English - The outsiders

THE DAILY NEWS

Shot dead by police:

18 year old boy gets shot at and killed by police after having witnessed his best friend's death the same day.

Dally Winston Age 18, was shot after having witnessed his best friend (Johnny Cade Aged 16) from saving multiple kids from a burning church a few days earlier, leading Johnny suffering from burns and a broken back, dyeing  right in front of him a few days latter.

Moments after of Johnny's death he pulled out a gun to a doctor cursing at him for not saving his friend. While upset he made his way to the local gas station, wrecking the shop by ripping papers etc, and having robbed the gas station cashier. He made an escape to the park where he would try and hide from the police by hiding in his friend's house a few blocks away.

Stopping at a phone station calling his friends ( ponyboy, sodapop, and darry curtis. Two Bit and steve) to help him hide by meeting them in the park a few minutes away.  But in the act of trying to get to their house the police caught up to him, their friends just around the block he was shot by police for self defence having a gun aimed at the police not knowing it was loaded. Police are still investigating the body.

There will be more news on the deaths Dally  Winston and Johnny Cade soon. And a report on the Curtis brothers going to court.



Zoe The Outsiders

Plot Profile

Events in book	Rank out of 10
Ponyboy get jumped by socs	7
They meet cheery, bob and randy (socs threatened greasers for walking with the girls)	5
Darry slaps Ponyboy	6
Johnny kills bob	10
Johnny and ponyboy run away	6
Ponyboy and Johnny save kids in the church	9
Big rumble	9
Johnny and dally die	10

ART - Kathe Kollwitz and Emil Nolde

Kathe Kallwitz:            Self-portrait (selbstbildnis) 1934

Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt, was a German artist, who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger, and war on the working class. Wikipedia

Born - 8 July 1867      Died - 22 April 1945 (aged 77)

Emil Nolde:            Prophet 1912

Emil Nolde was a German-Danish painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color. Wikipedia

Born - 7 August 1867      Died - 13 April 1956 (aged 88)

Social Studies

Week 4




Week 3

The Power of One - My best film essay

SEXXXY 1 In The Power of One by John G. Avildsen, close ups are were an important technique used throughout the film.	For example when Pk is upside down hanging by a rope in pain whilst being struck by a rock Bortha fired with a slingshot, in a dark room while Bortha (the bully) and his students from his school are cheering.	This makes the Audience think that bortha had the chance to hang Pk up but also takes an advantage by also killing his chicken making him look like he wants Pk dead.	The director used this  important technique to show what the impact on Pk from what people thought of him.	This worked well with the dialogue with the students booing and chanting, and stopping their feet at Pk while hanging in mid air.	This reminded me of latter in the film when Bortha and Pk, near the end of the film, where fighting.
SEXXXY 2 Not only can close ups create an impact, but so can sound effects.	For instance, when Pk is at the boxing arena whilst training to be on a new team with blacks and whites, he starts to train, whist hitting there are sound effects to make it more realistic and scary.	This makes the audience think that are stronger than they look etc.	The director used this technique to show us how important and how extra sound can add an impact on people's reactions and the way they feel about what is happening.	This combined with dialogue of his friend encouraging him make it seem like there is hope for his upcoming event.	This reminded me of when he had to leave for his school and his mother said good bye and the sound effects of him walking away and the truck waiting for him.
SEXXXY 3 Music in the hang him up scene is an important technique used to to create an impact to the film.	For example when pk is standing in front of Bortha there is a american diegetic music going in the film whilst there are a large amount of Hitler's symboled flag around.	This shows us, by the music, that they are in full support of hitler and what he is doing.	The director used this to show the Audience that all the trouble that is coming with the war etc, is all landing on his shoulders because he is the only english person at his school.	This combined with the dialogue with what Bortha is saying, making it harsh on Pk.	This can be compared to when in the hunger games when katniss enters the arena for the first time and gets a knife thrown at her whilst her grabbing a back pack and blocking the knife with it.
SEXXXY 4 Not only does close ups, sound effects and music show important techniques, but dialogue is one of the most important film techniques used in this film, whilst giving information as well as a story.	For example when sgt. Boorman tells Geel Piet to empty the bucket which soon leads to them having a conversation and  Geel Piet on the floor , while sgt Boorman Threatening him “i will find out what your doing sooner or latter…!”	This made me understand that sgt Boorman had the power to eat him and eat poo, and that one day he could get beaten to death (as he does later in the film).	The director used this to show us that sgt had the power and that Geel Piet took the punishment for everyone else from swapping the bucket of tobacco with dirty water.	This worked well with the low angle long shot of sgt Boorman standing looking at Geel Piet with a weapon in his hand.	This reminded me of when Pk when he was talking with his boxing opponent the next night, making me feel scared and anxious.