entry 1- Nguyễn Thị Tuyển

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Thứ 7 ngày 15/09/2012

Entry 1:- Nguyễn Thị Tuyển

v     Item 1: poem

                                           A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

Author: William Blake

Source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-poison-tree/

Rhetorical devices:

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           Rhyme: fears-tears; smiles-wiles; night-bright; shine-mine; stole-pole; see-tree

-         Parallelism : poison tree, an apple( wrath, angry), foe(friend), tears(fears), smiles( wiles)

-         Paradox: I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
                     I told it not, my wrath did grow.

-         Repetition: I was angry with my friend

                                  I was angry with my foe

Message: keeping silent with the wrath will kill all relationships

v Item 2: Cartoon

                  Person wearing a snail shell as a hat

Source:  http://chrismaddencartoons.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/person-wearing-a-snail-shell-as-a-hat/

Rhetorical devices:

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             Metaphor: snail shell helmet (slow thinking in brain)

-         Metonymy: snail shell(for a snail which has slow thinking or slow movement)

Message: think slowly to consider everything

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v Item 3: story

                                       Two wolves

A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them, "In every
life there is a terrible fight - a fight between two wolves.

One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment,
and deceit.
The other is good: joy, serenity, humility, confidence,
generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion."

A child asked,
"Grandfather, which wolf will win?" The elder looked him in the eye.
"The one you feed."

Source: http://go.webassistant.com/wa/upload/users/u1000057/workspaces/30stories/#wolves

Rhetorical devices:

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               Metaphor:

 Evil wolf (bad character), good wolf (good character), feed wolf (build character), life fight (inside fight in a person)

-         Symbol:

Grandfather as symbol of experienced people

Child: symbol of young shoots

-         Repetition:

There is a terrible fight - a fight between two wolves

-         Climax:

o   Fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment,
and deceit.

o   Joy, serenity, humility, confidence,
generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion.

Lesson: Character which affects success most depends on the way or the process a person builds it