reflection on 'the pearl'

The pearl

The definition of parable is a short story which is told in order to make a moral. ‘The pearl’ can be related relate to real life and contains a moral that can relate to real life, so, in my opinion, it is a parable. The moral that this parable contains is that money cannot make people happy or that money cannot satisfy people. Money would rather make people greedy than make them happy.

The moral that I could learn from this parable is that, as I said before, money would rather make people greedy than make them happy. This moral can relate to real life. For example, if there is something that is profitable, I will not care everything around me but I will care the thing. However, during the process, I always make some troubles, like harming others. After I realize that I am wrong, it is late to turn back. This

The conclusion is that this story is parable, so it contains a variety of lessons which are very essential to our life.

Guess the mood.

What do you do when your girl friend gets angry? What do you try to do? Are they nice to you? Or are you nice to them? Maybe you think you should. Yes, you should be nice to them. If you do not, you will be cursed by others.

Guess the Mood

There was a boy who liked sports. He especially liked soccer. He always played soccer everyday. He always practiced soccer skills everyday. As time passed on, he became a soccer player. Every one admitted that he was very good. However, an accident occurred to the boy. Because of the accident, he could not play soccer forever. He sobbed everyday, because he could not do what he loved. He was envy of those who could play soccer. Though he wanted to play soccer, he could not. This always made him very sad.

CONGRATULATION!! You just win $259,000,000!!

How do you feel?

I feel wonderful! I was just a normal student until yesterday, but from today I live a new life! I want to use this money right now. I do not know what to do with the money I won. Tell me what sould I do with this money!



What's going through your mind?



What is going through my mind is that I do not know what to do with this money.



What will you do with the money?



I will buy everything I like, such as XBOX, and PSP.



Do you think you will change?

Of course. I will be pompous.

Warm up 9/28/09

The one who left an impression on me is my grand dad. He always welcomed me. He was bald and short, but he was very kind and friendly. I liked him very much. I used to travel with him often. It was very joyful. But suddenly, he went to hospital due to a cancer. I cried and cried when I heard that. I visited him twice or three times. But he suddenly died. When I heard that I cried and cried. The last day I saw him was the most memorable day of my life.

clue 5

I think the theme of "About Effie" is not to give up hope. In the text, Effie is always waiting for someone. She always keeps the faith that the one who she is waiting for would come to her. I think the author tried to show readers that theme through Effie. The author might want readers to achieve their hopes.

I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
Lamentation 3:24
In the text, Effie is waiting for someone like this verse.

The one whom Effie is waiting for might be God or Jesus. In the text, it calls the one who Effie is waiting for 'him.' In the Bible, we call God him. Don't you think they are similar? I think they are.

1. Effie calls someone whom she is waiting for 'him.'
As I said in the question 1, it might represent fro God.

2. Effie says that 'He' would find her.
It means 'He' or God can find one who believes in them anywhere.
3. Effie says if there is thunder, he would come.
I think it means God is powerful, because ,as you know, when you hear a word thunder, you would think something strong.

I think they can. Non-Christian authors can reveal truth about God's world. Though they are not Christian, they can describe God's world by using morals and themes. Those are about the Bible.

clue 4

The character I admire is Bill Gates. He is chairman of the Micro Soft. Why I admire him is that he is one of the most successful business man in the world. To succeed he challenged in many fields. Along with the money he has made, he donates his money a lot. If I were him, I would not do that so. That point is what I admire him most.

The clues that setting can reveal about the theme of a short story are, I think, time and characters' action. Through such things, we can guess themes of stories. Characters' actions and dialogues are different in each setting. As you know, all stories do not take place in the same time. For example, some stories take place in modern time, but some do not. Also, the actions of the characters in the stories taking place in modern time are different from the actions of the characters in the stories not taking place in modern time. So each of the stories has different theme.

Authors drop clues about characters by showing readers characters' actions and conversation. Sometimes authors show readers the theme directly. By the authors' actions and conversation, we can guess the theme. How the actions and conversation lead readers to the theme of a story is that readers can guess what the actions and conversation imply.

The strongest setting I have ever encountered in my life is Japan. When I was young, I went to Japan with my family for sightseeing. While I was in Japan, I learned that there were many cultures in the world. I learned many things in Japan. That is why I choose Japan as the strongest setting.