Folk Wisdom

‘Biar orang buat kita, jangan kita buat orang.’ This wisdom was said by my late grandmother. She always repeats this wisdom when I shared my problem with her. Now, after my grandmother passed away it is my mom turn using this wisdom. In my opinion, this wisdom is useful in our daily life. Since we were born, parents had taught their children to respect and well mannered toward others. If we have any problem with others just simply forgive their mistakes. We are not supposed to revenge others with their mistakes because in the future we will get back with what we have done. In conclusion, this wisdom is useful in life especially for teenagers nowadays that lost their manners to old people. 

Corruption

Corruption can be defined in many ways. One of the definitions is disobeying the rules such as enrich self with abuse the power especially in politics. Nowadays, corruption seems like at everywhere but can you imagine world without corruption? In my opinion, when a world with no corruption, the media will no have an interesting issue to share through electronic or printed media. Usually, in printed media news about corruption especially among politician will catch reader’s attention. It will increase their selling but when there is no corruption it will effect their selling a bit negative. Other than that, when world without corruption, everything under the law will run fairly and equitable and all cases will settle legally. In conclusion, world with no corruption can bring the positives and negatives effects. 

Internet Addiction

The addiction of computer usage among teenagers is very critical nowadays. They choose to spend their time most in front of computer. There are a few ways to overcome this problem before it become more serious among the teenagers. Firstly, the guardian should set the limit usage of the internet. In Malaysia, almost all the communication company provides the services of internet package such as broadband. If the family choose broadband as their internet connection they should take the lowest package to make their children future bright. With the lowest package, they will provide with the lowest price and the limit usage. So, when they reach the limit usage automatically the connection become slowly and this thing can make their children’s desire to online be low. Next, develop other productive and healthy activities among family members. The leader of the family should find any interactive activity that can attract their child’s attention. They need to find out some activities that does not involve in internet connection such as any outdoor club to fulfill their free time. 

Teenage Rebellion.

Teenage rebellion happened when the desire to try something new among the teenagers are higher. They love to try something that anybody else does not do before and they will create something new that can attract others attention. Other than that, teenagers also life in their own culture and own environment among themselves. Usually, with this situation teenagers are easy to get in the friend’s influence. Teenage rebellion can give the big impact towards the teenagers own self, family and the society. This thing can be avoid if the family members can play their role well in advising them to change their mind set. In addition, teenagers also need to realize that rebellion just bring more negatives effect rather than positives.

The Adventures of TinTin (film)

The Adventures of Tintin film is based on a series of comic book created by Belgian artist Herge. This series on comic book had been produced to a film that directed by Steven Spielberg in 2011. 

This story is about a man who named Tintin had bought a model ship, the Unicorn. He bought it at a market stall without he knowing that the model ship is initially puzzled. This thing make the sinister Mr. Sakharine so eager to buy it from Tintin. Sakharine had planed to resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin and his dog Snowy and sail them to Morocco. Unfortunately, Tintin and his dog can escaped from them. The Unicorn is a model ship which consists of three separate scrolls that Sakharine really want.

In conclusion, this movie is suitable for the whole family. It was a grand animated adventure the whole family can enjoy. In this movie, we can see the communication exist between Tintin and his dog Snowy especially when they succeed to escaped from Sakharine. 

The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters is a movie that directed by Denzel Washington in 2007. This story is based on a article about Willey College debate team by Tony Scherman for the 1997 spring issue of American Legacy. 

This story is begin with Melvin B. Tolson who a teacher at the Willey College that had inspired his students to join the debate team. In this story, it shows about the history about the conflict between black people and white people in America. The climax of this story is when Willey College is able to debate with Harvard University.

In my point of view, this story really gives knowledge to audience especially in debate’s skill. From that story it shown how they build a team from people who did not have a skill in debate can conquer and know the skill of debate well. Then, in this story we can see all the members in the debate team have morale high. When they want to compete with Harvard University, at first their coach Melvin B. Tolson did not follow them to Harvard and make all the members down. But with the high spirit they manage to win the competition.

In conclusion, this story is suitable especially for those who involve in debate. In Critical Literacy subject in help in mock debate for Jack the Ripper cases and for Viva presentation.

Jack The Ripper suspect - Carl Feigenbaum

Based on the casebook of Jack The Ripper, Carl Feigenbaum was arrested in 1894 in New York City for cutting the throat of Mrs. Juliana Hoffman. This case make Carl Feigenbaum listed in one of the suspects of Jack the Ripper cases. 

I'm as the defender to Carl Feigenbaum believe that Carl Feigenbaum is not Jack The Ripper. He had no proof that he is Jack the Ripper. It is because within the time of the cases, Carl Feigenbaum was not at the Whitechapel. The cases of the Jack the Ripper between 1888 to 1891. At that time, Carl Feigenbaum had travelled around the US and Europe to find a job. 

Next, during the moment of the killer, there was a witness. When Carl Feigenbaum had killed Mrs. Hoffman, victim's son had seen the cases. Carl had killed Hoffman in front of Hoffman son without sympathy. So, from the statement it shown that Carl Feigenbaum not Jack The Ripper because in Jack The Ripper cases there was no witness that seen the cases. In Carl cases there was a witness.

Then, the way Carl Feigenbaum killed Hoffman are totally different from Jack The Ripper. Carl killed Hoffman with cutting her throat while Jack the Ripper killed the victims with cutting throat and mutilate their body. Based on the evidence for Jack the Ripper cases it can assume that the murderer was a doctor. It is because the killer knows all the part of organs inside the body. From the statement from Carl's Lawyer, Carl is a seaman so he did not know any part of organs inside human body. 

In the nutshells and based on the evidence above it proof that Carl Feigenbaum is not Jack The Ripper.

Men and Women are Merely Players - Robert Greene

'Men and Women are Merely Players' by Robert Greene is an excerpt from the book, 'The 48 Laws of Power'. Robert Greene is an American author was born on 14 May 1959 in Los Angeles, California. He is from a Jewish Family. He graduated from University of Winconsin-Madison with a B.A in classical studies. He started his career as an editor and writer for several magazines and as Hollywood movie writer. In 1998, he managed to published his first book, 'The 48 Laws of Power' that immediately successful and selling more than 1 million copies in the US.

This article is about human characters that has different roles to perform in daily life. The article also tells about the exposition as human being is merely players. The excerpt informed that every human bring role through social ideals. But if human play the role too strictly, they will manipulate by people who are not so foolish.

This world is a place where human are necessary to being democratic, fair and well mannered. However, every human was not courage to play the role too strictly because it can be manipulated by others. Some might think that they are in comfortable stage of refinement but the fact is they at underneath that full of envy, lust and dark emotions. Then, in order to attain the heights of power, people can master on arts of indirection, learning to seduce, charm, deceive and subtly out maneuver opponents and can make others bend to it will.

Next, people who claim not to involve can be classified as naivete that can bring to effectiveness of deceit and even genuine naivete cannot hidden from snares. In addition, genuine people might be playing for power and often horribly effective on something since those people does not hindered by reflection.

Film Review - The Pianist

The pianist is a war film that directed by Roman Polanski in 2002.First impression from me about this movie is quite bored. It is because, in the beginning of the story I can not understand what they were trying to tell about. This thing happened because of the sound system that a bit poor. It is not taken a long time because at the middle of this film I managed to understand this film was about.

This film is about a famous Polish Jewish pianist named Wladyslaw Spilzman. In the beginning of the story, the residents in Warsaw felt rejoiced and hope the war will ended quickly after Britain and France had declared war in Nazi Germany. Their expectation was wrong. Everything became worst when Nazi were entered their place. Starting from that moment, people in Warsaw were living in hunger, scared and humiliation. They also live in facing a death, starving and being tortured.  In to survive their live, they were allowed to have limited money per family. Then, they need to wear armbands to identify themselves. Every people in Warsaw need to follow all the rules that Nazi had stated. In the one scene, the Nazi were come to one apartment and go to the top floor. The Nazi order the family to stand. They just followed but the elderly man in the family was unable to stand from his wheelchair.  So, the Nazi were thrown the old man with his wheelchair through the balcony and the rest of the family was shoot along the street.

With his spirit to safe his life from the Nazi, Spilzman was succeed running from a labour camp. He keeps hiding from the Nazi and find food with his own to survive his life. At the end, he managed to safe his life and bears up till Jewish can back their freedom from cruel Nazi. He back to his normal life and played a piano again.

In conclusion, this film is suitable to watch for all people in the world especially for those who stayed in a peace country. It is because it can teach them to be grateful in living in the country that does not face with a war. It also can teach them to more take a good care of their own country and learn to be an independent person especially in finding money. 

Thank you.

2. All The Cool Kids Are Quitting Facebook

'All The Cool Kids Are Quitting Facebook' is the article who written by Jenna Wortham. Jenna Wortham is a technology reporter from New York Times. Wortham stated that Facebook accounts were highly increased in October 2009 to October 2010. In October 2010 to October 2011, Facebook were grown decreasing only 10 percents not like the previous year that is 56 percents. Why something like this happen to the famous social networking?

As public knows, Facebook is the social networking under Facebook.Inc company. It launched in January 2004. Facebook was created to made people easier to connect with each other. At Facebook, the user needs to create the account first and fill up their personal details. Facebook also allow their users to share photos, videos, comments and status.

But, not all the users share their real details. Some of users might use their fake personal. Other than connect with other people, some users create the Facebook account just to stalk or hack others account. This thing happens when they feel envy and want to ruin other people life. From this problem, it can be the main cause why people dwindling day to day.

In positive ways, Facebook can help people to get close with the person that we might never meet for a long time such as relatives and friends. In business field nowadays, many people use Facebook to promote their business. This can help human in this era can easily shopping.

Despite the positive ways, Facebook also bring the negative sides that can harm people life. From the personal accounts, people can easily fight although it comes from the small issue. It cause from the word jealousy. As we can see today, many couple are fight because Facebook. The wife did not like what husband comments or chatting with other girl, so wife are easily get mad without any evident. Then, it can cause trouble through the fake account. Lots of fake accounts we can find nowadays that make people gullible.

In conclusion, Facebook more bring the negative impacts towards a person. But if someone can use the Facebook in right way and use it wisely it still cannot bring any problem.

1. The Degree of Happiness

‘The Degree of Happiness’ is the article that was written by Betrand Russell.  Betrand Arthur William Russell was born in Trelleck, Wales on 18 May 1872. He was educated from Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He was a British philosopher, mathematician, and Nobel laureate, whose emphasis on logical analysis influenced he course of 20th-century thinking.  His article, ‘The Degree of Happiness’ can be read in his book ‘The Conquest of Happiness’.

                This article was not easy to understand. I need to read it more than twice to made me understand what Russell try to tell in his article. Some of the sentences were using high lexis word that need me to more careful and understood those high lexis words.

                What is happiness? Based on Wikipedia, happiness can be defined as a mental state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. What can I explain here about happiness is one feeling that bring the enjoyment in our life.

                According on Russell’s article, there are two sort of happiness which is open to any human being and to those who can read and write. Russell had stated that when he was a boy, he knew a man bursting with happiness whose business was digging wells. In fact, he could neither read nor write. When in the year 1885 he got a vote for parliament. Since that day, he learnt for the first time that such an institution existed.  His happiness did not depend upon intellectual sources that he does not have. It was not based upon belief in natural law or any of the fad. It was based on physical vigor, a sufficiency of work and the overcoming of not insuperable obstacles.

                In addition, Russell stated that other sort of happiness can be showed between scientist and artist. He said that, scientist is the happiest men in the present day. Many of them are emotionally simple and obtain from their work satisfaction so profound so they can derive pleasure from eating and even marrying while artist consider it necessary to be unhappy in their life.

                In conclusion, this article can help people in reach their happiness. There were various sort of happiness that can use in daily life. Everyone have different level of happiness in their life which happiness cannot simply determine through position, appearance and wealth. 

Introduction.....

What is Critical Literacy?

Critical Literacy is a course in semester 4 in Diploma in English Communication. Critical Literacy describes a particular approach to reading and writing. The reader or writer understands that any texts, be they academic articles, advertisements, and books should not be accepted at face value. Next, critical literacy teach us to remain critically. That is being aware of the purpose which text serve, convey messages, and realising the text purpose. At the end of the learning, students are enable to manage the demands of literacy in critical manners.