right way. I think next time I should help my friends through my work and dedication. The incident that I experienced was horrible, and I promised myself that I would never do such a thing again.
Reflection
This project was hard for me, cause we should retell a part of the story where we had to retell through a character from the book. I tried my best on this essay, but it seemed that I recieved a barely passing grade. I still have so much things to improve, through the creativity of my story writing and my grammar. It is very poor, that is why I had recieved the grade I have now. I should read more books to improve this weaknesses, as I will apply it next year.
This project can relate to the AOI Human Ingenuity, where we had really to be creative in writing this essay. We should think what the character would say during this scene. We should place ourselves to the characters position and always think what would they say and how we can make the essay creative. Also the AOI Health and Social education can be applied here, as we are a group in english, the class is a society, where during the process of making the essay, all of us socialize and interacts to get feedbacks from each other to improve our essays.
Essay:
The Battle of My Life
Early in October, it was such a nice day at the farm, which I enjoyed very much. The pigeons were flying and this excited the atmosphere at the farm that day. Suddenly it broke my mood when Jones, whom we had expected for a long time, came with his half a dozen of men from Foxwood and Pinchfield. Each of them brought sticks, whereas Jones had a gun with him, ready to strike the farm. It seemed that they wanted to start a war, and we accepted it as all the preparations to fight against them had been made.
Thanks to Snowball, the others and I showed no fear as Snowball had read and studied Julio Caesar’s book about Caesar’s campaigns and strategies. As I saw the enemies coming closer to the farm, Snowball started to give us orders. There were three types of attacks that he wanted us to use against the enemies. The first one was the light skirmishing attack involving the pigeons and geeses to create small disorders. The next attack involved Benjamin and the other sheeps, followed by me – Boxer, the horses, the cows and the other pigs as the third attack. All the attacks were planned out very well, and I thought that Snowball had thought through them very carefully. As all of us grew more confident and were ready to attack, we were excited and happy, because we had the same feeling of protecting the farm, which was our home, together. I also felt that I would work and fight even harder to protect my home..
As the battle started, we all thought that Snowball ‘s plan was going well. Each of us, the animals at the farm, obeyed his plan and that it was just like what Snowball really wanted. The light skirmishing attack was to create disorders and unfocusness. The second attack, the heavier destruction would create more serious disorders, just as Snowball had planned. The second line attack pulled Jones and his men from different farms towards the yard. When my turned came, the others and I were filled with excitement. Together we ambushed them with great force. As we were ambushing the enemies, I saw Snowball looking at Jones straight in his eyes. I figured out that Jones was his next target. He looked so eager that he dashed straight forward in front of Jones. When Jones saw Snowball dashing towards him, he pulled out his gun. He shot Snowball, which resulted damage in his back.
When I saw this happening, I became devastated. I just saw my friend got shot and I was just standing there, not doing anything. Then anger grew inside me, an anger that I had never experienced before. All I wanted to do was just hit somebody very hard so that I could release my anger. I tried releasing all my anger on a stable-lad from Foxwood, and I thought I would become the scariest spectacle in the battle. As I was a horse, I was charging, rearing up on my hind legs, and striking out my iron shod hoofs like a real stallion. When I saw the lad passing me, I struckted him with one powerful angry blow towards his skull, which made him flew lifelessly onto the mud. After that strike, all my anger was released and I felt good better.
After winning the battle, I looked at the man who was the only one left, lying down lifelessly in the mud. Jones and his men had left the farm. I was pawing my hoof at him to check whether or not he was still alive but there was no sign of any reaction from the boy, who did not stir as I checked him out.
I thought he was dead. I had no intention of fighting against him to his death. I was talking to myself. It seemed that Snowball heard what I was saying. [pg 58] He replied that I should not have been so sentimental, because according to him “a war is a war, and only good human beings die.” I replied that I had not wished to take any life, not even human life. I felt so bad that I cried. [pg 59]
I felt that it was my fault that the man died. I should not have released my anger towards the man from Foxwood. I had no intention of striking him so powerfully that it took his life. I felt bad for what I had done. If I could go back in time, I would have taken that blow away. I should not have released my anger on someone who did not do anything towards me. I was wrong, I was selfish, and I took this innocent man’s life away for my own happiness.
I talked to myself, “Now look at him, Boxer. Why would you do such a thing? Why did you kill him? What had he done that you killed him?” I felt so bad deep inside me. I released my anger towards someone because of my selfishness. I had only wanted to help my friends but I killed someone. I helped them the wrong way. What kind of horse am I? It was such a mess that I got really confused and sad. I was just like any other bad person in the world! Why did I not think before I struck this man to death? This is the lesson that I should reflect on. I should keep my anger to myself and not towards other people, especially if they are innocent.
In the future, I should think carefully before doing something or before helping friends. I should not do anything that would hurt anybody. I would do things the right way. I think next time I should help my friends through my work and dedication. The incident that I experienced was horrible, and I promised myself that I would never do such a thing again.
Reflection
This project was hard for me, cause we should retell a part of the story where we had to retell through a character from the book. I tried my best on this essay, but it seemed that I recieved a barely passing grade. I still have so much things to improve, through the creativity of my story writing and my grammar. It is very poor, that is why I had recieved the grade I have now. I should read more books to improve this weaknesses, as I will apply it next year.
This project can relate to the AOI Human Ingenuity, where we had really to be creative in writing this essay. We should think what the character would say during this scene. We should place ourselves to the characters position and always think what would they say and how we can make the essay creative. Also the AOI Health and Social education can be applied here, as we are a group in english, the class is a society, where during the process of making the essay, all of us socialize and interacts to get feedbacks from each other to improve our essays.