REVIEW OF A MOVIE: The Jungle Book

THE JUNGLE BOOK

Mowgli is a boy who’s been raised by a family of wolves. He grew up between them and he even tried to act like a wolf but it didn't work because Mowgli finds himself no longer welcome in the jungle. That's when Shere Khan, the big scary tiger, promises to eliminate everyone and everything if the little boy stays in the jungle. He suddenly has the urge to abandon the only home he’s ever known and have to return where he really belongs to protect their wolf family and the jungle. In his journey there, he met a bear called Baloo who easily got along with the boy. But during the way, Mowgli encounters with jungle creatures who don’t exactly have his best interests, like Kaa, a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the boy and the great King Louie, who tries to convince Mowgli to tell him the secret to create the elusive and deadly red flower: fire. 

First of all, I decided to do a review of this movie because I thought that I'd be cool to compare the first movie with this remake. Personally I think that this movie is really good and the story is more ''mature'' than the old one. 

I really like it because the story gets more emotional and it also gaves you melancholical moments, like when Mowgli and Baloo sing their famous song. The Jungle Book was one of my favorites movies when I was little and I've watched a thousands times that's because I was very excited that it was going to be a remake of that movie and it didn't disppointed me at all. 

NEWS

FLIGHT MS804

This new is about the first look at the recovered wreckage of the Egyptian Airlines flight MS804 which crashed into the Mediterranean. The accident, been one or not, had 66 victims, all the people on board. Clothes, seat belts, even bags have been found in the search area in the north of Egypt along with what we’re told have been body parts salvaged by the Navy. 

Ships and aircraft from multiple countries continue to search the area looking for the plane's black box system, which could uncover what happened to the flight.

The last details received from the plane suggested smoke in the toilets and the electrical systems, but the cause of it is yet unknown and no terror group seems to be involved.

I think that all the world is getting really obsessed with the terrorism, which is a really good thing because we need to be aware of that, but nowadays most of the people don't even consider the possibilty of being it an accident and I think that we should also keep this thought in mind.

REVIEW OF A BOOK: The First Cut

THE FIRST CUT

The book starts with the murder of Grace and quickly flips to present day. Nicky was Grace's best friend and Greg was Grace's husband, but now Nicky and Greg are married and things are far from perfect. He is always away for work, they aren't talking too much and things are just weird. 

With that Nicky's encounter with Adam a young, fun and very flirty boy. Soon the fun turns to danger and Nicky finds herself caught up in murder, lies, deceit and a secret that will change everything.

When I started reading the first few pages I was really drawn in until she meets Adam. Then things change dramatically and I was having to re read parts in case I missed something as it didn't seem to make sense. I think that a few times, in parts where characters would say something and I had to go back in case I was missing the link but I really like that plot twist and enjoyed the book so much.

ORAL PRESENTATION: A Gap Year in South Africa

A GAP YEAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

In this trimester we had to do a presentation in groups about a gap year. We did it about South Africa and we discover a lot of this about this country, mostly because the south african culture is very different from ours.

I enjoyed doing the presentation because we had to act while we were doing it and I think that It was really funny and It was more easy to pay attention to. In general I think we did it good and as we did organised. 

Personally, I was really nervous, as usual, but that day I was even more preoccupied and the words didn't came out properly. I was also shaking a lot and feeling uncomfortable that's why I didn't mentioned some things. But my friends told me that I did it good and I felt more relieved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNTgDNHAWMY

LA VITA È BELLA

La vita è bella is a movie about a love story in the nazi time. The film shows the horrors in a Nazi concentration camp.

The movie takes place in 1939 in Italy. Guido Orefice, a comical and sharp man, is leaving his old life and going to the city. From the start he falls in love with Dora who he sees later in the city where she works as a teacher. Finally Dora sees Guido's affection and they get are married and have a son, Giosué. But one day the nazi army caught them and put them in a concentration camp.
In the camp, Guido hides their true situation from his son.He sets up the concentration camp as a game for Giosué: each of the tasks will earn them points and whoever gets to one thousand points first will win a tank. Guido uses this game to explain features of the concentration camp that would otherwise be scary for a young child.
Days have past and a really bad new achieves: an officer makes the decision to execute Guido. Guido is led off by the soldier to be executed and while the soldier is leading him to his death, Guido passes by Giosué one last time, still in the character and playing the game. 

The next morning, Giosué emerges from the sweatbox as the camp is occupied by an American armored division. The young boy thinks he has won the game and has won a tank. The prisoners travel to a safety place, accompanied by the Americans. While they are traveling, the soldiers allow Giosué to ride on the front of the tank with them. Giosué soon spots his mum, Dora,  in the procession leaving the camp. Giosué and Dora are reunited and are extremely happy to see each other.

I think that is a very hard story because, given the circumstances, is very difficult to keep the happiness and give love but the family that the film show us, get it. I admire the strength that Guido has and the fight for keeping the family united. It is a difficult love but not by the persons, but by the circumstances that they went throw. Guido and Dora have a true love and they fight for keep it alive.
That's why this film is very beautiful and I recommend it to everyone.

IS THE VIRUS ZIKA THE ONLY THREAT?

In this article, Professor Jeffrey R. Powell told us the truth about the mosquito that transmits the virus zika and many others.

Lately we have been talking a lot about the zika mosquito due to the large number of cases that have happened, mainly in South America. Professor Powell thinks that we could have exaggerated the threat of this virus, as there are some reasons to prove it. What he is trying to explain with this article is that we need to realize that there are other kinds of mosquitos that can be even more dangerous than the only one that we're focusing all the atention.

I think that Professor Powell has a point, because we can not refuse to admit that there are other kinds of species that are dangerous for us. That happens because we only know what the news told us or what they want us to know.

DRESSED STATUES

This article, which was published on February 7 of 2016, Mario Vargas Llosa gives his opinion about the recent visit of the Iranian President to Italy and the consequences of this fact.

The author begins by explaining how the Italian Government has responded to the arrival of the president of Iran. His visit has made Capi statues of the country were '' dressed '' completely covered to avoid seeing their naked bodies and not embarrass the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. They have also exercised some other actions such as changing armchairs site to prevent the sight of a naked statue or not serve any alcoholic beverage.

Personally I don't think it's fair to hide a culture by simply receiving someone who doesn't belong to that same culture because the president of Iran would not probably put naked statues for someone from the Western culture.