Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Edward Scissor-hand!


Edward Scissor-hand is a beautiful movie about one boy that has scissors instead of his hands. His father had a factory and he had a dream of making a real human from one of his robots, and that's what he did, he made Edward. They lived in  big  castle away from other human beings. One day his father died and he had to live alone in this big castle without any contact with other people.The story is about how he is dealing with meeting a new society and how challenging it was.


For me it was pretty similar when I came to Norway. It was a bit challenging in the beggining, but now I cant even imagine living in other country than Norway. Edward Scissor-hand is really a beautiful story about relations between people. It helps people understand that you don't have to be just like others to make them like you. If you see this movie you will also understand  the power of love. You are able to do anything for this special person you are in love with.


This scene is taken from the movie when Edward is giving a hug for the first time to Kim,the girl he is in love with...What a romantic moment.
Enough for this time.. It is only 6 days till Christmas Eve and I can't wait! 
I wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hey ho! 














- Ewa! 

From Norway to England!


It is only 1 week till Christmas Eve, so today I will write something about that topic, but also something about world war two.  Christmas is about spending time together and having a good time. Each year  Norway is giving away a Christmas tree to England  The tree is given as a gesture of friendship between the countries and gratitude for the help that the British gave to Norway during the Second World War.

In June 1940, ships of the  Royal Navy evacuated  King Haakon VII from Norway. They took  the King and the Norwegian government to London, where they stayed until May 1945.
The City of Oslo sends a very large Norway Spruce to the City of London every Christmas as a gesture of their gratitude for rescuing their King one step ahead of the Germans, and giving him and his government hospitality during their stay. Under world war two  around 10,000 Norwegian men and women died because of the war. Around 700 of these were Jews sent to concentration camps in Germany and Poland.



Trafalgar Square Christmas tree



Second part of homework

The story I read was about how it was to be a child under world war two.
It was a story about a boy  that was  evacuated to somewhere away from London but no-one, not even the parents knew where ! He could only take his gas mask,clothes and food.  He was ten and a half years old and without a brother or sister for comfort and support.... the oldest child taken with this train was about 14 and the youngest only 5, some were unaccompanied too ! Babies and pregnant mothers were mixed in this train and it was a non corridor train too!
The Evacuation was the greatest single movement of population in history, a decision taken only the day before in which ultimately 3,500,000 children would be taken away from their homes to avoid the  bombing and gas raids we had been told would come on the very first day.( German started with Poland, first of September 1939.)
All the children ended up at a little village in Somerset called Uphill. There they were taken to a large school recreation field, lined up  checked for head lice and after they got their foster parents . Just think about how awful it was. Meeting some strangers without your parents  and not knowing when u're going to meet them again.  The best and cleanest children were chosen first ! Some children didn't understand---they thought they’d been sent away because they have been naughty ! 
This boy was very lucky, his foster parents were a childless couple who treated him  wonderfully.  He was with this family for about 9 months and after this, he still had contact with this family,and now  his foster mother is 94.



-Ewa