The article written by Elena Ferrante is called «‘I devote myself to
plants. Is it because I am afraid of them?’». The author devotes our attention
to such an inconspicuous thing in our daily life as a plant. She analyzes how
much she loves them and take care of them wishing to do only the best. And at
the same time Elena Ferrante draw the reader’s attention to the point that
flowers are prisoners: «They can’t move, they can’t seek shelter, they can’t
escape clippers, hatchets, saws». Nevertheless, the author admires that plants
have in themselves a blind force that doesn’t fit with their cheerful colours,
their pleasing scents. There is an example of images of burning forests at the
movies or on television that shows how the life evaporates. That's why Elena
Ferrante admits she is afraid of plants: they are symbolisms
that apply to any form of life.
“Money matters a lot” – How far is it relevant? Your response on this matter Nowadays we are living in the world where everything turns around money. Money has been generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debt centuries ago. They were created to get some necessary things for daily life; however, as time passes, money became used to get surpluses. The more money people have the more benefits they can get. Less money means stress in bill payments, gas prices, and food prices. With money, people can fulfill their material need. However, money cannot buy everything such as happiness, friendship and love, health, and appetite. As a clear example of it we can name a book “The Great Gatsby”, where the main character was blind for the color of money; he thought that the solution to all his problems was money. He wanted to obtain feelings from other people by means money because these people around considered that money could cover up their defects, ...
Hello Sasha,
ОтветитьУдалитьWhat an unusual topic this article is devoted to! I am really interested to learn from you the reason why it attracted your attention. I'm not saying it is not worth it but I'm not quite sure about what issue or issues you can actually discuss in connection with it. Do you have an idea?
Some points to consider:
ОтветитьУдалитьElena Ferrante **draw (WF)the reader’s attention
You need to add the reference details to the article you have summarised. It's common to do it when you refer to any publication you discuss in your work.
Sasha,
ОтветитьУдалитьThe article you have summarised is interesting but not quite appropriate for the purposes of the task it had to be written in connection with. The idea was to choose an article devoted to a socially important issue connected with the life of young people
Consider this: Ferrante **draw (WF) the reader’s attention
Sasha,
УдалитьI'm sorry but I'd like to ask you to explain why you haven't published your essay draft of a For and Against Essay that was the task after this one?