Photography ELO Day 4 – Happy Valley
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on Day 3 was a visit to a museum in the city that was actually curated by an ISB alumni called Jessica Zhang. The museum was exhibiting an American photographer Vivian Maier’s photos because of her private life and her amazing photos taken while working as a nanny. Her story was only exposed after her death because no one really knew who she was until all of the pictures and documents were found.
Photography ELO Day 2 – Liu Li Chang
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Day 2 was an exciting day as we went to the central part of Beijing to see how artworks were created during the Ming dynasty. We went to a shop called Rong Bao Zhai and got a tour of how they create stamps and artworks. The first picture is an example of stamps they create which costs a fortune to buy because of the materials and crafts. We then got the chance to see how they print artworks and even got to print a fish ourself which we got to take home. It was an interesting experience because of the intricate carving and printing of these pieces. The women in the first picture gave us a tour of the entire process of printing these pictures.
Photography ELO Day 1 – Hong Luo Si
on Day 1 was the first day of our one-week adventure around Beijing to take photos. After getting on the bus we went to Hong Luo Si, a Buddhist temple in the Huairou district of Beijing, which was a one-hour ride from school. We split into two groups, hiking up the mountain or staying at the temple, I chose to go up the mountain. The hike was a pretty tough one because it was mostly stairs but we do get to see many different statues on the way. We got to about halfway from the top and decided to split into two groups again because some people could not go up anymore, including me. The temple had Buddhist statues inside for people to pray, I could not take a picture of it because it is known to spread bad luck to you. The picture I put is a snapshot of red ribbons scattered around the “wishing tree.” The color red is regarded as good luck and happiness in Chinese culture. The prayer is said to be granted if a red ribbon is tied to the “wishing tree”. The higher the ribbon is tied, the higher the chance of the wish coming true. 
Winter Break Blog
on I read a book called “Martian” by Andy Weir which was a great book because I really liked the story and the futuristic yet realistic ideas of being stuck on Mars. If I had to choose a text to write an essay on right now it would be Martian because it is definitely one of my favorite books now and since I have just read it I still remember some details about the book. For the essay, I would write about why the essay ends where it does because Weir makes the decision to end the novel with Watney among his crewmembers on the Hermes. Watney’s personal life is left relatively open—it’s what he does on Mars that is most important for Weir.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
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Jacob may be born and raised in Florida, but by Chapter 3, he goes off to Cairnholm Island, searching for the mysterious children’s home of Miss Peregrine (he doesn’t know they’re peculiar yet). With weather more unpredictable than any mood swing, Cairnholm Island is practically a character of its own. Plus, with just one phone on the island and generators turning down at 10:00PM, long before Jacob finally moves back in time, it looks like we’re going back in time. These children all have some form of superpower that distinguishes them. Super strength. Invisibility. Bees shooting out of their mouths. Some are more practical than others. When Jacob arrives at this house he was told by people in this village that this house has been destroyed during World War 2 and he later discovered that this house has been in a repeated time loop
Napoleon – Why He Was a Hero
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No leader in the world is and was perfect, Napoleon too, but Napoleon is considered a hero because he has inherited a very troubled social and political situation in post-Revolutionary France and managed to completely turn it around within a year of coming to power. He implemented many progressive reforms in France and territories he conquered. He managed to do something no other French ruler, and definitely not the Revolutionary government, was able to do for a very long time. During his short rule, Napoleon changed Europe completely and utterly, and I think he changed it for the better which is why I labeled him as a Hero.
The Bloody Rebirth of France
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The execution of King Louis XVI, 1793
Just before the French Revolution, the economic situation was so bad that a loaf of bread would cost a peasant a week’s worth of wages! The poor population of France was starving to death while the nobility continued to live a life of luxury. These atrocities snowballed into the French Revolution. The French revolution was one of the most bloody revolutions that ever happened, thousands of lives were taken away by the guillotine including the King and Queen of France. This short video will explain some of the key details and events of the french revolution. Enjoy!
Citations
- Simplified, Over. “French Revolution.” Youtube, 19 June 2019, www.youtube.com/
watch?v=EQmjXM4VK2U. Accessed 13 Mar. 2020. - History.com, Editors. “Robespierre Overthrown in France.” History, A&E
Television Networks, 9 Feb. 2010, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/
robespierre-overthrown-in-france. Accessed 13 Mar. 2020. - Heineman Resource
- Crash Course World History, Hank Green. “The French Revolution.” Youtube, 10
Aug. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTvKwCylFY&feature=youtu.be. Accessed
13 Mar. 2020.
Video Diary Russian Revolution
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Over the period of the Russian revolution, the character Alexander lived in extreme poverty. Spurred on by the mistreatment of him and his family. After the first revolution till the end, he was a huge supporter of this movement. His situation stayed about the same throughout most of the revolution and he always fought for his side even during the civil war. Now after the death of Lenin, he does not know what to expect from the Stalinization of the economy and hopes for the best.
I do not have a very strong opinion either direction for the Russian revolution. There were both pros and cons to it. Many people were killed but it birthed a new ideology and brought society forward. But it also led to the rule of Stalin and the killing and oppression of people. But he did industrialize a nation and created a nation that would last for the next half a century.
“Legend” by Marie Lu Book Cover About Theme
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The theme of Legen
d by Marie Lu is that nothing is as it seems. This is clearly shown in the relationship between June and Day throughout the story. At the beginning of the story, June pretends to be something and gets Day to trust her and then stabs him in the back. When She is first rescued by Day, she acts like she is a poor person even though she is one of the wealthiest people in the city. She was on a mission to track down her brother’s killer, she coincidentally is also day. At the time she doesn’t know who he is. She believes that he is just a normal guy and when she finds out she is horrified. She was made to believe that Day was a horrible monster, but in the end, he turned out to be a kind guy. Day, on the other hand, thought that June was just a normal person and could believe that she was a government agent in the end. This is just one example of this theme in this book. The secondary story of the book is the plague that ravages the slums of the city. It turns out that the government had used the plague as an experiment and then sends the plague to the ongoing war front. This secondary story is the embodiment of this theme. The government over the last few decades had made people believe things that ended up just to be a lie. They figured this out when Day’s brother is taken by the government and Day tries to find out more. He figures out that this little brother is being experimented on to see what the new plague does and how it spreads. He does this with the help of June. This theme is also shown in a quote from one of June’s chapters. She states “hat if Commander Jameson took them out to hide something from me? No, no. I sit back and stare at the first photo again. Why would Commander Jameson want to hide the details of my brother’s murder from me?” This quote shows that June wants to believe something that isn’t actually true. In the end of the booThe book makes you want to investigate things further and not take people’s words at face value. This is something that the main characters know and investigate everything and the betrayals in their past encourage their inquisitive nature.
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