Name: Tan Heng Yeow (38)
Questions given by lit teacher

1)Why did Leslie die off stage ?

When Leslie was swinging the rope into Terabithia herself,it was raining very heavily and the creek's water level was very high.At the same time,Jesse was with Miss Edmunds,visiting the art museum.It is possible for them to film two scenes and show it at different times around the two incidents but the reason maybe why they did not want to film Leslie's drowning in the creek is because that would be too tedious and dangerous.

Why tedious and dangerous ?

As filming a person drowning in a creek is very dangerous,the idea is eliminated.Even though the person can swim very well,it would still be very dangerous as this might cost a life.Another possible way is to use 3D animation.But,this is very obvious to the people watching the movie and they might get bored and even think,''Not worth my money to watch a show not real life filmed.''Also,filming Leslie drowning in the creek might lengthen the content of the movie and the scriptwriter need to add in more details and that might make the people watching the movie bored.So,that part is not filmed and replace with Jesse being shock about what his Dad told him that Leslie died when Jess came back from the art museum and Jesse being angry and the story continues more interestingly...

2)Who are the Dark Lords for A)Jesse? B)Leslie? C)Me

A)Jesse is born in a not well do family and he is the only guy in the family excluding his dad.His dad is the only one in the family who is working to bring back money.Since Jesse is a guy,he need help in chores like milking the cow and helping the can the vegetables to bring in extra income.Jesse's father did not quite give the love that Jesse long wanted to have as he thought boys do not like mushy stuffs,but in his heart,he still loves Jesse a lot.Due to the scolding and lecturing Jesse's father gave him to make him learn from his mistakes and become more matured,Jesse's dark lord is his father as he did not know that what his father do is for is own good and thought that he keep picking on him and loves his sisters more.

B)To me,I think that Leslie's dark lord is being alone or lonely.Her family was the opposite of Jesse,which is rich.They have moved to a rural place to discover their value judgments.Judy and Bill, Leslie's parents, are writers and spend most of their time absorbed in their work. The condition of the house and attention to Leslie are virtually nonexistent until they finish the books they are working on.Therefore,Leslie is a person who is hungry for friendship, companionship, and the feeling of belonging.One example is when she went up to Jesse to make friends with him as she wanted to bright up her life and not be alone again.Another example is when she is laughed at by her classmates when they knew that she have no television at home,which is a rare sight in the people there.She got very upset after that incident and that shows that she afraid that she would be alone and no people would want to make friends with her due to her not having a television.

C)Finally,it is me.To me,my dark lord are tests.Tests are questions that are given to test you what you have learnt.Thought I know that tests are important,i dislike them alot as they give me stress.In usual homework,we can manage our time to complete the task and even have time to find out the solution of those we are not sure of.In tests,due to time constrain,we cannot manage our time very well.And the ticking of the clock gives me lots of stress and i kept thinking that i had no time to finish the paper.A difficult question will always appear at all tests.Those are the core of my dark lord.They give me stress as i will get stuck and thought that marks will be lost.But,I am trying to overcome this dark lord to practice those subjects that I am weak in and manage my time well so I would feel less stress during exams.

3)Which version do you like better and why ?

To me,both the movie and the novel have their own good advantages and disadvantages.

In the movie,a picture is shown,so we can have a better idea of the story.The expression of the actors in the movie will also have a deep impression in our mind,so we can differentiate which part have what things happening.The background of the music can also influence us.When a eerie sound came,we know that a terrible scene is happening.When a joyous sound is heard,we knew that a happy occasion will be filmed.The other advantage is also that watching a movie is short and only take a few hours to complete it and a novel requires 1 day or more to finish it.Actions and scenes happening in the movie makes us have different emotions for the movie and we can feel for the characters and imagine we are them in the movie.That makes the movie very interesting and we will be absorbed to watch it further.Some disadvantages are that watching a movie does not improve our English alot as most of the parts are filled with dialogs and no good phrases are included in the movie.

In the novel,we cannot imagine we are in the story very well and cannot put ourself in their shoes very accurately.Also,the story has alot of words,and makes most of the people bored and wanting to sleep.A way to avoid this is the involve more exciting parts to the story and use action phrases to let readers wanting to look forward to the story.Also,the content in the story will not be exactly similar to the movie and some parts will be changed to flow throughout the novel.The good part of novels that we can refer to it again and again,so we can refresh the content of the story,whereas movies can only remain in your brain for a short period of time.

So,to me,i prefer reading both the novel and the movie and usually read the novel first then watch the movie,so i know the story roughly and watching the movie makes me enlighten my impression of the story and make a final conclusion about the content of the story.

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