Rain Man

Rain Man, is a film about the story of 2 brothers, one of whom suffers from autism, and the other is a young entrepreneur, ambitious with economic problems, the story begins when the father of two dies, and the inheritance is divided between his two sons to the sick guy of autism; Raymond, he inherited 3 million USD and the son 'healthy', Charles, he inherited a convertible car, the ambition of Charles will take him to fight for Raymond’s custody , thereby conserving 3 million dollars, but during his journey will realized that his best friend Rain Man, an imaginary friend, is really Raymond, his brother. In my opinion this is an excellent movie that shows the world from two sights completely different, for one the world means nothing more than money and power, while for the other the world is reduced to the routine already memorized, both ends are totally dangerous for anyone, similarly shows two phases of intelligence, Charles, is a cunning and manipulative young man who always achieves its objectives, but if you look carefully, Raymond is not much different, except for their huge capacity of memory, which in no way can be called intelligence. Speaking precisely of this issue, I think the movie tries to show us how people with autism develop other skills, and we could catalog of geniuses to these people, but for me the ability to Raymond has nothing to do with intelligence, even if this could have known what would happen in the casino, counting the cards, or for example that was faster than the calculator to perform a multiplication, he knew because he had seen it not because he knew what is a multiplication. At the end gives us a great lesson of love, and even when I did not see the end, taking that this is a production of Hollywood, I can imagined, finally I believe that the film shows us two worlds, as I mentioned, that are opposites but, at a crossing point you can realize that they are more similar to what we believe, and that Charlie is so dependent on Raymond as Raymond on Charlie.

Steve Jobs

Well, I found this video fascinating, I think the message is clear, a man who managed to overcome all the obstacles that life gave encourages young people to do what they want, as long as this is what you really love, and never give up, even when everything seems to be against you, continue doing what you like and sooner or later you'll receive your reward. This philosophy I've always tried to do in my life, I do what I love and I have fun doing it, I try to live all my days at most, not thinking that will be my last day, but trying to do something different every day, something that makes me feel proud and well myself, I never regret what I do, for better or for worse this will leave you a lesson, it is very inspiring to listen to someone like Steve Jobs, one of the richest men in the world, talking as he talks, and how him, an adopted child, a young man with many shortcomings, and at some point ill with cancer, managed to overcome everything and reach the peak of success with his two companies, both leaders, apple and Pixar, I therefore reiterate his message, do what you love, and never give up.

About Elephants

Well, I think that the situation of hunting elephants, has become an uncontrollable problem, since very ancient times has seen in the practice a highly profitable business, by the fact that getting ivory, a mineral of great value in the international market, is not easy, so the easiest way appears to be killing without control, thousands and thousands of elephants only by the goodness of their tusks, but this problem, and I must say that I thought that was a controlled problem in a high percentage, but I realize that it was wrong, in fact, the book I'm reading for English class, which is called 'the heart of darkness', even though its main theme is not immoderate hunting of elephants, it’s principal item is the human condition and its vulnerability to fear and obsession, spoke of a man who works in a company that is dedicated to the collection of ivory, where you can see that from very distant eras, the collection of ivory was already a practice very well paid, and so I am more scared of the situation that the practice was seen as something routine, and not only that, the company which was responsible for this, was a very prestigious company and where every sailor hungry for adventure and exploration wanted to work, on the other hand is incredible where you can get up to the ignorance of humans to believe that the horn of a rhino, which is made of his own hair, has healing properties, to finish I think is very important to take care of these two animals that care their own forests, their houses, from forest fires, something that no human 'intelligent' deals done. it was a very good theme.

Comment about Albert Fish

Well, I really don’t know how to answer this story, I mean, I really prefer other kind of stories, you know, nice stories, love , friendship. But it was really interesting met another kind of stories, another kind of mysterious, real mysterious, real terror, I got really shocked watching this video, because I can’t believe that a man could kill many children, and the form, I think is absolutely shocking, but this kind of story made me reflect about a theory that lost of psychologists said, and I support it, I’m referring, the fact that in the childhood is the key of our destiny, I don’t believe in the destiny that is written, you know, the destiny that all your life is written and everything you do is useless; I refer the fact that in your childhood experiences, are the bases of your life behaviour, in this case is clear, this man was sick, he lost his father, when he was really young, and at final, instead of receive love, he was put in an orphanage, maybe with all of this, he got an obsession with children, because he was trapped by his childhood, but is incredible how a man can eat another man, even more a child, I’d heard that human meat taste is similar to pig meat taste, but I prefer not to experience it, at final, this man got his deserved. The thing I found most interest about this video is that this man was the inspiration to create Hannibal Lecter, who was represented by Sir. Anthony Hopkins, one of my favourite actors, because I love the Cine.

ENJOY IT!!!!!!!

Hi this is my proposition, just click here and play the podcast to hear this tale, i like it too much, i wait you too,i think sometimes is important remember us that we are still children inside of us, and this story i think, remember us that, also this tale, talk about something i love a lot, the chocolote, and i think one of the messages is that is not important how are you, ever be you, and remember don't eat too much chocolate, it could be dangerous

Book Report

Sherlock Holmes 2nd part

In this time the two stories i have chosen are The Devil's foot and the Creeping Man, this two stories were my favorite because of their mysterius and the strange of the cases

The main characters are sherlock Holmes and Watson, and in each story are mister Treggenis, Mr Roundhay, and mister Sterndale.In the second story are Mister Bennet and professor Presbury.

The first sttory is about the first ocation that Sherlock was sick, after a lot of time working he felt really nervous because of his health, so he decided to take a holidays with Dr. Watson, his best friend, they went to a little town, and stay in a little house, here they found a very interesting case, the case of the the Devil's foot, the case was that a woman named Brenda had died, this was a terrible death because of the type of death, so Holmes and Watson began to investigate, while they were investigating a strange man, went until they were, this man was a kind of lion hunter, he was an african man, and he was really worried about the Brenda's death, the crime had a very interesting clues, for example the air, the fire, and the face of Brenda, that was with a scared face. by the next day , something terrible happen, Mister Treggenis died as the same form as Brenda, this was really suspicious, at first they thought tahat mister Treggenis killied Brenda and himself, so they went to Mr Treggenis' apartment and did an experiment, with this they discovereed the Evil's Foot that was a kind of drug that with the air and fire, made that the people can't breathe well, suddenly the hunter arrived and tell his story, but Holmes didn't believe his version, after that the hunter said that he and Brenda were in loved, and Mr Treggenis killed Brenda, and this was the reason that mede him killed Mr Treggenis, when Holmes Knew this version instead of arrested him, he let him in free, maybe because Holmes Knew that Mr Treggenis deserved his death.

In the second Story, The Creeping man, Holmes and Watson investigate a strange case, this happen because a dog that was a good dog began to be bad, and bit to its owner, the case was that a proffesor named Presbury began to change, this man was old he had 61 years, and at the age of 60, he fell in love and get married with the collegue'daughter, she was very young. The strange of the case wast that since his travel to Pregue he became to somebody different, his dog didn't want him, this proffesor received a letters, very strange letters, and each 9 days he became that strange man. Holmes suspected that this was a kind of drug, and was the reason that he behave like a monkey, when they went to the proffesor's appartment dicover, taht all was true, the proffesor take the drug each 9yh nigth, the reason was that this camed from a man named Lowenstein was helpin the proffesor to get younger and have a good relationship with his wife.

As a conclusion I chose this two stories because were similar, the crime was a love's reason, i like this two stories specially the first because talk of Holmes as a man that get sick, and get tired like a normal man, so Holmes in my opinion became a man in this two stories and not a superhero, that was why i chose this two incredible stories.

First Oral Presentation TANIA