Written Assessment Essay

Outsiders

In this essay of ‘The Outsiders’ I am writing about important relationships within the written text, and explaining how they had a positive or negative influence on other characters. The important relationships in ‘The Outsiders’  I am writing about are Darry and Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny, Ponyboy and Johnny and Sodapop, Darry and Ponyboy.

The first relationship I will be writing about is Darry and Ponyboy. Darry and Ponyboy were brothers, Darry was the oldest of three and Ponyboy was the youngest. Ponyboy and Darry would get into fights with each other over what Ponyboy was doing. Darry was overprotective of Ponyboy in Ponyboy’s mind and Ponyboy didn’t use his head in Darry’s mind. One night when Johnny and Ponyboy were out at the vacant lot watching the stars, Johnny and Ponyboy fell asleep, they didn’t wake up until 3am the next morning, when they did Ponyboy rushed home and tried sneaking in the house. Darry was sitting on the couch waiting for him. Darry became enraged as Ponyboy told him he had fallen asleep in the vacant lot with Johnny. At that moment Darry hit Ponyboy. After Darry realising what he did he apologised profusely, but Ponyboy ran out the door back to see if Johnny was still there. After Darry hits Ponyboy, Ponyboy ran  away with Johnny.  Johnny had murdered Bob, one of the Soc and he didn’t want to go to jail.  This had a negative influence because Ponyboy already thought Darry didn’t like him, but to Ponyboy this proved it. Darry hitting him pushed him over the edge. Ponyboy had decided that the best thing for him to do was run away, with the help of Johnny and Dallas. S.E Hinton did this to show the audience that people can do things they don’t mean in the spear of the moment and regret it straight away. Darry did as was shown and he became upset with himself because no one had hit anyone in their family before. When Ponyboy ran away he became scared for Ponyboy’s safety. Darry and Ponyboy’s relationship was a long fight which carried on for a while. People do things they don’t mean just because they were worried or scared. Darry and Ponyboy like most siblings fight, but always will come together when they need each other. They love and couldn’t live without each other. This reminded me of when in ‘Kanin’ by Amanda Hocking when Bryn left Doldam after being sentenced for treason, she missed Ridley a lot while she was on the run and all she wanted to do was call him even though they were angry at each other and didn’t want to talk.

Another relationship in ‘The Outsiders’ what I thought had a negative influence on another character was Johnny and Dally. Dally and Johnny were members of the gang. Johnny lived with his mother and his father but he had a bad life. Dally loved Johnny and Johnny was the only thing Dally loved in the world. Dally helped Johnny and Ponyboy run away after Johnny murder the Soc and kept the police away from them. One day Dally went and visited Johnny and Ponyboy, they had been staying in an abandoned church in Windrixville. They went down to the local Dairy Queen and when they came back to the church in was set ablaze. There was a bunch of young school children in front of the church counting to check if they had all the children. Ponyboy and Johnny could hear children’s screams coming from inside the burning church. The jumped through a window and saved them. When they were escaping the roof collapsed on top of Johnny and a couple weeks later he died in hospital. Dally lost the only thing in the world he loved and he robbed a convenience store. The police shot him because they through he was armed, the greaser knew that was what he wanted to died. Dally and Johnny had an interesting relationship, because you didn’t know they relationship was that strong until Dally chose to die to be with him. Johnny’s death had a negative influence on Dally because in the end he died to be with Johnny because he couldn’t live without him. S.E Hinton did this to show the strong connection between Dally and Johnny even though they weren’t brothers, Dally was like Johnny’s older brother. It showed that even if you think they are hard as rocks and only care about themselves, they don’t. They care about others as much as themselves maybe more it is just a shield to cover what is inside.

As well as Johnny and Dally and Ponyboy and Darry. Another important relationship that has an influence on another character was Ponyboy and Johnny. After Darry slapped Ponyboy he ran back to the vacant lot where Johnny was lying on the ground watching the stars. They went for a walk to calm Ponyboy down before he went back home. As they were walking through the park a blue Mustang pulled up and a group of Soc jumped out, they were drunk. One grabbed Ponyboy and started to drown him in the fountain. As this was going on Johnny had stabbed a Soc named Bob which had killed him. After Johnny stabbed Bob the rest of the Soc felled in the blue Mustang. When Ponyboy came too they decided to run away with help from Dally. Ponyboy and Johnny’s relationship was strong because Ponyboy left his brothers and friends behind to go with Johnny and keep him safe. Ponyboy didn’t want Johnny to go to jail and rot in a cell. So Ponyboy and Johnny ran away to Windrixville. This had a large influence on Ponyboy because they had decided to run away instead of confessing to the police. The purpose of this was to allow the audience to see the connection between them and how much they loved each other and how Ponyboy didn’t want Johnny to go to jail like Dally did and end up like him. This reminded me of when Ridley and Thalia left Doldam secretly to find Bryn and make sure she was okay. The could of stayed and just hoped for the best but the rest the lives trying to escape and find Bryn.

Lastly the final important relationship I am going to write about that had an influence on another character was Sodapop, Darry and Ponyboy. Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darry were brothers. Ponyboy was the youngest, Sodapop was the middle child and Darry was the oldest. Darry and Ponyboy would get into lots of fight and Sodapop would get caught up in the middle of them. He would back Darry and Ponyboy because they were both right but both wrong in his opinion. Darry looked after Ponyboy and Sodapop. He would make sure Ponyboy was getting good grades and Sodapop went to work, he was like their dad. S.E Hinton did this to show that when people fight sometimes people get caught up in the middle of them and they don’t like it. They try there best but it is hard to keep everyone happy and keep yourself while everyone is fighting. This reminded me of when parents fight. They might not realise but it hurts the people around them not just them. It could hurt your family, friends and yourself. Like what I said in the first paragraph about Darry and Ponyboy they fight like all siblings do, but they always will love each other.

Drama Performance

High School Musical

What we did:

Scarlet, Shar and Shawn played 'Breaking Free' on Piano, Ukulele and Guitar. 

Then Haylee, Bella, Ruth, Kingston, Tim and Tyler danced to 'We're all in this Together'. 

People Involved:

• Haylee
• Bella
• Ruth
• Tim 
• Kingston
• Tyler
• Shar
• Scarlet
• Shawn

Haylee and Bella Choreographed 'We're all in this Together' written by Robbie Neil and Mathew Gerrard. 

Haylee also did Makeup and hair for the performers. 

We are happy with the performance/two scene. There were a couple mistakes (Ruth falling over Tyler and girls become overcome by fits of laughter while performing). We would change some of the choreographing to make it easier for the guys and make it look more rehearsed then it did. But we did enjoy ourselves, and that is the only ting that matters. 

Video of our Performance:

Seasons Poem

Seasons Poem

looks like flowers blooming as the sun rises.

Spring tastes like sweet nectar.

Spring smells like fresh flowers.

Spring feels like long fresh grass between my toes.

Spring sounds like birds tweeting up in the trees.

Summer looks like children playing in the water.

Summer tastes like salt water.

Summer smells like BBQ on the beach.

Summer feels like the heat of the sun on my back.

Summer sounds like children talking as the play in the water.

Autumn looks like a colourful rainbow.

Autumn tastes like baking.

Autumn smells like pumpkin spice latte.

Autumn feels like leaves crackling beneath my feet.

Autumn sounds like children jumping into piles of leaves.

Winter looks like snow on the ground.

Winter tastes like hot chocolates on a cold winter's night.

Winter smells like soup.

Winter feels like the warmth of the fire heating the house.

Winter sounds like children playing in the snow.

Outsiders Newspaper Article

HEADLINE:

Kills gone heroes after a devastating fire.

Start story here:

Two boys being done for murder have become local heroes. At 12pm yesterday afternoon Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade who are being done for murdering local boy Bob Sheldon, were hiding in the old abandoned church on top of Jay mountain went to the local Dairy Queen for a meal and when they came back the church was up in flames. Ponyboy said to use when we asked what was going through his mind when he saw the church ‘I thought I have to save those kids.’ They could see a group of school age students and two teachers taking a role and looking for student which were missing. He jumped out of there car with a local man named Dallas Winston driving, then Johnny jumped out of the car and followed Ponyboy to the church. A school teacher tried stopping them but Ponyboy and Johnny wouldn’t take no for an answer. The broke open a window which was originally boarded up, jumped through and went looking for the children which they heard the school teacher saying ‘that they might be in the church’ Ponyboy said “they could hear children screaming inside the building”. Dallas Winston was now out of the car shouting into the church at Johnny and Ponyboy telling them to get out and not to save the children. Then the school teacher said he heard and then saw Dallas pulling a window apart to make a gap to get the children out of the church. Then Ponyboy and Johnny started to pass to Dallas children then running back inside and to get the rest of the children that were inside. Then Ponyboy was pulled through the gap, while Dallas yelling and Warning Ponyboy and Johnny that ‘the roof was collapsing onto of them and that they need to get out’. When Ponyboy came out of the window was on fire so Dallas hit him on the back. “I must have hit him harder then I thought because he went out cold.” But Johnny didn’t get out in time and the roof collapsed on him. He is now in an unstable condition.

Outsiders

1. What is the name of the novel?  The Outsiders

2. Who is the author? S.E Hinton

3. Where is the novel set? America

4. When is the novel set? 1967

5. Who are the characters in the novel? Tim, Ponyboy, Darry, Dally, Sodapop, Two-bit, Sandy, Maria, Cherrie, Johnny, Bob, Randy, Ponyboy’s mum, Ponyboy’s dad, Jerry, Mr Syme and Steve.

6. What are some of the ideas/themes in the novel? Gangs, conflicts.

7. What are the conflicts within the novel? Conflict between Darry and Ponyboy.

8. What could have been some solutions for each of the conflicts you have picked? Darry and Ponyboy: Ponyboy respecting Darry and Darry talking and going easy on Ponyboy.

1. Name the Greasers gang members and two other female characters. Ponyboy, Darry, Dally, Sodapop, Johnny, Steve, Two-bit, Cherrie and Marica.

2. Which character do you like the most and explain why? Johnny because he is nice and caring and according to my friends like me?? He is caring to his friends and trustworthy.

3. List some of the character traits of your favourite character that appeal to you? Johnny, him being nice, caring, friendly and her is a loving person.

4. What character do you not like, and explain why? I like all characters

5. If you could invent a new character what would be their name? Lucas Andrews

6. What would their looks and personality be like? He would be a dark and mysterious but find out he was friendly and creative.

7. How old were Ponyboy and Johnny? Ponyboy: 14 years old Johnny: 16 years old

8. Why did Dallas want to die at the end of the book? Because the only thing he cared about was gone, eg. Johnny, so he broke.

9. Why did Cherry Valance not want to talk to Ponyboy if they saw each other at     School? Because he had something to do with her boyfriend's death and she couldn’t look at him without imagining Bob dying.

Compare and Contrast Grease the movie with Grease:Live

Compare Grease the Movie with Grease:Live

I am writing about the differences between Grease and Grease:Live. One of the main differences was that Grease and Grease live was Grease was made in 1978 but Grease:Live was and in 2016 and Grease:Live was live, and the original wasn't. Some of the difference I am going to talk about Sandy, cheer leading and T birds.

 One of the changes was to do with Sandy, there were a couple to Sandy one was with her name, in the original movie she was from Australian, but in Grease:live Sandy is American because she couldn't mange with Grease:live and getting an Australian too. Also Sandy last name is Olsen but in Grease:live it is Young. 

Cheer leading had a couple difference from original movie and Grease:live, in the Original movie they didn't have cheer leading tryouts but in Grease:live Sandy gets to tryout against Patty. Also there are male cheer leaders in Grease:live but not in original grease.

Finally there were changes in the T birds, one was that Eugene helps the boys in the race and help them win, this results in Eugene becoming a T bird and reserving Danny's jacket. 

My Best Film Essay on 'The Power of One'

My Best Film Essay

In the film ‘The Power of One’ the director John .G. Avildsen used facial expressions to show the impact on the victim in the scene. In the scene when the boys bring P.K into a room where they kill his chicken. When P.K is brought into the room you can see the his sadness when the sentence his ‘Kafka chicken to death’. This showed the impact of P.K watching his chicken be killed by Botha. You see how upset he is and angry with Botha which is why he pushes Botha over onto the flag. The director purpose was to show the impact and how P.K felt when he was made to watch his chicken die. It made us have a connection with P.K and feel bad for him.  The facial showed the upset and how ‘the lonely birds came back’. Facial expression combined with camera angles like close ups help us get more of a feeling than a long shot. It would be better to do a close up on P.K’s face as shown to let us see clearly how he felt and how much it hurt him. This reminds me of when P.K when Maria died and the director used facial expressions to see how devastated P.K was when maria died. This was shown through the look on P.K’s face and a close up was used to see his emotions and facial expression clearly.

In the film the director also used with facial expressions camera shots like close ups as mention in the last paragraph.In the scene when P.K is lying in bed pretending to be sleeping and one of the caregivers came in and told him his mother had died, the director used a closeup on his face to see this emotion. The impact was shown when P.K lying there after the caregiver tell him thinking he was asleep that his mother had died. In the darkness the director used a close up to see how he felt after hearing the bad news. The director did this to see how P.K felt after already not liking it at the school his mother dying while he was away. This made us as the audience feel bad and upset that P.K had to go through this at a young age. With camera shots you can combined them with lighting. The lighting made it seem like night and they were meant to be asleep. The lighting made it seem sadder because it was a sad moment for P.K. This reminds me of when Geel piet and Sergeant Boorman scene when Geel Piet had to eat poop off Sergeant Boorman’s shoe. They used a close up to show Geel Piet eating the poop off his shoe and how he had to do it. It made the audience feel for him because if he didn’t he would be beaten.

In the film the director also used with facial expressions camera shots like close ups as mention in the last paragraph. In the scene when P.K is lying in bed pretending to be sleeping and one of the caregivers came in and told him his mother had died, the director used a closeup on his face to see this emotion. The impact was shown when P.K lying there after the caregiver tell him thinking he was asleep that his mother had died. In the darkness the director used a close up to see how he felt after hearing the bad news. The director did this to see how P.K felt after already not liking it at the school his mother dying while he was away. This made us as the audience feel bad and upset that P.K had to go through this at a young age. With camera shots you can combined them with lighting. The lighting made it seem like night and they were meant to be asleep. The lighting made it seem sadder because it was a sad moment for P.K. This reminds me of when Geel piet and Sergeant Boorman scene when Geel Piet had to eat poop off Sergeant Boorman’s shoe. They used a close up to show Geel Piet eating the poop off his shoe and how he had to do it. It made the audience feel for him because if he didn’t he would be beaten.

Another important technique used was lighting which was mention in the last paragraph. This was used in the scene when one of the caregivers hit Botha across the face and there is lightning on one half of his face and the other doesn’t it. The impact was shown by the lighting giving a mysterious look to Botha and how he was disappointed in what he did not ashamed. This showed the audience how mean and nasty Botha is. The director did this to show the true Botha and how he would do it again if he had the chance and that he was going to blame it on P.K and that is was his fault. When lighting is combined with dialogue it can make the scene even better. When Botha gets hit across the face the caregiver says in Afrikaans you moron. Which showed that he wasn’t impressed with what they or Botha was doing.

In the film the director also used symbolism. One of the symbols were a ostrich bracelet which was very important because it was passed down from P.K’s father to his mother than from his mother to P.K and then P.K gave the bracelet to Maria. The bracelet was a symbols of love and how P.K loved Maria and P.K loved his mother and his mother loved his father. This made an impact shown through symbolism because it was repeated. At the beginning of the mother it was expanded to the audience how important the bracelet was and then when  it was passed down it went through 2 generations. The director used this to show the connection between the characters and how they love each other and they all needed each other. This helped us see how much they loved each other.


Other Essay

In the film ‘The Power of One’ shows us lots of amazing life experiences, which P.K goes through. In the film the director used visual and oral text to show this. I am writing on a character which I think is important to me and reveals to me in the text. I have chosen Maria because she is a wonderful character and has an important role in the film. Throughout the film she becomes connected to P.K and they fall in love which is shown by P.K going to see Maria at her house, P.K giving Maria his Ostrich bracelet and when they are teaching the people to teach others.

1S. Firstly this is one of the reasons why I choose Maria.

E. P.K wanted to see Maria but Maria was banned from seeing P.K so one night P.K climbed up the fence which was lying against the side of Maria’s house which led up to the window he secretly meet up with her. This was because he wanted to see Maria because he loved her and wanted to make sure Maria was okay.

X. This made us feel the love between Maria and P.K and how they are going to change South Africa together.

X. The director did this to show the connection between Maria and P.K and how they need each other and can’t live without each other.

X. This was shown well with dialogue because she was excited but nervous to see P.K because she didn’t want to get caught and they almost were.

Y. This was like a scene in Romeo and Juliet when Romeo goes and visits Juliet even though he knew if he got caught he could die and wouldn’t see Juliet again.

2 S&E. With P.K sneaking to Maria’s, later on P.K gave Maria a special ostrich bracelet which symbolised the connection between Maria and P.K, which was passed down from P.K’s dad to his mum, then from his mum to him and know to Maria.

X. This showed to connection and the love between them which had been created and the fire inside which would never go out for each other.

X. The director did this to show the audience the love and connection between Maria and P.K. This made the audience feel and see the love between Maria and P.K.

X. This worked well with symbolism because the ostrich bracelet was a symbol of love which was shown in this scene in ‘The Power of One’.

Y. This reminded me of when P.K’s mother have it to P.K when he had to go to boarding school when she was sick.

3S. The last reason why I think Maria is a great character which reveals to me is because ...

E. when she died she was trying to teach the Africans to read and write so they can teach other but the police came in and attacked them and hit Maria over the head with a baton which killed her instantly.

X. This made me feel my heart drop because we could see how devastated P.K was when he saw Maria lying on the ground dead.

X. The director did this to show how P.K’s heart was broken again and the connection between and how strong it was.

X. This went well with dialogue because after P.K says that ‘The lonely birds returned’ Which showed that he had lost everyone he loved.

Y . This reminded me of when his mother died and he felt the lonely birds then and now.

This is why I choose Maria as my character which revealed to me throughout the film. Like when P.K went to she her because he hadn’t seen her for a couple of days, P.K gave Maria the ostrich bracelet and when Maria dies. This is why Maria was an amazing character in ‘The Power of One’ to write about her connection with P.K and the way it was shown.