▼ △ B R I ▼ △: October 2015

Talk - Kodaline

0Comments

, by Brigid

Stranger's Reunion with Kiwi

0Comments

, by Brigid

In school work, writing

Critical Response to Harper's Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird

Meh. Here's my Critical Response for ESL407 again.

I'm actually just posting all these things. . . cause I feel like my space is too dead and I don't know what else to post. HALPHHHHHHH!

Only received a B for this ): I know. . . my writing is super crappy.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird centers mainly around Atticus Finch, and single parent who is a lawyer and his 2 children, Jem and Scout. Throughout the novel, we see how effective Atticus’ parenting style is as it is evident how grown up and mature his children have become by the end of the novel. One of the key ideas portrayed in the book is about not being quick to pass judgement and discriminate against anybody. In Chapter 10, when Atticus is teaching Jem how to shoot, he tells him, “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Mockingbirds are pure songbirds and in the book, they are seen as motifs of innocence, which Lee has done an excellent job in exemplifying throughout the book. There is a character, Boo Radley, who has not been seen by the townspeople in over 15 years as he has been hiding in the privacy of his own home, away from the eyes of the public, however, he is constantly the target of vicious rumours as everyone still sees him as a horrible monster and blames every mishap on him, all because when he was younger, he mixed with the wrong crowd and disturbed the peace of the night. Another character likened to the mockingbird is Tom Robinson, a Negro whom Atticus is defending as he has been falsely accused of raping a white girl when the real culprit is actually Bob Ewell, a white man. Everyone is quick to condemn Tom due to his skin colour and their narrow-mindedness and discrimination against the blacks, which was common in that era. In their town, there is severe injustice in the law and “when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins.” Harper Lee has done an exemplary job in linking these 2 characters to the motif and has also succeeded in convincing the reader, i.e. me, to stop judging people too prematurely and take a step back and try to see things from a different perspective and not let what other people say cloud my judgement or decision.

0Comments

, by Brigid

Slow Down, September

So, September was a pretty good month. I started and managed to settle down properly in uni. I made a few proper friends and we have the exact same classes everyday. We're stuck with each other 'til the sem ends, hehehehe.

School is pretty manageable I guess. It's hard to believe that a month has zoomed by so quickly. Sometimes I wish time would pass by slower or stop, but other times I want it to pass by as fast as insanely possible.

Photo spam ahead ~

Randomly bumped into HS on my 2nd day of school at the linkway between SIM and NP. Always feels good to see a friendly, familiar face <3

Hatter Street with Carina. They actually gave the wrong flavour ): It was supposed to be Gula Melaka instead of vanilla.

Fav pastime of trying on clothes that I know I'm not going to buy - at H&M.

Chompz and Little Wimbly Lu with Dahlia and Viv. It's actually the first time in 5 years that I've seen and met up with D. The last time I saw her was probably in Sec 4? It's quite sad how much I've drifted apart from people I used to be close to in Secondary School.

5 hour breaks mean. . . more time to cafe hop! Ironically, this is probably the only time we cafe hopped though. Consequently, we started using the break to do our project work and study.

TGIF means. . . time for Tantric! Okay, initially we were supposed to head to 5 Emerald Hill but it was insanely crowded and. . .I didn't want to go to Switch because they constantly sing Mandarin music and it gets pretty irritating after awhile.

OG dinner at Plaza Sing's Swensens! Some of us headed to MINDS cafe after that to work our brains, lol.

During one of the 5 hours breaks, we headed to SP for lunch and I ordered a milo dinosaur. When I received it. . . I just laughed at the ridiculousness of it. More like milo sparrow?? It was smaller than the size of my hand.