No! They heard! I was certain of it. They knew! Now it was they
who were playing a game with me. I was suffering more than I could
bear, from their smiles, and from that sound. Louder, louder, louder!
Suddenly I could bear it no longer. I pointed at the boards and cried,
“Yes! Yes, I killed him. Pull up the boards and you shall see! I killed
him. But why does his heart not stop beating?! Why does it not stop!?”

The author uses a lot of exclamation marks so emphasise that the main character is stressed and scared. This is an example of tone which defiantly develops, and leaves the story with a big note. This is a example of mood, because us as the readers we can see that the main character is getting more and more scared, because his sentences are either broken up into chunks, or they end in a exclamation mark.

The broken up in the text is showing us that he is stressed and scared; because when we get scared or stressed we tend to talk in short sharp sentences, unlike when we are talking calmly when we talk in nice care long sentences. This is an example of tone and mood because as the reader we can see that the narrator is getting stressed or scared, because he’s talking up in short sharp chunks, which leads to the book of the book to be more intense. 

 

Contrasting Ideas

In the story The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, there is a gothic protagonist in the story. This protagonist is very unknown such as the gender, name and other unknown ideas. This character has a very contrasting qualities such as caring and barbaric. Before he kills the old man he says that “I did not hate the old man; I even loved him”; but then after he kills the old man he “…cuts off the head, then the arms and legs.” which shows us (the audience) that he has a very barbaric quality he has which is very contrasting with the caring side of him. 

Another contrasting quality is how very thoughtless yet he is also mindful. He very thoughtless kills the man and cuts up the old man, but when he is cutting up the old man he “… was careful not to let a single drop of blood fall to the floor….Then I put the boards down again, carefully, so carefully that no human eye could see that they had been moved”, which is a very contrasting quality with the thoughtless him cutting the old man up.

Driven by passion or strong emotions.

At the beginning of the strop the main character says that they would kill the man over the scariness of his eye, ” His eye was like a vulture….”; due to the fact of the uncomfortableness of the eye and the fact that the main character is insane the main character, goes and kills the old man, cut the old man up into five pieces, and carefully put them under the floor boards in the room. A few minutes later the police comes and walk around the house. Over this period of time the main character keeps hearing this sound, the sound of what they think as the old man’s heart beating, when it is the main character’s heart beating. When the police sit down the sound of the main character’s heart beat increases, until it drives the main character to confess to killing the old man and showing the police where the main character placed the old man’s body. When the main character kills the old man the strong emotion of anger towards the eye makes the main character kill the old man, and then the guilt from killing the old man is also there after he kills the old man, which is why the main character’s heart was beating. The main character’s heart beating was the symbol of his strong guilt building up until the main character confessed.

Generally secretive/ has an “air mystery”

We have no nothing about this main character, we don’t know how this person is ill, we know nothing about his background or anything about this person at all. The main character says that “I have been ill” but we have no idea what type of ill; until the main character says “I full control of my mind”, which leads us to believe that it might be a head injury or illness, such as the main character being insane. We no nothing about who this person is, where this person is from, or how he knows the old man he kills. We don’t even know what gender this person is.

 

 

At the start of the short story the narrator foreshadows that the main character was mentally ill by already by saying “It’s true! Yes, I have been ill very ill”. They went on to explain that the main character’s illness did cause a mental change “made my mind, my feelings, my senses, more powerful”. This already ‘odd’ behavior or not ‘normal’ human behavior. They never state throughout the story they have gotten better, therefore making the reader more sceptical of whether or not this person is the right mind or not. 

Quotes

• All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee Thane of Glamis. All hail Macbeth! hail to thee Thane of Cawdor. All hail Macbeth, tou shalt be king hereafter” – Said by the three witches.

 

Truth. Lie. What is a little bit fact a little bit of fiction and not a lot in the middle. But can telling the truth get you in a lot more trouble than the lie you told. According to a 2014 study at the University of Massachusetts, they found out that 60% of adults can’t go ten minutes without lying. But even that number makes it sound better than it really is; those people in the study lied actually told an average of 3 lies during their 5 minute conversation. So what does that mean? Why do we lie? Do we lie to get out of trouble? Do we lie to protect someone? Why do we constantly tell these little white lies?

Sometimes people lie to exaggerate what they are saying a motivation that might best explain by President Donald Trump’s false statement that his Inauguration crowd was bigger than President Barack Obama’s first one.

People also lie to cover up bad behavior, as American swimmer Ryan Lochte did during the 2016 Summer Olympics by claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint at a gas station when, in fact, he and his teammates, drunk after a party, had been confronted by armed security guards after damaging property. But the things with lies people ALWAYS find out the truth and usually get in more trouble than you did when you lied.

Who has ever lied to your parents about something? Did they find out you were lying? Did you get in even more trouble than you were in before? I been in that……..predicament. But the worst part is not when they’re mad at you, it’s when they say they’re ‘disappointed’. Do you find when your parents say they’re disappointed in you, you wish they were mad at you; you just feel so sad, but then you feel disappointed in yourself..

Do you know what happens when we lie? Our nose starts to grow like Pinocchio… Nah I’m joking, what happens is our heart rate speeds up, we get clammy hands, we start breathing faster, we get nervous, our eyes start to move quickly instead of looking at the person you are lying to and we start to talk faster than normal – that’s if your bad liar, and also everyone is different people will react differently when they lie.Did you know that in a class of 26, 15% of those people admitted having told a lie at school in a month, and that 59% of those people did not feel guilty?

So what do you think about lying, is it a good thing to do when you’re protecting someone or yourself, or is best to tell them the truth, even if it cost you. What will you choose. Truth. Lie. What is it a little bit of fact a little bit of fiction and not a lot in the middle.

The boys tell themselves that “maybe there is a beast…” but then they think “…maybe it’s only us.” This is showing us as audience, that they boys are slowly losing control of their fear and their minds. We also see their fear is taking over their brain and leading them to more terrible acts that (that Jack encourages) we see in the novel e.g. killing Simon and Piggy etc.

 A Series of Unfortunate Events – By Lemony Snicket   

A Series of Unfortunate Events is the story of the three Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Claus and Sunny. The books are narrated by Lemony Snicket, a mysterious man who follows the story through clues passed on through a secret organization known only as the V.F.D. The series begins with the three children losing their parents in a fire. Although, a banker named Mr. Poe takes care of the children and leaves them with the nearest relative, Count Olaf. The children, however, are doubtful that Olaf is actually a relative. Olaf and his troupe become the villain of the series. During their stay with Count Olaf, the children are forced to perform ridiculous and cruel tasks. Eventually, the children are able to escape, and though the children are not still under Olaf’s care, he is still intent on finding them and stealing their enormous fortune that their parents had left them. In each book, the children are given a different guardian which causes more problems for them. In their attempts to settle down into a home, the orphans find that the problems they encounter all seem to be pointing to the same mysterious agency, the V.F.D. They meet many members of this secret organization that train them in different areas. Violet is a great inventor. Klaus is good at research. And, Sunny, though just a baby, is good at biting things. The mystery of the V.F.D. compounds as the series goes on, making it often ambiguous as to whether the agency is good or bad.

All of the Baudelaire have their only personality, and I personally thing that I can relate to all three of the Baudelaire personalities. Violet who was the eldest (14 years old), is creative and resourceful, she can make anything out of anything, I relate to Violet because I am really creative and artistic, but I am not that resourceful. Klaus who is the middle child (just older than 12) and the only boy, is very smart he knows just about everything he like to read book and learn about new things; I relate to Klaus because I too like learning new things and expanding me knowledge, but I do not like reading as much as Klaus. Sunny who is still an infant who is always very cheerful, I myself always tries to look on the brighter side of things so that is how I relate to Sunny.

This series of books relate to children who are orphans in the real world. Just like how the Baudelaire siblings lost their parents so have million of other people in the world, and they too have to go through the pain and sorrow that the Baudelaire siblings had to go through.Like Lemony Snicket said at the very start of the book “..In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle”, like the real world there are plenty of people who have to go through bad beginnings, bad endings, and bad other really bad things; in the world there are children that don’t have siblings, that gets taken away from their parents, or something happens to their parents, that take a turn for the worst; they get involved with their local gangs and end up dead or in prison, or they end up going to a even worst family than before and get end up with some sort of mental illness that causes even more trouble. I know that is a worst case scenario and that not what happens in the book, but in the book they have a lot of unfortunate things happen to them, just like some orphans in our world.

Other books that have a relationship with this series of book is the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling. Like The Baudelaire siblings Harry loses his parents too, and there is a person chasing after them, and just like the Baudelaire siblings, Harry comes across some very hard unfortunate events; but unlike the Series of Unfortunate Events series, Harry gets a happy ending.

I think how the story is told by an outsiders view opposed to through any character’s eyes gives the book a little bit more mystery because we don’t know what is going through each character’s mind, and gives us as the audience to give out own opinion on each character rather than basing it own someone else’s opinion. Overall I really enjoyed these series of books, as it make me think how cruel and selfish a person can be, but it also showed me how strong willed a person could be and to never give up.       

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is based in the middle of a nuclear war. These 25 British boys aged between six and twelve, get stranded on a tropical island after their plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. When they awake on the beach of the island, two boys Ralph and Piggy find a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy suggests that the conch could be used to summon the other boys. During the meeting Ralph is elected as leader/chief. Ralph elects Jack to be in charge of hunting, providing food for the entire group and the boys who want to hunt. After a expedition of the island, Ralph declares that they should light a fire to attract passing ships.

Since there is no adults around the boys are playing around. Ralph starts to complain they should be maintaining the signal fire and building huts and shelters. When the hunters fails to catch a wild pig, Jack becomes increasingly distracted with hunting rather than building shelters. When Ralph and Piggy are walking up to check on the signal fire they noticed that the fire had gone out. Ralph gets really angry at the hunters because it was their job to maintain the fire. Ralph calls a meeting. During this meeting the boys find out that some of the ‘littuns’ (younger boys) have been having nightmares, and they are convinced there is a beast lurking around the island; the older boys try to convince them otherwise, but what the beast symbolizes in this novel is the boys sanity, slowly all of the boys start to believe in the ‘beast’ on that is terrorizing the boys; and one night during a feast the boys are so convinced of the ‘beast’ that they think Simon (one of the younger boys) is the beast emerging from the forest and they end up killing Simon thinking it was the beast.

As the novel processes there is a lot of conflict between Ralph – who want to keep law and order- and Jack- who wants to hunt and have ‘fun’-. Jack at the next meeting that they have declares himself the leader of the hunters. The following morning while Ralph and Piggy are talking, Jack’s tribe attack them and steal Piggy’s glasses. Ralph and his group travels to Jack’s stronghold in an attempt to make Jack see reason, but Jack’s 2IC (second In Command) Rodger rolls a bolder down the hill killing Piggy and shattering the conch shell. Ralph hides in the forest for the night, and the following the other boys hunt him like an animal. Jack and the others starts a fire in an attempt to smoke Ralph out of his hiding place. Ralph gets chased through the forest and ends up collapsing on the sand of the beach, when Ralph looks up and there is a British Naval officer standing above them. When the rest of the boys arrive on the beach all of the boys break down in tears.

Something that connects me and the novel is Ralph. Ralph intentions in the book are to make sure to take care of everyone and make sure they survive. Like me, I like to be in charge in tough situations, and make sure I take care of everyone. Just like how Ralph made sure everyone was doing their job, I would do the same thing. But I am also like Piggy I like to make sure there is peace. Both Piggy and myself (in my view) are both peacekeepers, we dont like violence. 

Something that connects the the world and the novel together is violence and how we lead each other and our people. Like how the novel ends with tree boys dead, and the others had lost their humanity, this book shows us that violence doesn’t solve anything, and this book also shows us that we need of balance of law and order and fun. Like how Jack takes over the tribe because Ralph is too controlling over the ‘tribe’, jack thought it was too boring and a waste of time; but when he became the leader of the group everything went to chaos people were dying the boys were losing their humanity. So this novel shows us that it is good to have a good balance of work and fun, and that violence never solves anything.

Overall I really enjoyed reading the book. It was really eye opening to see what these young boys can do if they don’t have adult super vision I personally haven’t read any books similar to the lord of the flies. Like The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket I liked how it was told for an outsiders point of view because it gave us as the audience to develop our own ideas of the characters. 

 

 The Dead Lands By Toa Fraser

The Dead Lands By Toa Fraser is about a tama(boy)- Hongi- who is chasing after an enemy (Weirepa), who killed Hongi’s whole tribe. On the way to finding Weirepa, Hongi meets the taniwha (monster) who is just a man who is cursed because he killed he entire iwi(tribe) just to protect his fathers honnor. Over time The Warrior (the taniwha) and Hongi develop a friendship. In the end Hongi doesn’t kill Weirepa because Weirepa wants ‘he tino mana’ (big glory) and if Hongi does kill Weirepa, Weirepa will get that mana, if Hongi doesn’t kill Weirepa, Weirepa will bring dishonor to his family and his iwi. In the battle The Warrior gets injured and before he dies Hongi says that his ancestors will let him into the afterlife, since his ancestors won’t let him into the afterlife because he killed his iwi. 

I relate to Hongi because I am the same age as him. This movie relates to the world because in the story someone did something bad and he felt the consequences of his actions, the same in real life if you do something bad, you face the consequences.  

I really liked this movie it was nice to see what pre-settlers Māori were like, and how they dealt with their problems.

 

Beans By Patrica Grace

This short story is about how energetic this boy is; he gets up every Saturday morning in winter, and he bikes into town to play rugby. When he comes back from rugby he lays on the grass and eats whole lemons, and the little old lady next door says to the boys mother ‘that boy is full of beans’, meaning that the boy has a lot of energy.

I liked this short story. It was really relateable because we all have to get up early let it be sport or other things, but we put in all this energy into out activity and we come home tired, we all filled with beans you just have to decide where the beans go to.

Butterflies By Patrica Grace

This short story is about a little girl who went to school and wrote a story about killing butterflies; her teacher said that they don’t kill butterflies but the teacher is wrong because, farmers kill butterflies because they kill their vegetables. the grandfather then said that the girls teacher buys her cabbages from the supermarket, he says this because you don’t go into a supermarket and see all these nibbles around the edges id the cabbage or any vegetables and he says this because he is a farmer and he gets butterflies that eat his cabbages that he has to kill.

I liked this short story/poem because it’s relateable because, lots of people just people think that something looks pretty and not threatening (like a butterfly) they think it doesn’t cause any problems for anyone, but something as little as a butterfly could have a huge impact on someone like a farmer, because if a lot of butterflies landed on a lot of different cabbages and started eating them that means that the farmer can’t sell that cabbage because it’s been eaten by butterflies, then they would lose money from not selling the cabbage. 

Beasts of No Nations Directed by Cary Fukunaga

Beast of No Nations directed by Cary Fukunaga, is set in South Africa during a civil war. There is conflict everywhere and rebel forces are taking children and making them soldiers. Agu (the main character) was with his older brother, father and grandfather, (after his mother and younger sister was sent away by Agu’s father) and was shot and killed by government soldiers, lucky Agu escapes and run into the and found by a rebel force. After Agu runs into the rebel force he is quickly trained to be a soldier and under the command of the rebel leader (Commandant).To get people to fight Agu along with others he is brained washed an example of this was after the ceremony to initiate the trainees into the rebel force, they used blank bullets to make the soldiers think that they are invisible to the enemy.During the time he was with the rebel force he loses his childhood, he was made to kill people, he became addicted to drugs and alcohol, and he was sexually abused by the Commandant. One day when the force was walking through the forest after they left the Supreme Commandant’s base, the force was attacked and Agu’s friend Strika is shot, so Agu carries Strika on his back until he dies. After Strika dies, the force walks through the forest util they get to some grass lands where they dig trenches. After a while 2IC declares to Commandment that him and other soldiers (including Agu) are leaving. After leaving the force they walk through the grass lands and they find the UN (United Nations) solider sand surrender to them. Agu is taken to a UN remedy camp, where he gets his childhood back.

 

I really enjoyed the movie, it was really eye opening for me to what the rest of the world was like compared to mine. A lot of the people in the movie was very uneducated that is why they were so easily manipulated and brained washed. I was a really emotional movie, and it made me feel really sad for Agu and other people in the movie, I mean this boys are 10 to 18 and they are fighting and killing people instead of playing games outside and enjoying themselves, instead they are killing people daily, getting addicted to drugs and lots of other terrible things that  a 10 year old should not be exposed to. This movie made me thank my life and the privileges that I get everyday like an education, parents, food, even a bed a night and none of these young boys get these privileges in their situation.  This movie was very touching and emotional for me.          

 

Ralph-

Right from the beginning of the novel, Ralph shows this leadership when he said “We’re having a meeting.”  When he said this all the boys (from ‘his’ choir) kept quiet and lined up. Even before he was elected the boys showed Ralph a lot of respect already.

 

When Ralph said “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things”, when Ralph said that he is already leading the group in the write direction so they can survive survival. Ralph also shows an huge amount of initiative and a great deal of control, when most of the other boys are concerned with playing, having fun, and avoiding work. Ralph decides to build huts as a method of survival.

 

By being the first to tell them what to do and by showing initiative and by setting goals for the boys to follow, he prepares practical plans that will help the boys get rescued.“’You hunters! You can laugh! But I tell you smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one. Do all of you see?’ He spread his arms wide and turned to the whole triangle. ‘We’ve got to make smoke up there – or die.’” This quote displays how Ralph is attempting to maintain order and civilized behaviour. He is trying to tell them what do to help them so they will not die.  

 

The chaos is showed through the loss of control throughout the novel, power-struggle, and the fight for survival on the island. As a leader, Ralph possesses the quality of responsibility. “The storm broke. ‘Sit down!’, ‘Shut up!’, Take the conch!’, ‘Sod you!’, ‘Shut up!’ Ralph shouted.” This quote is demonstrating how Ralph takes control by acting responsibly in tough situations, and tries to create a mini-society filled with laws, that the group of boys have to follow. The problems that the boys faced were easier to resolve, due to Ralphs ability to keep the other boys calm and protected.The rules that Ralph had came up with, included using the designated toilet area and making sure that the signal fire never dies out, as well as, gathering water, and building shelters. By this time in the novel, the boys start disobeying these rules and there was failure not only with power and control, but on the island as well. Ralph calls a meeting to make sure the boys are safe, and to make sure that everything is running smoothly on the island. When Ralph has the idea that the kids should wait until morning to climb the mountain because it will be harder to destroy the beast at night, because all the kids are having nightmares about the beast, this shows the role of responsibility to ensure that everyone is safe and calm on the island.

 

The role of a good leader is displayed a number of times through Ralph’s courage and determination to be rescued, during his time on the island. He shows a great amount of courage and determination to be rescued, and to survive. Ralph’s commitment to society and morality is strong, and all he wants to do is leave the island and go home. This strength gives Ralph an ethical conquest at the end of the novel, when he throws the pig’s head to the ground to defend himself against Jack’s hunters. This shows the determination and courage that he uses to protect himself. In chapter six the boys reach a part of the island that they have never seen or visited before. They reach a thin walkway that leads to a hill scattered with small caves. The boys are afraid to venture across the walkway and around the ledge of the hill, and Ralph’s sense of courage is shown when he volunteers to investigate the area alone. As a leader, Ralph has to set an example for the boys on the island, and has to face many obstacles alone. This is why he has to show courage and determination in front of the kids to complete the obstacles. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of a man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.” This quote concludes the novel and shows how Ralph is relieved that he completed his goal of being rescued, and how he reflected back on the memories on the island, the memories of his good friend Piggy. He should have been happy but instead he was thinking about all the evil that is in all people.

To conclude that Ralph is indeed a superior leader in the novel “Lord of the Flies” ,he was able to possess the ability to show initiative, responsibility, courage and determination on the island. These characteristics all make him the great leader he is. He is able to take control and charge of a group, and he is there to guide and manage the group in many difficult situations. Ralph should recognize his contribution to the island, and how he made a great impact. Without him, the children on the island may have not been rescued.

Jack-

Jack represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. A former choirmaster and “head boy” at his school, he arrived on the island having experienced some success in exerting control over others by dominating the choir with his aggressive attitude. He is very keen to make rules and punish those who break them, although he consistently breaks them himself when he needs to further his own interests.

The conflict on the island begins with Jack attempting to overthrow the group rather than working with Ralph to benefit it. He frequently undermines the power of the conch, declaring that the conch rule does not matter on certain parts of the island, but then uses the conch to his advantage when possible, such as when he calls his own assembly to criticize Ralph. For him, the conch represents the rules and boundaries that have kept him from turning into an animal. Their entire lives in the civilized world, the boys had been controlled by rules, set by society against physical aggression. On the island, however, that idea of rules fades rapidly from Jack’s mind. He quickly abandons the idea that in that world of politeness and boundaries, which is why he feels no need to keep the fire going or attend to any of the other responsibilities that the group has to do.

 

The dictator inside of him takes over and dominates Jack’s personality in the time of the the panic over the beast being seen on the mountain. In trying to blame Ralph, he uses his tries to twist Ralph’s words. In defense, he offers to the group a reason why hunting skills make for an effective leader, which is why “He’d never have got us meat,” . Jack put a high value on the boys who he finds useful or agreeable to his views and looks to silence those who do not please him. Boycotting the rules of order, Jack declares, “We don’t need the conch any more. We know who ought to say things.” He dictates to his hunters that they forget the beast and that they stop having nightmares.

 

As Jack establishes his leadership, he takes on the title of “chief” and reinforces the deception of station and power by using the other boys regularly telling the boys to raise their spears together and announce “The Chief has spoken.” This is no game to in the eyes of Jack, though; but the night of Simon’s death, Jack has clearly gone power-mad, sitting at the pig roast on a large log “painted and garlanded . . . like an idol” while “power . . . chattered in his ear like an ape.” His tribe calls him as “Chief,” indicating a form of more tribal leadership.

After been given the thrill of “irresponsible authority” he experienced on the island, Jack returns to civilization. When the naval officer asks who is in charge, Jack starts to step forward to challenge Ralph’s claim of leadership but is stopped perhaps by the recognition that now the old rules will be enforced.

 

Piggy-

 

Piggy is smart, has poor eyesight, a weight problem, and asthma. He is the most physically vulnerable out of all the boys, despite his intelligence. Piggy represents the rational world. By quoting his aunt frequently.Piggy acts as Ralph’s advisor. He cannot be the leader himself because he lacks leadership qualities unlike Ralph. He relies too much on people and the idea of the assembly. He believes that holding the conch gives him the right to be heard. He believes that holding social meetings will get results. As the brainy classic of civilization, Piggy asserts that “Life . . . is scientific.” Piggy complains, “What good’re your doing talking like that?” when Ralph brings up the highly charged issue of Simon’s death at their hands. Piggy tries to keep life scientific despite the incident, “searching for a formula” to explain the death.

 

Piggy is so intent on saving some fragment of civilization on the island, that he assumes that Jack’s raiders have attacked Ralph’s group so that they can get the conch, when of course they have come for fire. Even up to the moment of his death, Piggy’s perspective does not shift in response to the reality of their situation. He can’t think as others think or value what they value. Because his highly intelligent approach to life is modeled on the attitudes and rules of the authoritative adult world, he thinks everyone should share his values and attitudes. Speaking of the death of Simon and the little boy with the birthmark, he asks “What’s grownups goin’ to think?” he is not so much mourning over the boys’ deaths,  but mourning over the loss of values, ethics, discipline, and the civilized thinking that they young boys had lost.

 

Camp Waiora Scout camp. Day and night

The warmth of the sun above me warms my face, the grass runs through my toes like silk. A small breeze blows past me and fresh pine fills my lungs. All around me pine trees stand twenty stories tall. Birds tweeting surrounds me. A flock of birds soar past me, then beyond them is the clear blue sky, so bright like the sky is glowing. Then there is a loud splash from the river, there are people jumping off the small wooden bridge into the deep blue stream. As I walk up the hill to the  So many sights, sounds, smells, feelings to process.  As I walk up the gravel to the cabins where we are staying, I open the glass double doors, I walk into the hall, the sound of my shoes echo through the hall. I look to my left and I see the kitchen where my mum and other women are cooking our food for lunch. The smell of baking and fresh fruit fill the air. The sound of people laughing. Then a bell loud rings, and everyone in the camp piles into the hall, and line up into lines, the music starts to play and we all start to sing. 

Then after we have finished singing everyone scatters like mice outside, and everyone goes and get their shoes on, and go for a walk. We walk down the gravel road down the hill and standing in front of us there is tall long light brown grass we walk through the grass I look up and see the bright blue sky. 

The warmth of the crackling fire in front of me warms my face, the feeling of twigs and stones pressing against my feet. The smokiness from the the fire fills my lungs. The crackling fire, and people laughing around me, makes me feel relaxed. All around me their is nothing but black, except for the one orange glow from the fire. I look up I see the embers from the fire float up into the sky, like bubbles. The sound of the river calms me. So many sights, sounds, smells, feelings to process. As I walk up the gravel with torches everywhere to the cabins where we are staying, I open the glass double doors, I walk into the hall, the sound of my shoes echo through the hall. I look to my right and I see the kitchen where my mum and other women are cooking our food for dinner, I look to my left and I see a stage with a whole band set up. The whole place is completely wooden. The smell of lamb stew fill the air. The sound of people laughing. Then a bell loud rings, and everyone in the camp piles into the hall, and line up into lines, the music starts to play and we all start to sing.

After we finish singing everyone scatters to set up the tables for dinner, the dragging of the table against the floor, send shivers down my spine. After we have set up all of the tables and we have our cutlery, my mum and the other women who were cooking brought out our food. I look down the table at thirty people the lines of people looked like it went for miles. I take a deep breath and the smell of lamb and potatoes makes my mouth water, and I dig into my food. As I am eating my food, the sound of laughing and singing is going on.

After dinner, and everyone has done their dishes. We all sit on the on the waxed wooden floor all sit around in a circle drinking hot chocolate, the feeling of hot chocolate falls down my throat like silk. Then it is time for bed.