What makes life significant for you???

Life is a funny thing. It has it ups and downs, lefts and rights. Many people have wondered what the meaning of life is. I both know, and don't know what it is. I believe that the whole point of life is to wait for Friday. Uncounted minds must disagree with mine, but if that is so, i do not care. With that in mind i think that also the meaning of life is to make more life and to help the next generation survive. Not load all of these problem like the oil spill, onto our generation to either fix it or shed it onto the next generation.

The Little Prince

A French pilot has just crashed in the Sahara desert and is stranded. With water for only a few days, will he be able to survive long enough to fix his engine or will a little stranger distract him so he dies? That little stranger is the Little Prince who could actually teach the pilot about life and how grownups think too straightforward. In this epic tale the prince recalls his amazingly awesome journey and the pilot learns some things about life that he never even thought about. Many important things in life are very hard to find.

In a picture like this most adults see a hat, but it is really a boa constrictor that swallowed an elephant. Most adults almost never see things like this picture the correct way, as read in the little prince. “Anything that is essential is invisible to the eye.” This quote is said by the fox that the Little Prince meets on earth. The Pilot drew that picture when he was three and was discouraged from drawing, and encouraged to study arithmetic and geography.

While looking at the different aspects of the pilot's life we should look at the different characters in the book. The Pilot is one of the many characters found in The Little Prince. The pilot has a very interesting personality. He does not like how grown-ups think so straightforward. The Little Prince is a little timid of grown-ups but I think after being with the pilot he learns that not all grown-ups are like that.

Friendships are very important in life. The first relationship encountered in this book is the love between the Little Prince and the Flower. The little prince encounters the flower when she first blooms. The emotional ties between the Flower and the Prince are created because of how beautiful the Flower is to the Prince and how vain she has to be. The fox in the first encounter for the Little Prince on earth. The Little Prince tamed the fox and that is the first friendship. The fox was a little closer the Prince than the prince to the fox.

Friendships are important and sometime hard to find. In order to find the perfect friend you need sometimes months of searching because true friends don’t betray you and will always stand by your side. The Little Prince meets with many different personalities. These range from grown-ups to plants. The Little Prince met the king, the vain man, the drunkard, the business man, the lamplighter, the geographer, the snake, the desert flower, the blossoming rose garden, the fox, and finally, the pilot. Out of all the grown-ups he met, the only one with a good imagination was the pilot.

A Smile Upon His Face

What would you do if you were granted three wishes? In the Short Story “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken, a man, Mr. Peters is granted three wishes. Mr. Peters is a wise man, he chose to only use two wishes when he could have used three. Even if you get three wishes they may leave you worse off than when you started.
“The Third Wish” is a Romantic Story. The mild conflict that starts us off is When Mr. Peters realizes how lonely he is, and after rescuing the king of the forest he uses his first wish up just like that. After wishing for a wife he ends up getting “the most beautiful creature he had ever seen” named Leita. Not long after bringing her home and marrying her he sees that Leita is not happy. The mild conflict continues when Mr. Peters finds out that Leita is a swan and cannot stand to be away from her sister, who is also a swan. One night he finally uses up his second wish to turn her into a swan. The new beginning is when Mr. Peters is introduced to a life of more loneliness and eventually dies happy, with “a smile upon his face.”
While every story has a mode, a story without characters is no story at all. The main character is Mr. Peters. Mr. Peters is getting to the older ages. Frail, kind and composed, Mr. Peters cannot leave a creature struggling in a thorn bush. Leita is a human turned swan. As Mr. Peters’ wife she can’t stand to be away from her sister but, couldn’t leave Mr. Peters. The king of the forest is a small man with a malicious personality and green garments. As the king he is very haughty and powerful.
As every story needs characters, without symbols the point is none. Some symbols in “The Third Wish” are, the leafs, which symbolize the three wishes that Mr. Peters is granted. The Time of spring show the beauty of nature and weather. The feather that Mr. Peters dies with is showing his love for Leita and his acceptance of nature. The story contains many realistic and unrealistic things. Some Unrealistic things are, the king of the forest and his magic. The three wishes are untrue but as in all fairytales no one has used their three wishes wisely. The realistic aspects of the story are, Mr. Peters driving his car in the beginning and, when Mr. Peters dies he dies happy. Mr. Peters also doesn’t have a wife and dies that way.
All stories have symbols and realistic or unrealistic aspects. As you can see the story is touching and I couldn’t put it down. Most fantasy tales have kings and queens and castles, but this one doesn’t and maybe that is what I like the most about this story.

Anything Your Heart Desires

A man walks past you on the sidewalk and you see a solid gold coin like object hanging on a chain around his neck. A few minutes later you see another person, this time a woman with the small “coin”. Within a day everyone you walk past are wearing the small “coins”, you see them hanging in the windows of jewelry stores. A week later you hear vendors shouting “Moons, moons, get your moons.” Puzzled by this you ask a vendor what he means “Get your moons.” He says that you can buy a moon and another on will replace it. That is what happens in the story Many Moons by James Thurber.
James Thurber is a very good writer, and he wrote this story in the comedic mode. This story is a comedy because the princess is sick in the beginning which is normal. Soon the princess wants the moon, but if she didn’t get the moon she wouldn’t get better. The fact that the princess wants the moon is the conflict and once the king realizes that everybody thinks the moon is too far away the king sees that you can’t get the moon. When the court jester comes along and explains that the moon is whatever princess Lenore thinks it is. Also the next night the moon would shine on and the king knew that. Again the court jester is the smartest and asks the princess why the moon is in the air, and she replies that the moon grows back every time somebody takes it. Thus the normalcy is regained and the whole palace is relieved.
While the mode of the story is very important, every story needs characters. The most important and the smartest is the court jester. The court jester comes through when all of the kings consulters fail to save the princess or to protect her. Of all the people in this story, the court jester is the smartest. The next character is the king. The king will do anything to keep Lenore alive. The royal mathematician is the person who figures out crazy things that are impossible. The lord high chamberlain is the person that gets things that don’t exist. And the royal wizard is the wizard who can do anything that doesn’t involve bringing the moon to Princess Lenore.
While all stories have characters, you need to have symbols for a story to work. The first symbol is the moon. The moon symbolizes the love the king has for Lenore and the beauty of nature. The lute that the court jester has symbolizes the beauty of manmade things. Also the lute symbolizes the music of the people from medieval times and the skill of craftsmen. The moon also symbolizes the varied knowledge of the people. The necklace is a symbol wealth power and beauty.
As you can see there are many things that make up a story. If you get the individual things it is nothing but if you combine them you get a beautiful story. Filled with surprises and awesome endings stories can be thrilling. If you can read you should.

"The Circuit"

In "The Circuit" a small Mexican boy named Panchito struggles against the poverty of his family. As he slowly becomes older he has to work in the fields with his father and brother. When Panchito is 12 years old, his family moves once again and he starts working in a vineyard. his life was hard; he's earned some happiness.

Panchito's life has been all Hard work. To top it off he has to move from his home continuously. Moving to different places is hard on everyone, but imagine moving once or twice a year. Living in a different place every year can cause disappointment because you might feel like you just fit in but then you just have to move and fit in to a different place.

While moving around, there are some symbols in the story that tells about Panchito's life. A very familiar symbol are the boxes. Whenever his family is going to move they pack everything they own into boxes. While going to school, Panchito's lunch time is filled with learning English. Finally one day Panchito's teacher takes him down to the music room. The teacher asks him "Do you like music?" "Yes" Panchito replies "I like corridos" His teacher offers to teach Panchito how to play the trumpet. Panchito couldn't have been happier, and the trumpet symbolizes his new joy. As he disembarks the bus, his siblings excitedly scream and as he walks through the door he see everything they own pack in boxes.

Because of the moving Panchito's education has been spotty at best. He is feeling very guilty because he gets to go to school but his brother doesn't. The incident with the trumpet, explained in the last paragraph disappoints Panchito because he just became happy but then he had to move right away. learning english is hard and if you don't get it right then you can become depressed.

Between learning English at school and working in the fields at home Panchito's life has been very hard. This story appears to be written in the ironic mode because it teaches us that our lives are not so bad when we see Panchito's life is too much.

The Magical World of Mary Poppins

In this fairytale world of London, chimney sweeps dance on the rooftops and Mary Poppins flies through the air with her umbrella. Uncle Albert floats in his house as he giggles with glee. Fantasy creates joy in our hearts.

Romance, what is thee? Romance is a fantasy world filled with birds chirping and humans laughing. Mary Poppins is a romantic movie because if you look at the key points of romance, it follows them perfectly. In the beginning the original nanny quits to create a new beginning. In the movie some mild conflict occurs, for example Mrs Banks is too wrapped up with politics to spend time with the kids. In the end Mr and Mrs Banks realize that family is irreplaceable and more important then the bank or the right to vote for women. Because they realize this, the story concludes with a happy ending.

Happy endings conclude all romantic novels and movies but all stories need characters. a movie without characters wouldn't be a movie, it would just be scenes played out for the camera. Characters play important roles in movies and novels so you are going to find out some of the characters in Mary Poppins. The main characters are Micheal, Jane, and Mary Poppins herself. Mr. Banks is the father of Jane and Micheal. Mr Banks is the head of the Bank of London. Mrs banks is the wife to Mr Banks and Mrs Banks is trying to get women the right to vote and give them more power. Bert is the local multitasker, and seasoned when it comes to experiences with Mary Poppins.

While looking at the characters in Mary Poppins don't forget the many symbols scattered throughout the movie. There are symbols, such as Mary Poppins carpet bag which symbolizes the magic of Mary Poppins. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a word used a bit in this movie. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious symbolizes that if you don't know what to say if you say that you will feel better. Near the end when Mr. Banks get fired from the bank, the directors have one of themselves to take away the flower from Mr. Banks coat and punch a hole in his top hat. Those symbols symbolize wealth and power.

While wealth and power was thought to be important in those days the real important thing is family. Family supports you when you get bad luck and they aid you in your needs. The real beauty in Mary Poppins is love, of which is plenty, from the Banks family, to Bert and Mary. (Sigh), love is in the air.