War Horse Pt. 2 - Friendship United!

Thursday already?! I feel like it's still Tuesday but time flies....

If you've read the title and the first part, you'll know what I'm talking about. The movie, "War Horse".  So basically, today we finished the movie and I cried. Really. Not sure why though, I didn't cry watching Hachiko...It's so weird. The picture beside this paragraphs are the very few scenes in the final parts of the movie.

On the other side of the battle, Albert has finally gotten into the army, with the thoughts of Joey is dead. (We know he's not though!) He, his best friend , Andrew and the landlord's son, David Lyon, have all joined the army, and were facing death onto the no man's land. After the whistle is blown, the soldiers all fight for life on the battle field.

David gets hurt in the middle, and Albert doesn't move forward to battle. He carries David into a safe place, so that he can be rescued and saved. David keeps begging for Albert to leave him, but Albert still wants to save his friend. After he makes sure the safety of David, Albert leaves and gets onto the German trench with the help of Andrew's bravery. Before the battle, Andrew was assigned to shoot any retreated soldiers, but as he saw David's hurt body, he changes his position with him, helping Albert. He throws a grenade at the sniper's nest of the Germans, which helps them move forward.

As the surviving British soldiers enter the trench, it was very empty. Nobody was there, and those who are in there, dead. The British didn't have suspicion at all, and went through the trench. As they proceed, suddenly poisonous gas shoots from the trench, poisoning those inside, including Albert and Andrew...this results in Andrew's death.

As we move forward, after replacing the position. Topthorn and Joey are both forced into labor. In the end, Topthorn is only forced to die, causing for the man in the German army and Joey to mourn for him. Joey is asked to run away, in which he did. He runs onto the No Man's Land, where the war between British and German is commencing. Joey runs and finally falls into a series of barbed wires, causing for him to fall and be hurt. The Germans and the British stop for a while.They both notice the horse, because it was settled in the middle of No Man's Land, and they both try to call it so that the other side can have a disadvantage, but Joey doesn't move.

Finally, one of the British soldiers named Colin goes to the horse, although he was called a bloody git by his commander. While he walks towards Joey, he meets up with a German soldier named Peter. Since he didn't bring any wire cutters, Peter helps him, even if he is the enemy. Bringing in more wire cutter for Joey, the two men finally helped Joey out of the wire, talking to each other like pals. They both flip a coin, and the British win the horse. Both nationalities go back to their base, only to continue the war.

Joey gets back with Colin, getting nicknamed by the man "the Miracle Horse".  As he takes the horse to the infirmary, Albert is getting treated. He survived the poison gas, but his eyes still needs to recover because it was hurt badly. As he rested, someone announces there was a miracle horse. Albert flinched for a moment, thinking the only horse who could do that was....

Joey's leg hurt badly, but the doctor still refused. A broken leg for a horse is a no-good horse. Finally, it was forcefully decided that it was time to shoot Joey. Colin begged to not do it, but they had no choice. As the gun was being aimed at Joey, an owl call was heard. Joey looks for the very person who makes the call, giving everyone confused looks. As the moment passes, they discover it was Albert whose eyes are shut by bandages that called the horse. The commander first decides to shoot the horse, but as Albert tells him what his horse looks like, the commander is surprised because Joey is exactly as described.... because of this, Joey doesn't get shot, and Albert reunites with him....but that's not the end.

The bells have rung, and the war has ended. Sadly, all of the horses that aren't the commanders have to be sold...including Joey. Albert begs for the captain not to trade the horse, but it's what the command is told. The military all have put their money for Albert....32 guineas. When the auction has begun, the French and the British auction on for the stallion...only to be defeated by the one and only character that comes back from the middle of the movie....Emilie's Grandfather. He offers 100 guineas, and that ends the auction. Albert begs for the grandfather to give him Joey back....only to find out that little Emilie has died of her disease.

At first, as the grandfather walks away with Joey, Joey escapes from his grasp, and trots towards Albert. Albert gives Joey one last thought (Which was really heart-breaking!), before releasing him. The grandfather then asks about the sash he found, and is surprised to find out that it was Albert's father's. He finally gives a final thought and returns the sash...along with Joey. Albert and Joey walk back to the farm, but before that Albert asks:
"What was her name?"

The grandfather smiles and answers:
" Her name was Emilie....her name is Emilie."

After the return to the farm, the movie fades to black and it ends the movie.

War Horse PT.1 - Be Brave Joey, Be Brave For Albert!

"Can you imagine flying over a war and you know you can never look down? You have to look forward, or you'll never get home. ...What could be braver than that?" - Grandpa

War Horse is a movie about the journey of a young boy's foal who grows up to be a fine stallion which enters war. The story starts when a young boy observes when a mare gives birth to a young foal. Years go by, and the young foal turns into a stallion which has parted with its mother and sold at an auction. At the auction, an old drunken man which goes by the name of Ted Narracott is told to find a plow horse but finds the young,wild stallion to be a 'beaut'. Because of this, he then drunkenly fights his land owner for the horse, which ends up in a regret. As he comes home, his wife becomes dissapointed in his action.The son,Albert, is very content though, and ends up taking care of the horse. Albert names his stallion Joey, and he's glad.

Months pass, and Albert finally begins training Joey to plow. The harvest may be rocky, but Albert is always optimistic, and encourages Joey to do it. The landlord and the others don't believe in Albert and Joey, but because of hard work, Joey and Albert finally plow the field, making a harvest of turnips. Years past, and the night before the harvest, a heavy rain drops by, thus making a harvest failure. The war is near, and the father (Ted Naracott) decides to sell Joey without Albert's permission. When Albert finds out about what his father has done, he runs as fast as he could,but finds out he was too late. Joey has been sold in order to pay for the farm rent.

Albert rages for a moment, and begs for Captain Nicholls, the new owner of the horse, to let him in the army, but fate didn't let him be. Joey finally parts from Albert and joins the British army. Over there, he meets a trusty horse as well, best on the army. His name is Topthorn, and he belongs to the Major, whose name is Jamie Stewart. The two horses are uncomfortable with each other at first, but after a while, they decide that they should be partners, soon to become the best of friends. The horses and the new British army begin walking towards their target, making strategies in order to attack their target, the Germans. When they do, it seemed easy... a little too easy.

They discover that the Germans have heavy artillery that shoots repeatedly, resulting in Captain Nicholls death and the surrender of the British army. The two horses are kept though, to be the German's horse army. During the war, two German brothers, the elder named Michael, the younger named Gunther are assigned different tasks in the army, which risks the death of many. Michael is assigned to move the horse, while Gunther is assigned to join the army, although he is 14 years old. Because he has promised his mother, Michael grabbed Gunther by the waist and they both run away from the war (with Joey and Topthorn as their horses). The next day, they are both discovered by the rest of the German army, and are shot to death as punishment for their escape. Topthorn and Joey are left there, only to be discovered by a young girl named Emilie.

Emilie discovers the horses, and takes them as her own. She gives them different names, and asks her grandfather's permission so they can keep them. The grandfather refuses at first, because Emilie is a ill little girl and very fragile, but in the end, the grandfather agrees. For a few days, they all enjoy their time training Joey and Topthorn, but soon the army comes to invade their possessions. Emilie hides the horses,and they went undiscovered. Soon after though, Emilie and her grandfather takes the horses for a ride, only to be taken away by the German army. Emilie goes unhurt, but the horses are taken away for hard-work labor. As they journey back to the Garman Army, to lift the machines. Any horses who get injured on the hard labor, directly gets shot in battle. At first, Topthorn was to replace the dead horse, but his broken leg fails him to. As a result, Joey helps Topthorn by replacing his position in the machine.

Loyalty, Bravery and Friendship are what makes this family movie to be one of the most touching stories ever. Based on the 1st World War, we can see that a lot of courage is needed to face war, and one must be brave to do it. Friendship is said one of the most important connections of all. You can never really forget anyone who has been your friend, and you should keep that friendship loyal, because even if you part ways, you will always find a way back.

OBJECTION!

....says Phoenix Wright.

 Alright, so the last unit I was studying at my school was about Argumentative Writing and debates. I don't like debates, to be honest. It reminds me of what happened in the last grade where I had debate as a final mark. (The teacher LOVES debates!) *shudder* ...Anyway, so this time we were supposed to make two assignments :

1. We were supposed to debate on why Globalization makes a brighter future. ( I was on the Pro side.) 

2. We were supposed to make an argumentative essay on any subject we chose. Mine was about How Guns should not be sold to the public. 


Anyway, the first assignment took us two weeks to do, and the teacher who was marking us wasn't our teacher, it was another English teacher. I was so nervous, I would've broke down any time, but I didn't, which was a success! Although I was shaking like I lived in the arctic without a coat, I actually aced through the debate....phew. I thought that I would lose...but I won! Yay! The other team was really tough, but I'm just glad we passed the debate. Maybe next time, I would input more things into my debate, and try not to shake like someone who just came from massaging, ha ha. ^.^


Now onto the argumentative writing. My teacher who normally teaches us said that she was disappointed. She said that most of the argumentative writings were disappointing, because we all had potential , only we didn't use it well. Normally she would all be happy and cheerful but it looked like she was really disappointed. I was really nervous so I went last to ask my scores on the argumentative writing. I thought I got a horrible score, but just when the lesson had ended... I finally got up and asked.....and suddenly my score waaaaas....

AWESOME! 

Oh my gosh! yay! And I was so nervousssssss.....

I thought I got a horrible score because there was SO many grammar mistakes, I thought I was going to get like a 18/24, or a 16/24 but I got a 23/24! Oh wow! And that's one of the highest scores in the WHOLE grade! I don't know what was better, the fact that I was shaking but I got a great score, or that I was actually nervous which turned out to be just anxiousness, haha. Alright, so the assignments and its scores were fun and this is the reflection on them.

I probably need to improve my grammar, and this is because I lack reading books. I should probably hit up the library and read more books to improve my grammar even more. I also need to watch my work, because my font was unrecognizable at the Internet Cafe, and it became random Webdings font. I think that's all, bye bye~

OBJECTION! 

DETECTIVE , OUT!