My Favorite Song

Top of the World by Carpenters

About the Song
Top of the World was released in 1972. This song was sung by Carpenters and covered by Lynn Anderson,  Agnes Chan, Saori Minami, BERRY ROLL, and so on. This song was used as Lion's commercial song. In this commercial, Top of the World was sung by Mai Kuraki, Kimaguren, You Hitoto and Kaori Motida. This song became the best single of American single chart in U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Work Cited
N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2016. <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89_(%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%9B%B2)>.

About the Duo

Carpenters were American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. Richard was born in October, 15th in 1946 and Karen born in March, 2nd in 1950. In 1969, they started Carpenters. However, this duo's activities were finished in 1983, because Richard's sister, Karen, dead in the year. Theirs masterpieces are Yesterday Once More and Top of the World. 

Work Cited
"カーペンターズ." - Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2016. <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA>. 

Reaction point

a. Theme
・Theme means the central idea of a work of song.
・I'm on the top of the world, Your love's put at the top of the world.
・These phrases show this song's theme. This song's theme is happy world and happy things.


b. Point of view
・Point of view means the perspective from which a song is told.
・I'm on the top of the world lookin’ Down on creation and the only explanation I can find.
・"I" am on the top of the mountain and look down all over the world. 

c. Symbolism
・Symbolism means when something represents more than itself.
・Something in the wind has learned my name
And it’s tellin’ me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees
And the touch of the breeze
There’s a pleasin’ sense of happiness for me・These are symbolism, because comparison is used, so symbolism is very understand.

Opinion
I think this song is one of a love song. However, I feel little sad, because main character is top of the world and cried her her (or his) love to their sweetheart.

Fashion

Burberry

I. About the Clothing Brand

Burberry is one of the famous fashion brands in the UK. This brand was founded by Thomas Burberry in 1856. In Japan, Burberry is as popular as Louis Vuitton. Burberry's trench coat is loved by many famous people in the UK. Examples are Winston Churchill, Conan Doyle, Peter Sellers and Katharine Hepburn. In Japan, actresses of Takarazuka often wear Burberry's trench coat. Burberry's check has many kinds of sort. 

Works Cited （参考文献）

 

"バーバリー." - Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 July 2016. <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC>.           

II. About the Designer
 

Now Burberry's designer is Christopher Bailey. He was born in Yorkshire. He graduated from Royal College of Art with a master's degree in 1994. In 1996, he worked at GUCCI. After that, in 2001, he is working at  Burberry. He got British Fashion Designer of the Year in 2005.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"クリストファー・ベイリー." - Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 July 2016. <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC>.           

III. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Fabric texture

• ・Fabric texture means how a  fabric feels or looks.
• ・In 1879, Burberry invented to new material, this is called to Gabardine. This is good for durability and waterproof. 
• ・Gabardine obtain a patent in 1888.

B. Reaction Point - Fashion design

• ・Fashion design means using fabrics of different colors, textures, and weights to create garments that people wear.
• ・Burberry's check is very famous design. There are many kind of sort, for example, House check, Nova check, Mega check and so on.
• ・The most famous Burberry check's colors are camel, red, black and white.

C. Reaction Point - Accessory

• ・Accessory means something such as a bag, belt or jewel that you wear.
• ・Burberry sells scarf and muffler.
• ・These items are very usufull, because people wear these items, their looks is more brilliant.

D. My General Opinion
I have Burberry's muffler. This texture is very soft and smooth, so I think that's why Burberry is famous all over the world. I interested in Christopher Bailey, so I want to buy another Burberry's clothes.

My favorite Film

The Most Beautiful Thing (2012)

I. About the Film

　

This is a romance movie and this short film was released in 2012. This movie's hero is a man, who is ignored other friends and unlucky. Therefore, he didn't enjoy his campus life. But, he make a girl friend, Emily. She is a deaf people, so she can't hear his voice and speak. Brandon and Emily can communicate by written. Brandon's life is full, but one day, Emily met other boy friend, and they kissed. Brandon's life is very boring again. After that, by chance, they met. She can speak a little and he spoke by sign language. Then, they did reconciliation!

II. About the Director

This movie's director is Cameron Covell. He produced many short films. The Most Beautiful Thing is one of these. He started his acting career in the 1st grade where he played the "Wolf" in a production of Little Red Riding Hood. He went on to Millikan Middle School, where he played an active part in the Drama Production program. For high school, he attended the Los Angeles County high school for the Arts, where he majored in Theater.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"Biography." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 27 June 2016. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2219057/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm>.

III. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Characters（人物）

• Characters means persons - or animals or natural forces represented as persons - in a work of literature.
• This film's hero is unhappy boy and heroine is deaf people. The boy fell in love to her. He is blinded, so he could make up with her.
• This hero is very unhappy, but he met Emily, his life changed. 

B. Reaction Point - Mood（物語の雰囲気）

• Mood means a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes.
• This films mood is romantic because the actor's expression is big smile at the end of story. However, the starting this movie is dark atmosphere.
• First, this movie started dark atmosphere so, people think this is a sad one, but after he met Emily, atmosphere canged to light. Last of story mood is very romantic and happy, because he and she embraced each other.

C. Reaction Point - Setting（物語が発生した時間や場所）

• Setting means the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
• This story occured at the campus, and one day' break time.
• This is a love on campus so, this situation maybe occur to us !

D. My General Opinion
The Most Beautiful Thing is a romantic love story. First, I think this movie is bad end, because Brandon was at the station so, I think he will die by himself. After sad emotion, I was relieved. I think the situation is very extreme, but this is ''The Most Beautiful''.

My Favorite Novel - Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

I. About the Novel

The genre of Alice in Wonderland is children's literature. This novel was written by Lewis Carroll, who was a British mathematician, and first published in 1865. This novel was written for a little girl, Alice Liddell, she is a heroine. This story is very mystery, but it's funny. One day, Alice fell down into the rabbit hole, and then, her fantasy story start. Alice drinks a bottle, then her body is smaller and smaller, whereas she eats a cake,her body is bigger and bigger. Alice opens the door to door, she meets a lot of character. For example, mice, caterpillar, Cheshire cat, hatter and so on. The end of the story, Alice is in the courtroom to listen to the proceeding, "Who ate the queen's tarts ". Then Alice criticized because the traial was nonsense, so Alice cried "Don't be stupid!, who's afraid of you? I'm not. You're only cards!" then cards came down on top of Alice, she screamed. Then Alice opened her eyes, she was under the tree, next her sister. This story is Alice's dream.

Works Cited （参考文献）

 "不思議の国のアリス." <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%9D%E8%AD%B0%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9>

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II. Versions of the Novel in the Mass Media

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These movies are all ''Alice in Wonderland''. First movie is Disney's animation. Second is movie by human act, not an animation. Last one is a musical, this is not movie, so live performance. ''Alice in Wonderland'' is originally story for another media. However, Disney version is very famous.

Works Cited （参考文献）

①https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkr2GOhANYM
②https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png
③https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png

III. About the Author

Lewis Carroll was born in January 27th, 1832 and died in January 14th, 1898. He is a British mathematician. His real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, so Lewis Carroll is a pen name. He wrote some story, for example, "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" in 1871 and "The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8Fits)" in 1876.

Works Cited （参考文献）

 "ルイス・キャロル."
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB>.

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Protagonist (メインキャラクター)

• Protagonist means main character.
• Alice in Wonderland's main characters are Alice, White rabbit, Cheshire Cat.
• Alice is a person, but others are animals. This story is Alice's mysterious adventure. Alice is a little girl, so she has romantic images to her life.

B. Reaction Point - Setting (設定、背景、場所)

• Setting is story's background and place.
• This story has happened in Alice's dream. First, Alice saw a White rabbit so, she ran after him, but she falls in a whole. This means Alice fall asleep. Alice saw a wonderful dream. Finally, she cried in the her dream, she awake.
• This story's setting is a little girl's dream.

C. Reaction Point - motif (出来事のイメージ、テーマやタイプなどの定期的な要素)

• Motif means a recurring element,such as an image, theme, or type of incident.
• When Alice is falling down, her body fell very slowly.And, she drank a mysterious bottle, her body being very small, and she ate a cake, her body being very big. This situation happens in the story many times.
• This story's motif is her body.

D. My General Opinion
This novel is written for children, but many adult can read happily, because this story reminds our childhood. I think Alice wanted to play with her sister, but her sister read a book which is no picture. So, I think Alice has slept wearily. Alice's adventure is very interesting for me. I was surprised the end of the story. I didn't think this story is all of Alice's dream! This story's character are almost animals, but they are like the human being. I think this point is the most interesting. 

My favorite poem

Daffodowndilly

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
"Winter is dead."

I. About the Poem

This poem was wirriten by Alan Alexander Milne in 1924. This poem in a collection titled When We Were Very Young. This nursery rhymes was wirriten for A.A.Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne, consists of 44 poems.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"ぼくたちがとてもちいさかったころ." - Wikipedia. WIKIMEDIA, 7 Sept. 2013. Web. 07 May 2016. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A8%E3%81%A6%E3%82%82%E3%81%A1%E3%81%84%E3%81%95%E3%81%8B%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D.

II. About the Poet

Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 - January 31, 1956) was born in British. He is a very popular juvenile literature writer. Especially, he is known for Winnie The Pooh's wiriter (1926). Disney's movie is based on this work. Winnie The Pooh was made for Christopher Robin Milne, who is A.A.Milne's son. He wrote another kind of works, for example, poems, non-fiction, screenplays and plays.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"A. A. Milne." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 1 May 2016. Web. 09 May 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne>.

III. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Personification(擬人化)
In this poem use Personification. Personification is givinghuman characteristics to something non human.
This poem's hero is a daffodil. It is a plant. Petals are yellow-bonnet and a stem is green gown. The daffodil's actions are like human, for example, "shook her yellow head" and "wispered to her neighbour".

B. Reaction Point - Imagery(想像)

Imagery is visually descriptive language that creates pictures in one's imagination.

This poem doesn't  say "There are two daffodilly. They are talking about spring come." but, we can imagine two plants. And, we can understand winter had gone, spring has come. However, we can't understand these are daffodilly.

 

C. Reaction Point - Theme(テーマ・主題)
This poem's theme is coming spring. Theme is the central idea of a work of literature. 
Last sentens of this poem "Winter is dead." After winter, next come to spring, so daffodilly feels sun, breeze, warm.

D. My General Opinion

I think this poem is written in winter, because winter is long and we can not wait come to spring. Daffodillies are winter's plants so, one daffodilly told her neighbour to "Winter is dead." I think this mean is we will die. This poem's theme is bit sad, but I like this poem because I think spring is something new. I think wiriter, A.A.Milne, liked spring, too!

Self-introduction

Hello classmates,

I'm Mai Hirota. I study in the Department of Arts and Letters at Kyoritsu Women's University. My course is English British and American Literature. My literary interest is juvenile literature of British. For example, Peter Pan, Winnie The Pooh and so on. I love Disney. British juvenile literature is the basis for a lot of original Disney's movies. Specially, I like Peter Pan. The hero's name is Peter Pan. He can fly in the sky, and he lives in Never land.  Never land is mysterious island, Peter Pan is never grow up. And in the story, fairy dust appear. People are shake this dust, they can fly in the sky. I interested in mysterious story, like this.