Influential Leaders.Churchill & Hitler

Both Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were very strong yet influential leaders who managed to convince people through their famous speeches.Though the speeches they used regarding the World War 1 was long,it has managed to capture the attention of many and surely,influenced thousands and millions of their intention on the war.

Basically, it can be seen in the style of structure in their speeches. The main thing that to be noticed is the usage of pronoun, I. This indicates the authority of the leader when delivering the speech. Though they do not sound demanding in their voice, the word usage has definitely brought into a lot of meaning to the audience who were taken aback . Other than that,both,Churchill and Hitler were using facts to show how bad the opposing nation are to get the people's support in the war. This provocation definitely worked as this has given the people some anger over the issue. As for Churchill,he uses the strategy by giving appraisal to give more boost towards the eagerness of the war. He made sure he tells about how much the army have sacrificed for the nation.In my opinion,it was merely to get sympathy through the audience. While Hitler on the other hand, he tells about the misfortune that his nation has went through and also includes about issue around the world as to give awareness to the people to act fast. These both leaders have prepared their speeches very well with a persuasive speech to get the people's support and they did manage to do so.Though this speeches could be spontaneous,they have made sure that their main points and issues are delivered well.

Monalisa Smile

Does Mona Lisa smiles in the painting by Leonardo da Vinci?
It is hard to say because she does not give discreet emotion in the painting.
This movie,Mona Lisa Smile is an inspiring movie to give a picture to those who think not pursue further in life with education.The teacher, Watson is a courageous lady who wants the best for the female students who have a stereotype thinking that they should be a responsible wife after finishing school. The movie shows how stereotypical mindset the students have and how it affects them being in a traditional mind school. I believe the environment do make a difference in influencing students' mind about their role in life and society.

The brief synopsis of the movie :

Set in 1953, Mona Lisa Smile tells the story of Katherine Watson (Julia_Roberts), a new young art history professor at Wellesley College, an all-female campus with a prestigious reputation for academic excellence. Unfortunately for free-minded Berkeley grad Watson, her East Coast teaching stint comes during a less-progressive time that finds most of her students -- among them Betty Warren (Kirsten_Dunst), Joan Brandwyn (Julia_Stiles), and Giselle Levy (Maggie_Gyllenhaal) -- more interested in nabbing a good husband than achieving scholastic and intellectual growth. Watson challenges her students and the Wellesley faculty to think outside of the current mores of the community and redefine what it means to be a success; meanwhile, she tries to come to terms with her own heart's desires. Mona Lisa Smile co-stars Marcia Gay Harden, Juliet Stevenson, and, as Watson's conflicting love interests, Dominic West and John Slattery.

1. What do you think of the movie in the term of entertainment value?

The movie is well depicted through images of people and being able to see the scenarios. This movie gives a clear picture about how school and teachers might be in my future teaching career.It is surely inspiring yet motivating to be a open-minded teacher in future.Learning through this movie gives me the courage that I can make a difference in my students' life.

2. How does it affect you as you are taking B.Ed TESL course now?
As a future teacher and an motivated one in making,i find this movie to be inspiring for my profession. As i learn the various types of teaching environments and assorted learners from differing backgrounds gives a pictures for me to be prepared. We should cut away the traditional mindset that women are not to be learning with books but with the pan. As the era is to be modernized, the mindset changes. I might not go through the same issue but maybe similar which would require me to help students know their capabilities in life.

3.How does it affect you if you relate the story in the movie to the teachers whom you know in the past?

Teachers whom i knew in the past did not really have an open mindness about student's education.They were encouraging,they did support in a way but did not allow themselves to be part of their student's life.I felt my teachers kept a distance.In my opinion, teacher's should not only chalk & talk but be involve in what students think about many issues.

4.What kind of practical/theoretical lesson that you learned after viewing this movie?
From this movie,I learned being a teacher does bring a lot of differences in students' life. As for Watson, she managed to tell her students,though it was difficult at first attempt, that one should achieve success on one's desire and not what the society id expecting of them.

Animal Farm

Animals have their rights but being animal ,not being able to voice out their opinion,many are ill-treated and surely a big number are well-cared for. Animalism seems roaring high for animals which don't get treated well and politics are displayed well through the story,Animal Farm.

The lengthy story entitled 'Animal Farm' was rather boring to be read,that was my first impression of it.But as the reading goes on,it was interesting.Story's setting something alien to most of us.From this story,we are able to be more sympathetic towards animals without realizing that animals also do have feelings.As we tend describe a person 'animal-hearted' as being someone who do not have feelings is something very much not true if you have read this story.But this isn't the the main issue at all in this story.

The main issue is the critique that Orwell gives on the idea of communism.This story displays that greed and a lust for power takes over, as seen in the pigs. He used pigs in place of the leaders in animal farm because pigs

are naturally known to be fat and greedy. This symbolism is well demonstrated as to be more entertaining and to be less sensitive to readers.As the novel progresses we see the pigs get fatter and fatter because of all they have taken form the other animals.

One way or another, this story is very good to be used as a material for classroom lesson for student.Other than it to be something very imaginative by the writer, it also has a hidden message for the audience to understand its nature and its consequences.Educators can use this story to teach students about value of people's rights and how people can be monopolized by an unethical leader.

Here how the story goes :

Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, has not been a very responsible farmer. Of late, he has taken to drinking and tends to neglect his farming chores. His careless attitude makes Old Major, the Berkshire boar, incite the animals to rise up against Jones. The boar calls for a meeting to explain his dream for the farm animals. Although Old Major does not narrate the dream, he does explain the ill treatment given to them by man and the dreary and deplorable life they are leading on the farm. He also inspires the animals with his song 'Beasts of England.'

The inspired animals seize their very first opportunity to oust Mr. Jones and rename the farm as "Animal Farm". They inscribe their laws, seven commandments, on the barn-wall. Napoleon and Snowball vie with each other for leadership. Although the two boars do not see eye to eye, they come together to banish their common enemy, Jones and his men, in The Battle of Cowshed.

After the battle, the rivalry between the two contenders comes out in the open. Snowball's plan of building the windmill is declared as 'nonsense' by Napoleon. He also chases Snowball off of the farm with the help of his fire dogs. He then puts forth the windmill project as his own.

The pigs from the ruling class are non-productive and live off the labor of the other animals. They change the commandments to suit their own desires. Squealer, Napoleon's henchman, tells the other animals that the rules must be changed to prevent Jones from returning to control the farm. They are terrorized into confessing whatever the authorities want and say that they have been scheming with Snowball as his agents. Napoleon's reign of terror is severe and takes a toll of several animals. He snatches every chance to further his own personality. He even negotiates 'trade' with his human neighbors after setting them against each other.

Frederick, a neighboring farmer, launches an attack, called the Battle of Windmill, against the animals. During the fighting, the Windmill is blown off. Reconstruction of the Windmill brings about prosperity, but not for all the animals; the pigs are the only beneficiaries. Ironically, the pigs now resemble the humans that they hated. They carry whips and walk upright on their hind legs. The only rule that now exists is, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." The novel ends with Napoleon entertaining his human neighbors, and it is impossible to distinguish the pigs from the men.