Saturday, 9 June 2012

Gulp and Gasp Part 1

ROSE
Characteristics: Poor and humble

Textual evidence:

She lives in poverty and sells flowers for a living. The hardship that she is going through made her lead a simple, humble and homely life. When she came to sell the flowers at the railway station, she has not eaten for 3 days and she is greatly hoping to earn some coins. Her house is in a very poor condition and the attic room has dry rot.

Characteristics: Blind and innocent

Textual evidence:

Rose is blind due to the flames at the match factory owned by Lord Septic. She has to lead a hard life as she lost her eye sight. Though she is blind, she is honest in earning money for living and her deed of working as a flower girl reflects her innocent attribute.

Characteristics: Hardworking and strong determination

Textual evidence:

She is hardworking and strong determined as she is willing to take all the trouble to walk all alone and sell the flowers at her own risk. She wants to save up for an operation on her eyes.

Characteristics: Caring and devoted

Textual evidence:

She cares for her sick mother, so she sells flowers in order to pay for her mother's medication and treatments. She is a devoted child who looks after her ailing mother although she is blind.

Characteristics: Optimistic

Textual evidence:

She is also optimistic as she never gives up in her effort to earn money to treat her mother and for her eyes operation. She is a person who is always hopeful and expects the best in all things.

Characteristics: Smart and efficient

Textual evidence:

She discovers the identity of Lord Septic, accuses him of victimizing her and threatens to expose his crimes by showing a courageous spirit to fight for her rights. Besides that she is also quick in finding out about Percy's background and gives moral support to him to regain his family fortune. She helps in unraveling the mystery of the key in order to tie up all the loose ends.

Characteristics: Romantic


Textual evidence:

romantic admiration towards Percy is revealed through her speech: "Oh, Percy! You're my hero. My knight in shining armour. My good knight." She also said, "It could be the key to my heart!"

Character (PERCY)

PERCY
Characteristics: A helpful orphan

Textual evidence:

Percy's mother was killed on the railway line and he became an orphan living in poverty and hardship. He was found in the litter bin at the railway station, wearing a purse containing a key bearing the initials, NSL. He went through a poor life without realizing that he is actually the rightful heir to Gatsby Gold. Although he is an orphan, he is a selfless and helpful. He helps Rose to pick up her flowers which is thrown by Crouch, and rescued Rose from being killed by Lord Septic when she is tied on the railway tracks by Crouch.

Characteristics: Generous

Textual evidence:

Although he is poor he is sympathetic towards Rose and he really wish he could give her some money when he first meet her at the railway station. When Percy came to know that he is rightfully the heir of Gatsby Gold, he willing to share his gold with Rose.

Characteristics: Intelligent and resourceful

Textual evidence:

Percy is quick in thinking as he managed to stop the train before it runs on Rose. He is smart enough to dab his bleeding nose with his pants until it become dark re. then he climbed up the gas lamp at the far end of the station and put his pants over the lamp.The train driver thought it was a stop light, so his pants brought the train to a halt.

Characteristics: Kind hearted and humble

Textual evidence:

Percy is willing to share his wealth with Rose although he is an aristocrat. He propose Rose as he is willing to marry her out of love . He willing said that half of his wealth is for her, so that she can pay for the operation to regain her eyesight and pay for her mother's pills to make her well again.Besides that he wants to buy a home and marry Rose and be her life partner.

Characteristics: Brave and fights for justice

Textual evidence:

He grabs Crouch by his color when Crouch treated Rose badly. He rescues Rose from being killed by Lord Septic and he manages to chain him and his servant so that they cannot escape from their evil deeds. Finally the villains are left to their fate as the police are approaching the track.

 

Character (LORD SEPTIC)         

LORD SEPTIC
Characteristics: Cruel and greedy

Textual evidence:

Lord Septic is a cruel owner of the match factory where Rose worked. . When she lost her eyesight due to the fire in the factory, he did not pay her for the damage. Besides that he treats Rose like a beggar and chases her form the railway station. Although he is rich, he want more and more wealth, he seeks more power and willing to kill for it. He wants to be the richest man and wants to find the Gatsby Gold.

Characteristics: Hot tempered and egoistic

Textual evidence:
He grabs Rose by the wrist and demands Crouch to tie her up. He takes control of the situation and he said that no one ever tells him what to do.

Characteristics: violent

Textual evidence:

He creeps from the shadows and mercilessly hits Percy on his head with his stick.Then he slams Percy against the locker. He commands Crouch to tie Rose with the rope to the tracks as he hears the train coming.

Characteristics: SelfishTextual evidence:

He did not keep the match factory safe because it would cause him money. As a result there was a fire out break which has caused harm and trouble to the poor workers who earn their living working in the factory. He even has no respect for his wife and calls her a nagger and he confesses that he married her wealth as she own a gun factory.

Characteristics: Evil in nature

Textual evidence:

He threw away the Gatsby Kid in the litter bin without any sense of humanity. He mistreats his workers and is very rude to Crouch, Percy and Rose. He is impatient and ill-mannered as he plans to sack the driver and everyone if the train does not arrive.

Characteristics: Rude

Textual evidence:

He is rude and uncouth in language and he looks as though he lacks breeding although he retends to be someone from upper crust. His rudeness is revealed from the way he talks and treats Rose, Crouch and Percy

 


Character (CROUCH)

CROUCH
Characteristics: Subservient

Textual evidence:

Crouch is a servant who is so devoted and submissive towards his master. Lord Septic. He gives too much respect to his master. He is dim-witted as he simply agrees with whatever his boss say and instructs.

Characteristics: Bully

Textual evidence:

He bullies Rose and throws away her tray of rose across the platform. He has no sense of humanity although he knows that Rose is poor and blind.
Characteristics: Coward

Textual evidence:

He is actually feeble has he confesses that he is just following orders from Lord Septic and he doesn't want to be blamed for the evil acts he did.
Characteristics: Grovel

Textual evidence:

He has no self dignity and grovels for a living. He grovel at Lord Septic by saying that he is such a great man and he has a big lordship. He even grovels at Percy by saying "By all means, sir. Anything you say, sir."
Characteristics: Power crazy

Textual evidence:

He enjoys the time when he is given power to chase Rose from the railway tracks. Thus he is also power crazy like his master.

 

 


           


Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Correction of introduction (Hello ! )

HOLA  CHICOS ! First I want to introduce myself. My name is Afiqah Izzati Binti Mohd Azlin. I am 16 years old and i am studying at SMKA Maahad Hamidiah , Kajang. I took accounting in 4 Ghazali. This is my first time i have a blog and writing on my blog. I made this blog because my English teacher asked me to improve my English. Last but not least , nice to meet you all  =)

Thank you.

Sunday, 29 April 2012

Advantage and Disadvantage of Internet

        Internet is probably one of the greatest inventions of the century. Before we have to go to the library to do our research work but now, all we have to do is go to Google and do our research. We can do many things with the internet; we can shop from eBay, chat with your friends in Facebook or Skype, watch videos in YouTube, earn money from blogging, and many more!
Internet is really useful and has a lot of advantages, but there are also some disadvantages of using it. Check out this list of advantages and disadvantages of the internet.

        Advantages of Internet are  Easy and cheap communication Communicating with your friends and loved ones has been easy through e-mail and social communication sites like Facebook and MySpace. You don’t have to pay even a single cent just to chat with them because these services are free of charge! Send small or big files with others easily. If you have to send a file, for example, a video to your friend who’s living in other country, it isn’t practical nowadays to send him a package with the video cd. Instead, you can send him the video from your e-mail, or upload it in YouTube or other video sharing sites.

       Besides that , Loads of information. As I have mentioned earlier, internet has a lot of information that is very essential for the students so they don’t have to buy books or go to the library anymore. Search engines like Google and Yahoo! are always available when you need them. Entertainment. Entertainment is one of the most popular reasons why many people prefer to surf the internet. There are a lot of games to play, videos to watch, and etc. Services. Internet is making our life a lot easier by offering different services like online banking, online booking, hotel reservations, online shopping, and many more. Earn money. Aside from entertainment, internet also lets you earn money while at the same time , enjoying what you’re doing! Like me, I’m a blogger and I love what I’m doing, and at the same time , I earn money.  Promote your product. Internet is one of the best and cheapest ways to promote your business or product. Starting from 10$, you can already have your own website and start reaching your potential customers. You can also use Multiply or Blogger if you don’t want to spend money for your website.

         Disadvantages of Internet are virus threat. Most of the viruses came from the internet so be very careful when visiting or downloading from a site. If you are using Firefox, you can install Web Of Trust add-on so you can get warnings about online scams, sites with adult content, and spam. With this, you can help keep your computer safe from online threats like spyware, adware, and viruses. Theft of Personal Information. If you use the internet, there is a great risk of stealing your personal information such as name, address, credit card no ,  by those culprits. Spamming. I guess I don’t have to explain this anymore, you’re already familiar with this.Pornography. This is probably the worst disadvantage of the internet especially for the parents who have kids.

 

Advantages of Internet



Disadvantage of Internet

Saturday, 28 April 2012

My Favourite Football Player

My favourite football player is Wayne  Rooney. He full name is Wayne Mark Rooney born on 24 October 1985 is an English footballer who plays as a strike for Premier League Club Manchester United and the England national team. He wears number 10 for Manchester United and wears the same number for England national team. Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003 becoming the youngest player to represent England. He is England's youngest ever goalscorer. He played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored 4 goals. I like him because his skills when he play and also he is the best player of football. Besides , Rooney is the third highest paid footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo , with an annual income of 20.7 million dolar. I hope Mancherster United will win the Premier League for this year.





Friday, 27 April 2012

I'm the first person

Today i felt so nervous because 4 ghazali have oral with teacher Mahani and i did not memorize the script. I just memorize a little bit but, i'm not ready for the oral. The BI subject after the rest so,i have time to memorize it. 10:15am time for 4 ghazali do the oral. Then , i get into the class and i see teacher already in class. Then , the assistant monitor have pass the oral paper to their students. In 5 second , teacher Mahani say "We start the oral now , so can i see Afiqah Izzati". At that time , i really really really shock , afraid and nervous. I say "oh my gosh, why me first". At the same time , I did not memorize the script so, i just go and do the oral. Before the oral teacher Mahani had say "If you say you are not ready,i will fail your oral". When i do the oral, i very afraid and nervous in front of her. My hand was vibrate at that time. My oral tittle is 'My favourite football player'. After 2 minutes , i have complete my oral and i get bad score :( . I feel so happy and relieved because i had already do oral. I'M THE FIRST PERSON FOR THE ORAL BI.


 


Thursday, 26 April 2012

Addicted on Facebook

     

          Facebook is the largest sosial phenomenon that has swept over the internet world. In some forms it turns into an addiction. Originally created by Mark Zuckerburg , this legal addiction is taking the lives of the most civillized people around the world. The Goverment tells us that our time wasted internet addictions are costing billions of dollars every year. Nowadays , people are brilliant in ICT.

           Facebook , Youtube , Twitter , Wikipedia and Myspace the list is endless. Millions of us are addicted. There are currently more than 400 millions active users , fifty percent of these long on any given day. Statistics show that about thirty - five million people update their statuses everyday and sixty million status updates posted. You know those precious moments that you take pictures of and put them of Facebook ? Yeah , there are about three billions pictures like that uploaded to the site each month.

          People who are addicted on Facebook will may losing sleep over Facebook when using Fcaebook becomes a compulsion and you spend entired night logged on the site , causing you to become tired the next day. If you are in school you will be sleep in the class. Besides that , it will be impairs our vocabulary. In my opinion , Facebook is impairs secrch word such as 'you , your , you're and thanks '  are commonly spelled like 'u , ur and thx '. People really too lazy to spell out the whole word.

           Besides , people like wasting their time on Facebook. They spend more than two hours a day on Facebook. The average person needs to spend only an hour on the site. This is below the one hour daily usage of the youngsters we surveyed. People also like playing online game on Facebook. Other than that , Facebook can fight with each other. This is because when people update wrong status about their friend or family so , the status that you update cannot looked to obvious to that person. Even when you are angry or fight with them.

           People who addicted with Facebook you should reduce it.Facebook is nothing.



 

  





              



Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Essay : Smoking

          Nowdays, many teenagers and people like to smoke. Is they happy what are they doing ? For them maybe yes , but it excatly not because it will damage our body and we can death. Student in age 15 years old start to smoke . Have you read newspaper ? At school , student like playing truancy because they want to smoke. Parents didn't know that their children smoke at school. We cannot 100% blame to them because they didn't know what happen at school. Student must be friend with good friends.

         There are many reasons why teenagers like smoking. They want to try something new and new activities. They also want to look mature in front of their friends. Nowdays , many teenagers more afraid with their friends than their parents. Have students that have pressure from home about family , then they want to disappear the pressure with smoking. Maybe has parents do not care about their children.

         We cannot always happy in our life like people that smoking. Maybe they happy with their life. In happiness has sadness like them. They happy that they are smoking but their body sad because sick. Smokers can get many diseases such as cancer. This is because cigarette smoke contains many toxic substances like carbon monoxide , nicotine , and carcinogens that not only cause irreparable damage to the smoker but , also to those around them who inhale the smoke. If they not quit from smoking , long - time smokers often develop cancers of the mouth , larynx and lungs.

           If you want to know that peoples smoking or not , they have physical effects. They have bad breath. If you speak with them , you can smell their breath. Besides that , they reek of stale smoke. If you speak with them , you will faint. Furthermore , you can see they has yellowish stain on fingers and teeth like people do not brush their teeth. Facial wrinkles appear at an early age like grandfather.

         Suggestion for those who want to stop smoking is reduce cigarette slowly for day to day. Smokers must set a date to quit. smokers must slowly stop smoking step by step. The conclusion is all of the smoker in the world must stop smoking from now. Smoking not only endangers the smoker himself but also those who inhale secondary smoke exhaled by smokers.