English Literature 1B

Marry Riana Success does not come easily to merry, Born in jakarta,she  was forced to migrate to singapore in 1998, to continue her studies at nanyang technological university,and to flee from indonesia,which was hit by the financial crisis and unrest at the time. Merry only armed with improvised, with a very limited amount of money, when she first arrived at singapore. To meet the cost of living and tuition, merry forced to own  to the government of singapore. but apperently it was not enough , and merry had to  struggle through college years with a very worrying Economic situation. To save , merry their daily lives with a very modest standard  of living. Merry had to accustom his self to eat only bread , instant noodles, and sometimes even forced to not eat, because of financial circumstances don't support. In the midst of her struggle to study at NTU, which is famous with the standard of education and discipline are very high,merry still had to work part time as a divider f

BROWN EYES By Paul Stewart Every year, Peter and Susan reed go to Lea on Sea for their holiday. Every year they stay at the Hotel Vista. This year are their thirteenth visit to Lea on Sea. They arrived at Hotel Vista on early Saturday morning. The hotel was very quiet, very friendly and the food is good. They met Mrs. Brown and ordered a cup of Coffee. The door opened, and Mary, Mrs. Brown’s daughter looked in. ‘Hello’. She said to Susan. ‘And hello again’. She said to Peter. ‘Again?’ Peter said.  ‘Yes. Don’t you remember? Yesterday, You said hello in the bank.’  ‘Oh, y . . . yes!’ Peter said, and pretend to remember.  Mary smiled. ‘I’ll see you  see you later,’ she said. ‘Goodbye!’  ‘Goodbye,’ they said. Susan shut the door. Susan turned to Peter.  ‘Why did you pretend?’ Susan asked.  ‘I don’t know,’ peter said. The sun was hot in the afternoon. They walked down to the sea. They swam. The water was cold. After that, they walked across to Connor’

Life is a Choice                  However, our circumstances today are a decision that we took yesterday. And anything that will happen to us in the future that will come is the result of the decisions we make today.                Life will never be separated from a choice. Wherever we are, in a time and under any condition we are. We’re guided for taking the decisions and choosing one from anyother choices those are available. everyone has the right to choose whatever they want in their lives, that they want to be an entrepreneur, want to be an employee, want to become a doctor, even some who just want to become the ordinary housewives, want to work or study, want to eat or fast, want to cry or laugh, want to sleep or stay up late. But, wherever we choose, whatever decision that  we take, there are always risks that we must accept and the consequences we must carry out as a result of what we have chosen. If your choice is to become a successful entrepreneur, then you have to be br

Beauty and the Beast by Madame de Villeneuve This story tell us about sacrifice, faith, and courage of who called Beauty. She was daughter of the rich merchant who had six brothers and six sisters. One day, misfortunes befell them. Their house caught fire and burned all precious good it contained. All that he had left was a little house in a desolate place. They were work hard to earn their living. And after two years, their father received news that one of his ships had come with a rich cargo. All they thought that their poverty was at an end. So they all loaded their father with commissions for jewel and dresses. Only Beauty, did not ask for anything. She just wished for seeing her father come home safely. But he told her to choose something. Finally, she wanted her father to bring her a rose. And this is the starting point of the problem. Her father gathered a beautiful rose in the Beast’s garden when he was going home. Which it causes Beast anger. And Beast only forgive

The king of the Monkeys and the two travellers Two men were travelling together through a distant land. They made rather odd travelling companions, because one of them was incapable of ever telling the truth and could only tell lies, whereas the other could not tell a lie if his life depended on it, but could only ever say the truth as he saw it. They had been travelling for some time, when they came to the land of the monkeys. The king of the monkeys heard that two strangers had arrived in his realm, and he was very keen to impress them with his magnificence and power, so he ordered to have them brought before him. He arranged to receive them seated on his throne in his state room, in the middle of his palace, and had a large retinue of courtiers and servants lined up in long rows, both inside the room and along all the passages on the way in. As they made their way towards the state room, the travellers were quite nervous, and they bowed when they came before the king.

SHORT STORY AMERIC A    CINDERELLA JACOB AND WILHELM GRIM                  Once upon a time,lived a rich man’s wife, she sick. When she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, “Dear child, remain pious and good, and then dear God will protect you”. With she closed her eyes and died. Her daughter named Cinderella, she very sad because her mother was died. She go to the her mother’s funeral, everyday.                 After her mother died, her father married to a woman who had a daughter. Her stepmother treated cinderella very differently than her own son. Her stepmother   treating cinderella very badly. She always forturing cinderella, all the homework given to cinderella and cinderella did all the homework alone.                 Oneday, a prince is having a party. Cinderella want to come to the party but, her stepmother not giving a permission. The only one who can come is her own son. Fortunately, there’s fai

The Role of Deliberated Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance Deliberated  Pratice is a special type of   practice that is purposeful and systematic. It means deliberate practice   requires focused attention and   conducted with the specific goal of improving performance. Deliberated Practice is different with usual practice. So much people think that we want to expert in a specific skill, we have to do that specific skill continually, Yes actually that right but that is not deliberated practice. Practice just a normal everyday routine that you do to get better at whatever skill you’re working at whereas Deliberated Practice is going to take some mental power and a bit more effort than usual because its being focused to improving performance. It’s mean Practice  not makes perfect, perfect practice that makes perfect. So if you want to expert in specific skill you can’t only repeated a lot , you have to pay attention your repetition. In the book “The Role of Deli

Sangkuriang         In ancient times, there is a princess in West Java named Dayang Sumbi. She had a son named Sangkuriang.Sangkuriang was a boy who liked to hunt and when hunting, he was always accompanied by his dog named Tumang. Despite a Dog, Tumang actually an incarnation of the god and the father of Sangkuriang.       One day, he got mad at Tumang for not pursuing the animals. Because of so angry, he then expelled Tumang so the dog went into the woods. He then returned to the palace and told the incident to her mother. Dayang Sumbi was so angry and hit his head. Sangkuriang then disappointed and he decided to wander.After hitting Sangkuriang, Dayang Sumbi felt so sorry and she always prayed and meditated to get forgiveness from God. One day, God gave a gift because she was so diligent in praying. The prize is a timeless beauty that would make Sumbi Dayang becoming young forever.          After wandering for a dozen years, Sangkuriang returned home. When he reached t

Source: zona-ris.blogspot.com Women empowerment is a broad term which refers to the creation of such environment in which she can take the decision of her own to lead a comfortable life. Women are equally competent if they are given equal opportunities then they can provide the best socio-economic setup in the region. Talking about Women Empowerment, Arab World have slow but progressive development of Women Empowerment. Although Arab leaders try to focus on important issues of women's empowerment. Arab ladies are still lacking the rights to live a comfortable life. In a similar manner Libya, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia and the worst have scored badly in politics and economic governance, Egypt. Most women are illiterate and poor. Attention is needed by educating and giving them knowledge about their rights. The study says that there is a gender gap in the Arab region, even Arab is the second largest region in the world, after Africa. This is an obstacle in the country&

TINKER BELL It was a special day in Pixie Hollow. All the fairies gathered around. With a sprinkling of pixie dust, a new fairy was born. Her name was Tinker Bell. Queen Clarion welcomed the newest fairy and said, “Born of laughter, clothed in cheer, happiness has brought you here.” The fairies tried to help Tinker Bell find her talent. They gave her flowers, water, and light, but everything Tink touched faded away. Then, Tinker Bell passed a hammer. It began to glow. It flew straight toward her. She had found her talent. She was a tinker fairy. The tinker fairies came to welcome Tinker Bell. Tink was happy to meet them. She was also a bit sad. Tinkers were not fancy like the other fairies.  Tink’s new friends, Clank and Bobble, took her on a tour of Pixie Hollow. Thet saw all the fairies getting ready for spring. “It’s the changing of the seasons,” explained Bobble. There was a lot going on at Tinker’s Nook. Tinker Bell loved seeing all the useful things the tinker fairies mad

SLEEPING BEAUTY                               In a faraway kingdom,there was an empire led by a king and queen. But they not lived happily because they didn't have a child. One day,  the queen gave a birth to a beautiful little daughter,named Princess Aurora. All people in the kingdom was very happy. The king was making a big celebration for his daughter. The king invited all people in the kingdom, including all fairies that lives in the kingdom. There were 13 fairies in the kingdom, but the king only invited 12 fairies.       When the celebration was running on, the 12 fairies invited by the king to surround Princess Aurora to gave a blessing. Suddenly, the 13th fairy who were not invited by the king come. She was very angry and not accept this humiliation. She not gaving blessing to Princess Aurora, but she even crused her. She said "When the baby was 16 years old,  she will be picked by a needle and fall sleep for a long time! " After saying that curse the 13th