Thursday, April 26, 2007

 

A Meaningful Life

How do you look at the life of yourself? Do you expect that your life is special,wonderful or even meaningful? I really admire the people who have a meaningful life.But,what is a meaningful life? In my opinion, a meaningful life is a manner of existence which deserve to be understood , mentioned,or learned. Have you ever thought wheather your life is meaningful or not untill now? Actually,there are many people who have meaningful life in this society.For example,the volunteers and the patients who got the rarely seen diseases.

First, I think the volunteers' life is meaningful. They offer their services without payment to help the people who need assistance. They spend much time or money to do a lot of things which benefit people or this society and never expect others' feedback. They set an good example to others, especially to children. So,their meaningful life really deserve to be mentioned.

Next, some of the patients who got the rarely seen diseases are also have a meaningful life. Maybe some people will think they are so miserable. They can't be cured by nowadays medical treatment and seems so holpless. However, some of them are still so positive,optimistic and brave to struggle for living. Moreover ,they even make a speach everywhere or write books to encourage the people who got troubles or frustration.This kind of life is also meaningful , isn't it?

The meaning of life is not on how long your life span is, but on what you do for people and this society. So,why not change your life style,spare a little time to do some meaningful things from now on?And then,you will not only create a meaningful life ,but also feel lifeful.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

 

Contrast Adult's Storybooks and Children's Storybooks

Most adults and children like to read storybooks or listen to the stories. But, adults readers and children readers are quite different. Good adult's books are not necessarily suitable for children. On the contrary, children's readers may be not liked by adults. There are some differences between adult's and children's storybooks.

First of all, setting is different between these two kind of strories. Adult's stories always has clearly description on setting .It includes when , where,how ,and why the story happen, meanwhile it also reflects the story's culture background. In contrast ,children's stories usually happened long time ago, and sometimes leave out describing the place or time.

Second, they are also different on characters. There are often many characters in adult's stories. And the main character usually undergoes a series of misforture ,misunderstanding, or training, then change to be a more beautiful or stronger person. On the other hand, there are not so many characters in children's stories,but specially, the characters sometimes are animals, plants or even objects.

Finally,the most prominent difference is the plot.The plot in adults' stories are more complicated and has a lot of conflicts. The length of the stories are always longer than childeren's because there are multiple points of view to describle. In addition, the ending is sometimes very surprising or terrible. However, the plot of children's stories are easy, simple ,and more formulaic. Children can guess what happened next. Besides, there are more repeated sentences or daily conversation in the stories, children can even remember all of the story. Moveover the ending is usually beautiful and happy.

Now ,we know adults' and children's stories are quite different. So, when we choose a book in the bookstore or library,we can distinguish easily the book is written for children or adults, just by checking its setting,characters and plot.

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