Argumentative Essay

During many years, the movie “The Wall”, since the release of it, left a lot to talk about. For lot of people, it represents something different in relation to the protagonist, which was Pink Floyd. The songs and the events that are shown, during the movie, let us understand clearly the meaning of the protagonist life and the movie. After studying it in depth, the wall may mean a separation from the protagonist’s bad emotions within the problems he had to suffer and his real life.

To begin with, the movie it’s a mix of emotions, problems, etc. These things, represents a meaning through a mental wall which is an escape from real life, and the control that is exercised in the society, particularly in the principal character. The mental wall’s bricks, may be the particular facts that happened such as his fatherless childhood, his domineering mother, the out of touch education system which is centered on “producing” a particularly type of man and the government that treats citizens like chess pieces. These facts, helped out to create this wall, so Roger, the protagonist could live freely in a way in a parallel universe without being controlled and suffering among his life problems. He escaped from reality, where his wife was unfaithful.

On the other hand, there are few people who refute this meaning without too much evidence or reasons. Songs which sound during the movie may support this idea of a mental wall to try to escape from control. “Another brick in the wall” it is a clearly example which validates the meaning previously explained due to the fact that it express Roger’s suffering because of the problems he had. We hear of the first grief stricken cries of Roger's lost father when it says "Daddy's flown across the ocean, Leaving just a memory, Snapshot in the family album, Daddy what else did you leave for me?” In the second part of the song Pin Floyd says “We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control." It is another example of the control that the government, his mother and the education system tried to impose him, and he really doesn’t want this at all.

To conclude, the wall means an escape to freedom from Roger’s own suffered life. In my opinion, it’s a complex meaning which it’s really interesting to understand but difficult to find out. How Pink Floyd manages to escape from his reality, how he criticize the control masses and the way he manages himself to fight against it during the movie it’s really amazing.

Six thinking hats

Here it is the presentation which I did with my group about the Six thinking hats system by Edward Bonos.

Informal letter

In the ELT class, we were told to do the following activity. You are Skeeter, you are writing to a very close friend of yours in NY. You are shocked about some of the stories you've heard from the afroamerican house helpers.Write a letter and tell your friend some of the stories you have learnt fom them.

Dear Mark,

How is everything going my great friend? I haven't seen you since two weeks and for me it was an eternity! During those weeks, I have heard some weird stories so I am writing this letter to tell you what I heard about Afro-American house helpers, such as how they were treated by white people, how is it working for them and their feelings about this here in my area, Mississippi.

Firstly, someone told me that Afro-Americans felt very bad during working for the whites due to the fact that they are treated as if they were animals. Since they are born, they are forced to learn how to server white people without contradicting them. A specific example of what this person told me was that they can’t use the same toilets because white people believe that if they use the same ones, they would catch a disease. So due to this, they are told to go to toilets outside the houses were they work, they are precarious toilets, not descent ones. This is unbelievable, I was amazed. Secondly, I have heard that they are afraid of sending their kids to school. This is because as they are black, the Kukux-Clan may persecute and kill them, so as a consequence they may lose their kids. This is something inhuman, they can’t live in peace and freely, I am shocked. Lastly, it was extraordinary for me to hear that they work a lot and in so bad conditions for a few amount of dollars and anyone wants to help them, even the discriminative laws can help them, and they live this stories as if they were a routine of life.

To conclude, I wanted to ask you if these types of situations are presented in New York, I think if this happens there you may be as shocked as me when I heard all this stories. A change is needed to let them have a normal life I think so, I would appreciate your opinion also.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Skeeter

Dream Advertising

At the subject ELT, we have been investigating the media´s and advertising vocabulary. We were supposed to do an assignment that consisted on creating an advertising including some vocabulary we discussed in class. With my group we did an advertising of a lipstick that is called Dream, you can see it below.
" Are you feeling blue? Well, there's a solution to that. Today pamper yourself with the best of the best and turn your life to bright, shimmering red! Be savage, be wild, live in the lap of luxury and take those vibrant lips on a night out. Are you calling for a breathtaking look? Say no more! "Dream" lipstick has that covered for you, and even more than you could ask for.
Take the chance to stand out in the crowd! Paint your lips with a smile; paint them with "Dream"lipstick and watch as a sunlit, silvery future arises...."