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He influenced me, because of his vision of life. At first, he has nothing, at last, he has everything. But this is not enough for him. Nothing is enough for him. Because, he does not need, anything. 
Martin Eden is a 21-year-old sailor, as a result of an accidental opportunity, he meets   Ruth, falls in love with her, and with her family, her life. In order to match Ruth he works hard. He reads a plethora of books. Ruth helps him to study writing. Martin writes 40 drafts circling unceasingly throughout in various magazine company. He doesn't understand why his own works aren't accepted, but these have a liking for the spiritless thing always. He looks for Ruth, reads his work to her, asks her to judge. Ruth does not appreciate his work either. After   is repeatedly defeated but he still   persists to write. Gradually Ruth is losing the confidence to him, but Martin still attacks her   and the people of the   upper level   of society. Martin sees Ruth and her family clearly. Once, they participates in the time which the socialist party person assembles by a tabloid reporter confusedly is interpolated in the report, becomes the anarchism leader, encounters the isolation and besieges. Ruth leaves Martin then. The only real friend of Martin, Brissenden, is dead now. At this time, a huge change happens in his life that the publication magazine starts to use his work actually. The publishing house in order to his reputation has also accepted he all sorts of harsh requests, he became the famous writer. He can’t understand that these works all are already finish, they haven't been changed as well as Martin himself. Why does everybody flatter him today? Finally, Ruth comes back. But Martin is completely discouraged. He is so disappointed that he tells her he doesn't want to see her any more. He no longer writes a character. He leaves all his money to his sister and his laundry room partner Egypt. Then he goes on a ship and jumps into the sea.
He thinks there is no meaning in life. You can get everything you want, but some people has deeper blank in their souls. 


- Do you have an aim in your life?
- Do you think life will become senseless if you achieve your purpose?
- Do you think you will realize your goal in life is not enough for you when you achieve your goal?

   This is the book cover of Martin Eden. In the picture, we see Jack London. Martin Eden is a semiautobiographical  book. Because of that Martin Eden is most vital and original character of Jack London.


   

THE WOMAN IN RED

               Nowadays, all we talk about is Gezi Parkı. In the beginning, a picture became symbol for Gezi      Parkı protests. Here is the picture:

Police officer seems nervous, hateful and aggressive, but as you see, woman in red is really stable and relax. Police officer wears a gas mask and holds tear gas. Woman in red wears a red dress. It is obvious that she is here not to fight.

            Actually, this picture summarizes the whole Gezi Parkı protests. People in the street are nothing to do with violence. They have their own ideas and they run short of patience. They dont approve what government does, they want to say something after all of these things. It is not about just a park, it is about interfering life styles and their bad managements. All people are tired of governments decisions, most people are poor. In televisions, they just say everything is okey and we will be the one in whole world. This is a big lie and young people know that. They go out because they are tired of it. They want to scream, they want to protest. They want to show that reality is much more different than what televisions say.

            In this country, protesting something is forbidden. Police uses violence to the protesters. Many people died because of police violence. They are not afraid, but their quick wid makes really elegant solutions. We all know “Duran Adam”. He is just standing. Police even uses violance to this protester and took him in charge.

            We can say that, Gezi Parkı protesters dont want to bring chaos to the country. They are standing there with their daily clothes, dresses, shorts… They are standing with their purity. They are going to stand there, till they change the world.

A SAD SONG

A SUICIDAL SONG : GLOOMY SUNDAY

            Gloomy Sunday is a sad song that written by Hungarian composer Rezso Seress. He dedicated this song to his lover, but she committed to suicide few days after publishing this song. So it turned out a legend and song was banned from many radio programs. Most people believe that this song has some black magic and make people kill theirselves.  The more interesting, some researches and music specialist made a research about this song and the lyrics. They found out that melody has a special sctucture. Notes has spesific rises and falls. In some parts song gives hope, shows a optimistic vision of life, after a while, notes suddenly falls and song shows the reality of life. At first, it describes life, hope and beautiful days but it finishes with death. This is what music specialist says in technical terms. Here is the lyrics:

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WBZwLkvpFI

   sunday is gloomy
my hours are slumberless
dearest the shadows
i live with are numberless
little white flowers
will never awaken you
not where the black coach
of sorrow has taken you
angels have no thoughts
of ever returning you
would they be angry
if i thought of joining you? 

gloomy sunday 

gloomy is sunday
with shadows i spend it all
my heart and i
have decided to end it all
soon there'll be candles
and prayers that are said i know
but let them not weep
let them know that i'm glad to go
death is no dream
for in death i'm caressing you
with the last breath of my soul
i'll be blessing you 

gloomy sunday 

dreaming, i was only dreaming
i wake and i find you asleep
in the deep of my heart here
darling i hope
that my dream never haunted you
my heart is telling you
how much i wanted you 

gloomy Sunday

When I listen the song, I became really sad but I don’t even think about suicide. I guess this is just a fellow traveler for suicidal people. To finish, we should accept that Gloomy Sunday is a perfect, sad song.

HOW COLORS AFFECT MOOD

    The woman has a lot of experience working with colors. She discusses every color in the rainbow and describes various moods that each color evokes.

    Red psychologically evokes or creates a mood of being excited, energized, adventurous and ready to go. Physically it evokes a feeling of warmth. It is the most intense color whether you are expressing hate or love. Red physically increases blood pressure and heart rate.

    The next color in the rainbow is orange. Orange evokes mixed reactions. It is daring and enthusiastic. It inspires ideas. Physically it warms and energizes the body. It even stimulates appetite.

    The next color is yellow. It is been known for comforting. Yellow is uplifting and stimulating. It has the same effect that sun has on us. Yellow creates a feeling of happiness and joy. It stimulates one’s imagination and makes them wonder. It even promotes learning. Physically yellow can be overwhelming if it is too bright, but when a little white is added to lighten it up, it will simply brighten up one’s day. Yellow inspires us to think of nature while green reminds us of rebirth of spring.

    Green seems a neutral color since it surrounds us in nature. It is a fresh color, symbol of life and new beginnings. Physiologically green creates an atmosphere of unstressed mood that is definitely a great feeling. Good health is a physical response to green. It makes one feel positive and relaxed. It even promotes a desire to read. Cool fresh green room helps to speed up reading.

    Next cool color is blue. Mood of blue is emotionally charming, cool and makes you feel a little more loveable. Like green it is a neutral color; it is seen almost daily in the sky. Physically blue reduces our heart rate.

    Purple is a royal color that is at the bottom of the rainbow. In purple room one finds him/herself in a little playful mood. Purple evokes mood of clarity and sensuality. Physically purple is peaceful and smoothing. Purple reminds us of royalty and nobility.

    The last color is white. Many people paint walls in white thinking that they are choosing the color that is no color at all, when, in fact, they are doing just the opposite. White is the presence of all colors together. It creates confusion, frustration and boredom. Physically white color is unfriendly to the nervous system. People are less productive and uncomfortable in white room.

RESISTANCE

                       

       Today, in our country, we are having some experience about our lifes. Because of the “Gezi parkı” in Taksim, some people just protest the government so that they can not build a shopping mall there. The protest increased and spread all over the country. Millions of people were on the streets and some people thought that this was just because of Gezi Parkı. When we looked at the streets, we heard kitchenware sounds, people were screaming, etc. It looks like a chaos. When you see it deeply, you understand that this is not just because of Gezi Parkı. This is all about human life and freedom of people. Every people in protests, has a reason for protest against government. Some of them are here because of their sexual choice, some them are here because of their low salary, some them are here because of limitation of alcohol sale. Person who drinks alcohol is here, person who sells alcohol is here. Whole society has a reason for being here. When we see this crowd, we understand just one thing: freedom is our aorta. Maybe some can touch it, push it, but when it comes at the end of some’s rope, whole people go out.

       When we look at them, we can see fellowship between people. There is no bad behaviors, there is no fights, there is no anger. Every one of society knows why he is here. Because he does not want to be limited. Only angry person in the country is on the television and calls people “çapulcu”. It shows that this people are on the right way.

       In this world, every people has his own decision mechanism and every people should protect his freedom of thought. If he doesnt resist any of the borders, one day he will realize that he cant move. 

What are the major similarities and differences between FLA & SLA?

What are the major similarities and differences between FLA & SLA?

          

            First language acquisition (FLA) focuses on the infants’ language learning process, while second language acquisition (SLA) investigates both infant (young) and adult learners’ language learning process. Mainly, when comparing FLA and SLA, children’s first language acquisition processes are measured against the adults’ second language acquisition processes.

            According to Behaviorism, children learn language by getting feedback. If they get positive feedback when they utter something, they repeat this utterance. If there is a mistake in their utterance, mothers or caregivers correct them; so they continue to produce utterances. By this way, they learn L1. SLA has nearly the same process, on the other hand. Learner produce utterances in L2, and if they are right, teacher gives positive feedback; yet, if they are wrong, teacher corrects the mistakes constantly.

            Moreover, children learn language by using it in their environment. They have to communicate with this language. Likewise, adult learners also learn second language by communicating with this language. Even in classroom environment, L2 learners have to interact with second language. So, it improves the learning process. These are the major similarities of FLA and SLA.

            As for differences between FLA and SLA, first one is that while first language is an obligation in a sense, second language is not. One has to communicate with others via language –if there is no physical obstacle-, while second language is just an alternative. On the other hand, children are exposed to the L1 in every environment they exist. However, in most of the case, L2 learners are exposed to the second language only in classroom. It certainly affects the process of language learning. Another difference is that personal attitude to a language affects learning process. This reason cannot be possible in FLA, because, as I said, L1 is kind of an obligation. So, children do no develop an attitude towards their first language. In contrast, adult learners can have an attitude towards their second language, and this attitude affects their learning process inevitably.

            There are, of course, many differences and similarities between FLA and SLA. I just tried to explain the major ones slightly. Language learning in both FLA and SLA has similar processes, but some external and internal factors may create differences between them.

ECSTASIC YOUTH

                  When you go out, walk down the street, you see people, some of them just hang around, some of them are really busy, some of them tired, some of them excited. You will see young people, they have an energy in their eyes, they have hope, its shining from their heart. But when you talk to them, not a daily talk, you will see a hopeless, tired, aimless person. They might have the lates cell-phones, they might be wearing high quality clothes, they might have the best lover, but deep inside, they are unhappy. They are looking for a purpose, but they dont know where to go, they dont even know what a purpose is. What makes them so gray, what makes them so hopeless, while even they are smiling?

            World passed through many different eras and now we are passing through a really hard one. Every character in television is smiling. People are smiling in advertisements, in billboards. Some kind of ‘empty’ happiness is imposed to us. We get a very nice t-shirt and that makes us happy, actually, we think we are happy. Here is the question, what is a real happiness? Real happiness is not what we see in televisions, in billbords or in the internet. It is not what we buy, it is not what we pay for. All this new world system makes us lonely and this system wants us to be happy just for ourselves. We are talking more, we are writing more, but we get lonely more. We try to look like happy on facebook with photos, status… We actually look like happy on facebook and so in real life. Unfortunately, there is some missing in this puzzle. We dont have real friends, we dont have an aim, because we are just trying to get what is new on the advertisements. We dont want to be happy, we want to be rich. We want to be rockstar, we want to have a beautiful wife. A beautiful wife but we dont care if she is a good person for us or not.

            We can have nine bedroom in our house. That doesnt make us rich. There is one question we should ask to ourselves: what can makes us happy?