SPECIAL

TASKS
IN
ENGLISH

Argus Joseph E. Rizos

G9- St. Agatha
I. The Storyteller- Saki

The story is about a young man who happened to share a couch with a
lady accompanied by two children. The plot of the story took place on the train while all
characters were travelling towards different destinations.
The lady with two children tried to entertain the young minds with a
moralistic story but she failed to do so. The young man who had witnessed the boredom
of the children, tried to attack the story told by the lady by retelling everything but with a
twist. The man was successful in getting the attention of the children who listened
attentively to him.
The story was almost the same of the ladys story told earlier, but what
was unique on the young mans version was, it was far beyond the usual accounts they
had heard in their entire lives. The little girl who was horribly good that was awarded for
such conduct, was given the privilege to visit and roam around the park owned by a
prince. Inside the park, a wolf chased her and almost able to escape the tragedy if not
with the sounds made by her medals for being horribly good. Thus, the wolf did find her
and ate her.

II. The Whistle B. Franklin

In this parable, the author used the word whistle as a metaphor to every
mans desire; may it be a material hunger, fame or popularity, wealth and ambition.
The whistle became a reminder to the writer whenever he witnesses anyone
doing and giving everything just to attain his or her goals more than what he or she must
only normally exert.
Applying this to the present, most of us thought that owning the most
expensive gadgets is a must. We work hard or save every penny we could to be able to
buy one. Never did we think that such amount can already cover our basic needs or at
least be saved for tuition fees which is more worth it than a gadget. Hence, such attitude
is similar to this parable; spending so much for the whistle.

III. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud- William Wordsworth

While reading the poem full of symbolic terms, I noticed that the author is a
lonely poet who compared himself to cloud although in real life, we had never witnessed
a single cloud in the sky without other clouds around it also. Whenever the writer was
lonely, he tried to find company through nature around him. Seeing the flowers around
(daffodils) and witnessing the waves change the poets mood entirely. He imagined that
his surrounding was peopled by natures admirable creations .He found peace and
comfort just by staring to these unique and wonderful creations thus, making him feel
happy.
The poem was hard to interpret that I had to go over it several times before
I could find the words to finally understand it. The author sounded like a hopeless romantic
man who wandered around by himself and tried to find happiness through his
surroundings. Amazed by nature, it became a habit of him to think of the waves and
thousands of daffodils whenever great amount of sadness covers his whole being.

IV. Sonnet XVII William Shakespeare

The poet, in his Sonnet XVII, frights that his reputation might be lost if no
proof will be produced to attest the beauty of his youth.
In my understanding, the sonnet is somehow about procreation.
Encouraging the youth to marry then later on reproduce. The offspring will be the living
proof that they truly were beautiful and his poem will not be disbelieved by future readers.
All of us will age and along with that is our youthful looks that will come to
fade. If we arent going to have our own child no one in the future will be able to appreciate
our beauty through our biological child. They will be our evidence of our beauty we once
bragged about.

Argus Joseph E. Rizos

G9- St. Agatha