Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @10:35 AM
poem for lit online lesson on 8th Oct.The Upas Tree
Deep in the desert's misery,
far in the fury of the sand,
there stands the awesome Upas Tree
lone watchman of a lifeless land.
The wilderness, a world of thirst,
in wrath engendered it and filled
its every root, every accursed
grey leafstalk with a sap that killed.
Dissolving in the midday sun
the poison oozes through its bark,
and freezing when the day is done
gleams thick and gem-like in the dark.
No bird flies near, no tiger creeps;
alone the whirlwind, wild and black,
assails the tree of death and sweeps
away with death upon its back.
And though some roving cloud may stain
with glancing drops those leaden leaves,
the dripping of a poisoned rain
is all the burning sand receives.
But man sent man with one proud look
towards the tree, and he was gone,
the humble one, and there he took
the poison and returned at dawn.
He brought the deadly gum; with it
he brought some leaves, a withered bough,
while rivulets of icy sweat
ran slowly down his livid brow.
He came, he fell upon a mat,
and reaping a poor slave's reward,
died near the painted hut where sat
his now unconquerable lord.
The king, he soaked his arrows true
in poison, and beyond the plains
dispatched those messengers and slew
his neighbors in their own domains.
By Aleksandr Pushkin
miss maslinda says:
anyone WI?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
writer's intntn?
miss maslinda says:
yup
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
oh
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
what's upas?
miss maslinda says:
it doesnt matter... its a poisonous tree
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
k
nam says:
to take sympathy on a solitude tree that suffers all it's life???
miss maslinda says:
err... far from it
nam says:
hahaha
> Amni says:
to symbolise the slave
miss maslinda says:
errrr... some more
> Amni says:
to differentiate between the gd and bad of man?
atikahsyahirah. says:
to display the consequences of man's actions?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
to show irony that instead of the tree supporting lives, its taking away?
miss maslinda says:
read again can?
miss maslinda says:
aliffah... yes...
miss maslinda says:
more
miss maslinda says:
thr r 3 subjects thr'
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
subjects=character?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
why is the 'king' there?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
their vocab rocks
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
subject =?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
its supposed to be there aye?
miss maslinda says:
tree = 1... some more?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
man?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
king?
miss maslinda says:
2 men
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
or slave?
miss maslinda says:
who r they?
nam says:
high class and low class
miss maslinda says:
yup...
nam says:
poor and rich
miss maslinda says:
king n slave
miss maslinda says:
can say abt class oso
miss maslinda says:
now, go back to wi
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
oh
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
err
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
is it to show how one can affect nature?
atikahsyahirah. says:
hey, will this conversation be poster in the blog or sth?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
it could
atikahsyahirah. says:
cause i kinda gotta go.
miss maslinda says:
arghhhnoooooooooo
atikahsyahirah. says:
?
miss maslinda says:
go atikah... aliffah can paste?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
paste.. on blog?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
yes
miss maslinda says:
no to aliffah's ans
nam says:
the use of silence to emphasize on their absence of rights??
atikahsyahirah. says:
oh alright, thanks so much.
nam says:
bye bye
atikahsyahirah. says:
see you guys.
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
bb
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
buhbyes
atikahsyahirah. says:
^^
miss maslinda says:
yes... on silence... gd pt
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
bb
miss maslinda says:
but not main pt
*
* atikahsyahirah. has left the conversation.
*
nam says:
The behavior that is displayed through the different status
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
man using naturing and harming his own man because of rank?
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
nature*
miss maslinda says:
yup...
miss maslinda says:
gd one chih peng
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
thank you
miss maslinda says:
finally
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
hahaha
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
haha
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
chey cp siol!
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
:)
miss maslinda says:
develop nw
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
miss maslinda says:
u can use silence
miss maslinda says:
then link w poison part
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
there are more than one WI is there?
> Amni says:
can talk abt the use of movements?
> Amni says:
like theres lots of action words
miss maslinda says:
amni still here?
miss maslinda says:
yup2... so?
> Amni says:
yups. ss dont have?
> Amni says:
to emphasize on wi
miss maslinda says:
wat wi
> Amni says:
to empahsize on cp's point
miss maslinda says:
hmmm... how?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
how?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
how how?
nam says:
the way humans abuse nature.
nam says:
the use of nature*
miss maslinda says:
u guys got e gist of it... e end part
miss maslinda says:
but y ius such a big chunk on the tree n its poisonous nature?
> Amni says:
to show the slave's sufferings
miss maslinda says:
yeeeesssss... but not e 1st 5 stanzas
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
to emphasise th irony that instd of supporting its killing instd la
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
?
@ec.bs; !FAH// ティキ・ミック & ジャッジメント♥ says:
or is it double-meaning?
miss maslinda says:
double
> Amni says:
oh! isit to show the loneliness of the tree?
nam says:
similar to the king? whereby it has such a big power and should be helping it's people. but instead, he makes them suffer
miss maslinda says:
yes... more
> Amni says:
how other living things dont come near it
miss maslinda says:
ahhhhhhh.... goog nam
miss maslinda says:
amni too
miss maslinda says:
more more... muahh ha ha ha
> Amni says:
to represent the class of society
> Amni says:
this is refering to human and its ranking right?
miss maslinda says:
n loneliness
miss maslinda says:
n e living thgs
miss maslinda says:
combine
> Amni says:
because the tree represents the slave, it is lonely because none wants to go/come near him except when it is needed
miss maslinda says:
well u can... tho tts a bit goin 2 deep
nam says:
The fact that it is poisonous and that people should not go near it contradicts the action of the slave. Which emphasizes on the slavery they go through as they have to do as they are commanded by the king. And even though they had to sacrifice to get such a poisonous thing, the king eventually ignored the slave's credits and killed him instead. This portrays the king's selfishness as to only think of himself and ignore other's suffering...
miss maslinda says:
u can see them as separate entities
> Amni says:
oh ok.
miss maslinda says:
fuyoh nam
miss maslinda says:
correct except 4 e killed part
nam says:
ok
miss maslinda says:
e slave died from e poisn
miss maslinda says:
wat does tt say?
> Amni says:
so it means that the slave died due to working for the king?
miss maslinda says:
yup
> Amni says:
oh ok.
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
he was killed by the poison??
miss maslinda says:
link power of tree n king
miss maslinda says:
yup mika
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
poison = greed?
nam says:
they both killed the slave. one is freedom, the other is literally?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
greed kills?
> Amni says:
but its the slave who died
miss maslinda says:
yes
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
sacrifice?
miss maslinda says:
hmm... more of force
miss maslinda says:
hv 2 work cos slave
> Amni says:
forced to work for the king until cannot take it; die
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
haha amni what a way to put it
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
LOLL
miss maslinda says:
nope... poisoned in preocess of getting wat e king wants
nam says:
the uncertainty of survival for the slave everyday but he still works for the king
> Amni says:
haha. okk.
miss maslinda says:
yes name... u on fire seh
nam says:
NAME?
> Amni says:
haha
miss maslinda says:
haha...
miss maslinda says:
tree n king?
miss maslinda says:
no ans yet
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
ans to WI?
miss maslinda says:
link tree n king
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
"wrath engendered it and filled its evewry root, every accursed
grey leafstalk with a sap that killed". represents how powerful the king is, ability to control everything from colonies to small fragile commoners who end up being slaves
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
pls tell me im correct
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
tree = mighty bcos big and supposedly suport life
king = leader and supposedly lead people
miss maslinda says:
yup... u r mika
miss maslinda says:
nw develop
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
but this contradicts as they do the opp?
miss maslinda says:
yes yes... more
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
and you cant run away coz its too powerful
nam says:
tree is poisonous and thus, is dangerous and no one goes near it, similar to the king which is powerful and no one dares to go against him. but the smallest rank of a slave, is actually the one that goes close to them. this shows a big contradiction???
miss maslinda says:
gd u r doing d opp thg nw
miss maslinda says:
yes... last part a bit weak nam... rethink n rephrase
> Amni says:
brb
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
he didnt exactly goes close to him]
nam says:
bo bian
miss maslinda says:
he did... impact= he died
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
erm, the power of the king should allow him to possess powers to obtain things by himself
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
zz no
nam says:
the combine of powers of the tree and king is SUPERIOR!
nam says:
hahahha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
erm, the king who is so powerful , actually requires a weak and powerless man like the slave to do a job for him, in this case considarably menial.
miss maslinda says:
fuyoh..
miss maslinda says:
rite on mika
miss maslinda says:
tts d part nam cldnt gfet rite
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
it contradicts with the strong showing and appearance the king possesses when he actually uses the slave's help
nam says:
yeah
nam says:
haha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
yeah
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
cool
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
hahaha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
we said the same thing
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
haha
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
LOLL mik
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
miss maslinda says:
more...
miss maslinda says:
thrs still some more
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
we didnt ans the first stanzas?
> Amni says:
back
miss maslinda says:
nt fully
nam says:
does awesome represents what the king and the tree think of themselves?
nam says:
as in superior from others?
miss maslinda says:
yes...
miss maslinda says:
more irony
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
by comparing the king and slave, one is powerful and the other is powerless.The fact that he is POWERFUL should mean that he doesnt require much help.however, of all pple he can choose from, the poet intently chooses a slave to juxtapose with him fully.
miss maslinda says:
see 4th stanza
nam says:
They are powerful, but the fact is that they are lonely because of how they dangerous they are in the view of things around it that it become lifeless and alone.
miss maslinda says:
mika.. pt accepted... no nd 2 develop oredi... othr pts nw
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh ok
nam says:
contradicts the power they hold
miss maslinda says:
ahhhh... nam, gd.. more
miss maslinda says:
othr pts as well
miss maslinda says:
nobody doing 4th stanza?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
"No bird flies near, no tiger creeps"
reflects how lonely the KIng actually is, using birds and tigers to show the range of classes in the kingdom.
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
'tree of death' symbolise irony
miss maslinda says:
more...
miss maslinda says:
how fah?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
he also uses colour like black, that bodes ill and also keeps pple away from him
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
haha
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
i cant write
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
LOLL
nam says:
the bird mirrors the slave. if he did not go close to the king, he wouldn't have to serve him as a slave and thus., lost his freedom. which is why the bird does not go to the tree as it would be poisoned and cannot live as freely as it always had
miss maslinda says:
nam, yes
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
the use of strong diction from the words 'whirlwind', 'wild' and 'death' keeps pple away from him.
miss maslinda says:
more
miss maslinda says:
y mika such terms
> Amni says:
the whirlwind is the only thing that gets close to the tree?
miss maslinda says:
ywat do e terms symbolise?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
or it could be the fact that he "assails" them, just like the slave.which could also make pple fearful of him.they therefore avoid him for fear of going against him and displeasing him.this may make them suffer the same fate as the slave
nam says:
the tree should be a shelter for the birds and tigers. but it is contradicted by the fear they have towards the tree?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
they are all words that symbolise danger
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
and no one wants danger near them
nam says:
they symbolise the power?
-CP15- {online literature lesson} {shh} says:
that there is death that comes and goes near the treee?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh ya power too, tks nam
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
LOL
nam says:
hahaha
miss maslinda says:
ex;plain meang of word 1st nxt time...
miss maslinda says:
wild black, whirlwind
miss maslinda says:
linkd 2 great power, dangr...
miss maslinda says:
more imptly, unpredictable
miss maslinda says:
no1 feels safe w such elementd
miss maslinda says:
then link ur ans
miss maslinda says:
u all givg ans e othr way rd
miss maslinda says:
wat abt accursed (stanza 2)
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
the tree and the king, both are inviting death if you approach it. people may have found a way to avoid it, using the tree as a clue.if you do not approach the tree, it wont kill you.the same law applies to the king.if you do not approach him, there wont be any frear that you may go agaisnt him.But like the whirlwind, the King is unpredictable, he may "assail" when you least realise it.therefore,
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
possessing much danger just like all the terms used
nam says:
the power of the tree is contradict by the word"leaden"??
miss maslinda says:
dont use you...
miss maslinda says:
use one
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
kk
miss maslinda says:
loeaden = poison lead...
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh
miss maslinda says:
verb versn
nam says:
oh
miss maslinda says:
accursed?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
cursed?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
ill fated?
miss maslinda says:
yup
miss maslinda says:
how
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
damn, i keep forgetting the words i checked up
miss maslinda says:
no sadness k?
nam says:
it's fear can never be taken away...
nam says:
fear in the perspective of the people.
nam says:
??
miss maslinda says:
link
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
perhaps a little more on hatred on their fates
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
chih peng has to leave for SS now
nam says:
is it supposed to be sad?
miss maslinda says:
k
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
no
miss maslinda says:
no sadness
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
she said no sadnes
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
nam says:
YES MIKA
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
HEHE
nam says:
bye cp!
-CP15- {SCHOOL} says:
im off, bye all
-CP15- {SCHOOL} says:
bye miss mas
miss maslinda says:
bye
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
bb
> Amni says:
bye cp
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
eh say bye leh
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
hahaahaah
miss maslinda says:
accursed?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
buhbyes
miss maslinda says:
if u find words... like accursed... whc is an old word... just look at base word... curse, then u
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
eh
miss maslinda says:
u'll know d meaning
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
i thought i wrote smt abt that just now
miss maslinda says:
not enuff
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
the term 'grey' corresponds and intensifies the fact that the tree actually kills..
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
okay i forgot..
miss maslinda says:
anthr qn... techniques used?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
"wrath engendered it and filled its evewry root, every accursed
grey leafstalk with a sap that killed". represents how powerful the king is, ability to control everything from colonies to small fragile commoners who end up being slaves
miss maslinda says:
yes... tt 1 wat technique?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
ok wait, what more i have to elaborate
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
personification!@!!!
miss maslinda says:
not enuff
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
zz
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
pesonification? metaphor?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
LOLL
miss maslinda says:
fah... wats grey?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
imagery
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
uh,
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
the branch and leafstalks
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
.____.
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
use of colours?
miss maslinda says:
evry1 throw me a technique w evidence
miss maslinda says:
yes fah finally
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
use of colour, "grey leafstalk"
miss maslinda says:
othr colours?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
theres black whirlwind too
miss maslinda says:
rep?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
black
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
intensify the deadly effect?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
of the kill?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
thru poison?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
black whirlwind???
miss maslinda says:
wat kind of colours... combine
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
dull colours
> Amni says:
dull
nam says:
death.
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
hehe
nam says:
hahah
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
black, ominous
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
dark, forboding colours tha represent death
miss maslinda says:
here, dulll not fitting as dull more to boredom
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
dull colours, hmm symbolises lack of enthusiasm, foreboding
> Amni says:
that foreshadows the death?
miss maslinda says:
yup...
miss maslinda says:
othr technqs?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
use of silience explained?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
*silence
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
silence"
miss maslinda says:
yes... NAM'S PT
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh ya
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
she explained alr?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
woah
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
really
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
?
nam says:
way at the start -.-
miss maslinda says:
mika... wat shd u categorise ur terms just now?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
diction?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
use of diction!!!!
> Amni says:
isit like even tho thers silence, alot of thing is happening?
miss maslinda says:
come on... throw me some more techniques
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
or vocab
miss maslinda says:
yup... silence is never silent
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
ohya, what's alliteration again?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
the poem has got rhythmn
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
zzz
nam says:
negation
miss maslinda says:
oso foreboding of death as the tree = shd b surrounded by life... is silent
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
the silence creates a loud thud
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
WHOA...
miss maslinda says:
wat thud siak?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
the thud is death?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
LOLL! HAHAHA
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha just recaping from what i saw in 'the leap years
miss maslinda says:
come on
miss maslinda says:
give me more
miss maslinda says:
look at every term
nam says:
"icy" sweat?
nam says:
how can it be icy?!
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
ohya, what's alliteration again?
nam says:
hahah
miss maslinda says:
i dont know
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
and it's in rivulets!
miss maslinda says:
dont ask me qns like tgt now
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
streams
miss maslinda says:
when u r supposednto know oredi
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
OH!
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
fear
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
cold sweat
miss maslinda says:
yes
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
and the fact that its streaming shows how fearful he is
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
use of fear!
nam says:
use od coldness links to death.
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
nam says:
of*
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
livid means bruised
miss maslinda says:
its streaming????????
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
blue black, another dull colour?
> Amni says:
but then, the sand is 'burning
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
'leaden' meass dark grey
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
isnt rivulets like a small stream?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
repetition of 'grey leafstalk'?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
figure of speech sry
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
miss maslinda says:
whenu want to start the essay, think of wat a tree rep...
nam says:
the poison is so strong that even a "fury"of the sand ends up burning and suffering in the power of the tree??
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
"But man sent man with one proud look" i dont get this part:
miss maslinda says:
whc is?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
why man said twice?
miss maslinda says:
FOCUS PPL
*
miss maslinda just sent you a nudge.
*
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
is it to show same status?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
haha .___.
miss maslinda says:
tree normally rep?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
oh uh, life
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
supports life
nam says:
life
nam says:
nature, peace
miss maslinda says:
yes... supports n surrounded by
miss maslinda says:
however....
nam says:
but it gives pain
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
yet, so much action is seen in here from the tree
> Amni says:
this tree has the opp effect
nam says:
to things around it.
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
and takes away the life
miss maslinda says:
yes.... ok...
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
and they all aer smothered by death and danger
miss maslinda says:
tts first para
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
are*
miss maslinda says:
then u go into the techniques used
miss maslinda says:
for poet to show the deadliness of the tree
miss maslinda says:
such as
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh
> Amni says:
poison and use of darkness
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
contradiction and....
miss maslinda says:
im goin into essay writing oredi... our lessons will b like tt... the discussion... then essay writing
miss maslinda says:
some more
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
contradiction through the use of darkness...
> Amni says:
then talk abt personification
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
use of the term 'desert'and misery emphasises..
miss maslinda says:
colour, silience
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
on the loss of life?
miss maslinda says:
yes
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
for one sec i thoguht amni was the teacher ahha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
kk
miss maslinda says:
then, link tree to king...
miss maslinda says:
how
> Amni says:
rite
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
.___.
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
hehe
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
personification, erm...
miss maslinda says:
explain the link
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
they have superiority complex!
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
hahaha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
erm, i need a break.
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
use of term 'awesome'
miss maslinda says:
finishing oredi... hold on
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
k
miss maslinda says:
Para 1 : intro (how normally tree is linked)
miss maslinda says:
Para 2 : techniques used
miss maslinda says:
Para 3: techniques used
miss maslinda says:
Para 4 : link of tree to king
miss maslinda says:
Para 5 : is it successful (ans to a)
miss maslinda says:
Para 6 : explain slave and king
miss maslinda says:
Para 7: explain king and his desires (ans to b)
miss maslinda says:
you have a complete essay
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
woah
miss maslinda says:
any qn?
miss maslinda says:
u guys shd try to write the essay
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
but in the exams
miss maslinda says:
man to man... meaning king gv instructions to slave... (humble one)
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
i dont think i can do this in time
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
yeah lor
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
same here
miss maslinda says:
brain must push itself into category... tts y i keep telling u WI DIRTS...
miss maslinda says:
it will ans the qn
miss maslinda says:
plus, insert in the part a and b qns
miss maslinda says:
must plan...
miss maslinda says:
15 mins max
miss maslinda says:
read and plan
miss maslinda says:
u will get better marks with flow of essay
miss maslinda says:
write for 30m mins
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
k
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
omg, im nervous alr?!
miss maslinda says:
time urself well... dont overshot ur time
miss maslinda says:
45 mins... be disciplined n start the next qn for tkamb
miss maslinda says:
or do tkamb first
miss maslinda says:
since the knowledge is oredi thr
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
id rathre do tkamb first
miss maslinda says:
all the terms hv meaning
miss maslinda says:
y they are used
miss maslinda says:
here, the tiger...
miss maslinda says:
symbol of?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
yai tihnk i'd do tkamb first too
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
dangre?
nam says:
bravery courage.
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
predator
miss maslinda says:
bravery courage, power...
nam says:
i do part A firstl.
nam says:
jahhaha
miss maslinda says:
even danger
miss maslinda says:
but even it cowers in the sight of the tree
miss maslinda says:
whc empahsises on the tree's danger
miss maslinda says:
tt both inncoent (birds) and dangerous (tiger) creatures are afraid of it
miss maslinda says:
how lonely tt is
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
cower=crouch in the fear of shame
miss maslinda says:
hmmm... mite be courch = waiting to attack oso
nam says:
hahaha
miss maslinda says:
othr things to clarify?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
miss maslinda says:
techniques?
miss maslinda says:
terms?
miss maslinda says:
gotta go soon
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
i think we shld call it a day?
nam says:
did we leave out the last stanza?
miss maslinda says:
yup we did
miss maslinda says:
explain
miss maslinda says:
last few stanzas... none of u talk abt
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
"The king, he soaked his arrows true in poison", shows irony in 'true' and 'poison'?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
becaus poison is not soemthing god
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
*good
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
and shows danger and evil?
miss maslinda says:
can
miss maslinda says:
painted hut... 2nd last para?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
theres no colour for the hut.
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
LOLL .___>
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
everyone's gone?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
ha
nam says:
i cant think of that.
nam says:
hahaha
nam says:
painted doesnt come to my mind.
nam says:
on hut is shelter.
miss maslinda says:
notice how the term king only appears in last stanza
miss maslinda says:
b4 tt its man to man
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
reveals the truth of man's greed?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
equality then status?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh ya.
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
that initially he's humble man-to-man bu then he becomes greedy and turns to king?
nam says:
the death of the slave to sacrifice exchanged for the superior power that is combined of the king and tree?
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
show the poison in the end
miss maslinda says:
yes... man.. w poison, then king
miss maslinda says:
aiyoh all ths must see
miss maslinda says:
whn e term appear
miss maslinda says:
cos of changing roles n relp throut e poem
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
what relationshps?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
as in the man to man thing?
nam says:
king to slave
miss maslinda says:
not yet
miss maslinda says:
same status 1st... man to man...
miss maslinda says:
then 1 sacrificed 4 e othr
miss maslinda says:
living man to king
miss maslinda says:
no more men in last stanza
miss maslinda says:
king, messenger n neighbours he wants to slew
miss maslinda says:
explain
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
king only wants to get rid of those not imp to him?
miss maslinda says:
fah... u don see e transition?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
????
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
i am lost
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
right now
miss maslinda says:
man became king w power (poison)
miss maslinda says:
tts y term king only appears in last stanza
nam says:
that he finally has the power at the end?
nam says:
because he has the poison which is feared by many things?
nam says:
fearful to many things*
miss maslinda says:
used tostay in painted hut...
miss maslinda says:
painted (slightly wealthier)
miss maslinda says:
but still hut
nam says:
IRONY!?
miss maslinda says:
then w poison he becomes (now unconquerable lord)
miss maslinda says:
yes
miss maslinda says:
then he becomes king
miss maslinda says:
how?
miss maslinda says:
by killing neighbours
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
with help from tree's poison?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
kill neighbours to get land?
nam says:
by right, he's not really a king right? it's just to represent his power??
miss maslinda says:
yes
miss maslinda says:
can take it literally king... or ur argumnt nam oso can
miss maslinda says:
don panic
miss maslinda says:
the last part... king and man
miss maslinda says:
all these are A1 A1 matreial
miss maslinda says:
i was just pushing u guys to see beyond
nam says:
okay.
miss maslinda says:
so long as u guiys can see most of the things... develop ur ideas... the A1 will b thr
miss maslinda says:
no nd to b so chim
nam says:
miss mas, do you have more prose and poem?
miss maslinda says:
i wnated to open ur brains a bit
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
she just gave one to me
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
want me email you guys?
miss maslinda says:
lesson tom morn instead can?
nam says:
i want more... hahahah
miss maslinda says:
fah will email u the thing
nam says:
okay okay
nam says:
thanks.
miss maslinda says:
i give 1 more...
miss maslinda says:
both prose
miss maslinda says:
i nd to type them out
miss maslinda says:
my stuff are mostly in hard copy
miss maslinda says:
tts y
miss maslinda says:
will get u guys some more stuff
nam says:
okay
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
k
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
jk
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
k***
miss maslinda says:
the poems and prose in ur mining for meaning oso very good nam
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
sry i need a break, seriously
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
nam says:
alright.
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
oh kk
nam says:
MIKA, WHER DID YOU GO?
miss maslinda says:
ok...
miss maslinda says:
tts all folks
miss maslinda says:
please please please please
miss maslinda says:
do write this lesson out inh essay form
nam says:
hahahaa.
miss maslinda says:
always write an essay... at least one everyday
miss maslinda says:
gte ur brains into gear
miss maslinda says:
then the flow of essay will come naturally to u
miss maslinda says:
and u wont feel so scared tt its all too much
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
at least one?!
miss maslinda says:
k, any more qns... my poor son fell asleep while waiting for me
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
kk i'll try haha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
haha
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
use of diction
miss maslinda says:
hey, at least 1
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
poor the emphasise on how poor the son is
miss maslinda says:
i didnt ask for 5 ok
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
contradiction
SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika says:
HAHA
nam says:
go la go la.
*
* SUSPENDERS(S )! Mika has left the conversation.
*
miss maslinda says:
u practise lit... its like practising for el compre
nam says:
okay.
miss maslinda says:
and ss
miss maslinda says:
ok...
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
ewww
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
ss.. el compre..
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
eww
miss maslinda says:
any more qns, ask me in nxt lesson
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
yes maam
miss maslinda says:
postiive attidtude brings better marks for ths subjexts fah
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
hahaha, yeah right. .___. my endless misery
miss maslinda says:
so, next wk, we do 1 lesson on gm
miss maslinda says:
1 lesson on tkamb
nam says:
SOMEONE STOLE MY BOOK!
miss maslinda says:
whns ur lit paper?
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
hahaha
nam says:
i want to bang the wall!
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
.___.
nam says:
last day
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
uh, 07 11
miss maslinda says:
hmmm... they prob want ur notes
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
no
@ec.bs; !FAH . says:
last day is sci
nam says:
oih
nam says:
then 07
miss maslinda says:
ok... we'll just do tt, till the end, 1 wk poem & rpose... then gm n tkamb
PLEASE DO THIS BY TML'S LIT LESSON
It was after sundown when the horn sounded across again - this time in the distance. As Kunta watched the other blacks hurrying into a line, he wished he could stop thinking of them as belonging to the tribes they resembled, for they were unworthy pagans who were not fit to mingle with those who had come with him on the big canoe.
As they began to march – each hobbling step chaffing at his ankles, which had been rubbed raw and were beginning to seep blood – Kunta heard some hounds barking far away. He shivered, remembered those that had tracked him and attacked him.
Back in his hut, Kunta kneeled and touched his forehead to the hard dirt floor in the direction in which he knew the next sun would rise. He prayed for a long time to make up for the two prayers he had been unable to perform out in the field, which would have been interrupted by a lash across his back from the toubob who rode the “hoss”.
After finishing his prayer, Kunta sat bolt upright and spoke softly for a while in the secret sira kango tongue, asking his ancestors to help him endure. Then – pressing between his fingers a pair of cock’s feathers he had managed to pick up without being noticed, he wondered if he would be able to prepare a powerful spell to the spirits, whom he would ask to bless the dust where his last footsteps had touched his village. If that footprints were blessed, he would return safely to his village. Some day.
For the thousandth time, he relived the nightmare of his capture. If only the cracking of twig had alerted him, he could have leapt and snatched his spear. Tears of rage came welling in Kunta’s eyes. It seemed to him that for moons without end, all that he had known was being tracked, attacked, captured and maimed.
No! He would not allow himself to be this way. After all, he was a man now – seventeen rains of age. Furiously, he kicked his legs in frustration – but the movement only gouged the iron cuffs deeper into his ankles, which made him cry again.
As it had often been on the big canoe, Kunta lay for half the night with scenes of Juffure flashing through his mind, until he made himself shut his eyes and finally sleep came.
“Roots” by Alex Haley
What techniques did the author use to highlight to the readers the suffering felt by Kunta?
Were the techniques used by the author successful? What other techniques could the author have used to convey his intention?
AND
a) What elements of conflict – things likely to force a development in the situation – are present in the prose?
b) State the literary techniques that the writer used to further build up suspense for the reader.
‘Foreigners are not very popular here,’ Mr Butler told me at breakfast. ‘So I don’t think you ought to go out alone.’
My heart sank. I hated to be dependent on other people. They would never want to do what I wanted to do. I began to feel imprisoned. I took up the moth-eaten balls and the old tennis racket which were lying in the hall, and went into the garden.
After lunch I decided that I could stand it no longer. Mr Butler and Mr Roote were still deep in their morning’s discussion, so I let myself quickly out of the back gate and walked along the sandy lane which led into the country. Mr Butler could not mind my walking in the country, I thought.
Everything was still and silent, in an early-afternoon torpor. The only sound came from the stunted bushes which squeaked and grated linguistically as the wind passed through them. Pillars and scarves of dust and sand rose up from the ground, eddying and swirling themselves into flat sheets which hovered in the air. Harsh spears of grass stuck up through the sand. The soles of my shoes began to burn and I looked round vainly for some shady place. I enjoyed the dreamlike stillness and wanted to stay out for as long as possible. I thought that if I walked on I might find a place. The road led towards the hills. Across the sandy plain the city walls stood up like cliffs. Turrets and bastions were ruined cottages, crumbling into the sea.
I walked on, fixing my eyes on a black speck some way in front of me. I wondered if it could be a cat crouching in the middle of the road; or perhaps it was a dark boulder. As I drew nearer, a haze of flies suddenly lifted, and I saw that the object was not black but pink. The loathsome flies hovered angrily above it, buzzing like dynamos. I bent my head down to see what it was. I stared at it stupidly until my numbed senses suddenly awoke again. Then I jumped back, my throat quite dry and my stomach churning.
The thing was a human head. The nose and eyes had been eaten away and the black hair was caked and grey with dust. Odd white teeth stood up like ninepins in its dark, gaping mouth. Its cheeks and shrivelled lips were plastered black with dried blood, and I saw long coarse hairs growing out of its ears. Because it was so terrible, my eyes had to return to it whenever I looked away. I stared into its raw eye-sockets until waves of sickness spread over me. Then I ran. The whole plain and the bare hills had suddenly become tinged with horror.
Tall rank grass grew in the shadow of the wall. It was dry and sharp as knives. I pushed through it, looking up at the towering cliff for a gate or steps to climb. Nothing else seemed to be alive except the insects. I could only hear their buzzing and the slap of them when they hit the wall. There was no gate. I began to feel desperate. I ran towards a bastion, wondering if I could climb up to it in any way. I knew that I could not.
Denton Welch, Maiden Voyage (1943)
loves, nam
good luck for O levels :D