Untold Untruths
Mike Wozowski is gobsmacked for good reason.
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Saturday, October 22
Euphoria!
I... am so... gloriously happy that I might not sleep well tonight. I popped by the Cosmotots forum to read what else the kids there had to say about my essay, and one of them completely blew me away. The kid must be a genius or something. He not only saw the one thing that nobody else saw in my essay (i.e. the "people have always judged a book by its cover" thing), but he also managed to identify every single theme and furthermore put them into words better than I could have done.
JunYit's answer to the Topcat's question
I like her language because she is able to use advanced words like malevolent and xenoism. She is also able to describe things in her essay without being long winded. For example 'We're told that it was sudden and unexpected. They came in flashes of blinding white light that sparked, blazed, and flickered dangerously until they were all here - hundreds of them,' and 'They are lovely, delicate beings, tall and slender, more picturesque than anything ever conceived by imagination, and they have no inkling what clothing is. I think all they have ever worn, and ever will wear, is their dazzling silver glaze.'
I think that in writing this essay, the author has an underlying message to deliver, and that is that for every good thing that happens, there is always a bad side. I think it also says that from the dawn of mankind, like in the book "The Phantom of the Opera", people have always judged a book by its cover, and this still continues in the future. In this case the workers of the homes do not realise that this interspecies child is smart but because she look hideous, she is rejected.
What I love best... is that the fellow said "She is also able to describe things in her essay without being long winded." Ahh... Even if I don't win the competition I'm already happy beyond words :) My work has not gone without scrutiny, my efforts without recognition! What worth is winning a competition when you suddenly realise what some people see in your story?
It means I have achieved the first step toward my dreams of writing! My story is - an essay!
I told the guy that I'm going to sleep with a big smile tonight. Chin Jin Han can keep his stuffy first place, and that... (can't recall name) girl her iPod. I am a winner in those kids' eyes - Sir's too - and that means all the world to me. It's like I'm holding the whole world in my hands again.
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JunYit's answer to the Topcat's question
I like her language because she is able to use advanced words like malevolent and xenoism. She is also able to describe things in her essay without being long winded. For example 'We're told that it was sudden and unexpected. They came in flashes of blinding white light that sparked, blazed, and flickered dangerously until they were all here - hundreds of them,' and 'They are lovely, delicate beings, tall and slender, more picturesque than anything ever conceived by imagination, and they have no inkling what clothing is. I think all they have ever worn, and ever will wear, is their dazzling silver glaze.'
I think that in writing this essay, the author has an underlying message to deliver, and that is that for every good thing that happens, there is always a bad side. I think it also says that from the dawn of mankind, like in the book "The Phantom of the Opera", people have always judged a book by its cover, and this still continues in the future. In this case the workers of the homes do not realise that this interspecies child is smart but because she look hideous, she is rejected.
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What I love best... is that the fellow said "She is also able to describe things in her essay without being long winded." Ahh... Even if I don't win the competition I'm already happy beyond words :) My work has not gone without scrutiny, my efforts without recognition! What worth is winning a competition when you suddenly realise what some people see in your story?
It means I have achieved the first step toward my dreams of writing! My story is - an essay!
I told the guy that I'm going to sleep with a big smile tonight. Chin Jin Han can keep his stuffy first place, and that... (can't recall name) girl her iPod. I am a winner in those kids' eyes - Sir's too - and that means all the world to me. It's like I'm holding the whole world in my hands again.