Family love feels like a trickle of water,
sweetly moistening the hearts
like a ray of gentle sunshine,
melting the frozen heart
like a tranquil harbour,
eradicating the fatigue from sailing
like an umbrella,
sheltering us from the heavy rain
like a flash of light in darkness,
bringing us hope
like a shade of tree in hot summer
like a cool and fresh wind in the autumn
like the white and pure snow in winter
like the bright street light, guiding the direction as we lose ourselves
like a seven-colour rainbow, evoking us the feeling of joy
like the vast and immense ocean,accommodationg all our shortcomings
like a refreshing cup of tea
like a mellow wine
like a warm and yummy chicken soup
like a sweet dew, kissing the dry land
Sometimes, family love will also like an awl, puncturing our unrealistic dreams
like a crutch, preventing us from tripping
like a sparkling diamond, which is the most precious gift in the life.
candy^_^
Hi! I am Candy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Having a field trip on sunny day
Where will we go that we don't know,BUt that will be on tomorrow.
I put my snack food on the bag,
just waitting for the sun to rise.
My friends and I get the news,Yeah!
Trip will be on the PNE.
We take the fourteenth bus to there
enjoying the roadside scenery.
Clouds float on the extensive sky,
Cherry bloosoms fly with wind.
We all rush into the front gate,
But which one we should play first.
Of course!that is roller coaster,
we stand in line over three hours.
too high, too scared,too loud scream,
Never will we forget this fun time.
Friday, April 26, 2013
The white dandelion
So much depends upon
A white
dandelion
Dancing with gentle breeze
Beneath the grey clouds
Monday, February 25, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Scrapbook (To kill a mockingbird)
Scout's LIfe |
Someone says if the whole life is like a journey, you sits in the train , enjoying the distinct views out of the window, childhood is like the view of sunrise, rising up from the horizon ,vigorous, pure, warm and full of the hope. Maybe several years later, the things happened in your childhood would be faded from your mind, but you will never ever forgot many fixed feelings of your childhood.
In order to keep these treasured experiences in my life forever, I decided to write my journey:SCOUT’S LIFE
To begin with, let me introduce something about my life. I am Jean Louise Finch, a young girl who has been living in Maycomb Town since I was bored. My brother, Jem, is four years older than me. When he was nearly thirteen years old, he broke his arms, but he never felt shameful for his injure! So optimistic! He is not only my family member, but also a intimate friend although sometimes we quarrel for some trivial things. Like a Siamese twins, we stick with each other every day. I also lived with my father, Atticus, and a lady who cooks for our family , Calpurnia. Atticus is a very straight lawyer. His serious facial emotion, powerful judgment and the eyes which are like a sharped knives awe Jem and me, but I must say he is a responsible father giving us a lot of love that fixed the sorrow from the death of my mother. My mother passed away because of the heart attack, She did not give me my impressive feeling so I did not miss her as much as my brother,Jem. Calpurnia,a strick black woman who received high education. I did not like her very much. Short curved hair, the bell-shaped eyes, and the rigid facial emotion , any stuff that Calpurnia has made me feel sickening.
September1st 2001 Sunny
September is coming! I have a slice of fixed feelings about this special month because this would be the first time for me to walk into the school. Dill, my best friend who spent the whole summer vacation staying with us had gone back to Meridian, but he had said he would come back next summer. Jem and me both missed Dill very much; in Maycomb, we left numerous joy as much as the stars in the sky, Recollect the brief summer; we adventured in Radley Place and played complicated games about Boo Radley. Bear in mind our shared summer; Jem and me anticipated Dill’s return!
Now I start to mention the first day at school. I have imagined many times about my new school. Led by teachers, we would charm into the ocean of the knowledge and awe by the such profound world. All of my classmates would unite like my family member; no racial discriminate would occur due to the colour of the skin, the wealth and the class divided in society. Everyday we would held hands to go to school together, roaming on the tree-lined trails, breathing the fresh air and carefully listening to the sound of the birds.However, there is such a big difference between my imaginary and the reality. Our teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, seemed not like me very much because I can read and write. I promised I never learned from my father ; she did not trust me and even punished me by the way of patting my hands with the ruler.Glistening the tears in my eyes, I felt wronged; whether I should feel guilty because of this ridiculous reason but Jem comforted me that forbidding us to read and write was a new educational way for Miss Caroline.
The event happened between Walter Cunningham enhanced my bad feeling of the Miss Caroline.Walter did not bring his lunch so Miss Caroline offered him a quarter to buy lunch and told him he could pay back next day. Cunningham is a poor group of people; that means Walter could never give the quarter back to Miss Caroline. I explained it to Miss Caroline. She grew so angry that pat me with her ruler and punished me to stand in the corner.
In conclusion, that was not a good beginning of my school life. I hope I could get well along with Miss Caroline.
June 5th 2002 sunny
The rest of the school year passed so slowly. Not only the generation gap between Miss Caroline and me, but also the prejudice Miss Caroline have had since the first time we quarreled because of reading and writing. Fortunately, everything is like the dark clouds passing away; no vexation troubled me any more because Dill comes back to Maycomb and my summer comes again.
We played “Boo Radley”but Atticus caught us and asked us something; Jem lies and we considered whether we continued playing this game.
In these few weeks, Jem and Dill abandoned me; they grow closer and closer. Maybe thar was the estrangement between girls and boys. At first, I was angry, sad and felt lonely,which the emotion I never ever have before. However, My neighbour , Miss Maudie Atkinson who was a widow comforted me a lot. She met my standard of a perfect lady due to her talent for gardening and baking. Today, we had a conversation about Boo Radley. In Maycomb, Most of the rumors about the Boo Radley inclined to describe him as an evil boy; he killed his father and escaped by his mother’s protect, but Miss Maudie said he was a polite and friendly child.
It was the first time I realized that gossip, like a cruel knive, could ruin a child ‘s life. Boo may hurt deeply by these gossip so he was not willing to appear. He underwent which he should not endure. I regretted all of the thing I did to hurt Boo Radley. For showing my apology, Jem and I planned to invite Boo to hang outside and get ice cream. We sticked notes in the window of his house. Catching us, my father misunderstood our behaviour.
In my brother’s and my mind, Boo was a secret, we were looking forward to our meeting.
December 29th Snowy
In the dead of winter, chilly wind, like a sharp knife scratches on my face, the leaves on the trees flies away from the branches. The world looks not as vigorous as before; however, winter represents that Christmas will come soon.
Something not as you’d like to always happen when the happy festival is coming. At school,I nearly fight with my classmate, Cecil Jacobs who said my father had defended for nigger. Atticus did defend for Tim Robinson, a black man who was accused of raping a white woman. My father stopped me from calling the black man ‘Nigger’ and explained to me his responsibility of his job; he should hold up his head in town and represent the Maycomb in the legislature. At that moment, my father’s image was not only like pine and cypress which is strong and serious but also as righteous as a hero. I am so proud of my father! I also gave Atticus a promise that I would not fight for the ugly talk.
The second day, I required Cecil Jacobs to get his words back; he did not, insulting my father again. I was about to hit him, teaching him a lesson but I kept my temper, unclenching my fists. I kept the promise; Atticus was seldom to require me to do something so I must follow his request.
At Christmastime, Uncle Jack came to stay with us and we went to Finch’s landing where Atticus’s sister, Alexandra, and her husband live. Alexandra’s grandson, Francis is not only a boring guy but also a very detestable skunk because he declared that my father was a nigger-lover. I could not bear his speaking, hitting his front teeth.
Why did everybody say something related to niggers about my father . My father was a lawyer, no matter white woman or black man, he should judge the case without any personal factor. Today, I did not control myself; I will try my best to bear the ugly talk about Atticus and made Atticus feel so proud of me.
March 8th Rainy
Mrs Dubose who was an old and sick lady passed away some days ago. From knowing her to realizing her until she died, To the maximum extent possible change of my attitude to Mrs Dubose, I learned a lot which may have advantages over my whole life.
Jem destroyed Mrs Dubose’ camellia bushes because she nicknamed my father “nigger-lover”; accompanied by me, Jem was punished to read for Mrs Dubose. We should endure Mrs Dubose’s unreasonable request which was reading a longer session than one before and continued to insult our father. However, I was shocked by the truth after she died. Atticus told me that she was addicted to morphine; in order to quit this detrimental habit, she poured attention into listening stuff. It is almost impossible for a person to be willing to expose their all stories under the sun; everybody keeps some secrets, we could not judge a person just by means of his or her image in your mind; like Mrs Dubose, she hide all of things on the bottom of her heart. Atticus said everybody had their right to show their own idea; Mrs Dubose always has some different ideas from others. We could learn many things from her: like bravery, and insistence. Although she knew it was a tough errand to quit the morphine, she never gave up; She is worth respecting.
Mrs Dubose sent an elegant camellia to Jem, does it represent she will never forget us? I hope she could live happily in the heaven.
Now, Jem is 12 years old, he begins to require me not to bother him. He changed a lot. Does the generation gap exist between us, I was a little bit upset because of his neglection. I desperately looked forward to Dill’s coming, but this year he sent us a letter instead of visiting Maycomb. The letter said his mother remarried and he should stay with his new family in Meridian.
That was a great change for him, I hope he could get well along with his new father.
June 1st Cloudy
Dill’s coming dispelled all of my unpleasantness due to Calpurnia. To our surprise, he took 13$ from his mother and went on a long train journey from Meridian to Maycomb junction. His travelling must be very arduous; if I need to travel by myself, I probably never reach my destination.Starving and watching our fight, Dill hided under my bed for almost two hours! He sneaked out of his house; his new father and mother did not pour attention into him at all. Compared to Dill’s parents, Atticus was paying attention to our every movements; he was a really superior father. Anyway, I was moved by our friendship. However, Jem’s behaviour of persisting on telling Atticus the presence of Dill really confused me; he changed a lot; it seemed he would not be loyal to our friendship any more. The gulf exists between us due to the age.
Today, Jem, Dill and me stealthily followed Atticus to the jail just out of curiosity, Atticus seemed to have trouble, He asked Jem to take us to go; regardless of his order, we persisted on staying with him. The great story happened, a gifted speaker, Jean Louis Finch who was just a little girl helped an outstanding lawyer, Atticus to solve some legal problems. I should applaud for myself because I protected my father. Actually, I should thank Atticus for teaching me so much knowledge.
That was a breathtaking adventure! The crooked moon hanged in the sky; we went home together.
July 7th Sunny
Lying on the bed and recalling the event happened last night, the fear was still full of my mind. This morning, At breakfast, everybody could not eat well except Jem; Auntie Alexandra had a argument of the black folks with Atticus; she pointed out that Atticus could not say something about black people in front of the Calpurnia; but Atticus reckoned that Calpurnia was a member of our family; so it is not necessary for us to hide our inner thoughts to Calpurnia. Atticus had such a kind-heart that he even stood in Mr Cunningham’ side; declaring he was a kind man. If I face the same situation, I would never regret the person, who I considered as a friend before, to hurt me.
The griping trail of Tom Robinson’s case took place next day; numerous people from the county assembled here;only miss Maudie refused to go because of watching someone on the trail is like attending a Roman carnival. What an appropriate metaphor! Like miss Maudie said; the vast crowd like deluge flooding into the town square. Dill, Jem and me sneaked off to the courthouse balcony where we could have a wider angle vision to see the courthouse. I hoped Atticus could win because Tom Robinson was innocent, just his color brought his troubles.
The nature of law is to maintain justice! My father Atticus would like a knights , fighting with the evil!
July 8th Rainy
The tail began; Tom Robinson was accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter Mayella. Atticus cross-examined the witness and found out that the almost all bruises were on the right side of Mayella’s face. Then, Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father who was the poorest white guy in the town was subpoenaed to go to the court. The extremely rude little man Bob Ewell lived with their children behind the town garbage. He declared that he heard his daughter’s cry, seeing Tom fleeing. Atticus noticed that Bob Ewell was a left handed man who had the largest suspects of leaving the buries on the right side of her daughter’s face.
After the Atticus cross-examined; Mayella seemed like that she had a miserable childhood: no friends and just a drunk father. Mayella described her made-up process of being raped; actually we all know the truth that was her father beat her. When the Judge Talor asked to Tom the motives for helping Mayella; we could not believe that Tom said he had felt sorry for her. In our mind, a black man always underwent the rumor and the unfair racism from the society; why did he feel sorry for her? I thought maybe Tom sympathized with the bitter experience Mayella had before. Mr. Gilmer just declared that Tom was lying about everything. Dill eventually could not bear any more, crying for Tom’s innocence and Mr. Gilmer’s rude treatment of Tom.
Today’s trail reflected the most crucially social problem of the discrimination against the black folks. If everyone has the equivalent status and treatments in society; the evil would less more exists in the world.
July 9th Cloudy
Scout and Dill encountered Mr. Dolphus Raymond, the rich white man who had the relationship with black woman and mulatto children. He invited Dill to drink and told us that he pretended to be a drunk man in order to show his lifestyle to the white people. Now he liked black people more than white people.
When we returned to the courthouse, Atticus is making the closer remarks;he provided the physical evidence which Bob Ewell beat Mayella; and he also gave a speech about the black people. We could not judge them due to their colored skin. There is an old saying: I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. As this famous sentences said, racism should not exist; the people who have different colored skins should united together to create a better world. Standing straightly and speaking out powerful words, my father was like a weapon of righteousness.
Eventually, we won, it not just represented the Tom Robinson’s victory, but the whole black people’s honor. As Atticus went out, everyone in the colored balcony rises a gesture of respect. Nevertheless, dangerous revenge from the Bob Ewell still worried us to much. It seemed the air was filled with terror.
Several mixed feeling in my heart; should we feel happy for our success or worry for the Bob Ewell’s revenge?
Augus 3th Sunny
One day I want to invite Walter Cuningham to dinner, but Aunt did not permit; she even told me our Finches Family could never associate with these trash! Trash, what a wounding word! I was furious about Aunt’s racial discrimination. Jem took me out of room in order to prevent a fight; he told me to he was trying out for the football team.I still remembered his injury in his childhood; my brother Jem was like a man as Atticus, becoming mature and optimistic step by step. He also explained me the reason for which Aunt did not like Cuningham family. Once the world in my mind was beautiful and peaceful but now I found that my ideas was ridiculous. Peoples were fond of judging others because their heart was like a narrow and dead water; filled with jealousness and scorn and they never discovered their own weak points.
Aunt Alexandra invited her missionary circle to the tea; clearly remembering, it was the first time I wore dress. I helped Calpurnia bring the tea to the guests. From their discussion; I learned that Tom Robinson attempted to escape and he was shoot for 17 times; he died. Is it the fate he should deserve? He could not decide which color his skin should be; does it mean they should die in a tragic way ? I hate the town that is full of the evil
September 2rd Rainy
September comes again! Jem and me were on the back porch, I saw a bug and is about to mash it by my hands; Jem stopped me, telling me that bug was innocent. The same as Tom Robinson, he did not rape the white girl, but he was killed; this little bug also did not do harm to me; I should not kill him due to his puniness; otherwise; there is no distinction between me and those white evil guy. The news of the Tom death aroused heated debates in Maycomb for almost two days. The brief and substantial summer passed so quickly; Dill went back to his town.
School began, we passed by the Radley Place as usual but the fear was decreasing with our ages growing. Jem and I became more mature than before.
In the middle of October, Bob Ewell worked with Helen Robinson who is the wife of Tom; we really worried about that the Bob would revenge for the that event.
The event happened in the Halloween was the most scared thing that I never ever experienced in my life. Jem and I almost died and at that day I saw Boo Radley. It seems death is so far away from children; however the truth was that Bob Ewell’s body was under the tree with a knife stuck under his ribs. At that moment I even could smell that the air was cold implicit with the dread and death. Boo Radley saved us, but he killed the Bob, he would be sentenced to death. In order to protect kind-heart Boo, Atticus chose to send Jem to the court. As a father and a lawyer, not only should he love his child, but he also needs to uphold justice.