Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Shabanu Anticipation Guide

• 1. It is possible to experience love at first sight.
I disagree with this statement 100%, even most of the population in the world actually experiences love at first sight,, but I personally think it is pathetic, how can someone look at an other human being and in that instant you fall in love and get married. You don’t get a chance to get to know the person well enough for example their hobbies intrests and many more things.

• 2. Two complete strangers stuck on a deserted island could learn to love one another.
I agree with this statement because gradually they both learn to depend on one an other and more than that they both learn to share. I think though it’s also how they are the only human beings on that island, and both individuals know that they wont be rescued for a while so they do end up in love

• 3. It is a good thing to sacrifice your happiness for the desire of others.
I disagree with this statement because what is the point of life without maybe happiness or laughter, it’s the thing that let’s you enjoy life. Also to do something to make others happy doesn’t mean that you won’t be happy with that decision, but you could end up doing harm to yourself by sacrificing your happiness' for others.


• 4.Women in your society are free citizens.
I agree and disagree with this statement, I agree with this because I've seen many couples that get in too many arguments but they still have this click, like a connection that makes them be together even more. I disagree with this statement because many Cypriot men treat their wives like they are nothing and I don’t know the reason but they don’t answer back or divorce them.

The Outsiders

For once in my life I actually enjoyed the book comparison to the movie, when I first watched the movie just when we started to read the book, I found it to be quite good, it was a bit long but I enjoyed it. After a few days when we got deeper into the story I was changing perspectives, whilst reading it, it was like reading a completely different book comparison to the movie. The book revealed lots more than the movie, I could understand the characters so much more,and I also favored the book more because it was first-person view, so it was easier to understand, its like S.E Hinton was bringing these characters to life. I enjoyed the book much more than the film for many reasons, but one thing that does make me quite furious in all scenarios is when the author describes and makes up a character, and then the director of the film makes him/her completely the opposite, for example:
The character Johnny in the Outsiders book was very interesting, S.E Hinton characterized him as a normal teenager, that likes to hang out more with his pals (the gang) than his parents, he could be very courageous and brave most of the times and he shows it very well, for instance when Johnny was with Ponyboy at the park just walking around the block and the Socs came he acted so tough by taking a cigarette out of his pocket, and pulling his sleeves up. In the film its like his a different character. One other thing that really annoyed me was Sodapop’s part in the film, by that I mean, he was so important to Ponyboy, and obviously Ponyboy was the protagonist, so he Should have played a very big and important role in the movie, but he doesn’t, he briefly plays a role in the movie. There were many small and big things that disappointed me, but mostly it was the movie.