Blog Task

"My thoughts on Drama"

1. I would be willing to spend my money watching an excellent play because I would love to have at least an experience watching a real play. I have never watched a play before. This would be helpful for me to get knowledge on how drama is being act. It is also important for my study as I am studying about drama. 

2. I expect a good play would have a beautiful plot and of course a satisfying ending to the viewers. I hope the actors could play their roles properly in the play.

3. I don't feel good to act in a play because I don't know much on how to act. However, I will study more on acting and will try my best if I'm being asked to act in a play someday.  

- Izzah-

MY THOUGHTS ON DRAMA

1)Would I be willing to spend my money watching an excellent play/drama? Why?

2)What do I expect from a good play?

3)Do I feel comfortable to act in a play? Why?

-Yes, because an excellent play or drama will widen my perspectives about the play. All this time, I have never watch play and if someday I will be given a great chance to watch it, I will go. Furthermore, an excellent drama or play has their own uniqueness and creativity. So, I have to watch different genre of drama or play to explore more about it. As I will be learning about dramas and plays in this semester, I need to have passion about it.

-The flow of the story will attract many people to watch it. The director of the play should be as creative as they can because nowadays, they are so many cliché storyline. The people will get bored if they watched the same storyline even though different titles because they need some fresh story to watch. Apart from that, the main characters in the play also play a main role to make the play excellent. They need to act as best as their can to make the audience impressed of their performances. The prop and sets on the stage also will make the play as good as others.

- No, I will not feel comfortable to act in a play because I am not good in acting. Maybe, I have some problems to memorise the script. I think if I act in any of the play, I will make the play miserable and the audience will say that I have destroyed the whole of the play. I don’t want that happen. But, if I have given the chance to act, I will make it as best as I can because I don’t any bad thoughts from the audience.In this semester I will learn some of the drama and for sure, we need to act to feel the experience and I will grab the opportunities to act well.

-Hasfiyah-

~MY THOUGHTS ON DRAMA ~

• 1.       Overwhelmingly yes, this is because I have lack of knowledge about drama or play. So I must add on and gain more knowledge about an excellent drama so I will be more understand about the drama. Besides that, the actor or actress definitely will give their 100% effort to make us entertain by watching their acting. In directly it is benefits for us to watch an excellent drama as we are studying about it.
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• 2.       I have a high expectation from a good play. The most important is I hope the plot or the story line is remarkable and easily to understand. Then, all the actors and actresses surely must have a good skill to make the character live so we as the audience can feel the aura that the actor trying to deliver. Moreover, the costumes play a big role to make the drama successfully done.
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• 3.       I do feel uncomfortable to act in play. This is not because I don’t have any courage to take the challenge it is because I don’t have an experience how to act. If I was given a chance to act in drama I will put an effort and give 100% commitment to give my best. In directly if we act in drama we also can learn how to produce a good drama and can have better understand about the drama.

*AFIQAH*

MY THOUGHTS ON DRAMA

1. I will definitely say yes. For some people, they might think that spending their money on drama/play is a waste, but actually it isn't. As long as the drama is excellent and good, it is really worth. Excellent play gives a wonderful satisfaction. When people spend their money on any play or drama, they will expect to see a drama which can give them a satisfaction on it. I want to feel that satisfaction. Besides, an excellent drama can entertain myself and release my stress. Other than that, I can learn something new from a drama.

2. I am a person which love comedy and also action. Fantasy is great too. Different play, different expectation. If people said that there is a drama which is very excellent, means that I will have a very high expectation on it. I expect not to see any mistakes although if it is just minor mistake in a drama. Forget the scripts, bad plot and others are the mistakes that I hope I won't see on any play. I really hope that the actors and actresses are excellent and act with a very high level confident so that people will enjoy their performance. Not just that, the plot also must be interesting. I hope that the plot can give an impact not just to me, but also to the other audience. Finally, I hope to see a little bit of humor elements in a play. 

3. I don't think so that I will comfortable to act in a play. This is because whenever it comes to drama practice, I can memorize the script really well, but when it comes to perform in front of people, I will easily forget the script because I'm quite afraid to act or to perform in front of the crowd. Acting needs 100% confident level, 100% commitment and also 100% feel. I don't think so that I can give that much to act but if I got a chance to act, I hope that I can do well.

^Fatin Syazana^

An Overview of The Course

From this course, we have learnt that literature is a wonderful masterpiece. We discovered that literature is something meaningful because it consists of literal and figurative meaning. Without literature, we might not have any knowledge on our poet and author, classic words and languages, and people's culture and beliefs in the ancient time. Through short stories, we realized that many culture in the world are connected to the art of literature. Before this, we think that literature is mostly about love only. However, after guided by our lecturer, Mr. Camillus Ong, we are very interested to learn literature deeply. Apart from that, we managed to develop our talents in creating and reciting poem, act based on the short stories and drawing. Our lecturer always encourage us to write our analysis of poems and short stories in blog hence, it develop our interest in blogging. We used various techniques of learning literature. Moreover, the uses of technology is very necessary to enhance students' interest, because it can help us to exchange ideas and share information with other students. Technology is very important for us to search for learning materials that is needed for this course. In addition to that, opinions on literature are never right or wrong. We can write anything but if only there is a reason for it. Finally, literature is my faithful teacher. 

Suicide Note

1. Why do people commit suicide?


People commit suicide because of depression. They fell tired to face challenges in life hence, they want to take their own life. They also think negatively about themselves that a thought come into their mind like, "everyone would all be better off without me". Besides that, people commit suicide because they are getting tired of people impression towards them. People judge every single thing about them hence, they think they are the worst and useless among all. Commit suicide also happens because of life events. In a society, people tend to neglect someone that belong to a low class and less socialize with others. Apart from that, family environment can caused suicide. For example, if a parent is divorced, children will feel too sad. They feel stressed that they might lost attention and love from their parents. They also worried that their other colleagues will mock them on this issue. 




2. What is Mirikitani's agenda in writing this poem.


Her agenda in writing this poem is to tell us about her own life. This poem related to her childhood experiences. After her parents divorced, and Mirikitani at age 5 was confronted with solitude and poverty in a single parent household. The more crucial trauma was caused by her mother's remarriage and their new country life in Petaluma, California. She was a victim of sexual abuse by her stepfather from five to sixteen years old and, she was save from suicide only by the love and care of her grandmother. She also wants us to see what induces and individual to take her own life. The poem describes the line of thinking of a despaired college girl, who relentlessly thinks that she is not good enough. The poem is presented by the author in the form of suicide not written by a poor girl to her parents. This was a heartbreaking incident that should have never happened in the first place. 


3. As teachers, what is our role in ensuring that students do not take their own life.


As teachers, we should ask students directly if they have the thought to commit suicide. We must show concern towards them so they feel useful, loved, and appreciated. We should listen to their problems. Apart from that, we can share them stories on the past case of suicide hence, they know how terrible does it feel to commit suicide. Teachers also have to reassure them that there is help and they will not feel awful forever. Do not leave students alone when they are having problems but, provide them with constant supervision and give them advices. Teachers need to take suicide as a serious matter if any student has ever mention to kill themselves. Teachers can suggest parents to bring their kids to  a relaxing place or therapy to ease their mind.    

Compare and Contrast Three Beserah Fishermen and The Chimney Sweeper

SIMILARITIES

Theme

- About life

- Hardships in life

- Hopes to survive in life

Literary devices

Both have: 

- alliteration 

- symbolization

- metaphor

DIFFERENCES

Setting

- Three Beserah Fishermen is about local lifestyle while The Chimney Sweeper is about western lifestyle.

- The situation in Three Beserah Fishermen is still happen now while the situation in The Chimney Sweeper occurred awhile ago.

- There is no people working in chimney in our country while western people work in chimney as a source of living.

FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL

First Day In School

First day I go,

Realizes that things reluctant to do,

Momma begging me to go,

To the weirdest place I ever saw.

I stare, they stare,

Strangers people everywhere,

Now I here,

Alone.....

Sitting with people I aware.

~Nur Syafawani~

Poem~Outside Looking In

Outside Looking In

You dont know my name,

you dont know anything about me,

I tried to play nice,

I want to be in your game.

The things that you say,

You may think I never hear about them,

But word travels fast,

I am telling you to your face,

I am standing here behind your back.

You do not how it feels to be outside the crowd

And you do not how it feels to be your own best friend

On the outside looking in.

If you could read my mind,

You might see more of me than meets the eyes,

And you have been all wrong,

Not who you think I am,

You have never given me a chance,

You do not know what it is like to be left out.

I am tired of staying at hostel,

I am bored and all alone,

I am sick of wasting all my time.

    ~people cry not because they're weak.

       It's because they have been strong for too long~

     

*Hasfiyah Assan*

My First Wonder

School?

What it is mean?

Is it a playground? 

Everything is my first wonder.

School uniform, white and dark blue outfit,

Suited with a pair of clear white shoes,

Completed with a colorful school bag,

My first wonder,

Entering a place that filled with high buildings,

Chaotic students,

Run here and there with excitements,

Handsome and gorgeous teachers,

Wearing attracting attires,

Patiently teaching and handling the children,

My first wonder,

Entering a huge class that I ever entered,

I see new faces that I never meet,

They are also in the same situation like mine, I thought,

Different feelings are showed in the class,

Happy, sad, scared, crying,

Everything is revealed,

Sitting next to strangers,

A person besides me greeted me,

Then, we slowly become friends,

My first wonder,

A woman walked in into my class,

Greeted all the students with her gorgeous smile,

Carrying her books in her arms,

Suddenly informing us like an alarm,

That she is the class teacher.

My first wonder,

Parents waited for their children,

Watching their attitude in class,

I searched for my mother,

Unfortunately, she was not there,

I kept searching and searching,

Then, I realized,

She cannot wait for me like others,

Why?

I forgot,

She is a teacher,

A teacher in the same school as mine,

School, uniforms, classmates, teacher,

Everything is my first wonder.

by Fatin Syazana binti Yahya