EDWARD SCISSORHAND

We saw a movie called Edward Scissorhand in class today. The movie is from 1990 and is an American romantic fantasy film. The movie is directed by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp plays the main character.If you go on reading, it will write a little bit about the action in the movie and my personal opinions. I will also write a little bit about a theme that you can experience in the movie.

Edward movies in with a suburban family. Edwrad is different from the other people. He is a robot and has no hands. His hands are made of scissors and he has never ever been around normal people. His "father" (the one that made him) died and he was left alone in a castle. So Edward lived alone for a really long time, until he moves in with this family. He falls in love with their teenage daughter, Kim. Edward is very kind and do not mean to hurt or scare anyone, but his scissorhand makes this very difficult.

I think the movie was very special and it is not my kind of movie. If you like a little old, mysterious romantic fantasy movies, this is the movie for you.

Edward

We also had to choose a theme from the movie and write about that theme. It chose the theme "being different".  I chose this theme because Edward is different, really different from the other people in the movie.

Some people don't like to blend in, they like being different. But I believe most people just like to blend in. Be normal, so you can live your life whitout any wired looks or anything. And if you are different and want to blend in, you just want to be normal, being different can be very hard. The best thing to do is perhaps to accept that everything is what it is, and that you propably can't do anything about it. I think the best thing is to try to be as brave as you can and try to not care about what other people does.

 

THE STORY BEHIND THE GRATITUDE TREE

Norway gives a gift to London every year in December. The city of Oslo gives a wonderful, 50-60 year old tree, and the tree is around 20 meters tall. The reason Norway gives this tree is because Norway want to show gratitude for Britain’s support during World War II.  It is kind of a “thank you” present, and shows Britain that Norway is very, very grateful for their support.

The tree stands in Trafalgar square. There is a lot of carol singing and program around the tree. People and organizations raise money for different charitable organizations. There is a plaque next to the tree saying; “The tree is given by the city of Oslo as a token of Norwegian gratitude to the people of London for their assistance during the years 1940-1945.”

The plaque next to the tree.

The tree is cut in November and sometimes there is a ceremony with the major of Oslo, the British ambassador and the Lord Major of Westminster. The tree is shipped to London over sea and sat up in Trafalgar square. The tree is always taken down on January 4^th 2013, chipped and composed for recycling as mulch.

If you are in London in December and want to see the lighting ceremony, the ceremony takes place in the evening in Trafalgar square the first Tuesday in December.

Giving this tree as a present to London has been a tradition since 1947 and as I said, Norway gives this present because we want to show gratitude to Britain who was one of the few countries who served the whole war and lost incredible many of their soldiers. Britain lost over 700 000 men in the war and Norway lost 11 000 people in captivity or in war. Without Britain, Norway probably would be a German speaking country. I think it is very important to be grateful and thankful for those who fought in the war, for those who fought and died for freedom and for those who lost someone they loved.
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We read stories from world war II in class today. The story I read was about a 7 year old girl telling her story about being 7 years old in 1939. She remebered walking home from church with her father right after the news about the war had broke out. She wrote about raising money with her family and her friends to the men on the sea. They arranged conserts in her backyard, but she did not remember what they preformed or what they did on the stage, but she rememberd the house being completly full with people. The girl also writes about bringing a gas-mask to school and everywhere she would go.

This is the link to the story i read:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a1112509.shtml

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